It’s light enough early enough these days to really annoy other boaters (quid pro quo eh?) by cruising – in … More
Category: Blatherings
Klaatu Barada Nikto
When good topiary goes bad. So, what’s been occurring? The usuals. Warm days, blasting gales, lashing rain, frosts, blue skies. … More
Dogging & More on the Shropshire Union Canal
Do I spoil you lot rotten or what? This is a(nother) uBoob channel that you really ought to follow. Full … More
From Abbeystead Dam to Tarnbrook Wyre Waterfall – Lancashire Footnotes
If you haven’t aldone readyso, you really need to follow this blog and subscribe to the uBoob channel – Lancashire … More
Pareidolia & Apophenia & Dogberryism Abounding
A veritable ball in a china shop. Or a giant bullock in the sky. My Peopleing Gland, Worlding Sphincter, and … More
Forgotten But Not Gone
a.k.a. a total lack of oomph and nothing whatsoever to say to the world. It’s bin a’While here. bin Man … More
It’s Probably Good For The Sole
As I performed my world-renowned “Flying Prolapse” into my comfortable reclining chair the other evening I was afforded, by the … More
Storm Otto Stole My Hat
Storm Otto – named such by some continental types stranded in ‘The Abroad’ – arrived on England’s canals at approximately … More
An Axe To Grind
It comes to something when a chap can’t use Baby’s First Axe by TOMY on the towpath next to his … More
The Generic Greetings Card (and Mug) of Choice for the Discerning Canal Boater
The new old eats the old old alive – rust and decay on a C&RT work-boat consumes the old British … More
Meerkats Anonymice
A sort of self-help group for folk suffering from S.C.P.S. Supermarket Car-Park Syndrome. By “self-help” I mean “group sui-kill pact”. … More
Winter Wanderland
AWOOGAH! AWOOGAH! Said the Met Office – snow… and ice. Oddly, perhaps – I suspect – knowingly – they oft … More