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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · 8h

Thanks Ana - yes, in some places we can feel settled in hours - surroundings and people seem key factors for us

DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · 14h

Belonging as boat people and walking with royalty

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#boatpeople #boatlife #communities #community #communication #care #travel #journey #life #history #belonging #contribute

Belonging as boat people and walking with royalty

How long does it take to put down roots, to feel a sense of belonging, to feel part of a community? Being a nomad, I reckon a couple of days often does it for me, but I am aware it’s different for …

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · 7d

Living afloat gives more little things (even in a storm!)

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#small #wellbeing #moments #travel #boatlife #journey #joy #nature #goodlife #kindness #mincepies

Small matters

Living and working afloat is rich in small moments. Small things that make days special. Small moments of pause. Small moments of reflection. Small moments of calm or small moments of excitement an…

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · 9d

Nice new bed Manuka - Freya is very jealous!!!

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · 11d

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · 12d

Blushing skies 💓

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · 14d

Steeling ourselves for the future

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#welding #planning #journey #travel #future #academics #awayday #dog #boatlife #water #autumn #river

Steeling ourselves for the future

Trust is vital when you let someone cut out a chunk of your floating home with an angle grinder while you’re on the water… Trust we had but I still feel glad the dramatic work is over, and we are s…

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · 17d

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · 19d

Until today I had never driven a day boat. Now I'm hooked! So much more responsive than our narrowboat!!!

Great fun

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · 21d

Take care of yourself and have a good break. 🤗 (although I realise you may not see this!)

DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · 21d

5 years afloat in our living better experiment - and how many thousand locks?

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#life #alternativeliving #boatlife #challenges #journeys #travel #moving #doit #justdoit #boat #dogs #anniversary

Results from an experiment in living differently

Our “Let’s give it 2 years and see what happens” experiment in living and working afloat has just passed 5 years!In that time with our 50ft floating home/office/workshop we have travelled 3,530 mil…

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · 28d

Glad you got it to work! It is a glorious time isn't it?

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · 28d

Making the most of freebies on offer

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#foraging #boatife #freefood #giving #sloes #fruit #elderberries #blackberries #rosehips #satisfaction #wellbeing #making #jelly #jam #gin #history

Free food and well-being

There is little as rewarding for mind and body as a foraging stroll, ideally for me with a dog, along towpath hedgerows. Crab apples This year despite the drought, many fruits are early and so plen…

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · 29d

Give - to anyone who needs it, anyone whatever their background.

This is my 64th donation and Im glad to give for as long as I can

#giveblood
#givetoothers
#humanity

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · Sep 9

Reflections in the stillness

#canal
#boatlife
#reflections

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · Sep 6

Narrowboating to America for guidance. Bizarre but true.

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#boatlife #care #betterplace #action #Kennedy #MagnaCarta #America #thought #journey #travel #art

By narrowboat to America for world guidance

Travelling to the United States of America by narrowboat is not something I ever thought we would be able to do, but this summer, we did just that. We travelled down the River Thames to the Berkshi…

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · Sep 5

The pound below Stoke Bruerne locked locks being filled from the River Tove - fuller than it was thanks to recent rain

#boatlife
#excitingstuff
#water

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · Sep 3

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · Aug 30

It certainly was! Nice to relax now

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · Aug 30

Did we make it? Plus comfort from history

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#saga #journey #travel #drama #closure #drought #boatlife #history #howsyourweekbeen

Historical perspectives and Operation Sanctuary result

We did it. The fable of the tortoise and the hare proved valid for (certain) narrowboats and their crews in 2025. Slow, dogged determination won the day against The Drought and The Closure of Locks…

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · Aug 29

Clouds, rain clouds 👏 The joy of being woken this morning by rain hammering on the roof - at last!

#rain
#weather

DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · Aug 27

Would love to meet him. Won't be running this year though.

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · Aug 26

He's lovely - hope we can meet in person one day. Here's Boatdog taking the last locks easy before they were closed on the Grand Union

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · Aug 25

We did it! Nb Siskin heading through the top lock at Stoke Bruerne before today's closure- 109 miles 90 locks since Wednesday morning. Our boat is where we want to be - at the bottom of the flight so we can cruise from here

#boatlife
#teamwork

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DeenaI @drdeena.bsky.social · Aug 23

When a marathon is a sprint, and someone else becomes the reason for it

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#marathon #sprint #journey #ttravel #boatlife #raceagainsttime #watershortage #closure

When a marathon is also a sprint

This time last week we were in West Berkshire, tootling along the Kennet and Avon determined to cross the Thames and Tidal Thames and see how far up the Grand Union we could get before the closures…

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