Welcome to Braggaboutlife – An adventure in cruising England’s 3,000 miles of waterways with expeditions to canals and rivers in Asia Europe and Australia . Picking up our first canal boat. A second hand Black Prince Hire boat with a few…
A Lost Riverside Opportunity Having visited Bedford by car in the past, I can thoroughly recommend a visit by boat. It’s a very interesting town however it does have a diabolical traffic problem and a significant empty shops problem, but…
The Elwood Canal, unlike Melbourne’s, Coode and Railway Coal Canal, is not a transport canal and has never seen or will ever see a commercial Ship or barge. It is what I term, a development canal and originally at 1320…
One of our main reasons for going to the Witham so early in 2015 was to attend the Sleaford Navigation Trust (SNT) www.sleafordnavigation.co.uk annual boat rally and explore the Sleaford Navigation which runs up from the Witham at Chapel Hill, where it is often known…
This Old Bedford River campaign cruise turned out to be a surprisingly delightful experience and it didn’t take me long to understand why this neglected and apparently remote navigation has such a large and passionate group of supporters. The adjacent…
The Livorno new Orlando Shipyard Canal, is a welcome addition to Livorno’s fascinating Venice inspired canal network, which covers a relatively small area of the city, to the east of the docks and mostly to the north and west of the modern town.…
The rural River Way Navigation is one of the UK’s older canals. Built in 1653 it pre dates Britain’s industrial canal system by over a 100 years. Yet interestingly it was still carrying commercial traffic up until the 1970s. The…
If you are new to Paris and wish to see the city sights, but need a rest the Canal St Martin, Paris South Bank. is the place to go for a break from the city’s tourist frenzy. If you are a canal-a-holic it’s a must. In…
After a day in the City I decided to take Sue, to re-visit Wapping Underground Stn. (how romantic I hear you say!) a vital link in my epic trips across London as a teenager on Fridays night to the “Prospect of Whitby”. Metro from…
Cardiff Bay Barrage, Tidal Locks, Cycle way and Lift Bridges. Cardiff Bay Locks with lift bridge There are 3 locks in the Barrage two are 8m wide and 1 is 10.5m wide, all are 40m long. The sector gates are…
We both love the City and had promised ourselves a visit to Leadenhall Market, so we did this City of London Market Walk. Haveing taken the boat back to Bromsgrove, for its winter dry docking we have come up to London to see the family and…