![](https://bream.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Shad_at_IWE_2002-508x375.jpg)
This is the final extract from my 2004 article for the Historic Narrow Boat Owners Club. As I’ve said previously, the details of a number of these boats … Read more
![Bream in Lapworth, 23rd April 2022](https://bream.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/IMG_5074-508x311.jpeg)
As the new calendar year starts, my 22nd year on Bream has just come to a close. I thought it might be interesting to summarise what has been … Read more
![Bream at Glasson, July 1999](https://bream.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/BreamGlasson1999-1-508x208.jpg)
On the morning of 21st December 1999, the shortest day of the year, I was at Glasson Dock, near Lancaster, to watch NB Bream lifted out of the … Read more
![Minnow at Middlewich Folk & Boat Festival, 16/6/2002 (my photo)](https://bream.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/DSCF0006-508x381.jpg)
This third extract from my 2004 article for the Historic Narrow Boat Owners Club includes one boat for which I’ve never seen photos and one where the photo … Read more
![Bream in ice at Endon - December 2022](https://bream.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Bream_in_ice_Endon-December_2022-508x289.jpeg)
That and toilets really. Those are the things people ask about first when they find out you live on a boat. I’ve long had a stock (and true) … Read more
![Lamprey at Market Drayton](https://bream.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/LampreyMarketDrayton-508x286.jpg)
The second part of my 2004 article for the then Historic Narrow Boat Owners Club. As before, please feel free to correct any errors in the comments. The … Read more
![Bream stern section in Union Canal Carriers days](https://bream.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/UCC_Bream_1-508x292.jpg)
I’ve written a few articles over the years that might end up on here, of which this was the first. Written in 2004 for the Historic Narrow Boat … Read more
![Etruria Junction](https://bream.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/IMG_1773-508x381.jpeg)
I did my first bit of canal boating on the Caldon in 1969 and my family had a boat moored on it from 1973 until 4 years ago, … Read more
![Lock 47](https://bream.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/5F681857-501E-4C37-8C53-C0528E78B3FC-508x381.jpeg)
The run up the 26 locks from Wheelock to Kidsgrove is never dull, the paired locks always add interest and of course it’s always a guessing game which … Read more
![Bream on the Bridgewater Canal, December 1999](https://bream.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Bream-master-508x339.jpg)
The first post on a site is a strange thing, you’ve not really found a voice, and your audience don’t know what to expect. Helpfully, I’ve got a … Read more