A visit to the Dudley Tunnel What do you do when you have guests (my brother Bruce and our nephew […]
Baking/Cooking
Seville Season
January is the time of year when Seville Oranges hit the shelves of our fruiterers and supermarkets. And they are […]
Equipment
The Khazi Chiefs – replacing a separator toilet
When we took delivery of “Old Nick” with its glistening new Compoost seperator toilet, we embarked on a new and […]
Cruising, General
Happy New Year!
Greetings from aboard Narrowboat Old Nick. Just for the record. we are both well and neither of us has succumbed […]
Cruising
Golden Year(s) – a 2021 retrospective
As 2021 comes to an end and we celebrate a whole year aboard, we thought we’d take time to look […]
Baking/Cooking
A bit of a pickle?
Today’s task on board Old Nick was making some pickle to go with our festive cheese board. And not just […]
Cruising
Les Feuillles Mortes
From Knowle to Gas Street After a few days R&R at the bottom of the Knowle flight – which was […]
Cruising
Going up the Country
Along the Grand Union from Napton We were just about to leave the wonderful Oxford Canal behind when I last […]
Cruising
Run for home
The Oxford Canal going North (mostly) We had just left the Thames, with some reluctance, after a wonderful summer, when […]