Trip reports and Blogs
(covering UK & other European canals & waterways)

Continuous Cruises

• nb High Jump - No longer available - travels in France with a Sea Otter trailable narrow boat; 2000 to the present
• The Sanity Cruising Logs - Apr 2004 to 2006; for continutation to the present, see the blog Living in Sanity
• Starry Night - a 34ft steel "Smelne" motor cruiser built in 1984 by the Dutch boat builder De Stevens; trips to UK east coast and Norfolk Broads, and in the Netherlands; 2004 to the present
• Lea Crest - cruising European waterways with David and Pamela Ross - 2003 to the present
• nb Ramyshome - spring 2005 to the present
• nb Rodbaston - travels of a shared ownership boat, with reports by the various co-owners - 2003 to the present; see also one co-owner's (inactive) blog at Narrowboating Adventures
• the Building and Travels of the Narrow Boat Liberty Belle - 2002 to the present
• Snecklifter: A Journey - follow the ongoing travels of Mike and Liz Holloway in their 60 foot narrowboat; 2002 to Feb 2008
• Erewhon - follow the ongoing travels of Ian and Lorna Hampton in France aboard their boat Erewhon - 1999 to Sept 2007
• Nigel Bromley - Canal Trips - 1979-2005
• Living the Dream - follow the ongoing travels of Rob and Marlane aboard their Narrow Boat Oo-La-La - 2001-2004; England and France
• Brett Laniosh's Travelling the Inland Waterways
• Bill Davies on his continuing Narrowboat Travels in France - 2001 to the present
• Tuesday Night Club on Tour - 1969 to the present
• The Rigden's Trips on Maximus
• Journeys of Narrowboat Harnser - 2002 to May 2008; for continuation, see Harnser's Travels - Sept 2008 to the present
• Myk Askin's Pictures (with trip logs) 2003 to the present
• Allan and Debbie's Canal Trips
• Bill and Nancy's life on a barge in France - 2000-2007
  • Starting 2008, switched to a blog: Bill and Nancy's Life on a Barge in Paris
• Boating adventure on the Thames - 2002
• Past Voyages 1997-2002 - by participants in the canals mailing list/uk.rec.waterways newsgroup

Shorter Trips

• Narrowboat Trip - Sept 2008
• BigMartyn's Blog - narrowboat voyage; Aug 2008 to Nov 2008
• Andersons on the Oxford & Grand Union Canals - June/July 2005
• Andersons on the Llangollen Canal - June 2003
• A Narrowboat Journey in Wales - April 2003; Llangollen Canal
• Narrowboat Honeymoon - 2003, along part of the Kennet and Avon Canal
• French Canals - New Zealanders tackle the loop from Chatillon sur Loire via Auxerre and back again; May/June 2007
• "Boat Trip on the French Canals".
• European Canal Cruising - "Lori & Rich's European Adventure" - 1996-1998 - Unfortunately, site no longer available
• Martin Reff on Three Weeks on the English Canals - 1997
• Canal du Nivernais - France
• "Sam" & Thomas Kehrlein's "Along the River Barrow" - April 2001 - Unfortunately, site no longer available
• Our Week on the Canals - Stourport Ring; 2000 - Unfortunately, site no longer available
• Locking Through the Canal du Midi - May 1999
• Steve and Lucy Dawson's Canal Holiday and Photos - 2001 to present; includes canal walks
• Narrowboat Per Angusta - click on "The Ship's Log"; 2004-2006
• Canalboatings Blechou - Netherland, France, Germany, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, Finland (in Czech and German only; English speakers could use Google translate on the German pages)

Active Blogs

• Canal World Community Blog List
• Andrew Denny's nb Granny Buttons - excellent, popular, and wide-ranging blog

