Herbie needs a new roof box.  The old one which I painted with its distinctive diamond pattern not long after we bought the boat, is rotting...

Wills and Kate?  No, I mean the proposed BIG wedding in couple of years time when the aristocratic Environment Agency walks down the aisle w...

Well blow me, I'm not often wrong, but I'm wrong again.  We chose Crick Marina as a new base for Herbie because it has good links wi...

Here's Kath sitting in the shade near Herbie at Crick.  What is she up to? Turning this into this using scraps of paper she has ...

One thing about the Thames, you do see some unusual boats.  Not far up the river, we were startled to be overtaken at speed by this fab laun...

I've never done any bricklaying, and I'm sure that if I had, it would be about as good as my welding i.e. totally useless and a dang...

Travelling on the Thames and then the canals, you can't help noticing what different worlds they are.  For a start there's the peopl...

Well here we are at Crick at last, tucked into our new berth after a journey of 172 miles, 98 locks, two tunnels and 11 pubs. (That's us...

... And now a series of short reports from our correspondents on the Oxford Canal. Springwatch   - by Humble Kate Still very few signs o...

There were no murders in Cropredy last night.  Not that I know of anyway, although it leaves us slightly surprised because Cropredy has some...

Wow, what a perfect day!  The canal from Heyford to Banbury looked gorgeous in the sunshine and blue skies yesterday.  White blossom of Blac...

Back on the canal - hooray!  More on that below, but first we leap forward to our entry to Thrupp. Arriving at Thrupp in the glorious sun...