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Best canalside cafe

On the Grand Union Canal · July 11, 2010

It's in Rickmansworth, next to Batchworth Lock. Good grub. Try the fish finger sandwich, it's just right! Those are my parents, wife and …

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Terrapin spotted in canal

On the Grand Union Canal · July 9, 2010

I'd heard about the terrapins that get dumped in the canals but never seen one before. Saw this one on the Grand Union Canal near Kensal …

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Headed towards Blisworth Tunnel

On the Grand Union Canal · July 7, 2010

Blisworth Tunnel

The photo above was taken on our second day of owning Narrowboat Audrey Too as we headed towards Blisworth Tunnel. It was too late to go …

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Coots nests

On the Grand Union Canal · July 5, 2010

Coot with its young

Coots nests are built out of of twigs and frankly any old rubbish they can pull out of the canal. Coots seem quite happy to make use of …

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Back on the water on Narrowboat Audrey Too

On the Grand Union Canal · July 4, 2010

Narrowboat Audrey Too

A few months ago my wife Alisha and I bought a narrowboat. We'd been living in Australia together but had to return to the UK for a couple …

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Life on land

On the Grand Union Canal · July 3, 2007

I've been living on land for the last couple of months while Bristol Fashion is at Whilton Marina, lined up with dozens of other boats for …

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Movable Bridges

On the Grand Union Canal · June 25, 2007

Stewart Marchant's Movable Bridges website says: If it's a swing bridge, lift bridge, drawbridge, bascule bridge, sliding bridge, …

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Another boat is baptised

On the Grand Union Canal · May 1, 2007

At Weedon, a brand new narrowboat is lowered by crane into the canal, while another boat waits patiently to pass by. …

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Marinas and wireless Internet

On the Grand Union Canal · April 26, 2007

I'm at Whilton Marina for a few days, cleaning the boat, boxing up some of my belongings and showing a few prospective buyers around.While …

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Aqueduct

On the Grand Union Canal · April 3, 2007

This photo was taken while travelling over an aqueduct near Weedon. …

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Gongoozling at Stoke Bruerne

On the Grand Union Canal · March 27, 2007

Stoke Bruerne is a famous canalside village. It has a great pub called the Boat Inn, the canal museum, the entrance to Blisworth Tunnel …

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Great Linford to Stoke Bruerne

On the Grand Union Canal · March 23, 2007

Took an early morning walk around Great Linford, a lovely village at the north east of Milton Keynes. There's an 18th century manor, a 14th …

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Flooded River Ouse in York

Flooding in York

In York the towpath beside the museum gardens is flooded, and the moorings are hidden below about a metre and a half’s rise in the water level.

York

Selby to York

There was a surprising amount of floating junk to avoid on the tidal river between Selby and York, mostly large logs and branches but also a dead cow.

Narrowboat Trilby

Paul Widdowson boat in Sheffield

Narrowboat Audrey Too was built by Paul Widdowson.We hadn’t seen another boat by the same builder, but on arriving at Sheffield’s Victoria Quays, we were put near to another Paul Widdowson built boat called Trilby.

Bridges to Sheffield

Through Tinsley Locks to Sheffield

Alisha’s doing temp work near Sheffield until the end of June, so we’ve decided to stay there for a few weeks. The Tinsley Flight of 11 small locks has to be traversed to reach Sheffield. It didn’t start raining until we were at the penultimate lock, and the shower was heavy but quick. On arrival in Sheffield’s Victoria Quays there was a rainbow.

Grand Union Canal

Linslade to Milton Keynes

Disused swing bridge

Marsworth to Linslade

Berkhamsted

Swing bridge

Stuck in Hemel Hempstead

Stoppages

Spot the monkey

Rickmansworth

More boats that make me smile

Soggy new year

Dreaming of a dry Christmas

Leeds and Liverpool

Stern of frozen narrowboat

Winterising our narrowboat

Narrowboat Audrey Too in snow

Thaw and freeze

Narrowboat in the frozen canal

Surviving winter on a narrowboat

Narrowboat in the snow

Narrowboat in the snow

Swans and ducks on the frozen canal

Audrey Too in the ice at Rodley

Stuck in the ice at Rodley

British waterways van and narrowboat

Leeds to Rodley in the cold and snow

Regent’s Canal

Islington Tunnel

Cruise from Paddington to Islington

Boats that make me smile

Paint your boat

I’m trying to sink your boat

Narrowboat Icebreaker

Angel and wild geese

London Canal Museum. Photo by Alan Murray-Rust

London Canal Museum

River Thames

Isis Lock

Goodbye Thames, hello Oxford Canal

Spooky moorings at Mapledurham

Temple Island near Henley-on-Thames

Temple Island

Narrowboat moored in Marlow

Moored on the Thames at Marlow

Moored outside Hampton Court

Nicholson Waterways Guides

Nicholson Waterways Guides

Single handed boating on the canal in Soulbury

Single-handed boating on the canals

Richmond Lock and Weir

Goodbye River Thames

Nice place, couldn’t leave

More repairs

Bristol fashion behind Bristol

The cost of mooring

Aire and Calder

Wooden seat varnished, deck painted

Painting and varnishing, getting our narrowboat ready to travel

River Lee

Canalside regeneration?

Sheffield and South Yorkshire

Narrowboat Trilby

Paul Widdowson boat in Sheffield

Bridges to Sheffield

Through Tinsley Locks to Sheffield

Sprotbrough on the River Don

Doncaster's secure moorings

Sykehouse Lock to Doncaster in windy weather

I won't go cruising without...

I won’t go cruising without…

Two very straight canals with lift and swing bridges

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