Typed up from the table drawer
The cruising log
Every trip that made it from the paper log onto this site, newest at the top. The first entry worth keeping dates from 16 March 2025; the earlier pages are mostly lists of things we forgot to bring.
Pound 4 · Trips
A slow weekend ring by Victoria Park, Limehouse and the Cut
Our favourite short trip from the Lee: up the Hertford Union, down to Limehouse Basin and home along the Limehouse Cut, taken slowly over a May weekend.
Written up 14 Jun 2026Amended 2 Aug 20268 minutes to read
Pound 3 · Winter
Winter mooring on the Lee: stoppages, the stove and the frost week
How we keep a shared narrowboat through a London winter: a winter mooring on the Lee, lock stoppages, running the stove safely, and the week the water froze.
Written up 25 Jan 2026Amended 8 Mar 20268 minutes to read
Pound 2 · Water
Water points, a tank gauge that lies, and a week of washing-up
Keeping a shared narrowboat's water tank full on London trips: where we fill, how long it takes, the dipstick we trust over the gauge, and our summer habits.
Written up 6 Jul 2025Amended 30 Aug 20257 minutes to read
Pound 1 · Locks
Working the Regent's Canal locks with a crew of two
How two of us take the boat through the Regent's Canal locks: who steps off where, which paddles go first, and the gate we learned not to rush.
Written up 16 Mar 2025Amended 2 May 20257 minutes to read
When a later trip proves an entry wrong, the entry is corrected and the amendment date moves. How that is decided is written down in the note on keeping the log.