6 months no power, and now - musical mission commences..

[Bex Cullen]

Hello fellow boaters !

 

We bought our boat last May, moved from Bristol to Newbury to 'pick it up'. We finally set off from Newbury in September, but.. sadly.. we got a rope wrapped around the propeller, and knackered the engine - within half an hour. We've been stranded in Newbury, having spent all of our existing cash on various other 'engineering issues'. Anyway, we're full time musicians, we street perform and gig around the UK - it's a sort of an alternative combination of soul/folk in the form of an acoustic duo.. guitar and vocals with accordion.. I blog regularly about our experiences. After everything, I massively look forward to getting on the move, living the real boat life, meeting all of you.. and playing our music wherever we go. If you want to follow the journey, or just even say Hi ! Check it all online

 

Many thanks, have a fantastic 2014 !

 

Bex x

 

www.facebook.com/rebeccacullenmusic

 

www.rebeccacullen.co.uk (for the music and blog! It's all free, I promise )

[Kwacker]

Live music and narrowboats make a great combination .... check out Folk on the Water http://www.folkonthewater.com/ ... it was very enjoyable last year.

Have a great time

[tillergirl]

shall we see you at Middlewich FAB?

[Burgiesburnin]

You certainly seem to have had a couple of challenges getting started.

Will definitely take a look.

[Guest]

Live music and narrowboats make a great combination .... check out Folk on the Water http://www.folkonthewater.com/ ... it was very enjoyable last year.

Have a great time

 

Will this be happening again this year? Looks like a good night out or two!

[pquinn]

Hello Rebecca. sounds really good.best of luck. paul

[David Mack]

we got a rope wrapped around the propeller, and knackered the engine - within half an hour.

 

 

That's extremely unlucky. Usually the worst that happens is that the engine stalls and you have a bit of a job to get the rope (or worse) off the prop.

 

What actually happened?

[Lily May]

Hello fellow boaters !

 

We bought our boat last May, moved from Bristol to Newbury to 'pick it up'. We finally set off from Newbury in September, but.. sadly.. we got a rope wrapped around the propeller, and knackered the engine - within half an hour. We've been stranded in Newbury, having spent all of our existing cash on various other 'engineering issues'. Anyway, we're full time musicians, we street perform and gig around the UK - it's a sort of an alternative combination of soul/folk in the form of an acoustic duo.. guitar and vocals with accordion.. I blog regularly about our experiences. After everything, I massively look forward to getting on the move, living the real boat life, meeting all of you.. and playing our music wherever we go. If you want to follow the journey, or just even say Hi ! Check it all online

 

Many thanks, have a fantastic 2014 !

 

Bex x

 

www.facebook.com/rebeccacullenmusic

 

www.rebeccacullen.co.uk (for the music and blog! It's all free, I promise )

Sounds like you have had rotten luck, but remain in good spirits. Good for you! I hope that you have a wonderful year of boating in 2014

[Bex Cullen]

Hey, thanks everyone for the warm welcome ! Folk on the water looks brilliant I will try to get involved! Cheers

 

 

 

That's extremely unlucky. Usually the worst that happens is that the engine stalls and you have a bit of a job to get the rope (or worse) off the prop.

 

What actually happened?

 

We just weren't very good at controlling the boat yet.. I was on land, Adam driving, trying to turn it around - we had reached a swing bridge and had been spun around in the slowing process somehow.. he couldn't hear me over the engine when the rope fell in.. very harsh moment! Nobody's fault/ everybody's fault equally, haha A very nice man has temporarily fixed it for us this month, we should be on the move soon hopefully ! Can't wait to get going. Love the lifestyle so far though.. busking is hard with the weather being pants, but.. I'm optimistic for the coming months. Thanks again everyone ! Bex x

Ahh looks like I just missed the entry close date for FOW ! Hopefully go along anyway and see some of you there x