Pleasant enough, but wearily anodyne. The world at large, that is. There have been highlights, of course, and low-lights, but … More
Tag: river
Moorhen Sex is Staggeringly Disappointing
In their daily lives moorhens make a sound like a doggy chew-toy squeaking, sort of high-pitched hiccups. Spring having sprung, … More
A Whole Bottle of Washing-Up Liquid and a Lot of Elbow-Grease
That’s what it took to extricate this highly embarrassed “historical” wooden boat from Cholmondeston Lock. With age a certain spread … More
Moonset – easily one of my top twenty-four favourite hours of day or night
Also my favourite time to begin a wee cruise. To the wheelie bins. Nine and a tad miles round-trip, twice … More
Woomera? We Have A Problem.
Someone crashed the Moon lander. Seriously, how the helly-hell you actually do this to a lock ladder is beyond me. … More
The Manic Metrolopis of Middlewich
I generally take to towns the way a pet duck takes to seeing plum sauce delivered with the weekly groceries, … More
The Throbbing Middle of Nowhere, Still
Having enjoyed two or three of the weeks of faux-Spring/Summer we’re now back to faux-Autumn/Winter, with uber-changeable weather: warm; cold; … More
WP organising a Chips, Gravy, and Chilled Methylated Spirits Evening on the Benches of a Grimsby Park
The Canal Company Ltd to be guest of honour, with first sip from the communal bottle. We’re on a road … More
Interesting Times
UPDATE 07:50 hundred hours o’clock 02/04/2022 – upon checking this morning, equally suddenly – and perhaps equally unreliably – the … More
Spun, Serviced, Spun, and Sodded Off
Still no room at the inn (any of the Anderton moorings). Nothing respeckable, anyway. I might have moored with the … More
A higher than is usual incidence of “characters” in the area
Nutters. Congenital genitals. Tripled numbers of boats stuffed with hodilay-makers who would not ordinarily be seen dead anywhere without first … More
Bugger Bognor!
The Neighbourhood. It’s not Bognor, and King George The Vth is not in residence. We’re in salt territory. The guide … More