How to moor your canal boat
Surely one of the greatest joys of the canal network is that, by and large, you can moor anywhere along its 2,000 or so miles. As you chug along, you
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Going along (and turning around) on the canals
Once you’re motoring along, the world’s your oyster. You can chug for an hour, ’til lunchtime or all day if you choose, it’s entirely up to you. Such is the
Continue readingSecuring your canal boat with ropes
In seven years of living on a narrowboat I never learned to tie a proper knot, much to my shame. However, when you have a boat you are going to
Continue readingWhere can you moor, on a canal boat?
Before we start, do have a read of this page which is ostensibly about mooring costs but in which I inevitably had to describe various types of mooring so there’s
Continue readingWhat is ‘continuous cruising’ on the canals?
If you wish to live aboard but have no ties binding you to a specific location then you are absolutely in the best world of all. The entire canal network
Continue readingCanal boat mooring costs
Unfortunately, mooring is a bit of a minefield with all sorts of distinctions and caveats. Are you ready? Take a deep breath, and here we go:- The first thing to
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Vlog 283: Capital Punishment?
London’s canals and rivers are becoming ever more crowded with boaters as people flock to the capitals waterways, drawn by the lure of a seemingly idyllic and possibly cheaper lifestyle. But is the dream for real or is reality not quite as rosy? I went down to the big smoke to find out.
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Vlog 173: Oliver Twist
A Bank Holiday weekend approached and as I was going away for a few days to visit family, I wanted to moor the boat somewhere secure rather than just leave it on the towpath. So I headed a bit further up the Ashby canal to Trinity Marina at Hinckley and paid to have it moored there.
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Vlog 60: Mooring the Cut
In which I try to condense everything that’s happened in July and August into a ten minute video. Spoiler: I succeed because in reality there isn’t much to tell. I also trail what I’m going to be doing over the next few months and some new videos that I’m working on.
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Vlog 12: Bring Out The Braunston
I was supposed to be taking the narrowboat to a winter mooring in Warwickshire but for reasons I explain in this video, I didn’t. Instead of cancelling the trip though – as I had invited a friend along to show me how to do canalboating properly – we went for a two-day cruise to Braunston. This is the video of that trip.
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