• Living in Sanity Again Apr 2004 to the present; date span includes predecessor site The Sanity Cruising Logs
  • Bruce also has a second, completed, blog, Building Sanity Again, relating to the building of his second liveaboard narrowboat, spanning from Feb 2009 to May 2010.
• Retirement with No Problem - blog about Sue and Vic and their retirement aboard their narrowboat "No Problem" - July 2004 to the present
• My Narrow Boat Adventure! - Sep 2004 to the present
• Moore 2 Life - blog of Chas and Ann who have lived aboard their narrowboat from Nov 2004 to the present
• Narrow Boat Albert - Mar 2005 to the present
• Boats and Cruising `Valerie` - liveaboard; Mar 2005 to the present
• Captain Ahab's Watery Tales - April 2005 to the present
• Jannock Weblog - May 2005 to the present
• Narrowboat Journal - May 2005 to the present
• Hadar - building, fit-out, and travels of the narrowboat, Sep 2005 to the present.
  Note: The related blog, A Boatwomans Diary, has been deleted by its author.
• MoreThanAdequate - Oct 2005 to the present
• NarrowBoat 'Quidditch' - liveaboard; Nov 2005 to the present
• Aardvarks & Maffi's Boat - liveaboard narrowboat; Nov 2005 to the present
• Herbie - 50ft semi trad narrowboat; Jan 2006 to the present
• NarrowBoat Bones - Feb 2006 to the present
• Narrowboat IronMaster's dock - Feb 2006 to the present
• Vereeniging - on a barge in Holland; Feb 2006 to the present
• Derwent6 - build of a 65 foot trad narrowboat; March 2006 to the present
• towpath treks - Apr 2006 to the present
• Me and my Narrowboat "Cosmos" - liveaboard; May 2006 to the present
• journeys of the Narrowboat Indigo Dream - May 2006 to the present
• Epiphany - narrowboat; June 2006 to the present; date span includes older Epiphany blog
• Seyella's Journey - trad narrowboat; June 2006 to the present
• Narrowboat: The Green Man - July 2006 to the present
• NB Bendigedig - Sept 2006 to the present
• Peruvian Skies - build of a 60 foot trad narrowboat; Sept 2006 to the present
• Blackbird Singing - narrowboat live-aboard; Dec 2006 to the present (Note: postings prior to June 2008, from an earlier blog, appear below the 25 June 2008 entry)
• Narrowboat 'Peter Duck' - Jan 2007 to the present
• Narrowboat Mr David - liveaboard; March 2007 to the present
• NB Zindagi - journey of Dave & Val Taylor, March 2007 to the present
• Sonflower's Log - April 2007 to present
• Daniel Oakley - 55 foot trad narrowboat; April 2007 to the present
• Trevor and Bill's Adventures Aboard Nb Beau - Apr 2007 to the present
• Narrowboat - video logs of my trips - Apr 2007 to the present
• Gecko's Progress - 58-foot narrowboat live-aboard; April 2007 to the present
• The Maisibert - May 2007 to the present (includes boat building pre-May 07)
• smudging - "a narrowboat liveaboard diary"; June 2007 to the present
• Narrowboat Da Vinci Canal Carrying Co - June 2007 to the present
• Takey Tezey Tales - narrowboat-style broad-beam boat; July 2007 to the present
• Narrowboat Debdale - an Ownerships shared-ownership narrowboat; Aug 2007 to the present
• Travels in Narrow Boat Lily Pad - Aug 2007 to the present
• Travels in nb Black Bess - Aug 2007 to the present
• Nb K2 - Aug 2007 to the present
• Narrowboat 'Wilvir' - "journal of our life on the 'cut'" - Sept 2007 to the present
• Narrowboat 4Evermoor - "account of the building of our first narrowboat"; Oct 2007 to the present
• NbMuriel - Oct 2007 to the present; older posts at Narrowboat Muriel
• Liam's Boating Website - Nov 2007 to the present
• nb Pickles no.2 - 70' trad narrowboat; Nov 2007 to the present
• shared ownership boat Shadow - narrowboat; Nov 2007 to the present
• NB Lucky Duck - living aboard; Nov 2007 to the present
• Narrowboat "The Robber Button" - Jan 2008 to the present
• n.b. Guelrose - Jan 2008 to the present
• Contented Souls - on "our Home Matilda Rose a 66ft Semi Trad Narrowboat"; Jan 2008 to the present
• Waterlily - Jan 2008 to the present
• nb Serendipity - Jan 2008 to the present
• Steam NB EmilyAnne - Feb 2008 to the present
• Adventures of Narrow Boat Skyy - Feb 2008 to the present
• The Waterways Wanderings of Narrowboat Just Heaven - Feb 2008 to the present
• Captain's Blog Nb-Blackstone - Feb 2008 to the present
• Phil's Blog - a number of waterway posts intermixed with other topics; March 2008 to present
• nb Poppy - "our life as liveaboards"; March 2008 to the present
• Narrowboat Caxton - liveaboard being built; April 2008 to the present
