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About me!

I bought my narrowboat in 2007 and have lived on it since 2008.  Her name is GORATHIMN.  At first I moored in Shardlow marina, then in 2013 I became a continuous cruiser.  I've covered a good chunk of the English canal network since then.

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In contrast to canals rivers can be tricky when cruising alone. There can be strong currents and many fewer places to stop, but I have cruised the Thames and the Trent.  The Thames is still my favourite waterway - ever since my first boating holiday at age 14 after 4 years of pestering my parents.  To their surprise they both liked it and booked another hire boat, again on the Thames, 

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This is Bourne End on the upper Thames.  When cruising upstream you leave behind the Cookham lock cut and the river opens out into this splendid reach.  A bit further on is Marlow and then Henley, two of the most famous places on the non tidal Thames.

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