Lots of us canal boaters enjoy a bit of foraging from the towpath hedgerow, blackberries especially, but also crab apples, occasional damson...

How long can you hold your breath? When I was a lot younger I could swim the length of a 50 metre swimming pool under water, but not now of ...

“Oh botheration!” said Kath ( or words to that effect).  En route to Cropredy, we had detoured into Bicester to get some Cobblestone fuel br...

Pulling apart a bit of splitting tongue and groove planking left over from making my roof box, I got a surprise. Here’s the split. and when ...

In my relentless quest for displacement activities, I’ve been back at the coding keyboard.  I know, I can’t help it. This time putting toget...

I think the people of Banbury must be amphibians. It rained so hard this morning that no normal person in his right mind would come out to w...

In a parallel universe where Fellows Morton and Clayton were still operating on the canals: "Dad, Dad," the grimy faced boy pee...

Anyone who has been down to Oxford on the canal will be familiar with close encounters with weeping willows. Quite often they completely obs...

Last night being our last night we pushed the boat out before we pushed the boat in. Which is to say we treated ourselves to a final meal ou...

Just imagine it, three boaters spent a whole evening in the pub together without ever once discussing batteries or toilets. Is this a record...

Is it autumn yet? The setting sun makes it look that way here at Allen's lock and tonight we could well mark the beginning of autumn b...

Phew, back on the canal and having to work again. We're not used to winding paddle gears and pushing gates. People on the Thames don...