Also my favourite time to begin a wee cruise. To the wheelie bins. Nine and a tad miles round-trip, twice…
Woomera? We Have A Problem.
Someone crashed the Moon lander. Seriously, how the helly-hell you actually do this to a lock ladder is beyond me.…
The Manic Metrolopis of Middlewich
I generally take to towns the way a pet duck takes to seeing plum sauce delivered with the weekly groceries,…
The Throbbing Middle of Nowhere, Still
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;…
WP organising a Chips, Gravy, and Chilled Methylated Spirits Evening on the Benches of a Grimsby Park
The Canal Company Ltd to be guest of honour, with first sip from the communal bottle. We’re on a road…
Interesting Times
UPDATE 07:50 hundred hours o’clock 02/04/2022 – upon checking this morning, equally suddenly – and perhaps equally unreliably – the…
Spun, Serviced, Spun, and Sodded Off
Still no room at the inn (any of the Anderton moorings). Nothing respeckable, anyway. I might have moored with the…
A higher than is usual incidence of “characters” in the area
Nutters. Congenital genitals. Tripled numbers of boats stuffed with hodilay-makers who would not ordinarily be seen dead anywhere without first…
Bugger Bognor!
The Neighbourhood. It’s not Bognor, and King George The Vth is not in residence. We’re in salt territory. The guide…
Squirrels in the Mist
I hadn’t expected to see twelve squirrels on a fence dancing the Cancan in the original French as I cruised…
Ejected from Bramble Cuttings by Bouncers from [Unidentified Local] Boat Club
Gone half-past three in the arvo yesterday up oiks some (highly inappropriately proprietorial) chap, nails notices to living trees (something…
Cruising the Entire Length of The Wardle Canal in Just One Day
Not too wild a sub-expedition; the Wardle Canal begins with the lock that I am moving out of in the…