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1 Gone but not forgotten 36
2 The newest canal 61
3 Goodbye Aire and Calder 27
4 Here we go again 55
5 Been and done it 69
6 We go to the end 60
7 One blog cannot do it justice, but I will try 92
8 Southwards for a bit 65
9 Do you dare? 179
10 A taste of things to come .... 92
11 Not my happiest experience! 196
12 Another River, Another Pub 90
13 Naburn Locks, fish and flood 101
14 Locks and Lockies 132
15 Gone away! 143
16 A quiet morning 108
17 Repeat performance 116
18 New Crew 124
19 Blue sky thinking 136
20 No water? 134
21 Mooring matters 122
22 This is absolutely The End 130
23 Ur, Um 132
24 A tale of four rivers 99
25 Oh no, oh no, oh no ..... 130
26 Not quite a triumphal entry! 132
27 Another ambition fulfilled 113
28 Stand by for invasion 108
29 Another World? 110
30 All the best people 117
31 So what happens at Selby Lock? 148
32 Today was our Sel -by date 143
33 Just too much, all change! 122
34 Beyond Castleford Flood Lock 137
35 It was a breeze today! 132
36 I liked it here 126
37 Any thing else to see? 130
38 A quick look... 112
39 Too tired, too late....... 135
40 Goodbye Hebble, hello Aire 122
41 Why we went our separate ways 152
42 To spike or not to spike? 116
43 Is it a river, or is it a canal? 142
44 A bit of a struggle 106
45 From Narrow to Broad in three locks 345
46 The final 10, well almost 129
47 Virtual tour of Standedge from Epiphany 144
48 West is best, East is bad? 116
49 How to get over Standedge Tunnel 143
50 After the Marsden Flight - more locks still 148
51 The eastward journey from Standedge 133
52 Standedge Tunnel - Tunnel End 155
53 An amazing adventure - deep down in the earth 184
54 The ascent to Standedge Tunnel on the Huddersfield Canal 157
55 We now have to wait for BW on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal 199
56 More locks to Uppermill on the Huddersfield Narrow Canal 163
57 Huddersfield Canal - lots of locks 148
58 An overnight mooring on the Huddersfield Canal 206
59 The Huddersfield Narrow Canal in Stalybridge 169
60 The "Hud(dersfield) Lines" 119
61 Just like Chris Evans "Goodbyeee, Helloee 168
62 So far, but not quite 153
63 A peaceful place 159
64 Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow, part 2 129
65 Slow, slow, quick, quick, slow, part 1 121
66 For amusement only 178
67 Come rain, come shine 135
68 Bugsworth Basin - the tour 148
69 Bugsworth - our virtual cruise into history 135
70 Follow this? 138
71 Another one to tick off 263
72 Monks gone, Priory gone, so what is left? 183
73 A Daventry house, time to explore 174
74 From our perspective 179
75 Keep fit on canals - by cycling 212
76 What progress! 179
77 A blast from the past at High Lane Arm, Macclesfield Canal 212
78 Time to gather in ...... 209
79 Hidden away on the Macclesfield Canal 236
80 Macclesfield Canal - Higher Poynton 232
81 Chelsea Flower Show Gold medal for a canal lock 397
82 Now who is Cedric? 197
83 Just to say 174
84 Paradise on the Macclesfield Canal? 189
85 Oh Oh - we must watch our behaviour now 189
86 To t'mill on the Macclesfield 158
87 The "Macclesfield Heron" 165
88 Macclesfield Canal - Bosley to Bollington 184
89 Distinctive Looks at Locks 184
90 More Macclesfield Locks 175
91 The Macclesfield Canal turns the sun on 159
92 Short and Sweet 183
93 Hunt the Church 218
94 Biddulph Grange Gardens 211
95 Narrowboat Epiphany is moving again 190
96 Pre-view 196
97 Parked at Congleton 210
98 Lonely 177
99 Fancy a pub crawl from the Macclesfield Canal? 276
100 Macclesfield Canal - keep an eye out 215
101 Macclesfield and Marple here we come 197
102 Turning north, the Macclesfield at last 182
103 Heartbreak? No, but maybe heartache! 224
104 Mizzle and lots of locks 217
105 Just hanging around 274
106 Deja Vue 211
107 Middlewich Branch has a hidden gem 229
108 Let's all lock together when we go! 199
109 It is time for change 210
110 Congratulations LCT 192
111 Do we mean to say goodbye? 201
112 Grindley here we come 226
113 White Church - no longer 196
114 Spotlight on the third Prime Ministerial Debate 305
