To the north of me lies Calveley Services (run by C&RT) – no hot water (they can’t mend an ordinary … More
Tag: boating
Signs of the times
Day One of the re-opened here’s your “freedom” back on strings hire-boat season, and the jewel in the canal crown … More
Comestibles, Canal Rozzers, Cruises
Deny this one too if you will, my dear dissembling, double-dealing, perfidious, mendacious, pecksniffian, weasel-hearted, Janus-faced Watery Wellness Trust Ltd. … More
An(other) Early(ish) Morning Walk up to ‘Canal Closed’
By ‘eck it were reet misty this morning, and wi’ a touch o’frost, too. Mist doesn’t actually photograph terribly well … More
A Really Rubbish Cruise
‘pparently tis some sort of “Bank Holiday” weekend, some kind of Christian festival. These things, like days of the week, … More
Oddlets and Sodlets (with the usual odds and the same old sod chasing)
Choice of mooring in these uber-crowded, inner-city times and places was dictated not so much by the beautiful display of … More
Cover Photo by Me – Book by Pat McDonald
It’s criminal. The main protagonist lives on a narrowboat, which means that C&RT hate him already. British crime author Pat … More
You know that your ducks aren’t really all lined up neatly when…
…you look out of the boat window into the wild, wet night and conclude that it must be a Harvest-Mouse … More
E.P., M.I.S.P., and n.b. BARGUS
It’s been a funny old week, some parts of it so strange that I cannot tell of them on the … More
Behemoths in the mist and a mega-cruise for hydrogen and oxygen mix
Doug McClure and Susan Penhaligon in their time wandering around Cheshire would have been quite used to the sight of … More
Surveillance, Saraharan Sand, and Pyornkrachzark’s roller
It’s been a funny old week. The planet that I am currently living on (‘Earth’, according to the locals) has … More
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 … More
