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Tag: CaRT

The whole world’s gone utterly insanitary

The Cardinal and I, however, have not. I took my protein pills and put my helmet on yesterday before engaging … More

boating, boatsthattweet, C&RT, canal, CaRT, england, narrowboat, river, trust

Locks and trees and bridges and lots of still no bins

Hurleston Roving Bridge this morning (at, surprisingly, Hurleston Junction). It hardly roves at all. This morning’s perambulation was a most … More

boating, boatsthattweet, canal, CaRT, england, narrowboat, river, trust

Woad twips, woad works, weed balls and why I’m hitting the bottle again

Many moons ago – a year, ten years, who can say? – one of the (one-of-one possibilities) local businesses damaged … More

boating, boatsthattweet, canal, CaRT, england, narrowboat, river, trust

Wild and wet in Windy Alley

Also warm and sunny and frosty and cold and dull and grey and still and foggy. What I may only … More

boating, boatsthattweet, canal, CaRT, england, narrowboat, river, trust

Perhaps my favourite time of day

aside from all of the sleeping hours, and of those there are many, is the early morning. That part of … More

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The week that was – in non block-editor style, mehopes.

On Monday Tuesday the Canal Rozzers’ spotter “spotted” me (as in logged the Cardinal’s number and location – a questionable … More

boating, C&RT, canal, Canal River Trust, CaRT, england, narrowboat, river, trust

Two for two thus far with the Fire Basket… or “Coal Cage”

Each year in what passes these days for Autumnnumnum Mr Stove and I generally engage in a battle of wills. … More

basket, boating, C&RT, canal, CaRT, england, fire, narrowboat, river, trust

Van Dykeing the flue and bunging on the new salt-caked short smoke-stack

The weather here this rather august August has been roasting hot, monsoon rains, blasting winds, very occasionally, very briefly quite … More

boating, boatsthattweet, canal, CaRT, CRT, england, narrowboat, river, trust

I’ve been wasped.

Today is autumn. It’s (relatively) warm, but dark and with belting winds and lashing rain. It’s delicious. Yesterday was summer. … More

boating, boatsthattweet, canal, CaRT, CRT, england, narrowboat, river, trust

Praise be to the Greek & Roman gods – it IS about twenty Fahrengezundheitings cooler now!

So in immediate celebration I am cookering a hot meal. A curry to be precise. A “Whatever is in the … More

boating, boatsthattweet, canal, CaRT, CRT, england, narrowboat, river, trust

Every car alarm, every house alarm, every dog that could bark…

… was set off by one particular lightning strike and peel of thunder last night. It was.. impressive. Otherwheres had … More

august, boating, canal, CaRT, CRT, england, narrowboat, river, trust, weather

34-36-37

Any of you trappedĀ overseas in any of the more moist and over-heated hell-holes of the world may well laugh, but … More

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