There’s a game we play on England’s canal system, and it involves cruising everything that you own under bridge after … More
Tag: canal
Morning Hasn’t Broken
Although Bridge 2 on the Middlewich has. I am sure certain that either end of a brick-built bridge isn’t really … More
An Unexploded Rat
Yonder peaceful, quiet, “full of wellness”, “life’s better by water” canals hereabouts are still ridiculously busy with manifold unaccustomed …persons… … More
Knutsen Bolts and… Stuff
Well that was a lovely forty minutes, spent cleaning out the shower sump-pump. To take a shower aboard a boat … More
A Candle To Light My Way
Only for ten or fifteen minutes, before Messrs Sun & Co got out of bed. We moved a bit early … More
Crowds and Clouds
Canal boats run like buses. This is nothing to worry about; I run like an arthritic orangutan that’s spotted a … More
Yanking My Chain
It’s not just the new Terror Weather that’s yanking my chain (kill the children and the livestock, grab the family … More
We Cruised At Dawn. Then Again At Dusk.
You can’t move for boats on this stretch (at least) of the Shroppie at the moment. This is probably because … More
Here’s Lookin’ At Ewe, Kid
Where weresheep may safely graze on the hillside – provided that they have independent suspension. No, I said suspension, not … More
Rudely Re-Awoken By A Giant Virgin
This damnable weather has returned my sleep pattern to the primordial sludge; I sleep – half a brain, one eye, … More
The Great English Bake-Off
I have written a lengthy letter of complaint and sent it to the Times (via the Minister for Weather & … More
Drunken Yobbery at Silly O’Clock
Yes that’s me in the phomatograph above. Not a trace of distortion caused by the plastic sheeting; that’s exactly the … More
The Diesel-Electric Elephant Company. 