Author: Ian

I have a friend who works in marine insurance. Given it can take up to twenty minutes for a laden supertanker to come to a halt, collisions involving these leviathans …

Noa Joy Read More

At the beginning of November 2017 we packed up the house in Loughton that we had lived in for twenty years and set off on our adventures. Today, exactly fifty …

When a home becomes a house Read More

A lot has happened since our last blog, not least the birth of our fourth grandchild, a girl, at the end of August. I was going to write ‘a ‘little …

The Mother-heart of God Read More

We have decided to bring to an end the second leg of our adventure two months earlier than originally intended. Pressing family matters find us scurrying south, albeit at four …

This trinary adventure Read More

Having escaped the English winter last year we have been living in a La La Land of almost perpetual sunshine for the past nine months. New Zealand had their ‘best’ …

Water problems and a pervading smell of ‘Chesterfield’ Read More

I don’t know about you, but I carry a pretty hazy notion of quite what happens in terms of the action ‘behind the scenes’ when I switch the lights on …

Deep dark matters and celebrating Lord Beeching Read More

‘I love the idea of moving onto a boat and leaving all my worries behind ‘ is a typical response when people ask us about our current lifestyle. But the …

Boating worries and battering rams Read More

At the end of April the River Nene was declared safe for navigation and we seized the opportunity to set off on our boat travels. Even then the river levels …

Busily going nowhere Read More

It has been a frustrating few weeks, well for me anyway, as hopes of an early getaway on the canals have been thwarted by flooding on the River Nene. As …

Kicking our heels in Limbo Land Read More

There is a formula, that all cyclists know, to tell you the right number of bikes to own: namely n+1, where ‘n’ is the number you already have. There is …

The next stage Read More