Moorhen Sex is Staggeringly Disappointing

In their daily lives moorhens make a sound like a doggy chew-toy squeaking, sort of high-pitched hiccups. Spring having sprung, … More

A Whole Bottle of Washing-Up Liquid and a Lot of Elbow-Grease

That’s what it took to extricate this highly embarrassed “historical” wooden boat from Cholmondeston Lock. With age a certain spread … More

Also my favourite time to begin a wee cruise. To the wheelie bins. Nine and a tad miles round-trip, twice … More

Someone crashed the Moon lander. Seriously, how the helly-hell you actually do this to a lock ladder is beyond me. … More

I generally take to towns the way a pet duck takes to seeing plum sauce delivered with the weekly groceries, … More

Having enjoyed two or three of the weeks of faux-Spring/Summer we’re now back to faux-Autumn/Winter, with uber-changeable weather: warm; cold; … More

The Canal Company Ltd to be guest of honour, with first sip from the communal bottle. We’re on a road … More

UPDATE 07:50 hundred hours o’clock 02/04/2022 – upon checking this morning, equally suddenly – and perhaps equally unreliably – the … More