Mother may well have loaded the guns at Lucknow, but I’m retreating at Llangollen

Royally rammed again yesterday. A long stretch of straight canal, no wind, no other boat traffic, I’m moored quite tidily … More

Yesterday I Ate a Tuno Sandwich

Given that the supermarkets unceremoniously (and without warning) dumped yours truly last year, and given that they are undoubtedly working … More

My name is Legion, for we are many. So sayeth the cloven-hoofed one at The Watery Wellness Trust Ltd., generally … More

I feel that it might happen at any moment. A quiet stretch of canal, an empty Starbucks coffee cup thrown … More

By ‘eck it were reet misty this morning, and wi’ a touch o’frost, too. Mist doesn’t actually photograph terribly well … More

It’s been a funny old week. The planet that I am currently living on (‘Earth’, according to the locals) has … More

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

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

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

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

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

Let us see what today brings, shall we? More of the same, I suspect. Ugh! How hot and humid was … More