The Generic Greetings Card (and Mug) of Choice for the Discerning Canal Boater

The new old eats the old old alive – rust and decay on a C&RT work-boat consumes the old British … More

Meerkats Anonymice

A sort of self-help group for folk suffering from S.C.P.S. Supermarket Car-Park Syndrome. By “self-help” I mean “group sui-kill pact”. … More

AWOOGAH! AWOOGAH! Said the Met Office – snow… and ice. Oddly, perhaps – I suspect – knowingly – they oft … More

Not my video (I don’t do video, can’t do video), this is from @narrowboatdays. Nip along and subscribe. Add a … More

Today began, continued, and is about to end with a distinct absence of meteorological ergs. It’s cold. The Cardinal and … More

Just behind the Cardinal is the Audlem Flight, fifteen (knackered) locks in a row. Work is proceeding as part of … More

The canals give a chap access to England’s back garden, the views generally unseen by Earth humanoid. Some views are … More

Other dates are available, mention here does not imply endorsement. E&OE. I think that perhaps the trees in the phomatograph … More

As far as Cheshire goes, this is the absolute middle of nowhere. The serious wastelands. Off the map. Here be … More

Yesterday, when all my ergs were so far away, the Llangollen Canal was nicely crusty. Today it’s done a better … More

Never before have I seen a trail of molehills, created overnight, that so accurately encapsulate the essence of the story … More

Fortunately, The Chamberlain Carrying Co were more adventurous, thank’ee most kindly. Anyone left wondering about the nature of the work … More