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11 April 2018 / 33 Comments

Spring is coming - also to our marina

Eventually it will be spring. This year we almost started to wonder, but finally it came! Yesterday we had sunshine and we took the opportunity to take some photos in our marina. Has spring come to you yet, where you live?

02 March 2018 / 35 Comments

What is it like to live in a boat in winter?

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What is it like to live on a boat in winter? We get this question from time to time. Most people wonder if it is cold to live in a houseboat, or perhaps if it is damp. Or they wonder if the docks are slippery. We can promise that there is no need for us to worry! But of course, winter comes with some challenges.

24 February 2018 / 19 Comments

Winter among the houseboats in the Pampas marina

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How is it among the houseboats in Pampas marina in the middle of winter? Just yesterday I (Helena) was asked if it is cold to live in a houseboat, but we are not the least bit cold. I freeze a lot at work during the day and every day it is nice to come home to our warm cosy boat! It's also really nice now that it's white and wintry all around.

20 December 2017 / 40 Comments

View from a houseboat

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I (Helena) am still sick, with winter vomiting or some other misery. I don't get many metres from the bed and none of us were outside the houseboat yesterday. So what can we offer then? We'll just have to show some views from a houseboat. Here in the marina where we live always something!

17 September 2017 / 55 Comments

Waking up with no connection to land

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I know I almost promised a report from Greece today, but it will not be. Peter of course has lots to tell from his trip to Greece, but that will come next week. What happened in our houseboat marina yesterday is too dramatic not to be told. I woke up early to strange noises ... and soon realised that this morning we were moored with no connection to land.

02 August 2017 / 31 Comments

Time to paint the deck and lining of the houseboat

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In the summer of 2014, we lifted the entire houseboat on land and did a complete renovation that included new construction of the entire upper floor, new panelling everywhere and a new balcony floor on the deck. But of course a houseboat requires maintenance! We've decided that it's best to do a little each year, and this year it was time to paint the deck and lining.

20 July 2017 / 46 Comments

Home in the houseboat - and our travel plans

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Now we are home in the houseboat again. Or well, it's actually only me who is home. Peter has already left! In any case, I am enjoying the summer heat in the marina and thought I would update you on our upcoming travel plans. Because of course we have new exciting things going on!

14 June 2017 / 33 Comments

Maintaining a houseboat - gangway repair

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You have to maintain a houseboat just like you maintain a house. We raised the boat on land in 2014 and rebuilt and renovated most of it then, but there will always be things that need to be fixed. Right now we actually had not thought to fix with the boat, considering that we are busy getting the motorhome ready for departure at midsummer. But then there was one thing that absolutely must fixed ...

28 May 2017 / 38 Comments

Recording of Mother Goose and beautiful summer days

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Have you seen the TV series Mother Goose? Did you realise that it is partly set here in our marina? Apparently there will be another season, because the film crew has been here again to shoot Mother Goose.

29 April 2017 / 41 Comments

Fixing water leaks in a houseboat

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A houseboat is like a house. Or maybe like a boat. It requires maintenance. We lifted and renovated the entire boat in the summer of 2014. But of course there are still things that need to be fixed, continuously. Now it was time to change some things that we did not change last time, and to fix various water leaks. The toilet leaked water, the kitchen tap leaked water and then we found water ... in the hull!