115 Escaping again! 204
116 Not the port, nor the Arm, not even overnight! 203
117 Hello again 192
118 Back we go - bow forward! 223
119 We see the attraction of silent travel 242
120 A home in Llangollen? 232
121 Afon Dyfrdwy accompanies us to Llangollen 251
122 Chuff, chuff, whistle, whistle 259
123 A sharp left turn 198
124 Beyond the Bridge 195
125 Trevor Basin a fascinating place on the Llangollen Canal 540
126 We fly in the sky, thanks to Thomas Telford 225
127 Chocolate Chirk 452
128 Chirk an aqueduct, castle and what else? 233
129 Chirk Bank - the place of three river crossings 348
130 How about this for a morning view? 228
131 Back on the motorway, oops sorry, Llangollen Canal 293
132 Frankton Locks - up we go 298
133 One more day to go the Monty 207
134 Etiquette of waterpoints and sani-stations 270
135 The Montgomery Canal - a final look at Maesbury 214
136 Moorings at Maesbury Marsh on the Monty 255
137 No further on the Montgomery - so far 248
138 Three Aston Locks and the Cornish are here! 247
139 Speed checks at on the Montgomery Canal 285
140 Restoration and reminders of bygone days on the "Monty" 264
141 New lock gates and an old treasure 272
142 Goodbye Llangollen, hello? 243
143 The hub of a new canal network 295
144 The Prees Branch, next stop Ellesmere 299
145 Two days later - still on the Llangollen 293
146 T'internet is wonderful, aint it! 260
147 Wrenbury to Grindley Brook on the Llangollen Canal 350
148 A quick update from the Llangollen 235
149 Sad to be leaving Wrenbury on the Llangollen Canal 254
150 Wrenbury pubs and other important matters! 432
151 Wrenbury lift bridges on the Llangollen Canal 332
152 Off we go again against the flow 269
153 Noswaith dda! 312
154 One lock down 231
155 Not the Shroppie - maybe the Chessie? 269
156 Arriving in Audlem on the Shropshire Union Canal 488
157 It is all downhill on the Shroppie 286
158 Gremlins? 237
159 A cut above the rest on the Shropshire Union Canal 260
160 Moorings along the Shroppie 302
161 I said it was breezy 293
162 "Up the Junction" 313
163 Just a quick one 266
164 Shropshire Union Canal - "news" 342
165 Breezy Shropshire Union 246
166 Canal v rail again? 337
167 "We could sail down the Avenue .." 267
168 Fascinating Aldersley Junction 262
169 North of Sewage Outfall - but no smell! 283
170 Wolverhampton in the canal age 344
171 Spring has sprung? 229
172 Are we seeing things? A useful British Waterways noticeboard 441
173 Factory Locks (BCN) and beyond 249
174 Enough is enough! 272
175 The "Old" Thirteen 274
176 We "dig" Digbeth 418
177 The only visiting boat left in Birmingham? 324
178 Intrepid Voyagers! 273
179 A day for reflection 265
180 Glad to be alive! 370
181 History is bunkum? 471
182 Kingswood or Lapworth Junction 427
183 Lapworth Locks 450
184 Strange feelings and Mitre Gates 280
185 How things change! 301
186 Another first for Epiphany 312
187 Now that is really boring 330
188 Alvechurch - now where have I heard that before? 550
189 Snowy Worcester and Birmingham Canal 318
190 The Vale moorings on the Worcester and Birmingham 355
191 Through the Bar to the Worcester and Birmingham 277
192 Moorings on the BCN 1177
193 Wednesbury Old Canal on the way to Birmingham 470
194 We have returned, Ryder's Green Locks came first 334
195 Walsall Town Arm - "Hit or Miss"? 371
196 Is the Tame Valley Canal tame? 291
197 Our Blog RSS Feed 339
198 One more canal "under our belt" 230
199 Still on the Wyrley and Essington? 239
200 Unable to cruise - so walk! Along the Rushall Canal 320
201 Wyrely and Essington - The Daw End Branch 398
202 Wyrely and Essington Canal - Ogley Junction 251
203 How to set up your satellite dish 306
204 Chasewater Reservoir on the Wyrley and Essington Anglesey Branch 918
205 The Anglesey Branch of the Wyrley and Essington Canal 426
206 The Cannock Extension Canal - a branch of the Wyrley and Essington Canal 403
207 Two more Branches of the Wyrley and Essington Canal 312
208 BCN so far - lots more to do 301
209 Sneyd Wharf on the Wyrley and Essington - a friendly place 409
