Welford Remembers This past weekend marked 50 years since the Welford Arm was re-opened in 1969 after 13 years of abandonment and vandalism which began in 1946. In May 1969 Sir Frank Price, chair of the British Waterways Board and boat-owner came to Welford to mark this momentous occasion. The restoration saw the beginning of […]
Mild winter The first part of winter 2018-2019 has been unseasonably mild in Northamptonshire. The canal and marina have hardly frozen, unlike the winter of 2017-18 when it was frozen hard early in December. I have been out both walking and on Pea Green. Monte the Cat and I headed out of the marina on […]
Summer is over…. Apologies for the delay in sharing the final part of my summer adventure on Pea Green with Monte. A wonky depressed head has been a bit debilitating in recent weeks. ‘Normal’ service – whatever that is – is gradually being restored. Leaving the Ashby Having waved goodbye to the Ashby canal Pea […]
A trio of names When I bought Pea Green back in 2016, she wasn’t called that, nor did she have her original name. Along with other bits and pieces she came with a list of all the boats built by Chris Barney at Braunston. Mine, number 26 on the list, was named ‘The Go-Between’, though […]