Up the Audlem flight in reverse wearing only y-fronts and a foil hat. This is a tale of the insanity … More
Tag: winter
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
One fristy frosty morning while most of England was still shivering under the chambermaid… #narrowboat #boating #boatsthattweet
…I went a-roaming, like some black-clad country parson flitting between the hedgerows in search of sinners to redeem. I found … More
What a difference a day makes – Arctic blue to Snowmageddon sepia #narrowboat #England #canals
We have moved on a tad. Just a couple of miles and four locks. It was supposed to have been … More
The Cardinal is not amused. I didn’t exactly have a giggle-fest either. #narrowboat #England
A booking has been made. Harecastle Tunnel. Tomorrow morning, Friday. That meant that the Cardinal and I had to get … More
Reading in the Great Cabin, a Captain’s pleasure on a winter’s night. #narrowboat #England #amreading
There are many varied and splendid things about living on a boat in winter. One among these is that on … More
The most assuredly perfect timing of Halsall, the fuel boat… and the ropes are frozen again. #narrowboat #England
There was a spot of frost about yesterday morning. Alright, that’s typical English understatement, it was as cold as the … More
The F-F-F-Fudge Boat, Neil Morrissey’s pub, and the two-narrowboat garage. I am Stoned no longer. #narrowboat #England
Aye, well, ‘appen as reckon as mebbe. The Cardinal and I have mooched on. That we have mooched on in … More
The last two sacks of coal in Stone, the Christmas tree is dead and the fairy is missing-in-action #narrowboat #England
Purple coal, and emblazoned with a U.S.-style locomotive for some reason! (The cow-catcher is the clue.) Perhaps this coal hails … More
A smidgen more sunshine and a tad less wind – things are looking up! #narrowboat #England
England has had some peculiar weather this year. [Bites knuckle in theatrical mock-surprise.] Our summer was akin to something one … More
Over the River Trent, up the junction, and to some most splendid moorings on a new-to-me canal #narrowboat #England
It rained yesterday – but it rained without wind. Breezes were not us. Gales were having a rest (although more … More
