For me, the trip up the Kennet with the Home Built Boat Rally came to an end at Newbury, where there is a fabulous range of facilities to ...

As I have mentioned before , camp cookery should involve no more than: 1) Open tin and slop contents into pan; 2) Heat and eat. A pre-raid...

Electronics and water don't mix, so gadget anxiety is high on boat trips of more than a couple of days. Luckily, I was well prepared. ...

Going up the Kennet Navigation from Reading to Newbury was interesting. I had assumed that it would be canal-like with virtually no curre...

There were two boats powered by Hobie Mirage turtle-flapper drives on the HBBR Raid this year, but unfortunately Paul Smithson could only ...

As the Beale Park Thames Boat Show drew to a close on the Sunday, the Home Built Boat Rally fleet left for its annual raid. This year the...

Beale Park now has a Racing and Riverboat Museum which I didn't get to see because I had to get away early on the Sunday to go downst...