Bunbury village is three villages nowhere near where everyone says it is

…and all three of them are millions of miles away from the Shropshire Union canal. There’s the posh bit, the … More

An icy pootle from Barbridge to Bunbury in my oddly-shaped bucket

H’yar today, gorn tomorrow, as we terribly posh folk orfen say. Except that this is more a case of th’yar yesterday … More

…all walk into a bar. No, but seriously. The Cardinal and I went boatering again yesterday. In roughly four hours, … More

A short trip to the nice chaps at Aqueduct Marina to acquire bolts of various sizes, some of those peculiar … More

…and yes, a hashtag of “Odd” is a bit rich, coming from me. Tis necessary though. As far as I was … More

Well there’s lovely for you, yes indeed, Myffanwy. Atcherly, is has been quite spiffing, albeit tending more towards the Rennie at … More

The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare. Churchill’s Mavericks Plotting Hitler’s Defeat. A book by Mr Giles Milton esq. Hardback. I got … More

Yesterday was an interesting day. Updown-side compasses notwithstanding, I have populated this blog with photographs of flowers from a place … More

I walked back down to Audlem the other day, just to get some of the photos that I couldn’t get … More

Survivors – do you remember making absolutely certain that everything was ready for you to be able to watch the next … More

So, when you’re low on coal and wood and diesel and gas and things who are you going to call? Well, … More

Originally posted on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog:
Once upon a time I decided to buy a narrowboat to live so that I could…