It's been a difficult few days.  Adrian's mum died early on Saturday morning, following a lengthy illness. Ann came with us on sev...

A day trip to Droitwich today for a boat test.  Having driven through spectacular sunshine, I was dismayed to find the whole of Droitwich...

An update to yesterday's post about the photo of Briar Rose in Towpath Talk . The photo is credited to Waterways Images , so I emaile...

I had a text from Stephen and Jayne on Dolce Far Niente earlier, saying there was a photo of Briar Rose in the January issue of Towpath Ta...

The February edition of Canal Boat is out, and it has one of my photos on the cover.  It's of Ivy , a self-built boat (and that incl...

Last night, John and Jan came round for a drink after dinner, and we spent another enjoyable time chatting. This morning was beautifully s...

It was exceptionally windy last night, and when we looked out this morning the canal had waves on it.  We were expecting a visitor, so had a...