<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 03:43:36 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/canalboat/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Temporary Moorings - Monomad Challenge ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hail to the Hive! We finally have a new floating home and @millycf1976 has moved in right away while I shuttle back an k from Newton Abbot bringing our belongings slowly over to be stowed away neatly and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-142159/@scubahead/temporary-moorings-monomad-challenge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-142159/@scubahead/temporary-moorings-monomad-challenge</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-142159]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[scubahead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2024 08:30:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLJN6ubhGpzrz2egFLVZBGZFcSCz4TqhLQcgkYPd1phKSPm6d8pjkx33rkWQL2FPMbBsmnugaevN9dtjPrxLCftPbM2w1ibwmnnpKfykjwZeqqyCqF8BQ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Upcoming Challenge - 2 New Adventures]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hail to the Hive! For nearly 12 months now I’ve had an opportunity dangling before me ,seemingly ever out of reach, and all this time in limbo has kind of prevented us from making a decision about which]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-177682/@scubahead/upcoming-challenge-2-new-adventures</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-177682/@scubahead/upcoming-challenge-2-new-adventures</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-177682]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[scubahead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 21 Jan 2024 00:34:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLJN6ubhGpzrz2egFLVbjQgFwNm1B5JMsiNPBS1AwpgNfjFYqZAQ94LRxocGWeKhexjHdqBPUPoBzS3J5PNTNjmWKeRYtWVGCkbqzMsBtLk9ipzvUGWVL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boat Hunted - Monomad Challenge ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hail to the Hive! Well hivers as many of you are aware myself and @millycf1976 have been looking to get another boat since we sold our little Narrowboat Badger last year. It's been an interesting time]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-142159/@scubahead/boat-hunted-monomad-challenge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-142159/@scubahead/boat-hunted-monomad-challenge</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-142159]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[scubahead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jan 2024 12:57:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLJN6ubhGpzrz2egFLVYF8VxtzDxcHYf756FKBv4zifgTsnVB8n7bwcPS2fPoEb7naRs2qWpp2vB5C56u3jHsPK79PH4hjaF4t3Q3kFaixv5qdL8daaAr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Year, New Job and Looking for a New Boat - Monomad Challenge ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hail to the Hive! Ok so I've been struggling to hop back on to the old hive train for a while recently as so much was up in the air, some of which I was not able to share or discuss, and I felt somewhat]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-142159/@scubahead/new-year-new-job-and-looking-for-a-new-boat-monomad-challenge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-142159/@scubahead/new-year-new-job-and-looking-for-a-new-boat-monomad-challenge</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-142159]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[scubahead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 01 Jan 2024 22:57:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennCJbB7cwjtgf17qz4NmcBeoCYhDfQqf5dRy3U8sa4GSTUA6fs8MNEUicFX9SNKPT8xjEMNRUjph9b29WwfFp3KsPRf6VpuYnbVhofEC3tuXgJo9Ya?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[One Year Afloat - Return to the UK - Boat Life]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hail to the Hive! We have now, as of this week, reached the 1 year anniversary of not only our return to the UK from the Philippines but our 1 year anniversary afloat living aboard badger the Narrowboat.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@scubahead/one-year-afloat-return-to-the-uk-boat-life</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@scubahead/one-year-afloat-return-to-the-uk-boat-life</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[scubahead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:21:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/26uUsAjKTsXCDw7zixZR182JbFKvgzJ9YwsFpTVcRaGCmsqhA1unTgprEW3HuYtQVUBuJScfJoskZs17VfhRWZCW6pryBtNMtq2UTEFy86YU9rXsUCa6FqZDsY15BUvHYiSNzUBw1jefA8At8Lx3SvX4DocKi5eAFmgASa?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Canal Journey to Tixall Wide ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hail to the Hive! We continue our journey on Badger the Narrowboat to Wales but in this segment we make a slight detour and come off the Trent and Mersey Canal and onto the Staffordshire & Worcestershire]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@scubahead/canal-journey-to-tixall-wide</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-163772/@scubahead/canal-journey-to-tixall-wide</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-163772]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[scubahead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 13 Jan 2022 14:26:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/NTy4GV6ooFRmaCXZ8UYgPhoud1kjiNX8QokLEZtbBKLuLWQ9yt7K3o4UtdqeDecK82jXBxAdyeVHex5aW4Zs4DLk7zzA2mxj5PSAZ3tDaWVK7bUDUwCdfH76gNYj8RLQjXQjKd9AKcBkdFRgAa5PHMiQTspzfQCrBvjvacRL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Echoes of the Past - Monomad Challenge ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hail to the Hive! We continue to cruise through the UK on Badger the Narrowboat and in so many ways it is like being in the past and the present at the mame time. It is very much a living museum in many]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-142159/@scubahead/echoes-of-the-past-monomad-challenge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-142159/@scubahead/echoes-of-the-past-monomad-challenge</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-142159]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[scubahead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2022 13:37:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennCJbB7cwjtgf17qz4a1ktCGWdV1WvTB7E24KYDGRAawEV4qw7csJPxibCiEq2XGak6TvTWct4FN2sDW3JJQpuMkd4J8Y2dFirxAAvUHfa7DBUxqcr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Just Passing Through - Monomad Challenge ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hail to the Hive! 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We are on the move again. Making our way back to a location to have the boat look after while we visit @diveratt over the Christmas holidays. Cruising our way along the canal system deep]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-142159/@scubahead/canal-crossings-monomad-challenge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-142159/@scubahead/canal-crossings-monomad-challenge</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-142159]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[scubahead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 23 Dec 2021 16:00:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/5s4dzRwnVbzGY5ssnCE4wXzkeAEXyVtgk1ApQTwHMTp6y5PvEo1yennCJbB7cwjtgf17qz4QnG6QS284ceqErKUwq2e2jzn8MPeNf6UFR4Mr465PzQ6AkgdborPG2FUu7KXDQev1Z6WbMfBx3Dojw6aPR2v4kD3JvHgzwjt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unlocked - Monomad Challenge ]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hail to the Hive! This set of locks was not supposed to be opened for another few days but I had read online some conflicting information about when they were reopening and it looked as if work had possibly]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-142159/@scubahead/unlocked-monomad-challenge</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-142159/@scubahead/unlocked-monomad-challenge</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-142159]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[scubahead]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2021 00:34:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/2dk2RRM2dZ8gKjXsrozapsD83FxL3Xbyyi5LFttAhrXxr16mCe4arfLJN6ubhGpzrz2egFLVawrCkQPPb2xstnvqzpiLQtVmt6VYowMPngHa9ZTpmzRDn2RbxfiXs54xU89o1vsubsoERgSHGhnGjq18DnnumA4vhewauKceSr?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Operation STAY WARM]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hail to the Hive! 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