Kippering the Daisies

Aboveski is the view from the galley window (taken a couple of evenings ago). I’ve said it afore and I’ll … More

Replacing Two Worn-Out Old Friends

Something like twenty years ago I bought a gilet – from a charity shop, second-hand. I paid £2 for it. … More

Steam trains… and the Red Arrows… …but sadly couldn’t get them both in the same image. Even sadderer still, there’s … More

Choice of mooring in these uber-crowded, inner-city times and places was dictated not so much by the beautiful display of … More

The canals are a brilliant place to live – or rather, they ought to be. Would I have moved to … More

It’s criminal. The main protagonist lives on a narrowboat, which means that C&RT hate him already. British crime author Pat … More

…you look out of the boat window into the wild, wet night and conclude that it must be a Harvest-Mouse … More

It’s been a funny old week, some parts of it so strange that I cannot tell of them on the … More

Doug McClure and Susan Penhaligon in their time wandering around Cheshire would have been quite used to the sight of … More