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There was me back in January promising to be a more regular writer in the future and look at this it's October already ..read more

Suze and I had a great summer on the Thames. Though she only came for five weeks I spent nearly 3 months enjoying the sun.  There are places where you can spend days on the bank and never put on clothes. It's fab just lying in the sun and getting an all-over tan.  We returned to the Oxford Canal at the end of summer and headed for Banbury for the Banbury Canal Day which was a great success for its first day after the Covid debacle. Our plans for the winter were to moor in Thrupp, we had a winter mooring. We watered up late October in preparation for our journey to Thrupp and were exp ..read more

I was born in 1950. There was a King on the throne, George Vl, the father of a monarch who served us well for 70 years, though my personal memory does not include the King.  When in 1947, as a young woman of 21, the then Princess Elizabeth said, "I declare before you all that my whole life whether it be long or short shall be devoted to your service and the service of our great imperial family to which we all belong", she meant it and she carried out her promise with great dignity, until the day she died.  We can all say well she had a privileged life, but the reality of it is she wa ..read more

I often get some gook telling me I need to watch this video. The vid goes on and on telling me how wonderful this man is, and how insightful he is, and yet they spend a lot of time doing that, but never seem to get to the point. Stop with the pointless intro and get to the point. What is this man trying to fucking say? I listened to a few minutes and said 'Fuck of' If you have something to say, then fucking say it! Do not faff about, because the instant you do your discussion is over. Talk to real people in the language they understand. We didn't all go to college or Uni. Life lesson No1 KISS ..read more

Well, here I am at Clifton weir. A chap arrived and asked me to move along, it was his fishing rites. I said  'No'. As I understand it, his fishing rights do not supercede my need to moor. In the reach between Culham and Clifton, this is the only mooring! This is my second day. I have spent a lot of time and effort over the last couple of months making this a nice mooring. I'm sorry but he could have fished in front of me or behind me. I was not obstructing him. He was very polite, but I am sorry if you come to me at 8 o'clock at night when I am cooking my dinner and have a DVD in the mac ..read more

 Leaving Kingston I set off to Hampton Court where I found a mooring, several actually. On the way I had that awful football rattle sound coming from the engine. Having changed a Drive Plate last year for that very reason I straight away recognised the sound. Throttling back until the noise stopped we were able to make way at about 1 mph. The next day we limped up to Sunbury. Where we stayed over the 24 hours allowed. During this time I contacted the supplier, Tooley's and their supplier Midland Chandlers who contacted the manufacturer R & D to discuss what happens next. Well, the wee ..read more

Been a busy few months and I have lost track of blogging. Currently, we are in Kingston (not Jamaica) for a few days. District Enforcement are now in charge of the moorings and fees. As I have come to expect their website via PAY TO MOOR is not particularly user-friendly and I attempted several times to 'Register Arrival' to no avail. Needless to say the following morning one of their 'thugs' came to visit asking why I hadn't registered. Anyhoo the system worked that morning. The chap I spoke to on their messenger system said they had had a glitch over the weekend. WHY? We ate out last night a ..read more

that when the USSR broke up NATO promised that they would not move one inch closer to Russia. After all that time it would seem that the promise was just so much hot air. Ukraine is probably the last former USSR country to want to join NATO. Now I don't agree with Putin's actions but ffs the west blatantly lied and Vladimir Putin is pissed!   When is the west going to take responsibility for this clusterfuck? Republics of the Soviet Union, numbered alphabetically by the English names of the post-soviet states: 1. Armenia, 2. Azerbaijan, 3. Belarus, 4. Estonia, 5. Georgia, 6. Kaz ..read more

 ....people, how are you all doing? Me? I have left Banbury and am on my way to the Thames. Current location Wolvercote bridge! I had a few weeks in Thrupp, when I painted and polished Milly M. When I set off from Thrupp she was looking fine. However, a trip to Yarnton Bridge and a two-day stay, left me shat on by dozens of pigeons, and all my hard work seemed wasted. I cleaned one side of the boat when I moved to Kidlington Green. I am currently at Wolvercote Bridge for a couple of days! I have witnessed some of the work CRT has completed and also the Sustrans/Council pathway, and I must ..read more