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 […]
Technical
Connected – an article about mobile internet
You may recall from this post that we touched on how we planned to stay connected to the internet on […]
Cruising, General
Electric Propulsion Trials Event
Thursday 27th May A frenzy (maybe a slight exaggeration?) of cleaning and tidying was the order of the day! Finally […]
Equipment
Safety Tiller Project
On traditional boats, the back deck is often quite a small space to stand and steer . The same applies […]
Cruising, Technical
Homeward Bound
NEW – Electric Narrowboat Trials Event Old Nick is very excited to be taking part in the UK’s first Electric […]