How Long Does it Take To Turn A Narrowboat Around?

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

In The Bleak Midwinter

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

Been cruising far and wide like a lockdown loon, just to amuse the Canal & River Trust Ltd. The corporate … More

The Canal & River Trust Ltd tell me that I may have “trouble renewing my boat licence” because I haven’t … More

through the (light, ish) ice, even if I’m not. I hasten to add that the gentleman on the boat shown … More

It looks like just a skim though, rather than bolar-pear territory. Doubtless it will make some horrid noises later on … More

Yes, the walk through the image above was as cold as it looks. The towpath was frozen, the canal was … More

This morning was forecast to be froggy but turned out to be merely misty. Still frozen of course, but hardly … More

According to Her Majesty’s Weather-Soothsayers it was a balmy -5° Metric Celsinghams last night, but I reckon that there were … More

Opportunity taken. The Cardinal and I mooched up to the junction this morning, entertained two “anglers” with a three-point turn, … More

The top of the canal is a bit …solid, this morning. In typical Ing-er-lish weather fashion though it’s also now … More