Exploring the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) Part 2 – Titford Canal, Old Main Line, New Main Line, Gower Branch, Worcester […]
Cruising
Living for the City
Exploring the Birmingham Canal Navigations (BCN) Part 1 – Grand Union, Tame Valley, Rushall, Daw End, New Main Line, Old […]
Technical
Back to Black – Winter Projects
Even on a relatively new boat, there always seem to be things that need to be done. “Old Nick’s” To […]
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 […]
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
Keep on movin’
Along the Thames and down the Kennet & Avon A lot of water has passed under the bridge since we […]
Technical
Electric Dreams – power management on an electric narrowboat
We have been continuously cruising now for two months and have settled in to a regular routine. With nearly 300 […]