210 The Wyrley and Essington Canal - more curls than wurls? 382
211 Let's start at the very beginning 305
212 We have gained a new perspective 307
213 No regrets ... 332
214 A different lift bridge on the BCN 322
215 Dudley No. 1 Canal - and no further 330
216 Oldbury to Dudley - but on the canal! 478
217 Fun on leaving Titford, but safely arrived 307
218 Titford Pools are a no no 384
219 "Sticky" Titford canal 381
220 Titford Canal on the BCN - first the Oldbury Locks 356
221 In, out and under we go 336
222 More about engines on the BCN Old Line 424
223 Chugging along on The Old Line 353
224 Leaving Birmingham City Centre behind on the BCN 323
225 Do I wish I was getting married again? 290
226 Walking back to Georgian times 385
227 New Tech - takes for ever to work out! 291
228 Fooled you! 334
229 Narrowboat Epiphany announcement 438
230 Going nowhere fast 327
231 Gas Street Blues? 352
232 Ice still around on the BCN 323
233 Let's go check it out 329
234 We've cracked it 289
235 All is not as it seems 278
236 You have to laugh 320
237 Neighbours, but we did'nt know it! 334
238 Nearly became a museum exhibit 324
239 Blogitis? 382
240 Something new 344
241 Can you believe this? 275
242 Icy thoughts 339
243 More Canal traces 334
244 All white now! 385
245 Central Birmingham in the "Canal Age" 337
246 It's Our Day! 318
247 Snow Hill before the snow 378
248 Watch out The South! 269
249 Farmers on the BCN? 342
250 Cool? 294
251 "The Two Towers" 437
252 Ice on the BCN - again 386
253 A Canal Year 343
254 Just a slight detour 317
255 "I'm walking backwards for Christmas" 416
256 Back to the centre of Brum 432
257 Peace and Light to you! 386
258 Water supply to the BCN 498
259 Probably not a holiday theme! 482
260 Too much indulgence? 377
261 This feels like Christmas! 385
262 All change again! 465
263 Not quite all the story! 348
264 Windmill End, but where is the windmill? 763
265 Christmas - Who said that? 332
266 Moving from the modern to the more familiar 490
267 The unusual Delph Lock Flight 508
268 A quick trip up the Fens Branch 384
269 Stourbridge 16 part 2 492
270 Lock volunteers are always welcome! 392
271 What Bliss! A Canal Home again 475
272 Another establishment to view 348
273 A nearly Merry Christmas 454
274 This canal is pretty - so far! 336
275 Time for a change 366
276 Wow, they got it right! 358
277 Village on the hill 345
278 Worcestershire, the eighth county! 310
279 Phew, where to start! 328
280 Travels with a GOM! 286
281 Locks through rocks 426
282 The whole journey 390
283 Back to sanity! 336
284 Only Joking! 304
285 Who needs lock paddles? 371
286 Cool cruising! 290
287 Puzzled by bridge names! 317
288 Staffs and Worcs Canal - locking down 327
289 Cruising again - it almost feels strange! 362
290 Old and new friends 392
291 Itchy feet 362
292 Stuck? 396
293 You must do this! 382
294 Looking back - a long way! 392
295 Marsworth - for boaters? 455
296 Shropshire Canal moody photos 340
297 Boaters Banter? 401
298 More Familiar Boats 504
299 Where is the best place to paint? 331
300 So on to Brewood 519
301 The essence of the Shroppie 450
302 Another new belt 362
303 Lots to see 413
304 Gorgeous autumn cruising, just! 312
305 Is James May mad? 444
306 A Calm after the Storm 322
307 There is a flow on this canal 381
308 Still Lovin' it! 369
309 Dismal, Dingy, Dank and Dull? 314
310 'Ave a new bridge? 505
311 A good meeting place for boaters 331
312 Obstacles in our way? 304
313 Busy with boats 345
314 How many Home Waters can one boat have? 346
315 How to cure a headache - 404
316 Will we find a mooring? 380
317 The County Town 368
318 Canal, railway and rivers all learn to share 360
319 Sabbath rest - on a Monday 361
320 One short blast 306
321 Now, how did we get here? 304
322 A short break 363
323 Let's celebrate 362
324 Added Content 404
325 A taste of the Macclesfield Canal 417
326 Fit for locks 436
327 A new bit and old memories 347
328 Through Five Towns 386
329 Tunnel Syndrome 412
330 Nearly finished with locks - for a while 330
331 How many locks can break a Boater's heart? 387
332 Paired Locks for paired boats 361
