Well we made it to Christmas Eve, so dear readers I wish you all an enjoyable and safe Christmas. While we take a break before the envelope ...

What? Only five waterside pubs visited this whole year?   Actually that doesn't seem too bad going given how little cruising we've d...

Locks -you either love 'em or hate 'em.  some are a right pain whilst others are so good you can't wait to do them again. By my ...

It's half way through December and no Herbie Awards yet! It's a special Herbie year too because as of October, Herbie is now 20 year...

 Just as we are settled in nicely at Ventnor marina, we get slightly unsettling news. An email to all moorers this week informs us that Cast...

Don't panic!  It really is curtains, new ones hand made by Kath from  lots of squares of fabric which she has hand printed / dyed.  Lots...

Many many thanks to those who commented on my previous post about greener boating. All good stuff and revealed to me that there's a bit ...

Well COP26 is upon us and I'm wondering how to be more green, or more especially how to go boating in a greener fashion.  After I've...

 I have nothing Herbievourous to tell you today so purists might wish not to read on.  For those who are left, here is some irrelevant news....

 If you read my previous post you will know that I had a go at doing eye splices at the end of a bit of rope.  Rope work, as anyone who has ...

 Bob, who moors a couple of boats along from us, passed on a trick he'd learned from another boater -reportedly an elderly lady single h...

Strange munching and graunching noises came from over the hedge as we came back up past Wood lock on the way back from Leamington. It didn...