The January Canal Boat is out and includes my review of the pink boat, Elektra , but Smithwood Narrowboats. 

We came up to the boat this morning after I’d finished work; Adrian had been in London overnight for work.  We’re here because we are having...

The December Canal Boat is out, and includes my boat test on Salodin by Braidbar Boats .

I went up to Briar Rose after work yesterday, and spent the night on board.  Fortunately the fire lit very easily, and was soon warming up t...

Our licence holders were falling apart, so I ordered some new ones.  They are £1 for a pair on the CRT website, including postage.  As they ...

After I swept the chimney on Friday afternoon, I cleared a load of debris off the top baffle in the stove, both by sweeping it off with a po...

I had fun and games with the stove last night, but I’ll do a separate post about that too.  This morning I walked the mile back to the marin...