Nights by firelight and owl song

WORDS once SPOKEN now CAPTURED

Dec. 3, 2023

When Mum met Dad (95th Birthday edition)

Join us on a night when the boat is wrapped in freezin fog, but the stoves are warm and the cabin is cosy, for this week's very special episode as we celebrate Dad’s 95th birthday and we go back in time to hear about how a 1…
Aug. 6, 2023

Adventures and Departures (The 'Kathy' Chronicles - pt 4)

Life afloat can throw up some rather singular challenges from being frozen in to sinking, running aground, being attacked by wild kittens and the dangers of runaway working boats!! Join us tonight as we ride out Storm Antoni…
July 30, 2023

The New Baby Arrives (The 'Kathy' Chronicles - pt 3)

What was it like to give birth on small 30 ft boat in the 1960s? Mum continues her account of her life afloat on the Kathy in this week’s instalment of ‘The Kathy Chronicles’. We hear about the some of the challenges and joy…
July 23, 2023

Crochet by Lantern Light (The 'Kathy' Chronicles - pt 2)

What was it really like to live on board a 30ft canal boat in the late 1950s before there were such things as service points and fully equipped marinas? This week we continue with ‘The Kathy Chronicles’ where Mum describes h…
June 11, 2023

'A Little Clinker-Built Boat' (The 'Kathy' Chronicles - pt 1)

Travel back in time to the scorching summer of 1959. Although the canals were still mainly used by working boats, leisure cruising was growing in popularity and so too the idea of living on a canal boat. Tonight, I take us b…