Opening remarks

Hi folks

This is my first foray into blogging, so I'm not sure how it's going to turn out. I live on board a canal boat or narrowboat called Sanity with my wife of 35 years, Sheila. We've got a website, www.nbsanity.net which has loads of stuff about the boat and our journeys so far in her in the three years we've been aboard.

I'm planning to use this space to share thoughts about our lifestyle, and indeed life in general, and to let people know about cruising plans in the immediate future.

At the moment we're not going anywhere, 'cos we're working for the people who built the boat, Iain and Luisa Bryceland, looking after the office while they take a month off to visit New Zealand. We're moored in the yard on the Macclesfield canal while we do this. We can't move about a lot during the UK winter, anyway, as various bits of the canal system are closed for maintenance.

In March we'll head South for Alrewas in Stafordshire, which is where we have our family doctor and dentist. After the six month check ups we'll then go to Stone, also in Staffs, to put the boat in a drydock and reblack her bottom.

I guess that's enough for the moment. While we're here, we can use the web a lot, thanks to a broadband connection. After we leave, it'll be a case of posting one or two days a week.