No that's not a spelling mistake, Herbie does have a new berth. Cruelly evicted from our spot alongside Lady Elgar due to the arrival of...

My new folding table design for Herbie works a treat. We installed it at the weekend and it fitted perfectly except I've decide to trim ...

Winds gusting to 50 miles per hour. Only a nutter would go boating in conditions like that. So we did. It was on Saturday morning that we se...

This week we remember not only my grandad, killed at the battle of the Somme, but also our dear friend Alison who died suddenly at the age o...

Herbie's new folding table is nearly finished. All that remains to do is fix some hardwood banding on the edges put some filler over the...

I built a rickety MDF prototype of Herbie's new dining table on Saturday, and the we popped out to the boat to see if the design worked....

I've just completed the survey questionnaire which BW sent me. GRRRR! Questionnaires are always so frustrating because they don't a...

Choose your friends wisely. That's what they say and I must be very wise because my friends are a real boon. Just lately I've been s...

Last December I wrote about getting a Brush Mate , which is a simple plastic box in which you hang paint brushes, and containing a chemical ...

On Saturday, Herbie will be 8 years old according to the makers plate in the cratch. Old enough for some cosmetic surgery I reckon. The ne...

Boaters who haven't visited London from the Grand Union recently will see quite a few changes next time they do the trip. First, on the ...

Members or supporters of the BNP might like to skip this post - you'll only get upset. For this is the promised report of our recent day...