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Title: The Sumpners Afloat - Adventures on "Old Nick" - an Ortomarine-built, Vetus powered Electric Serial Hybrid Narrowboat

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Week 4 – August 10th – 16th – Lower Saxony

Day 21 – Monday – Once again we stayed put as Paul likes to keep Monday clear for work – especially as he does not work on Fridays. Stuff to catch upon. Yaaaawwwwn.

I spent the day on the keyboard too, editing Week 3 and adding hyperlinks and ...


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Week 3 – August 3rd to 9th – Bavaria and beyond

Day 13 – MONDAY – Well it has been extremely hot over the last couple of days. We stayed stationery today as Paul was working. Monday is always a big work day, clearing the decks from last week and so on. There was one point yesterday, when I thoug...


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Week 2 – July 28th to August 2nd – Getting schlossed!

Day 8 – TUESDAY – We had a leisurely start because we essentially had a whole day to kill. Lenny’s flight was not until the evening and we had perhaps miscalculated a little. We set off for Lenny’s last trip to Jumbo in Zwolle. I offered him a souvenir Jumbo base...


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Week 1 – July 21st to 28th – setting off and arriving in Europe

DAY 1 – TUESDAY – We awoke early on Tuesday morning, eager to get away. Unfortunately something had broken on the cassette toilet and we needed to grab a part to get us our of trouble. Great start!

We had looked for caravan and motorhome part...


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July 10th to July 20th – Electrika and Family time

Well since I last wrote, a lot of water has passed under the bridge and I’ve genuinely had no time to do any writing at all, but here I am now. Hoping to be a bit more regular for the next few months.

Electrika 2026 has been and gone – a bit of a blur and very tiring. Once...


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