wintry things, not much to do in the middle of nowhere! #ukcanals

Frozen in #UKCanals

December double rainbow 🌈

Welcome Maxine, Steve and Mexi 👋 Don't forget to use #ukcanals on posts 👍 it's full on #canal and #narrowboat content.

Woke up this morning to snow! Scraps wasn’t so sure. Don’t forget to brush the snow off your solar panels! #UKcanals

Tunnel vision

An aptly numbered lock.

the cat enjoying the last rays of summer

hello there

Cupholder install has been successful

Crick Boat Show from the air. We're moored 3rd from the bottom there.

Foxton Locks has become the focal point for this summer's cruising, not too upset about that - the Grand Union summit is divine rural territory. Hard to even find a shop for hours of cruising.

got lifted out for the first time!

Pictured: A Canal & River Trust employee ensuring the culvert assets are unblocked for spring

Tixall Wide (click for panorama)

Spring's tantalizing rays

Nothing better than a good solid piece of 1800s civil engineering

The twelve aqueducts of Christmas Day 6: Coleford Aqueduct Despite being nowhere near finished, the D&S had two completed aqueducts. This one, known as the Hucky Duck (a corruption of 'aqueduct') is someone's garden! They kindly invited me to scramble up to the top! (1/2)

the sun!!!

winter scene

Poem by Cormac Lally about boaters and canal life in Ireland, pretty spot on

Giant redwoods, cliffs, and nice views. Yep you guessed it, it's Wales!

Big ol windy canal in the sky ☀️🌬️

Not posted for a bit, but we loved this mural. Lots of detail in it. The aquaduct, tiny boat under it, workers with laden backpacks, the Welsh dragon.

night cruising

nights by the tunnel

Chirk Aqueduct today (Chirk Viaduct in full view). Definitely wouldn't want to slip...

So the past year people have got increasingly worried about the impact of AI on the arts with good reason… But I have to say being able to create this was a little bit of joy. #AIArt

moonlight at the Quay

The boat at night; Santa arriving by his traditional mode of transport and departing on a more futuristic one.

fuel boat is here with some much needed coal

Today's journey 🧡💛💚💙🍂☀️

view from the window

Autumn cruising ✨🍂

through another previously broken lift bridge. summer is officially over for sure

more llangollen autumn

Llangollen autumn days

boat, pub, cat. enjoying the last throes of another narrowboat summer

Just finished writing a blog post about the on-board telemetry system on our narrowboat! blog.narrowboat.life/2023/09/19/n...

late summer days

paint almost dry, not done yet though!

signwriting progress is being made, finally, we have the weather for it for the first time since June

getting a little too used to these secret offside mooring spots

making ourselves at home

absolutely perfect weekend, perfect day, perfect mooring spot, perfect everything

midnight canal scenes

bolly days

cowe

cat view