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Tag: canals

Going Gas-Free – I Hope – with a Remoska

On the Advice of Lettice I have bought one of these… a Remoska. [Seriously, me ol’ fruit-bat’s knitted willy-warmer; great … More

boat, C&RT, canal, canals, england, free, gas, gasfree, narrowboat, Remoska

Moored in splendid isolation – what do other folk know that I don’t? #narrowboat #boating #England

Well they’ve been on about it for days now, some great depression motoring in from the Atlantic. The latest “oh … More

boating, canals, ciara, england, narrowboat, rivers

Rodents abounding on the verge, although the verge of what exactly, one cannot guess…

Calling all mouse/rat/vole/shrew/miniature-coypu experts. This little fellow was feeding in the hedgerow hereabouts in broad and full daylight, and was … More

boating, canal, canals, england, narrowboat, river, wildlife

Look, all that I’m saying is that the Maori have the Haka, the Polynesians the Hula, and England, well, we have Morris Dance.

Yesterday was an “Open Day” at Venetian Marina (Middlewich Branch, Shropshire Union, Cheshire), and there were many fine experiences to … More

boating, canal, canals, dance, dancing, england, haka, hula, morris, narrowboat

Hmm, really? A queue at the services at 07:00hrs on a Wednesday? What jolly frolics! #narrowboat #boating

I awoke at sparrow-cough o’clock this morning, rolled over and fell out of my pit, landing on the usual knee-deep … More

boat, boating, canal, canals, CaRT, narrowboat, river, rivers

Tied up with chains while Old Mother Winter shows England her backside #narrowboat #boating #canals

The Cardinal and I have moved, restlessly, a few times of late. Once up through the services and back to … More

boating, canal, canals, CaRT, england, narrowboat, river

The Yorkshire Bank was wrong and I was right and, thank you, I will have that on my tombstone #Yorkshire #Bank

If it comes to it, you can bury me with one hand poking up through the soil too, with two … More

bank, boating, canals, england, narrowboat, river, yorkshire, yorkshire bank

Deceased badgers, benches in memoriam & horses in pyjamas #narrowboat #England

I met an Australian chap the other day, he was in England for three months and intending to walk along … More

boat, canal, canals, CaRT, england, narrowboat, river, trust

I fear that I am lost to camouflage pants, to dreadlocks and to the name “Swampy”

It all began so innocently. Watching a few old ducks here, spying on the odd (flock of) sheep there. I … More

boating, canals, CaRT, england, narrowboats, wildlife

Cannibalistic herons, moorhen victims and lapwing police sirens at the winding hole

My goodness me, I am beginning to Twitch. This will never do. I love seeing furry and four-legged wildlife on my … More

boats, canals, england, heron, lapwing, moorhen, narrowboat

Bob, Barry, and Bunbury Mill

Bunbury Mill is about half or two-thirds of the walk from the Shropshire Union canal towards the (real) Bunbury village. … More

boating, bunbury, canals, cheshire, england, mill, narrowboats

Bunbury village is three villages nowhere near where everyone says it is

…and all three of them are millions of miles away from the Shropshire Union canal. There’s the posh bit, the … More

boating, bunbury, canals, cheshire, england, narrowboats

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