To a very sunny but cold and frosty Mercia Marina for a boat test today.  It was also good to catch up with Sheila from Sanity Again for ...

The February Canal Boat is out, and includes my boat test on Collingwood’s Hoxton widebeam.

I drove up to the boat after an early shift yesterday, and soon had the fire alight.  It was an early start this morning: I met Andy the pho...

Dull and chilly today.  We set off at about 9.45, with just the familiar miles back to the marina to cover.  Little of note happened, but it...

It was a bright but chilly morning, and we set off at 9am.  Once again there was very little water in the pounds at the Three Locks, but at ...

It rained quite heavily during the night and there was another brief shower while we had breakfast, but it soon dried up and we set off at 9...

I had a pleasant surprise on the way home from work last night — the timetable suggested the train would take almost an hour to get to Milto...