333 For those who like looking at boats 374
334 Middlewich and Elton Moss 399
335 The Three "Ms" 392
336 The Trent and Mersey in all its glory 504
337 A Tunnel, then another, then another! 382
338 Two Canals in one glorious day 351
339 The Dukes Cut 405
340 Verdict on the Rochdale Nine 463
341 A near miss 374
342 A meeting of the ways 348
343 To Manchester City - but no footballs! 354
344 South Locks 339
345 "Mottos" on the Rochdale 327
346 It's take over time! 343
347 Stunning Views from the Rochdale Summit 377
348 Over the Rochdale Summit 359
349 Lunch at the Bird i th Hand pub 431
350 Walsden to Lock 33 466
351 Todmorden to Walsden 702
352 The Real Thing! 404
353 Nearly missed the bus 388
354 The Guillotine 407
355 Other Visitors 442
356 A Todmorden Cruise 389
357 Another Visit and more Visitors 415
358 ...stops at Hebden Bridge 380
359 The train from Todmorden 476
360 The Twin Towers? 469
361 Over the hills and far away 482
362 Is this a soap? 465
363 Back to Huddersfield 439
364 To Todmorden on the Rochdale Canal 475
365 Lock 13 on the Rochdale - unlucky for some 370
366 Rochdale Canal, Hebden Bridge and views 568
367 Slow progress on the Rochdale 389
368 A village near the Rochdale Canal with two Saints 451
369 First taste of the Rochdale Canal 497
370 Rob the Lockie 459
371 Places not to visit 446
372 Fore! 404
373 "Let's go for a little walk" 458
374 Sowerby Bridge - a look around 546
375 A quick excursion off the main line 361
376 Finally sussed the Calder locks! 459
377 Mountain terrain 405
378 Glad to say "goodbye" 418
379 Sun as promised 411
380 That was a quick holiday! 381
381 Why did we decide to move today of all days? 365
382 Aspley Basin in Huddersfield 709
383 One of Huddersfield's Canals 425
384 Just to confuse you 418
385 A "fallen" man 425
386 Where is "Odersfelt"? 613
387 Spring arrives 397
388 Autumn and Winter on Epiphany 497
389 Power by the River Calder 490
390 Bronte Country from the Leeds and Liverpool Canal 657
391 Tough locks 452
392 Believe it or not 408
393 The Dewsbury Arm on the Calder and Hebble Navigation 789
394 Steam train journey into the Dales 950
395 More about steam 459
396 Our past and our present together 460
397 Locks and Junction 355
398 Singing in the rain 420
399 Beyond Wakefield on the Calder and Hebble Navigation 557
400 The River Calder comes and goes 623
401 The Calder and Hebble Handspike 732
402 After the Aire, the Calder - rivers and canal combined 504
403 Finger tip control on the Aire and Calder Navigation 730
404 The past bumps into the present 412
405 Feathered friends by the River Aire 394
406 Clarence Dock - a good mooring in Leeds 951
407 The River Aire - a different experience 701
408 From Canal to River in Leeds 635
409 Steaming 466
410 The Longest Canal 629
411 Really into Leeds now! 449
412 A tale of two cities 416
413 Urban woods 458
414 Saltaire - The story of a philanthropist who delivered 725
415 After Bingley, what next? 418
416 A BW Beauty 403
417 What fun - Bingley here we come! 485
418 The capital of Airedale and mills 694
419 The Leeds and Liverpool Canal near Keighley - a NT property worth a visit 702
420 Airedale Country 420
421 A cut above the rest 500
422 Leaving Skipton - by various means 390
423 Back again 449
424 A smelly church with some fancy tombs, near the L and L Canal 422
425 Skipton Castle - the pleasant bit! 971
426 Before the Leeds and Liverpool canal came the Clifford Family 481
427 There are two canals in Skipton 477
428 We can't get away from the Cornish easily! 381
429 A real welcome to Skipton 594
430 Gargrave - a village cut in two, but accessible by all 657
431 Leeds and Liverpool Canal Lockies can be very helpful! 489
432 The bends on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal 474
433 Locks and Hillocks, down we go 478
434 A service and off we go 452
435 So what were we doing this time last year? 406
436 A remote part of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal 743
437 Tunnel Vision on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal 575
