NarrowBoat Ezri – Walks Along The Towpath – 3 – The Rochdale Canal.

There is always something interesting about how a canal is in braced by the people who live close by as meanders thought a moden village, town or city. We all know how during the industrial revolution of mid 19th century they were main arteries of commerce. But now I want to see how what remains…

Narrowboat Ezri – The 100 Miles Adventure – What went before.

Last weeks blog post was about crossing the divide between the Macclesfield Canal and the Trent and Mersey which got me thinking, after two year on Ezri how many other canals which make up the two thousand mile length network have we completely covered. The funny thing is that I never kept a complete record…

NarrowBoat Ezri -One Week Of Winter.

With the frist week of winter most over, but it finds me not on Ezri keeping warm and toasty by her fire, but cat sitting for my borther and sister in law. Its a srange thing being in house I can have hot water when even I want it, Switch on all the lights, computers,…

Narrowboat Ezri – Shipshape and City Life

I said there would a Ezri blog post so here goes, a little recap. My dad and me moving Ezri down from the Rose of Lancashire, to New Islington just off the Rochdale. For all the pain and full story see the last Ezri Blog. With me working five nights over the next two weeks…

Narrowboat Ezri -A long way down…

Ok, want started out as a simple plan which should have taken three weeks is now into its fourth. I will just recap a little. Ezri couldn’t go up the Rochdale canal, because of works going on around me, which got me in a little bit of trouble with CRT. So I looked around and…

Narrowboat Ezri – Still Here

I am sorry that I haven’t wrote anything in the past few days, but I don’t like tempting fate. Ezri and I are in the middle of a huge move some of which went as planned, but much of it didn’t. And when its over I will tell you all about.

Narrowboat Ezri – Leaving Littleborough – Part Three

The last part of leaving Littleborough, Tuesday morning me and Dad returned to Ezri and much our relief Ezri was now floating and had this time she’d stayed locked in place. I ran my checks and Ezri’s engine kicked in first time, but after the last few days, I was in little hurry to move…

Narrowboat Ezri – Leaving Littleborough – Part Two

Two weeks pass as Ezri and I sat Wharf above Bent house, and I called the Canal and River and told once again about not have water to carry on, I was asked to send my email again which I did but the only thing that happened was I got was a renewal form for…

Narrowboat Ezri – Leaving Littleborough – Part One

Well I writing again and this time its huge post, So it going to be in three parts. Before I start with moving tale, We have to go back a little and talk about the winter flood and being on winter moorings. I had winter Mooring permit for Lock 47 which end 29th February but…

Narrowboat Ezri – The Littleborough Chronicles -No Were To Go

Yesterday was moving day, and that’s what me and my Dad did we moved Ezri. Only not to were we planed and most defiantly not in the way I am meant too. Let me tell you how things were meant to go Ezri leaves her winter mooring, heads down though two locks a small swing…