• Bill and Nancy's Life on a Barge in Paris - April 2008 to the present
  • See also predecessor website Bill and Nancy's life on a barge in France - 2000-2007
• building of the narrowboat 'SLOW PACE' - 60' semi-trad; April 2008 to Nov 2008?
• Narrowboat Zulu Warrior - April 2008 to the present
• narrowboat chicheemaun - May 2008 to the present
• Wandering Snail's Wanderings - cruising in Belgium; May 2008 to the present
• Narrowboat Starcross - June 2008 to the present
• Living on "Lottie" - narrowboat cruising; June 2008 to the present
• NB Piston Broke - live-aboard; June 2008 to the present
• Travels on Narrow Boat Tranquility - by one owner of a 58' shared narrowboat; June 2008 to the present
• NB Windsong - build diary; June 2008 to the present
• Saltysplash - narrowboat cruising diary; July 2008 to the present
• Nblazydays - June 2008 to the present
• Narrowboat Chalice - Aug 2008 to Nov 2008?
• Harnser's Travels - Sept 2008 to the present; this is the continuation of the non-blog Journeys of Narrowboat Harnser - 2002 to May 2008
• Jandai - Our Narrowboat - build diary; Oct 2008 to the present
• blauwe vis - in Dutch; travels beginning in Rotterdam; Oct 2008 to the present; - english translation by google
• Narrowboat Oakfield - Oct 2008 to the present
• nb_Abigail_Jenna - Nov 2008 to the present
• Cutty Wren - a couple planning to live on a narrowboat; Dec 2008 to the present
• NB Rock 'n' Roll - continuously cruising; Jan 2009 to the present
• Narrowboat Wilshamstead - "twenty-something ne'er-do-wells living aboard" - Jan 2009 to the present
• The Meanderings of Narrowboat Avon Rose - Jan 2009 to the present
• Narrowboat Dreams - thoughts about a future life afloat; Feb 2009 to the present
• The Meaning of Ubique - 55' narrowboat; continuous cruise; Feb 2009 to the present
• Nb Marbury - shared ownership boat; Feb 2009 to the present
• Narrowboat Vagabond - travels of ex-narrowboat-hire-firm-owners - March 2009 to the present
• Narrowboat "Ellen" - liveaboard - March 2009 to the present
• Tormentil narrowboat - March 2009 to the present
• Life afloat on Narrow boat Tickety Boo - March 2009 to the present
• Narrowboat Morgana Le Fey - refitting; March 2009 to the present
• Narrowboat Humdinger - March 2009 to the present
• Narrowboat North Star - March 2009 to the present
• NB Willawaw - The Revelations of a Narrowboater - April 2009 to the present
• Lyra's Adventures - "A dog, a narrowboat and a person"; April 2009 to the present
• NB Northern Pride - "travels and adventures of Sandra & Barry from New Zealand on the canals of England"; April 2009 to the present
• Narrowboat Densie - May 2009 to the present
• The Grand Floating Palace Plan - transforming 54' narrowboat Harmonia; May 2009 to the present
• Out and Aboat - Life Afloat - narrowboat Elizabeth Rose II; June 2009 to the present
• NB CreamCheese - Project Number 2 - "we transform a tired 70s narrowboat into a floating palace!"; June 2009 to the present
• Narrowboat Armadillo - June 2009 to the present
• Narrowboat Temujin, diary in France - July 2009 to the present
• Narrowboat Escapology - July 2009 to the present
• Narrowboat Star - July 2009 to the present
• Little Boat Afloat - small, outboard-powered narrowboat they use for weekend and longer trips; July 2009 to the present
• Cruising the Middle River Thames - cruiser-style boat; Aug 2009 to the present
• fmc dove - restoration of an historic boat; Aug 2009 to the present
• novascotianboy - liveaboard; Aug 2009 to the present
• Rebecca's Narrowboat Experience - Aug 2009 to the present
• nb Wayward Spinner - construction and fitting out; Oct 2009 to the present
• Narrowboat Wits-End - planning for a narrowboat purchase; Nov 2009 to the present
• Widebeam Boat Build Blog - Nov 2009 to the present
• Lady Stardust - Dutch patrol boat "Ordu"; Dec 2009 to the present
• NB Beefur - liveaboard; Jan 2010 to the present
• Chertsey - restoration of a Woolwich; Jan 2010 to the present; follow-on blog to nb Warrior - April 2006 to Dec 2009
• MilliMaize.......our narrowboat dream come true - Jan 2010 to the present
• Slow Boat - "a sustainable journey around America's Great Loop"; narrowboat-style broadbeam boat, solar-powered with diesel backup; May 2010 to the present
• Travelling in No Direction - 70' narrowboat liveaboard; May 2010 to the present
• Canal Blog of a Newbie Narrowboat owner - July 2010 to the present
• Narrow Boat Adagio - July 2010 to the present; continuation of Narrow Boat SusieQ Cruising

