The Purple Boat
Snow on the Purple Boat
Safely tucked up in her winter mooring on The Trent and Mersey Canal
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The Purple Boat
- Dec 18, 2020
- 1 min
Early start
This photo was taken at the beginning of September, an early start from Minworth, travelling along the Birmingham and Fazeley Canal. So...
The Purple Boat
- Dec 11, 2020
- 1 min
Canal Boat Diaries features Shardlow
Did you watch Canal Boat Diaries? In the first series traveller and author Robbie Cumming sets off on his long journey from Shardlow -...
The Purple Boat
- Dec 4, 2020
- 1 min
Returning home
Returning home to Shardlow after a “pump out” and refuel, ready to go when lockdown ends 🥰
The Purple Boat
- Nov 23, 2020
- 1 min
Throwback to summer
This photo was taken towards the end of July this year. Travelling along the River Soar we pulled over to moor in the evening at the...
The Purple Boat
- Oct 13, 2020
- 1 min
Cows taking a dip in the river
Cows taking a dip in the river! Happy summer memories aboard The Purple Boat
The Purple Boat
- Oct 4, 2020
- 1 min
Off they go!
Even in the cooler months in the UK, so long as you wrap up, put the central heating on and make plenty of hot drinks, it’s great to be...
The Purple Boat
- Sep 16, 2020
- 1 min
Watermead Park on the Grand Union Canal
Watermead Country Park is in Leicestershire. We left the River Soar and moored up next to the park on the Grand Union Canal. The River...
The Purple Boat
- Sep 2, 2020
- 1 min
Lock “graveyard”
Turning off the River Soar into Ratcliffe Lock which sits next to a lock “grave”. The new lock was built in 1986 and the the old single...
The Purple Boat
- Aug 23, 2020
- 1 min
Hitchhiking swans in Derwent Mouth Lock
Going through Derwent Mouth Lock with hitchhiking swans. I first saw these swans as grey cygnets with their parents last year, learning...
The Purple Boat
- Aug 2, 2020
- 1 min
The Purple Boat ready to go!
The Purple Boat ready to go and this afternoon taking another family on holiday.
The Purple Boat
- Jul 24, 2020
- 1 min
Barrow DEEP lock and swimming with Swans
On the River Soar is Barrow Deep Lock... it's very deep at nearly 3m, but not the biggest lock the Purple Boat has navigated. In the...
The Purple Boat
- Jul 23, 2020
- 1 min
Trent Junction
Choices, choices... Erewash Canal? Cranfleet Cut to Nottingham? We decided to take a big turn right off the River Trent onto the River...
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