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ROBDEN

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ROBDEN

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Misty start this morning and a bit 'nippy'. Made me start thinking of winter.

 

Fire alight, kettle on the top of the stove, some sort of slow cooking pot of food as well.

 

Boat nice and cosy, less boat traffic.

 

Most trees have lost their leaves so better views.

 

Quite looking forward to it.

 

Is it just me or does anyone else feel like this?

 

Rob....

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Er no, much prefer longer warmer months though must admit that once winter is here I do enjoy being nice and cosy on the boat so I can see where you are coming from.

Phil

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I'm looking forward more so this year, my son was very new last winter and it was a bugger to maintain a constant temperature, as new parents we became a bit obsessed by it.

A year in and I expect him to be licking coal and wobbling around in a nappy!

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Ah winter, migrate to the sun somewhere, think I'll go sarf, a long way sarf

Sorry could not resist a bit of editing

 

like that one John, have a greenie
junior Veteran

junior

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Nope not just you, i am 100% looking forward to it.

 

I don't have a fridge or means of cooking apart from the Epping on Halsall, so i can't wait for winter.

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Misty start this morning and a bit 'nippy'. Made me start thinking of winter.

 

Fire alight, kettle on the top of the stove, some sort of slow cooking pot of food as well.

 

Boat nice and cosy, less boat traffic.

 

Most trees have lost their leaves so better views.

 

Quite looking forward to it.

 

Is it just me or does anyone else feel like this?

 

Rob....

We plan to have NC out of the water again for a few months this winter so no I'm not looking forward too it as much as I have previously. sad.png

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ROBDEN

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Nope not just you, i am 100% looking forward to it.

 

I don't have a fridge or means of cooking apart from the Epping on Halsall, so i can't wait for winter.

You're probably quite busy as well eh! What with coal etc.

 

Rob....

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I love winter. Best time of year for cruising with the canal all to ourselves

Cold crisp day, range keeping my feet and a pot of tea warm, whilst the Gardner chugs away, then chippy tea and a few pints of good beer.

What's not to like?

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ROBDEN

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Nope not just you, i am 100% looking forward to it.

 

I don't have a fridge or means of cooking apart from the Epping on Halsall, so i can't wait for winter.

Hey! Junior just a thought.

 

The next time I buy some sort of fuel from you and the stoves are going, I'll pass you a container of (home made) curry that you can

warm up on your Epping.

 

Rob....

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Hey! Junior just a thought.

 

The next time I buy some sort of fuel from you and the stoves are going, I'll pass you a container of (home made) curry that you can

warm up on your Epping.

 

Rob....

On my way where are you

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ROBDEN

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Just follow the smell of the Curry

Will that be before or after it's eaten? unsure.png

 

 

 

 

ETA. Quite a bit of Indian food has asafoetida (hing) in….it’s used as an antiflatulent.

I don’t use it though. Personally I think it smells worse than what it’s supposed to stop.

Rob….

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Laurie Booth Veteran

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I love winter. Best time of year for cruising with the canal all to ourselves

Cold crisp day, range keeping my feet and a pot of tea warm, whilst the Gardner chugs away, then chippy tea and a few pints of good beer.

What's not to like?

The cold

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ROBDEN Rising Star

ROBDEN

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I don't mind the cold (so much), but I hate the dark.

Oh! We have lights on our boat.

 

Does it get cold on those boats?

 

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And. "What do you do all day.

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Nope not just you, i am 100% looking forward to it.

 

I don't have a fridge or means of cooking apart from the Epping on Halsall, so i can't wait for winter.

 

In the last few years of long distance commercial carrying, some pairs had LPG stoves on the butty while keeping the range in the motor's cabin.

The ones that didn't have gas stoves, during warm Summer weather, cooked and brewed up with a pressure stove (Primus) sat on top of the range, or in the butty's hatches. I'm not sure that these stoves are still made but you could use a modern camping stove in the same way.

At least you've now got a decent range in 'Halsall', when it was on hire to Willow Wren CTS from British Waterways, if I remember right it had a small (motor's size) 'Guidwife' in it.

junior Veteran

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Hey! Junior just a thought.

 

The next time I buy some sort of fuel from you and the stoves are going, I'll pass you a container of (home made) curry that you can

warm up on your Epping.

 

Rob....

I will be hunting you down as soon as the stove is lit!

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