I meant to mention yesterday that as I drove back through Alvechurch, I passed a big press gaggle outside the school.  There were three sat ...

To Alvechurch today for a boat test.  For some reason, the sat nav took me there via the M6 and M42, and back using the M42, the M40, and th...

I came up to Briar Rose last night, as I have a boat test to do later today.  I left work at 10, and arrived just before midnight, slightly ...

The March edition of Canal Boat is out, and includes my boat test of Blue Haze , by Narrowboats of Distinction .

This gives some idea how noisy it is when you use a narrowboat to break ice.

It was another cold night, and we knew there was ice on the water as soon as we started moving about the boat, because we could hear it crun...

Never let it be said that we don't make enough use of Briar Rose.  The forecast for this weekend was good (cold but sunny), and Adrian...