An early drive up the M1 and across the Peak District to eastern Cheshire this morning, to the Victoria Pit moorings at Higher Poynton for a...

I came up to the boat this afternoon, as I have a boat test to do tomorrow.  It's the first visit since the end of our long cruise in Se...

The November issue of Canal Boat  is out, and includes my boat test on the Brayzel Narrowboats boat, Hyggelig.

The three week trip we've just completed was of course only part of our summer cruise, thanks to the extra week we managed to grab in Au...

Another fine and warm day to finish our holiday.  We set off at about 8.15; I walked up to the lock while Adrian brought the boat along.  St...

It's been one of those days where things seem to have taken much longer than they should.  We set off at 8am, and as we looked back to t...

Yesterday there were a couple of signs that we were getting closer to home: our first sight of the West Coast Mainline, and passing a Wyvern...