438 The Summit of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal 699
439 I know the Leeds and Liverpool Canal is short of water, but ... 576
440 Burnley and beyond 487
441 From countryside to industrial heart of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal 530
442 Sunday on the Leeds and Liverpool canal - yuk! 502
443 Around the bend we go 501
444 More about Blackburn on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal 708
445 Worried about Blackburn? 523
446 Locking up 527
447 Strange Bridge Numbers on the L and L 486
448 Will we ever leave the Lancaster Canal behind? 458
449 What has Australia got to do with narrowboats? 497
450 Contrasts - reminiscences and indulgence 468
451 These d... locks! 521
452 "Marnin" Flight 446
453 We cross the River Ribble again 474
454 A town that missed its opportunity 496
455 A backward cruise 453
456 Ooo Betty, I've got a bit of trouble in Wigan 547
457 A wet day on the Leeds and Liverpool 489
458 Some puzzles on the L and L 490
459 From "Ship" to decapitated Windmill at Parbold 767
460 What do those clouds mean? 496
461 Escaping! 537
462 Time to move 459
463 Continuing The Beatles theme 461
464 A lesson from history 461
465 Music in a Liverpool Park - from Salthouse Dock 541
466 Beatle Mania - today in Liverpool 863
467 "Ferry Across The Mersey" - la la la 524
468 Stranger than truth 509
469 A Wonder of Liverpool - or maybe the world? 597
470 Salthouse Dock, Liverpool 823
471 The Liverpool Link - Canning Dock to Salthouse Dock 800
472 The Liverpool Link - Princes Dock to Canning Dock 552
473 Stanley Locks and Liverpool Docks 838
474 The Liverpool Link from Hancock's Swing Bridge 501
475 WOW! 447
476 Navigating through water lilies we reach the beginning of the Liverpool Link 480
477 Am I sane again? Enough to give you the true story of our journey? 485
478 Is it too hot to blog? You may think so after this! 455
479 A wildflower quiz from the Lancaster Canal 515
480 The art of work and boats on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal 522
481 A different landscape after Andy Murray's late night marathon at Wimbledon 713
482 Burscough - not a cough but a co! 647
483 Virtual return? 499
484 Getting used to locks again! 505
485 Is it worth the trip? 1525
486 Ribble Return 491
487 We made it! 506
488 Final cruise on the Lanky - for a while! 528
489 Garstang - getting gradually towards Preston! 765
490 Neighbourliness on the Lancaster Canal 489
491 Hot, hot, hot - is this really the North? 478
492 Up the locks we go again - or try to 517
493 A beautiful place, enjoying Father's day 485
494 Glasson Village - a Lancashire Port 721
495 From Canal to Sea 469
496 Glasson Basin - the end of the Branch 505
497 How to make a sani-station look attractive 479
498 Our adventures on the Glasson Branch 465
499 Unable to resist temptation - Glory Be! 486
500 Morecambe, the sea-side town with a view of the Lakes 488
501 Looney along the Lune 645
502 A chilling couple of days 494
503 Beyond the Northernmost locks 485
504 A walk up the locks on Lancaster Canal's Northern Reaches 594
505 Lancaster Canal - The Northern Reaches 804
506 Back in Lancaster - home is where our boat is 538
507 Welcome to Hest Bank? 774
508 Off the "beaten" Line - photos! 469
509 Off the "beaten" Line 574
510 Lancaster Canal - such a choice 584
511 Tewitfield and no further 576
512 The Northernmost Blogger? 471
513 A Brief Encounter at Carnforth Station 632
514 Carnforth moorings 601
515 Twenty Twenty Vision? 548
516 All museumed out! 504
517 Cost a Packet 495
518 Leaving the Lune for the coast 541
519 Moving on from Lancaster 490
520 Lancaster's best views - worth a long walk 521
521 Lancaster - a gruesome past 588
522 Doolally Days in Lancaster? 473
523 Back along from Lancaster - retracing our canal route by train 514
524 Lots to do in Lancaster 520
525 Lancaster Canal - Lancaster, our triumphal arrival 621
526 The dash to Lancaster, slowed down! 587
527 The Lancaster Canal - first impressions 711
528 A comment on your comments! 675
529 The Ribble Link - Staircase locks, the final frontier 667
