Did you know that canals used to have trap doors to let the water out. Honestly, they really did, pull the chain to open the door to let...

My wife Ellison came across an interesting canal history book recently called "The Bankrupt Canal", of all places in the Oxfam bookshop. ...

I've recently become a Tunnel Troll at Blisworth Tunnel, or more accurately a Canal and River Trust Tunnel Coordinator for widebeam...

As regular readers (I know that's a very small number of people 😊) will know, Ellison and I are Lock Keepers at Stoke Bruerne on the...

I love maps, they paint a picture of a landscape you can't put into words, as JRR Tolkien said 'I wisely started with a map'. Maps are a...

Who said 'riddle me this?' The Riddler in Batman of course. I don't have a riddle as such, it's more of a daft question. I do like a...

I'll come to the Bubble Act in a bit, which is definitely a bit on the nerdy side of things and although not about canals, massively...

I doubt anyone reading this hasn't seen the scene in Only Fools and Horses about Triggers Broom. Trigger, who sweeps the road for the...

In all the time I've spent by or on the canal I've never really thought much about where the water comes from, it's just there. Of...

My curiosity in the history of the Grand Union Canal comes from the simple sign post in the picture below. It's just south of the lock...

Although I don't have a boat I regularly cycle or walk the Grand Union Canal tow paths through Milton Keynes and beyond. The canal has...