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Blenheim Palace World Heritage Site UNLOVED AMATEUR SHAMBLES #blenheim #palace #churchill

…and when I say “unloved amateur shambles” I am not referring to the building work going on! I am referring to … More

blenheim palace, canal, CaRT, churchill, england, narrowboat, offgrid, river, trust

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

canal, england, horses, narrowboat, offgrid, railways, river, trust, winter

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

boating, canal, england, narrowboat, offgrid, river, trust, winter

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

canal, england, narrowboat, offgrid, philosophy, river, trust, winter

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

canal, CaRT, england, fuel boat, halsall, narrowboat, offgrid, river, trust

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

boating, canal, CaRT, england, offgrid, river, tourism, trust

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

boating, canal, england, narrowboat, offgrid, river, winter

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

canal, CaRT, england, life afloat, narrowboat, offgrid, river, trust, winter

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

canal, CaRT, england, narrowboat, offgrid, river, trust

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

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

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

canal, CaRT, england, narrowboat, offgrid, river, trust, wildlife

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

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