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Welcome to Andromeda's blog......she is a 50ft narrowboat moored on the Lancaster Canal and she will keep you up to date with her progress if you let her......So let me introduce myself, my official name is Andromeda. I was put together by a fella in the midlands called Dennis Cooper back in the early eighties which makes me an old lass now in boat years. I have been up and down the system over the years and had a few laughs and also a few knocks and scrapes along the way. Nowadays I'm taking it a little easier and find myself living a quieter life on a mooring on the beautiful and tranquil Lancaster Canal. Not much happens here but this suits me as these days I am content with moving at the speed the seasons change, it allows you to catch up, reflect and contemplate. My plan is to keep you up to date with life as it reveals itself to me with a few musings and opinions that you may or may not share.....currently I'm not in bad shape, just lacking some new paint and eventually my nameplate-these things take time and these will be the final cosmetics of my restoration. Today I am sat on the mooring as I have been for the last few weeks, since the weather got windy and cold and will probably stay here until the spring now, Saying that, the day is calm and still following a cold starry night leaving a little frost first thing...would be a nice day for a sail for someone perhaps....but not me, i have the fire set to cosy and intend to sit tight and leave the moving about to the moorhens who seem to be the only signs of life around here...

Andromeda on her mooring

As with all my musings there has to be a creative musical theme so each post topic will have a post title as a song or a lyric from a tune that I either own or has inspired me, some may be well known but others may be gems with pedigree - all worth a listen. The artist will be acknowledged in the the following post and if you have got it correct by then (with the exact spelling) then points will be awarded in degrees of difficulty, these points can then be collected and redeemed when you get to the top of the steps at the pearly gates!