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Canal repairs
A damaged culvert brought part of the Grand Union canal to a stop last week. Unfortunately I’d left Bristol Fashion in the middle of the closed section of the canal. After work I found a British Waterways dredger under the … Continue reading
(Not quite) The Poseidon Adventure
I went to the Malt Shovel pub last night for a meal (calves liver and bacon is good) and at closing time walked back to the boat. Walking along the boat to bed I put my bare foot down on … Continue reading
Boaters who blog
I use my blog to talk about the experience of living aboard. Other people keep a blog as a log of their journeys; some record their experiences of building a boat; some spread towpath news. But who are these blogging … Continue reading
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The necessities of life…
Living on a boat, I have most of the facilities you’d find in a house: they just work a little differently and require more thinking ahead. There’s a large water tank at the front of the boat which I refill … Continue reading
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Seattle’s houseboats
Took a rowboat out across Seattle’s Lake Union to photograph its houseboats (in the US they call these structures floating homes). Verandahs, large windows, solar panels and bright colours are popular but generally there’s little homogeneity in their design. There are certainly some vivid imaginations at work, as in this home with its own totem pole and sculptures of geckos, horses and sea horses. Continue reading
Center for Wooden Boats in Seattle
The Center for Wooden Boats is a great museum but it’s much more than that: how many museums encourage you to take out the exhibits and have fun with them? The CWB actually loan out their antique wooden boats for the public to enjoy… and encourage them to bump them about. The center also teaches maritime skills and even has a course for families to learn to build their own boat. Continue reading
At last, afloat
I’ve wanted to live on a boat ever since I was 18. And 18 years later I finally realised that dream. Has the reality matched up to the dream? Read on… Back in 1987 I moved to Leeds to study. … Continue reading
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