The December Canal Boat is out, and contains my boat test on Phronesis by Norton Canes Boat Builders .

The Friends of the River Nene calendar has arrived, and my photo is April.  Rather nicely, they also sent me a print of the photo — I ca...

A quick visit today to Hanbury Wharf for a boat test.  For some reason there’s a lighthouse there.  My route took me up the M5 over the R...

A quick dash up to Northamptonshire today.  I first went to the marina to pick up a couple of things from the boat and drop off a couple of ...

Here are some stats for our trip. 290 miles and 303 locks, of which 138 were narrow locks and 165 were wide.  67 of the miles were on r...

The November issue of Canal Boat is out, and includes my boat test on a spec boat built by Yelvertoft Marina.  The front cover is one of ...

It was raining again this morning, but at least it was fairly gentle and it was very calm.  I set off at 8.30 and found Cosgrove Lock was em...