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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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