Hurleston, where the rocket science of an existing septic tank that needs replacing with a new plastic one has “defeated” … More
Tag: winter
Wild Cruises & Dismal Weather
The lead phomatograph is the view down from the top of the forty locks of ancient Hurleston; my gratibodes to … More
An Overnight Crash of Erg-Onomics & The New Pensions Double-Lock
The [Greek and Roman] gods alone know what this is in the hedgerow opposite the marina. A doll’s head on … More
The Things You See Sometimes On T’Canals
I’ve seen some horrors, but generally it’s great. You get to see Ingerlund’s rump end, the “back garden” view. It … More
Sticking Plaster Nation
There’s a game we play on England’s canal system, and it involves cruising everything that you own under bridge after … More
There’s a Distinct Dearth of Wildlife on These Moorings. Also Those Moorings.
Here are a couple of Dearth-Ducks. We’ve had a solitary swan, a brief moorhen, two boring ducks and that’s your … More
Goodbye Microsoft Windows – Hello Linux Mint
Bilious Gates and a large number of his minions are dead (to me). Fed up to my brass nipples with … More
Chased up the Shroppie by a Purple Lunatic
The luna… erm, nb Snowgoose… was at anchor on the Venetian Hire Boats & Chandlery services when the Cardinal and … More
Full Suez x2 and five miles to nowhere
No wind to speak of no wind to speak of no wind to speak of Hutson looses his ropes kindly … More
Fond Not Am I Of Wind
Dudley came and went, Eunice may or may not still be around – Her Maj’s Met Orifice, like all of … More
Dudley is here, Eunice is on the way, Franklin is Next … awaiting only Gladys & Herman
We scarpered, the Cardinal and I, this past Monday. Our rozzer-free time in “the neighbourhood” was up and the Met … More
The Day The Internet Damned-Near Caught Fire
That battery is from my MiFi unit and being originally slim and of uniform shape it ought to be laying … More