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; … More

Interesting Times

UPDATE 07:50 hundred hours o’clock 02/04/2022 – upon checking this morning, equally suddenly – and perhaps equally unreliably – the … More

Still no room at the inn (any of the Anderton moorings). Nothing respeckable, anyway. I might have moored with the … More

The Neighbourhood. It’s not Bognor, and King George The Vth is not in residence. We’re in salt territory. The guide … More

I hadn’t expected to see twelve squirrels on a fence dancing the Cancan in the original French as I cruised … More

Not too wild a sub-expedition; the Wardle Canal begins with the lock that I am moving out of in the … More

Here are a couple of Dearth-Ducks. We’ve had a solitary swan, a brief moorhen, two boring ducks and that’s your … More

Bilious Gates and a large number of his minions are dead (to me). Fed up to my brass nipples with … More

In short, I got fed up of looking at the backside of the boat in front. The day dawned lacking … More

With a light but disconveniencingly-vectored breeze, about three minutes. However, to get somewhere on the canal wide enough to even … More

Well, last night was most atmospheric indeed. The Cardinal is well and truly frozen in, the broken and re-frozen ice … More

This little fellow came along with me for part of my perambulations. I was walking, he was flying. His legs … More