Narrow boats – usually only found in the UK.
The Narrow Boats
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Narrow boats – usually only found in the UK.
I wonder if the Mövenpick Hotel is ready for this guest!?
What better way to spend a lazy afternoon in Amsterdam…
Our floating home, Lucie, in Antwerp.
We have decided that we are ready for a new adventure and our home, Dutch barge Lucie, officially goes on sale today. We’ve enjoyed four fabulous years on Lucie and we will miss her. You can look inside Lucie by clicking here. We purchased Lucie brand spanking new from Piper Boats.
Eagle-eyed readers will spot something strange here…
Our boat (home) when it was just a few bits of steel on the factory floor.
Our boat, Lucie, being built.
Sue pilots Barge Lucie (our home) down the river….
Sue steers 30 tonnes of barge (our home) along the river…
Lake Victoria, Uganda
Crossing the North Sea between the UK and Holland on the daily car ferry. A little windy.
A heron sits on a boat’s rudder waiting for a passing fish!
Grandson William tries to push 30 tonnes of steel out of the way….
Here is a very rare site in Holland, a marina without any boats.
The reason is the marina here at Hemmeland (Monnickendam) is being dredged to make the water deeper for the boats that are normally here. All the boats that are normally parked here have been moved out of the way so the dredger can do its work.
Just can’t get enough gears these days…
Here’s our home at our winter berth. We’re tucked away in a warm corner of the marina and nicely out of the wind.
Here’s a flashback to 2015 – Amsterdam Sail. The next Amsterdam Sail will be in 2020.
WARNING. Some brief (very brief) nudity!
Sail Amsterdam 2015 – by Richard Broom from Richard Broom on Vimeo.
The Good Ship Lucie. Our home.
We live on a boat and people often ask us what happens to the human waste. Here’s the answer. The waste is sucked out of the boat’s holding tank and is taken away to be disposed of correctly (and legally). Devices such as these are known as [delightfully] ‘poo suckers.’ The poo sucking process is quick, easy and hygienic. The human waste in the holding tanks is often known as ‘black water’. Water from the shower and sinks is known as ‘grey water’.
People seem to have lost their way today. This will get you home. Steady as she goes!
It’s that time of year here at the marina when people wrap up their boats for the winter.
It is the time of the year in our marina when the boats are lifted out of the water for the winter.
Narrow boats – usually only found in the United Kingdom
The Dutch tug Tromp spotted in the Hemmeland Marina today. Built in the 1920s and still going strong…
This is Katy, a Friese Stabij, who guards our boat…..
The Dunkirk Small Boat
