Monthly Archives: June 2018

memoirs of walking the leeds & liverpool canal (1)

a canal wanderer

memoirs of walking the leeds and liverpool canal (1)

Part 1: The beginning from Leeds to Barnoldswick

Castleton MillLeeds to Kirkstall Bridge - Walk done in January 2017

One cold Saturday afternoon I re-walked this stretch with my Dad where we started in the City Centre. One must be impressed with the regeneration and restoration of the city’s waterfront and the ongoing prosperity with its businesses, hotels, bars, cafes and restaurants. We started in the Granary Wharf area and proceeded with our walk towards Armley.​

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brinjal potato curry (hercule)

cookery chat with david & sandra biddle

5: brinjal potato curry

The last few months have been quite stressful for us two. For a long while we have been contemplating selling our loved Captain Hasting Dutch barge style narrowboat. The main reasons being that it was built to be a live-aboard boat and with us now spending more time at our house, we felt it was being wasted. We also calculated that we had spent less than four weeks on board in the last two years. So when the opportunity came along to sell it to two lovely like minded people – we sold it.

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spring has sprung

old no. 38

spring has sprung

Spring has sprung
The grass is riz
I wonder where
The birdies is?

Ah yes, spring is here down by old bridge number 38. After a bit of a false start that is. No sooner had the weatherman told us on March the first that, ‘today is the metrological start of spring,’ what did we get? The Beast from the East howling in and then storm Emma icing up our southern regions. Winter drawers on then.

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food, glorious food

life afloat

food, glorious food

Hi, Jane Pennington, retired Nurse, boater and food fanatic here, today I’m chatting about a subject that I love …food!

You know, I love food. I could not be further from a ‘Eat to Live’ philosophy, I am firmly in the ‘Live to Eat’ camp. I love thinking about food, shopping for it, planning meals, cooking and best of all eating it. The thought that food is merely fuel represents a total anathema to me!

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