Photo Blogs

• Inland Waterways
• Boat Views - photographs of boats; Jan 2008 to Aug 2008
• Narrowboat Images
• Daily Canal Photo Blog - Martin Clark tries to post a new picture each day; Jan 2008 to July 2008

Inactive Blogs

• Narrowboat Gypsy Rover Weblog - liveaboard; Aug 2006 to July 2010; now moved ashore
• Narrow Boat SusieQ Cruising - Aug 2009 to July 2010; continues at Narrow Boat Adagio
• Narrowboat Gleemaiden - boat sold and owners moved ashore; March 2009 to June 2010
• Khayamanzi Narrowboat Weblog - liveaboard; May 2005 to Jan 2010; author has sold the boat and moved ashore
• nb Warrior - April 2006 to Dec 2009; for follow-on blog see Chertsey - restoration of a Woolwich; Jan 2010 to the present
• NB Jacob - Sep 2004 to July 2009
• Narrowboat Alacrity - Oct 2007 to June 2009
• For the narrow minded - 60 ft. trad narrowboat & Ruston Hornsby 2VSH diesel engine - Dec 2006 to Nov 2008
• Trevorthelockeeper's Weblog - Jan 2008 to Oct 2008
• Petroc's Perambulations - April 2008 to Oct 2008
• Brian and Sues UK Canal Tour - May 2008 to Sept 2008
• UK Canals - Journey reports - aboard NB Nuggler; Oct 2003 to Sept 2008
• Martlet Derbyshire - "apparently aimless floating"; April 2008 to Sept 2008
• Gralyn's Log - June 2008 to Aug 2008; see also posts from Feb 2008 to June 2008
• Matt's Self Build Narrowboat (Kathlyn) - Aug 2005 to Aug 2008
• Winsome - cruises of a 17 foot pedal launch - Sept 2006 to July 2008
• Narrowboat IRIS #3 - July 2006 to July 2008
• Through the French Canals - April 2008 to July 2008
• 'Net Profit - 58' narrowboat fit-out; April 2008 to June 2008
• Norman 23 'Henry' - July 2007 to Feb 2008
• Little More... - Jul 2007 to Jan 2008
• Building and fitting out our wide beam canal boat-Pegasus - Apr 2007 to Nov 2007
• WB Stella Vera - wide beam barge; Aug 2007 to Nov 2007
• allaboardolive - six months aboard 55' narrowboat Olive - March 2007 to Oct 2007
• Narrowboating Adventures - co-owner of shared narrowboat Rodbaston; Dec 2006 to Oct 2007
• Sommaren 2007 - UK narrowboating IN SWEDISH; June 2007 to August 2007
• Shop On The Canal - "Adventure on the canals, new life, narrowboat living", with an on-board shop - July 2007 (only)
• Building of NB Lorimar - Sep 2006 to Jul 2007
• Nb Water Spaniel - "virtual" narrowboat; Jan 2007 (only)
• Good morning, lethargy - July 2006 to Dec 2006; for continuation, see Narrowboat: The Green Man
• Lady Elgar Log - description of the travels of the narrowboat; Mar 2004 to July 2004 (with one Apr 2007 update)

Blogs no longer available

• Travelog of the Narrowboat J-Omega
• A Boatwomans Diary - for continuation, see Hadar

Gone missing:

• Wiccan Warrior - travels of Narrowboat "Witchcraft"
• Nick's Narrowboat Life - liveaboard; July 2007 to ?
• Narrowboat Tug Lyra - April 2006 to May 2008
• bowsnboats - Sep 2007 to April 2008
• Narrowboat Penelope - cruising log; July 2008 to ?; build diary also available