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

Kippering the Daisies

Aboveski is the view from the galley window (taken a couple of evenings ago). I’ve said it afore and I’ll … More

Replacing Two Worn-Out Old Friends

Something like twenty years ago I bought a gilet – from a charity shop, second-hand. I paid £2 for it. … More

The View from my Port’ole to-day

Steam trains… and the Red Arrows… …but sadly couldn’t get them both in the same image. Even sadderer still, there’s … 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

Considering my options

The canals are a brilliant place to live – or rather, they ought to be. Would I have moved to … 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

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

The Fuel Boat BARGUS cometh and goeth; the Watery Wellness Trust Ltd remains obdurately silent

Messrs Meteorillogical (sic) Office have sent wind, wind and more wind. Temperingtures (sic) though are almost balmy in comparison to … 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

It’s been a busy, high-mileage old week, and it’s only Wednesday

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