Location: your boat (or other dwelling place), doing a power audit The big question for everyone who wants to have a boat is, “how much power do I need?”. This was not a problem back when canal boats were first used, you had a horse to pull the boat, oil to light the lamps and no fridge and no electronic...
Location: River Lea Part One of the River Lea history can be found here. The Problems Now, since the New River was built for water extraction in 1633 there were three groups of people who had primary interests in the River Lea. They were the millers, the watermen and the water extraction company. Of course there were disagreements when they...
Location: under the floor of my boat The last time I was telling you about under the floor of my boat I had taken up the floor and had examined the bottom of the boat. I found that it was not as bad as it could have been considering the bath that had been installed had been leaking for years....
Location: River Lea/Lee Very Early History of River Lea I am going to take you on a journey, back in time, back to when the river was young. This river runs from Wells Head in Leagrave to Bow Creek which runs in to the mighty River Thames. The name of the River Lea has several different possible sources, one is...
Location: my boat Now, unless you buy a sailaway there is very little chance that you will have seen under the floor of your boat unless there has been a problem. Now I was in that fortunate position until I started to feel that the floor was moving. For those of you who don’t know the story of my boat,...
Location: mooring on the canal system There are three main different types of mooring; the marina, the on-line mooring and being a continuous cruiser. There are some other types of mooring and I will go in to them later on in this post. This is a marina mooring Marina mooring These are the moorings that are most like having a...
Location: on the British canal system Here is a list of my top 10 things about canal boats, just my thoughts, other people may have more to add. 1) Getting closer to nature When on my canal boat I find that I have more time to appreciate nature and the world around me. I see all sorts of waterways life,...
Location: my boat As you know I live on a boat which is on the small side. At only 39 foot long and even less cabin space I have to try to make the best of all that I have. I knew that if I was going to live aboard and travel around the canals then I would need more...
I am a member of several affiliate programs including Amazon LLC Associates, the links in this article may contain affiliate links from which I might receive a commission (at no extra cost to you), nevertheless I only recommend products that I like and trust because my readers are more important than a one-off commission. Location: most bodies of water One...
Location: London Canal Museum, Battlebridge Basin, Regents Canal Today, I want to tell you about the London Canal museum. I visited there one rainy day when I was in London. It is a small museum, tucked away on the back streets (but backing on to a canal basin), nothing like the scale of the Natural History Museum that is also...
