Nantwich. The name ends in “wich” so you know that it’s one of the Cheshire salt mine towns. Famous – … More
Month: January 2020
Heavy Fog in the English Channel – Europe cut off #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet
Well, it were a bit misty t’other day. Lumpy though; thicker patches did keep drifting past as though some unseen … More
Mud, mud, Gloria’s mud, there’s nothing quite like it for chewing the cud #narrowboat #boating #England
Soggy is a word wholly inadequate for describing the towpaths hereabouts at present. Mud-wallows is a phrase more fitted to … More
Requiescat in pace… Are “burials in t’canal” becoming popular? #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet
‘In nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti, oy vey, Toothpick-Charlie, you squealed once too often and da boss can’t … More
There were summat on t’roof last night – summat wi’claws #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet
There’s a row of buttons beside my bed. The sort of buttons that you can’t press accidentally; you have to … More
Sometimes tis best to look up at the sky rather than at where we’re headed… #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet
I am a simple little squit of a hominid. Small things catch my attention and amuse me. Squirrels, badgers, sunrises, … More
The House-Keeping Slattern and the Gyroscopic Dare-Devil Arachnid #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet
From November to March my stove-top fan whirrs away almost constantly at about eleventy-twelve revolutions a minute, the only exceptions … More
To wit to woo two oh two oh uh-oh oh no na na na na hey hey hey #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet
It’s the oneth of the oneth – time for my shower, and a change of underwear. Then I’ll don my … More