Bread on a narrowboat

In a prior blog entry we've mentioned the possibility of using a breadmaker on a narrowboat.  Mick likes his bread!  I talked about this with Diane when she came up for lunch a couple of weeks ago.  They way she gets around the fresh bread problem is buying part baked bread or rolls.  They don't need to be stored in the fridge and can even be cooked in a microwave.  At £1.49 for the small loaf below it's reasonably economical too.  We did notice that bread was much cheaper in the UK than it is here at home.  We're paying up to $4 a loaf but last October in the UK we bought a really nice loaf of bread for around £1 - better than half the price.

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Bread makers

We make most of our own bread using a bread maker.  We've wondered how we'll go on a narrowboat with Mick being such a big bread consumer.  Will we be able to find somewhere every day or two to buy fresh bread?  We have watched (several times) a DVD we have called "Life on a Narrowboat" by Mike Barrett about a couple called Graham and Vera who had lived on their boat for 17 years (at the time).  They had a bread maker and Mick's eyes lit up!  I have also read blog entries of people who use a bread maker while cruising.

We will definitely look into the possibility of using one when we get over there.  I guess it would depend on the power the boat can generate.  It seems they are always used while cruising so perhaps using a Travelpack / Travelpower system.

We'd like to hear from you if you use a bread maker on your boat!