Tuesday 21 August 2012

NB Dandelion - The story

Some time back our beloved family narrowboat (thirteen years a family member this August bank holiday) was taken from her mooring and was stripped, trashed and then set fire to. As part of the family all we could do was remove everything from her and start again and these entries will outline her journey to total rehabilitation (I hope),

We bought the boat after visiting family on theirs at Braunston. We weren't looking for a boat but these things happen and before we knew it, there we were boating on our own boat. I have to say that there is a history of being on the cut (as the canals are known) and lived by the Thames with a variety of cruisers too, so I guess it was always a question of when rather than if.

So here's our little boat on her very first outing with us on a sunny September day at Hillmorton:


The start of a journey that has taken us many miles, made us many friends and seen two of our children never know life without a boat.

I hope you'll find this of interest (if you don't, you can ignore these bits :-) ).

3 comments:

jenni said...

We live very near the Crinan Canal, we actually have to cross the swing bridge to get to church, which if someone is passing through makes us late.
I'd love a boat like yours to potter in, though Ardrishaig to Crinan is not far, I could go up and down!
Happy sailing..the sunshine on the water, the engine purring..... ahh better do the hoovering...

UKViewer said...

Sorry to hear about the damage to your boat.

Hoping that it will soon be restored to its former glory.

Anonymous said...

Looking forward to reading about the restoration Vic. But I am so sorry for the reason for it.