Narrowboat Ellis

In MY mind, this is a record of the pre-build, build and (hopefully) life aboard the good ship 'Ellis' (yes I know - she's a boat not a ship!) For More information about Narrowboat live-aboard hotel experiences, please visit the website: narrowboatellis.com

Sunday, 24 May 2026

Back to normal and a busy week

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 Well here we are then - It's bank holiday Sunday... I awake minus hangover (a rare occurrence on a Sunday morning I admit)...  This cut...
Sunday, 17 May 2026

Bit of a do!

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 Well it's been a funny old week.  Since my last missive I've spent a couple of days in hospital.    Let me fill you in - We'd m...
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Monday, 11 May 2026

Calmer days on the whole but an encounter with a bat shit crazy woman, tarnished the end of the guests trip.

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 Apologies for the other nights moan - tbh, WHAT I moaned about wasn't actually what was keeping me awake at 3.am... it was something el...
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Tuesday, 5 May 2026

A massive moan

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 ok.   I've been crap again... but in my defence, the universe is sending major challenges my way....Stoppages, bereavement and incompet...
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Tuesday, 21 April 2026

City Centre Pricing, Duck raping season and another CRT let down.

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 Good title eh? We'll start with Manchester.  It IS a friendly place... most folks chatty enough and always engaging when you're try...
Friday, 17 April 2026

Manchesterford Bound and a surprise stoppage notice.

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 The weather wasn't actually too bad after the weekend so we DID manage to get the blacking on the starboard side touched up down to the...
Tuesday, 14 April 2026

I've gone off painting

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 I used to quite enjoy painting... during 'the fairground years'  when the weather didn't have a bearing on progress.  These day...
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Thursday, 9 April 2026

Nature is bloody noisy!

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 We've spent the last  couple of days toing and froing (NO idea how to type that) between Marple and High-Lane.  MAINLY so we can moor u...
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Monday, 6 April 2026

Storm Dave

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 Who on Earth comes up with these names?   If we'd taken notice of the 'Armageddon' weather warnings, we'd be hiding away un...
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Thursday, 2 April 2026

And We're off

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 Typical.  No sooner did we decide that Today 's (we'll Tuesday was) the day, did I spot a closure notice on the only route availabl...
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