It’s been a funny old week. The planet that I am currently living on (‘Earth’, according to the locals) has…
I remain pertinacious in my contumacy
After all, it was what I was tautology by Mummery and Daddyery. Those who sit in Downing Street are not…
The Fuel Boat BARGUS cometh and goeth; the Watery Wellness Trust Ltd remains obdurately silent
Messrs Meteorillogical (sic) Office have sent wind, wind and more wind. Temperingtures (sic) though are almost balmy in comparison to…
In The Bleak Midwinter
Well, last night was most atmospheric indeed. The Cardinal is well and truly frozen in, the broken and re-frozen ice…
Still alive, still kicking, still getting in everyone’s way and causing mayhem on the system
This little fellow came along with me for part of my perambulations. I was walking, he was flying. His legs…
It’s been a busy, high-mileage old week, and it’s only Wednesday
Been cruising far and wide like a lockdown loon, just to amuse the Canal & River Trust Ltd. The corporate…
Being Seriously Bullied By The Canal & River Trust Ltd to Cruise More during a Pandemic, from Neighbourhood to Neighbourhood…
The Canal & River Trust Ltd tell me that I may have “trouble renewing my boat licence” because I haven’t…
The Work-Boats are a-Moving
through the (light, ish) ice, even if I’m not. I hasten to add that the gentleman on the boat shown…
Frozen in again again
It looks like just a skim though, rather than bolar-pear territory. Doubtless it will make some horrid noises later on…
Coal Frost Mist Squirrels Aliens Diesel Wind Rain Ice Sunshine & UnFire
Yes, the walk through the image above was as cold as it looks. The towpath was frozen, the canal was…
Misty Moisty Mornings
This morning was forecast to be froggy but turned out to be merely misty. Still frozen of course, but hardly…
Frozen in again
According to Her Majesty’s Weather-Soothsayers it was a balmy -5° Metric Celsinghams last night, but I reckon that there were…
