It’s light enough early enough these days to really annoy other boaters (quid pro quo eh?) by cruising – in…
Klaatu Barada Nikto
When good topiary goes bad. So, what’s been occurring? The usuals. Warm days, blasting gales, lashing rain, frosts, blue skies.…
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…
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…
Pareidolia & Apophenia & Dogberryism Abounding
A veritable ball in a china shop. Or a giant bullock in the sky. My Peopleing Gland, Worlding Sphincter, and…
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…
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…
Storm Otto Stole My Hat
Storm Otto – named such by some continental types stranded in ‘The Abroad’ – arrived on England’s canals at approximately…
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…
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…
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”.…
Winter Wanderland
AWOOGAH! AWOOGAH! Said the Met Office – snow… and ice. Oddly, perhaps – I suspect – knowingly – they oft…
The Diesel-Electric Elephant Company. 