I hope you think this post is worth the wait, but that’s not the reason for it’s title.  There we were tootling down the S Oxford with our f...

Well Banbury Canal Day, despite being cancelled and then uncancelled, went pretty well. The good folk of hereabouts turned out in lots of ...

CRT have got stuff to keep them busy up here, but people are grumbling about how long it is taking. The lock second from the top of the Nap...

Here we are this evening, now facing North and high above the surrounding land, except you can't see that for the trees. These steps...

Arriving at our favourite mooring at Great Linford, it looked just as attractive as ever. It's a spot I never get tired of. Very p...

Just as we were approaching Cosgrove yesterday, we suddenly noticed that the canal water had turned a really bright green, almost luminous....

Hmmphh! I'm sure I wrote a blog post yesterday, but somehow it got lost. Never mind, life goes on and tonight we are here. Yup, C...

It's Tuesday evening and we're waiting for The Big Wind promised by the Met Office. Stuff on Herbie's roof has either been stow...

Is it just me, or does the canal here look like it's plunging down hill? You might recognise this spot if you've gone "over t...

A shaft of September sunlight falls on Herbie as we rest for the night on day 2 of our cruise. Clever so and so's will deduce our posi...

Richard, our eldest, is a naughty boy. He has lived on his boat Nb Bankside in Hartford Marina near Huntingdon for eleven years and never mo...

Well now, there's a thing! Helpful comments from Frank and Dave (thanks chaps) on my last post caused me to doubt my decision to connect...