Herbie is moored six inches from a demolition site!   We arrived in Paddngton at lunchtime to find the basin fully occupied, which was a t...

Excuse my grammar. Today we've been out in what turned out to be a nasty cold wind taking Herbie out on the first day of a jolly into ...

I reported last week on the, I suppose, relatively minor crime of graffiti on CRT signs in Uxbridge. I say minor because worse things have...

I wonder who thinks up the names for CRT work boats.  "Pride of Slough" always raises a wry smile. Yesterday I was out driving Pri...

I'll log another couple of hours ranger duties today, having counted passers by at going to work time and then walked down the canal ab...

It was quite a surprise to emerge from a warm and cosy boat this morning to find frost on the handrails. Despite that, it was a glorious ...

Herbie rides again. Yesterday morning we slipped our moorings and set off on our first Herbie outing since November. Rotten weather and f...

I don't know why I am a subscriber to The Week magazine.  It's full of adverts for investment banks, posh cars and heirloom quality ...

Why didn't somebody tell me about this wonderful web site THE GRAND JUNCTION CANAL  compiled by Ian Petticrew and Wendy Austin?  It is ...

Just because I did all the stuff to qualify as a volunteer helmsman for CRT, it doesn't mean the qualification stands in perpetuity.  Ap...

I occasionally get requests for more details of Herbie's DiY secondary double glazing the latest request being from VallyP who of course...

Today we took a gang of CRT volunteers out for a ride on widebeamer  Jena, with fellow volunteer Richard and me sharing the helming..  In Ad...