…and when I say “unloved amateur shambles” I am not referring to the building work going on! I am referring to … More
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A horse! A horse! My kingdom for a sleeping horse… #narrowboat #england #winter
Quo vadis Hutson in 2018? Well, up and down the canal a bit this morning but I can’t yet vouch … More
Sparrowfart O’Clock on a lightly frozen canal #england #narrowboat #winter
This damnable canal water seems apt to turn crusty at the slightest provocation. According to Her Majesty’s Meteorological Office it … More
A rambling discourse on C-beams glittering in the dark near the Tannhäuser Gate
It’s documented in my personnel file in the bowels of Whitehall that the original, the real, the hitherto only Blade Runner … More
Pitch black winter night, freezing fog, and a spot of business between boats #narrowboat #england #winter
Well there was atmospheric for you, yes indeed. This Monday past I had asked – via the electric interwebnets – … More
The buttock-clenching speeds at which I travel… #narrowboat #video #winter
The ice on the canal had mostly melted away this morning, so I decided to salvage what was left of my … More
Ice and a slice #England #narrowboat #winter
Yesterday presented itself as quite the perfect boating day. Someone spilt blue all over the sky, the sun had been … More
It’s all great fun until someone loses an aye-aye #England #narrowboat #winter
England doesn’t really do “seasons”. Where other, lesser countries have “spring” and “summer”, England simply takes a little Meteorological Lithium … More
The anatomy of a Monday move #narrowboat #England
Do all that may be done, and then put your feet up and do nothing. The view from my desk … More
A slow video amble along a short stretch of canal #narrowboat #offgrid #england
The Cardinal and I are heading east, and this is fortunate, since heading west on this stretch at this time … More
I am surrounded by “politician” birds – honk, squawk & flap-about #England #narrowboat #offgrid
Geese of manifold varieties – these are what I think of as “politician birds”. They’re all about noise, bull, bluster … More
Those magnificent men in their flying machines – and a(nother) sunset #narrowboat #England #offgrid
Why watch television when you can watch the sky? I don’t mean ‘…watch the sky…’ in some “X Files” way, … More
The Diesel-Electric Elephant Company. 