My lovely new surroundings, around Nantwich Marina.

I have a nice new mooring at Nantwich Marina, much as I love the Macc canal and my old marina home there, this is much more convenient for transport links, gigging and general going out. Here's some pics I took this morning.

Meet the Neighbours!

Songs of the waterways

I wrote this song, as with so many, on the boat on a classical guitar. I remember the writing process very well with this one, looking out of the window on a dark evening. I was also in a very dark place and writing this was part of the healing process.

...and a nice new (old) home...

Heritage Marina in Kent Green, Scholar Green. Tomorrow I'm hoping to introduce Cosmos to a brand new concept, mains electricity!

View from a saloon window



Cosmos under Mow Cop at Heritage Narrowboats

Nice new ropes for the new year.

Hundreds of butterflies filmed by the boat this morning :)

Another night on the boat, another great sunset!

Another lovely "from the boat" view :)

(A rather late) breakfast time in Audlem.

Spring is in the air (and has been for some time).

The first chicks are around (no photos yet) and while Easter for many is when they start their first serious boating of the year for me it's when I often give Cosmos a major spring sorting out, sprucing up. This year should be the biggest ever as I'm intending to give her a major bit of an overhaul, inside and out. Meanwhile, the surroundings, as usual, are gorgeous :)

P.S. The frayed rope is from where birds have been coming down and pulling pieces of rope out for nesting material - double :) :)

I'm Back! 2010 - No Posts!

I won't let it happen in 2011! I'm starting off with a music video. This is a load of photo's I took to one of my songs, "Back In The Real World". Recognise any of the canal-based settings?...


You can keep up to date with my musical goings on on My Music Blog

You spin me right 'round baby....

Well after years of boating with nothing stuck round my prop so seriously as to make me have to stop and weed it out from the hatch, I get 2 incidents within a couple of weeks....the last one was my fault - my back rope went into the prop...DOH!

....and earlier in the month I became closely acquainted with this keepnet...or what had been a keepnet.

Random hacking with a sharp knife did the trick eventually, though the metal parts took some time!

Video Of My New Band's Very First Public Performance at The Middlewich Boat and Folk Fest 2009

And this song's called "HumanKind"...