My own private thoughts and ignorance about the canals and waterways. (And no-one else's, except as quoted.)

Grandma Briefs blogs granny buttons
17 Aug 2012 at 9:27am
What is it about grandmothers and buttons? Grandma?s Briefs is a lovely blog from America, from a self-described ?long-distance grandma navigating the waters of grandparenting?. Yesterday she wrote...

Liquid history in DC
1 Jun 2012 at 3:49pm
"The Thames is liquid history", wrote some bloke I can't be bothered to google. When it comes to old waterways stories, we Brits tend to think we have the market cornered. Maybe, we think, just acr...

Roadside shrine gives me a towpath maintenance idea
20 May 2012 at 3:31pm
Several weeks ago a young man was knocked off his scooter and killed on the busy A38 dual carriageway, opposite the entrance to Streethay Wharf boatyard. Another dark day, another sad death, anothe...

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