Hail to the Hive! I know what most people think when they think of being on the water in winter, cold, cold, wet, crap weather and cold and to be honest all of that does apply with freezing mist thrown

Hail to the Hive! During the summer months everyone who has a boat is out on the canals as much as their life allows and there's also an abundance of people hiring narrowboats for day trips and holidays

Hail to the Hive! Living as a continuous cruiser on the canal networks of the UK requires a bit of forward planning and keeping a beady eye on the resources that you use, water being a big one. You can

Hail to the Hive! In all the time that we have been living onboard narrowboats in the Uk we have mostly been of canals but have briefly cruised along a few rivers such as The River Kennet and also our

Hail to the Hive! It would seem I have allowed myself to slip again and have been away from the blockchain for a little too long again me thinks. A recent trip to India and a hectic schedule has derailed

Hail to the Hive! There’s nothing quite like chugging along the canals in great summer weather. To be honest it’s pretty chill most of the time but when the weather is good it’s sublime. I spend hours

Hail to the Hive! As many of you already know we live on a little narrowboat cruising about the canals and rivers of the UK. Recently we returned to my hometown of Leicester for a visit and on the way

Hail to the Hive! Some of you may have heard the phrase from the US ‘ a bum steer’ referring to cattle that may be ill, sick or lame etc and therefore a bad purchase. For me a ‘ Bum Steer’ is when I am

Hail to the Hive! As much as I adore slowly cruising through the beautiful English countryside at the slow,slow narrowboat pace I still love the industrial backdrop that often rears its head. In this case

Hail to the Hive! We have recently moved narrowboat Cygnet into more familiar territory and are firmly ( can you be firmly on the water?) back on home turf ( again is that possible on the water?). As we

Hail to the Hive! This has happened tome before, where I let outside schedules and hecticness get in the way of my creative outlet. Hectic?! on the Canals I hear you cry. Well let me tell you it has been.

Hail to the Hive! Living the way we do has given us the ability to spend a lot of time in some amazing little out of the way spots that are incredibly beautiful and peaceful. We are constantly discovering

Hail to the Hive! No matter how many locks we do there's something different about them all. SOme , just like people, have more charm and personality than others ans this lovely lock just outside the little

Hail to the Hive! So we are finally back in the wild, roaming free and released from the confines of the Marina, although we did really enjoy the Marina in Devizes. We are now slowly getting familiar with

Hail to the Hive! I have to confess to getting sidetracked with this monochromatic post as I was actually in the middle of a post of our cruising along the Southern Oxford when the B&W itch needed

Hail to the Hive! I have spoken before about my bridge fetish and have made many posts about the bridges along the canal routes we have chugged along on both the Narrowboats we have owned, Badger and Cygnet,

Hail to the Hive! To say that I am loving being back on the canals would be a huge understatement. It has been glorious to be back in this environment and exploring new stretches of ‘the cut’. Every twist

Hail to the Hive! In a few days we will be setting off on a journey on our kittle narrowboat ‘Cygnet’ that will take us through several canals and Rivers, one of which is the River Thames. The Thames is

Hail to the Hive! I took a nice long walk along the canal tow path yesterday which was both invigorating and a monochromatic gold mine. It was along the stretch of the Kennet and Avon canal that I had

Hail to the Hive! As the day of our leaving this part of the UK is looming ever closer I am taking the opportunity to soak up as much of these beautiful surroundings as I can and not just around the canal