Arley Hall & Gardens, Cheshire. Well, none of Arley Hall (closed), and some of the gardens (Private Event) Website here.…
And Now For Something Entirely Different
Cholmondeley Castle. Generally pronounced ‘Chumley’. Website here. I am considering putting an offer in, once they finish the work on…
Sticking Plaster Nation
There’s a game we play on England’s canal system, and it involves cruising everything that you own under bridge after…
Roaring Trade at Venetian Chandlery Pizza & Live Music Event
A seriously great evening – as always – praise and thanks be to: If you were there then you were…
Morning Hasn’t Broken
Although Bridge 2 on the Middlewich has. I am sure certain that either end of a brick-built bridge isn’t really…
An Unexploded Rat
Yonder peaceful, quiet, “full of wellness”, “life’s better by water” canals hereabouts are still ridiculously busy with manifold unaccustomed …persons……
Knutsen Bolts and… Stuff
Well that was a lovely forty minutes, spent cleaning out the shower sump-pump. To take a shower aboard a boat…
A Candle To Light My Way
Only for ten or fifteen minutes, before Messrs Sun & Co got out of bed. We moved a bit early…
Crowds and Clouds
Canal boats run like buses. This is nothing to worry about; I run like an arthritic orangutan that’s spotted a…
Yanking My Chain
It’s not just the new Terror Weather that’s yanking my chain (kill the children and the livestock, grab the family…
We Cruised At Dawn. Then Again At Dusk.
You can’t move for boats on this stretch (at least) of the Shroppie at the moment. This is probably because…
Here’s Lookin’ At Ewe, Kid
Where weresheep may safely graze on the hillside – provided that they have independent suspension. No, I said suspension, not…
The Diesel-Electric Elephant Company. 