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Month: April 2020

The wrong apocalypse. #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet

[Image above is this morning’s early-morning clouds over Cardinal Wolsey.] It’s an apocalypse. They promised me that I would get … More

boating, canal, CaRT, CRT, england, narrowboat, river, trust

Pressed paper fire-brick test drive #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet

One pressed and dried pulped paper fire-brick. Seated on the minimum of kindling that Mr Stove requires in order to … More

boating, boatsthattweet, canal, england, fuel, narrowboat, river, stove

57′ by 6′ 10″ of “lockdown” #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet

The it of it was decidedly fristy and moggy this morning, although rather like my savings account, it didn’t take … More

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Romani ite domum

Things are serious when you not only have wild duck pets but you name them too. I have named these … More

2020, boating, canal, england, narrowboat, pandemic, river

Morning manoeuvres, essentials, several, for the obtaining of, sir! #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet

A rare photograph of yours truly, courtesy of Mr Snowgoose-  thank’ee. 🙂 No idea who the white-haired old git in … More

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Sending smoke signals to the Moon (as in “might as well be”) #narrowboat #boating #England

Don’t panic and don’t nobody get ReGretaBle Thumperborg on the eco-phone neiver. Mr Stove only smokes like this briefly, when … More

2020, boating, canal, CaRT, CRT, england, narrowboat, river, trust

One fine day in the middle of the night #narrowboat #boating #England

It is a Bank Holiday weekend here in Ing-er-lund. Perversely, the The Weather is remarkably good. It isn’t usually so … More

boat, canal, CaRT, england, narrowboat, river, trust

Dropped Ice-Cream Man (English Super-Heroes) read by Mr Tony Gilbert

Many moons ago I wrote a wee collection of short stories about Archetypally English “Super-Heroes”. Being confined to quarters a … More

boating, canal, england, english, Heroes, narrowboat, Super, Tony Gilbert

I Spy With My Little Eye… AN AEROPLANE CONDENSATION TRAIL! #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet

A while ago I was enjubilating over the absence of traffic in the skies. I still am (and I hope … More

2020, boating, canal, CaRT, CRT, england, narrowboat, river, trust

Brand spanking new DUCKLINGS in their very first moments ever on water

Right opposite my boat there has, of late, been a pair of (well, a threesome of, or sometimes a foursome … More

boating, canal, CaRT, CRT, ducks, england, narrowboat, river, trust
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