Blog Posts

Farewell Northampton And The Nene

A final trip up The Nene, a week “off” and the return, via Northampton, to canal world.

Continue reading

Pottering Aound Peterborough

An explosive return, a Country Park oasis, a very long lunch, a road train and a tour of Oundle

Continue reading

One Week Through Whittlesey

A classic British Bank Holiday weekend, meeting up in Ely, messing up the Denver crossing and escaping the Middle Levels.

Continue reading

Cruising The Cam

Aldreth alpacas, topless tanning at Pope’s Corner, into the hands of the Conservators and cows on tour in Cambridge

Continue reading

Off Peak Return

Disappointed in Bedford we start back. A trip down Godmanchester’s memory lane and no room at The Ferry Boat Inn

Continue reading

Bedford Or Bust

Up the Old West, a trip down memory river and a sense of disappointed anti-climax at journey’s end.

Continue reading

Denver . . . But Not As We Know It

Flood management, the final Fens, rioting in the streets and the Island Of Ely

Continue reading

Stuck In The Middle

Across the Middle Levels into the real Fens, via Whittlesey and March and out onto the tidal Great Ouse.

Continue reading

To The Gateway

Faffing in Fotheringhay with some complications under the bridge, a night beneath the sleepers and a welcome to Peterborough.

Continue reading

North By North East

An unexpected change of perception, a stay in the lakes, unreliable memoirs, a visit to Thrapston, some uncertainty in Oundle.

Continue reading