I set off at 7.30 with a cup of tea and a cereal bar at the helm. It’s only a mile back to the marina so I was soon turning in and reversing...

It has been a very long day.  It started at 6am with a 20 minute walk along the towpath to the marina, where the car was.  I drove to Bicest...

I have some boat tests tomorrow, so came up to the boat this afternoon.  It was too nice to stay in the marina with boats either side, so I ...

On Saturday, I’d been told that a convoy of narrowboats would be doing the Thames tideway, having got special permission to go under Hammers...

The August Canal Boat is out, and includes my boat test on Winifred , a 1980s hire boat completely refitted by Jim Birch. 

We had a lovely evening with Catherine, Nigel, Grace, and Matthew last night.  During the evening, the three Gayton hire boats which had app...

Dry this morning, and we set off about 9.30.  Two hire boats from Gayton had already come down and there was a third at the bottom lock, wit...