530 The Ribble Link - Savick Brook and the "new" locks 668
531 The Ribble Link - on the River and into Savick Brook 748
532 The Ribble Link from Tarleton to Asland Lamp or 5 Mile perch 826
533 Wow, what a day to do the Ribble Link 587
534 Rufford to Tarleton 697
535 Doggie heaven on the Rufford Branch of the L and L 519
536 From Leeds and Liverpool Canal to see the sea 549
537 Rufford and its surrounding towns 541
538 Rufford Old Hall 679
539 Rufford Lock, Rufford branch of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal 856
540 The Ups and Downs of life on the canals 588
541 The Leeds and Liverpool Canal's welcome to Lancashire 931
542 Two canals meet without a fuss 563
543 One man's folly on the Bridgewater 516
544 Umbrellas on the Bridgewater 560
545 The Bridgewater Canal begins at Worsley 1406
546 A quick tour of central Manchester and the canal basins 677
547 Castlefield Basin - the best place to moor in Manchester? 993
548 To Manchester's Castlefield Basin 751
549 Views from the Bridgewater Canal 557
550 Cruising on the Bridgewater to my Ancestral Home 532
551 Moorings at Lymm 716
552 Surprised by the Bridgewater Canal 613
553 Epiphany in Wonderland 553
554 What does the Runcorn Arm look like? 949
555 Cruising to the ends of the Earth? 522
556 Crooked Tunnels on the Trent and Mersey 658
557 Barnton Tunnelling or Over the Top 578
558 Contrasts between the Weaver and Trent and Mersey 511
559 Heads of Navigation - do we count tails too? 519
560 Winding is fun, as is Weston Marsh Lock 661
561 Yummy cake and cheese after a long walk 612
562 Where are the Frodsham Moorings? 619
563 Our night in hell, or was it? 509
564 A mooring from hell 720
565 Gathering clouds over the glorious Weaver 578
566 The Three Wiches 773
567 Train Spotting 654
568 Confined to the boat 578
569 Lying on the bed talking to the attractive nurse 843
570 Diverted off the River Weaver 775
571 Spat at in Hunt's Lock 785
572 We are Townies tonight! 614
573 Parting is such sweet sorrow 721
574 Who needs a Zoo? 621
575 Waterways Restoration 570
576 A Virtual Anderton Lift 1163
577 Idiosyncrasies of locks 608
578 Down along and then up along 592
579 Who needs words on a day like this? 627
580 The way to Hell's Kitchen 594
581 Has Christmas come early? 643
582 Vanishing supermarkets in Middlewich 597
583 Early birds or should I say dogs? 597
584 NABO for all 600
585 A Casualty 531
586 Incidents and Encounters 520
587 An even happier note 647
588 Speed debating 495
589 It is all a lie! 633
590 A Boatwoman's job is never done! 596
591 More locks - Oh no ........ 667
592 How not to do a lock staircase - not us "guv" 652
593 An Impostor 636
594 Rows fit for Millionaires! 630
595 Avoiding boats on our way to Chester 578
596 Moving to Chester, but why is it Good Friday? 589
597 Down South to go North and Fly Boat Saturn passes by 746
598 Boat Museum at Ellesmere and Manchester Ship Canal v the Shroppie 688
599 From an ancient city to historic boats via the Northgate Shuffle 615
600 Photogenic Chester 650
601 There are always lessons to be learned 606
602 Working locks, working boats and work in progress 652
603 A broken foot on the way to Chester? 951
604 A choice of routes off the Shroppie 627
605 Tomorrow is another day? 620
606 Still at Nantwich, but not by choice! 723
607 Calling all our Blog readers 701
608 We prefer the great outdoors - Hack Green to Nantwich 804
609 A "Shroppie" Village - really lovely 704
610 A really good evenings entertainment 711
611 Explanations and a "Shroppie" open secret 642
612 Audlem flight in record time? 811
613 Adderley lock flight in the sunshine 739
614 A real "Shroppie" Town 722
615 Food, food and gingerbread 746
616 Mooring in Market Drayton, don't forget the gingerbread! 715
617 Woodseaves and Tyrley locks to Market Drayton 1165
618 New Canal for Liverpool - Creative accounting versus Simple Maths 926
619 Iconic Shroppie sights on the way to Goldstone Wharf 737
620 Cruising to Norbury Junction - what junction? 893
621 Windy on the way to Wheaton Aston 720
622 Brewood - worth exploring 741
623 The Shroppie Style 610
