From howling winds to blue sky to flat o’calm and huge (meteorological, not social) snowflakes #narrowboat #boating #England

Howling winds trying to blow the covers off earlier this morning. Blue sky and a touch of sunshine, ditto. Muffled … More

In the bleak mud-winter #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet

England, what’s left of it, has always hosted some weather types better than it can host others. A fine spring … More

…I went a-roaming, like some black-clad country parson flitting between the hedgerows in search of sinners to redeem. I found … More

We have moved on a tad. Just a couple of miles and four locks. It was supposed to have been … More

A booking has been made. Harecastle Tunnel. Tomorrow morning, Friday. That meant that the Cardinal and I had to get … More

There are many varied and splendid things about living on a boat in winter. One among these is that on … More

There was a spot of frost about yesterday morning. Alright, that’s typical English understatement, it was as cold as the … More

Aye, well, ‘appen as reckon as mebbe. The Cardinal and I have mooched on. That we have mooched on in … More

Purple coal, and emblazoned with a U.S.-style locomotive for some reason! (The cow-catcher is the clue.) Perhaps this coal hails … More

England has had some peculiar weather this year. [Bites knuckle in theatrical mock-surprise.] Our summer was akin to something one … More

It rained yesterday – but it rained without wind. Breezes were not us. Gales were having a rest (although more … More

Things were a bit chilly this morning. When I picked up my centre-line it was frozen solid from one end … More