Just drive like the clappers and the wash of your boat will ensure that she stays exactly in the middle of the tunnel. That was the advice I was given. Didn’t work.
On the Regents Canal
Cruise from Paddington to Islington
It’s great to be back in Islington. I drove here on Sunday with Emina and her husband Darko along for the ride. We started in Paddington basin, left the Grand Union for the Regent’s Canal and Emina took the wheel to drive through the park, past some rather posh homes. Emina quickly got the hang […]
Boats that make me smile
Some boats make me envious – wide beam barges with bright shiny paintwork; some boats impress – beautiful old wooden cruisers, and some boats really make me smile.
Paint your boat
Lately I’ve been feeling embarrassed at all the scrape marks and rust on the lower half of Bristol Fashion. Not to mention the initials in silver spray-paint where some kid tagged the boat in Camden last weekend. Not exactly ship-shape. So this evening I started painting her. Before getting started I read a few books […]
I’m trying to sink your boat
Camden is not the quietest place to moor in London. Good luck finding a spot to moor, and watch out for the locals trying to sink your boat.
Narrowboat Icebreaker
Driving a boat through thin ice makes the most wonderful tinkling sound, and the sight of sheets of ice breaking up amongst small waves is delightful. It hadn’t been a particularly cold weekend but there was still a lot of ice about on Sunday as we drove from Docklands back to Angel. (Joining a boat […]
Angel and wild geese
The geese are so damn noisy this time of year, I don’t need an alarm clock. They are everywhere in pairs. Honking, fighting and mating all day long. I’m moored outside the Narrowboat, a great little waterside pub in Angel, North London. The fish and chips is superb. It’s one of my favourite areas to […]
London Canal Museum
London Canal Museum is well worth a look. It was once an ice cream maker’s warehouse with a huge well for storing ice.