624 The straight and narrow to Brewood 741
625 Summit on the Staffs and Worcs 681
626 A porthole view 746
627 Gailey, history, sights and hire boats 842
628 The old and the new - together 642
629 Locks - like Clapham Junction in the rush hour! 832
630 Evening Ducks - Epiphany on parade 629
631 Reflections on Tixall Wide 621
632 Our garden on Tixall Wide 671
633 Memories of the Trent and Mersey Canal 700
634 Talking favourite moorings 669
635 Shanks facilities 658
636 A new canal - the Trent and Mersey 913
637 Not good news - two days without internet! 659
638 Ooops, lost again! 683
639 Watch out for shells and strawberries - onward from Hopwas 700
640 Sainthood for some 668
641 Hopwas, food and theatre 668
642 Can you get lost on a canal? 816
643 Tamworth - is it all suburbia? 1022
644 Atherstone, locks for a change! 980
645 Weathering the weather on the Coventry Canal 745
646 The Ashby Canal - Bosworth to the Coventry Canal 782
647 The Ashby Canal - Shackerstone to Snarestone and back to Bosworth 1295
648 The Ashby Canal - Stoke Golding to Shackerstone 951
649 Ashby Canal and hire boats 1025
650 Home Sweet Home on the Ashby Canal 780
651 We return to the Ashby Canal 803
652 The Ashby Canal - Trinity Marina 856
653 The Ashby Canal - Hinkley 1344
654 The Ashby Giants 769
655 The Ashby Canal - Scenic and tranquil 933
656 The Ashby welcome 975
657 Permanent moorings on the Coventry Canal? 1102
658 Once upon a time 889
659 Do you use cash? 896
660 The back story 824
661 You can talk to us now! 886
662 Good Evenings 853
663 The boom was not working 817
664 What a bombshell 922
665 Amused or bemused? 783
666 Base is now a Basin 815
667 Snow makes Family Trees grow 753
668 bridge 11a? 893
669 Sent to Coventry 961
670 Hawkesbury Junction in pictures 1085
671 Post office services 873
672 Newbold to Hawkesbury Junction - Again! 849
673 Gosty Hill, fuel and a dog 997
674 More "old" friends 733
675 OK, I succumb! 755
676 A stay-put day 1514
677 British Waterways - Comic Relief? 936
678 Newbold on Avon from Rugby on the North Oxford canal 1304
679 New lights and old friends 842
680 A tour of Rugby and an introduction to some of its past inhabitants 795
681 Hillmorton Locks on the North Oxford canal 1872
682 The picturesque journey to Rugby, under lots of bridges 1187
683 Barby to Rugby on the North Oxford Canal 1113
684 Our first impressions of the North Oxford Canal 942
685 Goodbye Braunston, Hello North Oxford Canal 1058
686 Boats, dogs and cats 925
687 If you value your privacy and identity read this 821
688 Braunston is FTB 865
689 Napton and onwards towards Braunston 817
690 I may be a little distracted, but... 749
691 Brindley or Telford? 753
692 Blown along the South Oxford 835
693 Jazz at Cropredy 845
694 Sunny Cropredy 796
695 Health and Rescue 789
696 New decoration on our boat 857
697 One and All 787
698 At last we exchange town for countryside 752
699 Will we ever see the like again? 785
700 Four days gossip 783
701 Afloat again - just! 839
702 Roll on tomorrow! 875
703 Not iced-in, just high and dry 787
704 Bye Bye Epiphany - she is in good hands! 785
705 From Cropredy to Banbury with Crew 876
706 New Year Greetings to One and All 867
707 Fuel and Ice 837
708 Back on board Epiphany 1111
709 'Tis Boxing Day 861
710 Festivities for all from Epiphany 862
711 Not really a journey 908
712 Home is where your boat is 943
713 A bendy muddy canal - Napton to Claydon 1174
714 Rogue boats left in the way in Napton locks 1166
715 THE Canal Centre, but now back on the narrow road 937
716 Buckby locks on the Grand Union Canal 1038
717 The Grand Union Canal at its best! 981
718 Leaving Stoke Bruerne, fun in tunnel - not 974
719 THE Canal Village 800
720 Our own icebreaker 799
721 What is that law? 816
722 Like watching paint dry 799
723 What a wonderful world, we love winter! 782
724 The clue is in the picture 816
725 We join the Club and I feel a fraud 864
726 Held up today, running repairs! 856
727 I c, I c, I c, but sunny too! 848
728 Goodbye Harefield, Hello cruising again! 977
729 Eureka! 934
730 A surprise visitor 862
