Twelve years of ownership completed.  This year is towards the bottom end of usage, mostly because our autumn trip was shorter than normal. ...

I was up early today and driving to Sheffield for a boat test.  I was there by 9.30, on a day which was much sunnier than forecast.  On the ...

I came up to the boat this afternoon, as I have a boat test further north tomorrow.

The birds round here seem particularly noisy.  The ducks were making a racket late into the evening, and this morning I was woken up by the ...

As I looked out of the side hatch yesterday evening at about 7.30, I saw a barn owl flying along the opposite bank of the canal — quite rema...

We have a BSS examiner coming to do his thing on Monday, so I’ve taken the opportunity of another weekend on board.  I came up after finishi...

The May Canal Boat is out, and includes my boat test on a spec boat by a new builder, Stewart Simm.  The designer is making great use of And...