To Birmingham today for a boat test — the first time we’ve ever done one in the city centre. I’d stayed on Briar Rose overnight and met up w...

Came up to Briar Rose after work as I need to be up this way on Tuesday. I’ll do tomorrow’s shift in London by getting the train from Milton...

The August Canal Boat is out, and includes my boat test on the Crick Show winner, Eventide by Oakums Narrowboats. Plus there are mini revi...

It was supposed to be less windy today, but it was still pretty blustery when I set off at about 8.45.  It made the turn into the marina a b...

It rained on and off this morning, often much more on than off. As I didn’t have any particular need to go anywhere, I spent the morning pot...

A beautiful sunny morning to start, and after breakfast I washed the towpath side of the boat, as there’s clearly been some very dusty rain ...

I have been at work today, and didn’t get to the marina until after 6pm, having stopped at Tesco in Wolverton for some shopping on the drive...