731 Phew, what a day! 847
732 Onto the Grand Union Main Line again 903
733 A Helping Hand 894
734 I lied on Saturday! 986
735 We are off tomorrow, WP 980
736 More about Paddington, Little Venice and an excursion 1031
737 Paddington advantages 924
738 Christmas lights and markets 943
739 Paddington Basin - our first impressions 1393
740 A quick snapshot of our journey today 846
741 Bulls Junction and beyond, Grand Union 821
742 Wussie dry weather sailors 816
743 Another short trip 911
744 Croxley Green to Harefield on the Grand Union Canal 1217
745 Autumn colours and parkland on the Grand Union 810
746 "Demoted" from Kings to Abbots on the Grand Union 820
747 "New" Pub and newish marina on the Grand Union 1296
748 A "locky" day! 903
749 Will he, won't he, gain the "Grand Prix"? 858
750 Happy Birthday Epiphany, Cowroast to Berkhamsted 976
751 We explore the Wendover Arm 979
752 Back on the Grand Union Main Line 930
753 Herons 2 Canada Geese 2 many 924
754 Aylesbury Duck 0, Aylesbury Arm 9 1118
755 We meet a film star on our way from Grove to Marsworth 956
756 Jam 'Ole photos. Following the meandering Grand Union canal 1258
757 Wind, sun, Jam 'Ole boats and locks on the Grand Union 1255
758 Cosgrove to Milton Keynes in the wind 948
759 Stoke Bruerne, Northampton and then moving on to Cosgrove 980
760 Nether Heyford to Stoke Bruerne 954
761 Bloggers bow to bow on the Grand Union 861
762 Travelling to Weedon on the Grand Union Canal 1282
763 Bridge Hopping on the Grand Union, via Buckby Flight 842
764 Leaving Braunston towards Norton Junction 987
765 Who lights your (solid fuel) fire? 865
766 Braunston, the boat Mecca? 904
767 Napton towards Braunston - but we stopped short! 895
768 Wormleighton to Napton on the Oxford Canal - the bendy bit!l 873
769 Cropredy to Wormleighton, Oxford Canal 1080
770 Leaving Cropredy 852
771 The Oxford Canal, weather with a wow factor 918
772 Cropredy near Banbury, canal, train and music 1711
773 Banbury to Cropredy, NOW with Photos - by boat this time 2991
774 "Where progress is measured in pints" 1106
775 Epiphany arrives in Banbury 915
776 Shipton on Cherwell to Mill Lift bridge, Lower Heyford in pictures 1911
777 My Gipsy Blood? Continuing up the Oxford Canal 995
778 Oxford Canal - Yarnton to Shipton 1457
779 The Oxford Canal, Epiphany's Firsts 1157
780 Books, books and more books in the Bodleian 1056
781 Exploring more of Oxford from Jericho 1039
782 Oxford out and about with friends 1010
783 At last, off the River Thames! 1110
784 Yesterdays Photos - downstream and upstream to Days lock 1112
785 We are on the move again - Reading to Dorchester (Day's lock) 1081
786 Reading, River and Reports 1069
787 Oxford, not by river, nor by canal 1016
788 A welcome visitor in Reading 1066
789 How to enjoy an enforced stay! 1059
790 Reading Heritage Open Days 1061
791 The sun welcomes me back 1093
792 Reading rain in Reading 1099
793 Theale to Reading in good company 1157
794 Theale, Church and R & R 1121
795 More River Kennet travels, Nearing the end of the Kennet and Avon 1099
796 Showers on the River Kennet 1091
797 Thatcham in the rain 1236
798 Running the Kennet- sticking swing bridges, ship-jumping chimneys, sunshine, showers and all 1031
799 Newbury for the day 1038
800 One boat's length ....... 1357
801 Apologies Readers, however we continue, Hungerford to Kintbury 1115
802 Great Bedwyn to Hungerford 1329
803 Crofton to Great Bedwyn 1115
804 The Journey really begins - Pewsey to Crofton 1234
805 Our Canal Journey Begins 1254
806 Pewsey, a pleasant walk 1180
807 New - More about Us! 1088
808 Saturday work and play 1097
809 Preparations for off! 1117
810 Musing on the Information Highway 1019
811 Nostalgic Goodbyes 1077
812 Crofton to All Cannings 1852
813 On the move for the weekend 933
814 Rainy Days Muse 1133
815 Fairport Convention at Cropredy 1059
816 Cropredy Festival 1198
817 The Thames continued 1072
818 Off the Kennet and Avon for a few days 1244
819 Engine Service 1295
820 Reminder of a Remainder 1206
821 Parallel Blogs 1329
 

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