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 … More

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 … 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

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