Today marks the ninth anniversary of taking ownership of Briar Rose.  Our miles and locks are a bit higher this year, because we had a ...

Adrian got me this for my birthday a few weeks ago — and now he’s completed it!  Points for anyone who can identify the mooring.

The May edition of Canal Boat is out and includes my boat test on a spec boat by Ovation Boats.  There’s also an article of mine about th...

Another beautifully sunny day.  We packed up this morning and loaded the car, taking far more off the boat than usual.  We had quite a lot o...

Another beautifully sunny day, which got really quite warm later.  It would have been fantastic going across the Pennines in weather like th...

As we watched Boris Johnson lock down the UK last night, we realised we’d be implementing Plan B rather than Plan A: we wouldn’t be able to ...

Now that we’ve made the decision that we’re heading home, we seem to have a new sense of purpose — particularly because we have a sneaking s...