I drove up to the boat after a night shift, dropped off my things, opened my birthday cards, got changed, and headed out again to Braunston....

The May issue of Canal Boat is out, and includes my boat test on the Aqualine boat, Vagabond .  The front cover is one of Andy’s drone ...

This morning was very windy again, with the odd squally shower.  Adrian did work while I did not much, apart from a trip to get lunch and di...

As usual after night shifts, I went to bed early and got up quite late.  It was another blustery day with squally showers blowing through fr...

I came up to the boat this morning after my night shift.  I was meeting someone at the marina at 10, and was early enough to stop at Tesco i...

The Jim Birch Boat, Joy Louise , is the test boat in the April edition of Canal Boat .

It was pretty chilly when I got up this morning, even though the fire had stayed in.  I made a prompt start with the drive up to Mercia Mari...