Winter Preparations Begin On Our Liveaboard Narrowboat Home

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It may only be early September but life aboard a off grid narrowboat is all about PLANNING. We need to be ready for the WINTER weather that is just around the corner. A crucial part of life aboard during the cold months is our LOG BURNER, it keeps us warm - and cooks our food. • So it's time to clean it up and sort it out, then when it's needed it will be ready to use. • Our log burner is a Morso Squirrel 1410 - and we LOVE it, it gets the boat toasty warm in no time and with a bit of smokeless coal in it we can keep it burning right through the night without having to tend to it - so we don't wake up with icicles on our nose! • To keep it functioning as it should, we sweep the chimney, clean the inside, empty - and clean - the ash drawer. Then it's time to clean the glass and as a finishing touch we renovate the fire place. • Here's a bit about us and our boats... • In August 2019 we bought narrowboat - a 1980s Springer that's 36ft long and had previously been sunk twice prior to us purchasing it! It's engine was rather poorly so we took it out and fitted a DIY self build Electric Drive system - which we recorded and made vlogs about (available to view on YouTube). • Move forward a year from buying that boat and we were loving life on the water so much we wanted a bigger boat so we could move aboard full time. • So we bought 'Lyanda Lady' a 50ft boat that needed a LOT of work. This series is following us stripping the boat right back to a basic shell. It will then be time to completely re build the boat before moving aboard. • Just to add to the fun I'm a Tight Yorkshireman, and we are working with a small budget - hence Boating On A Budget! • Come along and join us on what promises to be a epic adventure! • If you like what you see be sure to click the 'thumbs up' icon on the video. Subscribe to the channel (for free!) and click the 'bell' icon - then you will receive notifications each time we upload a video - and each video means we've made more progress. • • Follow us on Twitter... • https://twitter.com/PeteBel10174813?s=09 • • Join us on facebook... • / wingingitboatingonabudget

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