Wednesday 10th July 2019      We da bootlegging filibuster cru o’ Famously Fearsum Pyrate Cap’n Black Bart Aaaarrrggh !!!  ‘av slid threw wide moistly linear ripples ‘and navigated shallower curvaceous flows niao find

Duckett’s Cut a knot frighteningly happy guardian ovour travels

adorned wid mightly Fine art’eastry

four won ‘and All two enjoy during a small step up Duckett’s Bottom

chamber. Niao dat’s wot y’call a GUN !!  Aaaarrrggh !!! !!!  Nice teeth two !!

Middle’s deeply chamber climbings

Aaaarrrggh !!!  bee’in aided bye thee moist exuberantly boisterous waterings

flushing Barticus threw distinctly enthusiastically along two thee final

Plungingly inverted aquafalls o’ tippet top loch. Aft dat trio d’ ascension

lowcal wonders d’ art’easts continue t’ A’Maze wiv there talent a’plenty !!

Francis Giles perfeckly straight 1830 ten fur’long Hertford Union Canal

comes too a very soonly sad end as Helmsy swings thee old girl t’ starboard

‘and gentile glides Regents Canal unflustered calmness t’ Olde Ford Lock

Following a delightfully halcyon arisings Bart potters along south bank o’ Victoria Park until we luckily spie a moist suitable berthingly anchorage fore a Well urnt rest.

Thursday 11th July      Early, almost Rude awakenings this morn, when Lister arisings moor prompt than bee really necessary. Even thow hour two cylinder heart of a Beast iz only ‘softly’ thrumming ‘ay whey Cap’n Black Bart bee forced t’ command “Weigh Anchor” & “Slip Lines”  Aye !  Aye !!  Cap’n !!!    Aaaarrrggh !!!  !!!   

ContainerVille soon evolves from just a blur o’er thee ‘orizon enroute

t’ Actons Very Slimy viridescently verdant aqualift.

Tiz knot butt summit like furlongs d’ otto n Sturts liquid step

lifts hour flowery vessel up t’ knew levels

wear many tittle munsters dwell in caves

wear lush virescent grows All o’er t’ plaice. Plastered a’top canal. Growing onta bank. Branching oat dose trees & climbing up them their walled facades.

West we swim, propulsing through niao beautifully clear busy flows

Lovely old building – Thomas Briggs (London) Ltd. Southgate Road, Islington –  founded in 1815. Manufactured canvas, sheeting, sacking, hessians, sacks and bags, ropes, machine-made twines, jute, hemp, and cotton yarns, printed jute rugs and squares, lobby and stair oil-cloths, Dutch carpetings, railway-waggon, cart, and stack covers, dressing for covers, roofing cloth, brattice cloth, tents, sail canvas, seaming twines, Briggs’ patent lined bags for sugar, coffee, &c., patent tarpauling, patent packing, and iron and steel hoops for packing purposes. Mr. Thomas Briggs was also the sole tent maker for her Majesty’s War Office and contractor for government and railway stores. Impressive !!

Knew’er glass facades watch ‘our Lundenwic waterway passage

to City Road aquelevator, in witch we almost fly two knew pinnacles

weir t’ hose canby putt to great use

Froglane Bridge directs

‘our quite long narrow boatly ohm

intwo a bright, butt (quite strangely) still very dark at t’ same thyme, Islington Tunnel. Cool relief as bee arming up very nicely indeed inda outside world. Railways & Museums

disappear t’ aft we plough threw expansive canal (knot pond) weed &

negotiate exceedingly proficiently St. Pancras moist pleasant arisings

to enjoy yet moor fine canal side architecture mixed

wid Fantast’eak talented paintly workings.

An udder BIG quite Scary

Monster creeping oat from t’ murky green lagoon

Pleasantly unusual homely capsules on final approachings t’ Camden Town

Knot shore it bee wise t’ leap from dat high pussy. Even if ya can swim !!!

Camden trio o’ chambers commences arising wiv Kentish Town’s moor than soggy ascension. Soonly followed bye Hawley Aquastep witch swishes Bart

Two’woods Hampstead Road loch weir wee bee moist gracefully lifted up t’ pass Dingwall’s Wharf n Dead Dog Basin. Dat Pesky Castle o’ Pirate don’t cause awe’inspiring Cap’n Black Bart  ‘and ‘is Pyrately Cru  Aaaarrrggh !!!  !!!  Any (e’en tittle) troublesum bovering inconvenience oveny salt !!

Many a delightful craft (sumthymes knot, unfortunately) eye ‘our passing

azwee show appreciation t’ serenaded puntings Bart skirts Regents Park,

blasts threw Maida Hill Tunnel enroute two Little Venice Pools

passed Rembrandt Gardens

intoo Paddington Bear Reach ‘and beyond……..

nb:Bartholomew Roberts 1682 – 1722 slides intwo ‘ay Fine Berthing Plaice

Friday 12th July     Fore shall bee thyme o’ relocation tuther end o’ Paddington Basin. Rafted a’breast (extremely naughty) two a widely girthed vessel. Very ‘andy in deed. Fore an’udder in knead. Their bee ‘ay Fantasteak tennis match at Wimbledon with Master R. Federer eventually beating thee Thunderously Powerfull R. Nadal. Wot a Semi Final !!   Brilliant !!!   Aaaarrrggh !!!  !!!

Saturday 13th July

Bafflingly bizarre critters floatingly fly bye in eccentric attire

as Roxy Chic Knits ‘appely opens

up shop four business……….

Mummy (oar daddy?) wid tittle furry bab’eaze. Couldn’t eat a hole won !! Oar could we !!!  Just a small mouthful !!   Very Tasty  !!!  Aaaarrrggh !!!  !!!

Niao watching t’ Wimbledon Ladies’ Final. Very Classy. Thee Amazing Miss S. Halep Plays Wonderfully two beat Miss S. Williams moist Convincingly !!!

Sunday 14th July      So. Wee ‘av Sporting Fun today. Mr. L. Hamilton bee racing loads ov udder peoples at British Grandprix at Silverstone. England playing New Zealand in mens ODI Cricket World Cup Final at Lords AND Mens Single Final on Centre Court at Wimbledon.  Lewis Wins !!  Agin !!  FAbulous !!!    Fantasteakly tight cricket match witch England Win (just aboat).  Mr. R. Federer against Mr. N. Djokovic. Blooming FANTABULOUS !!!  Tennis Match !!!  Goes All t’ whey. Novak just gets ‘is toe ahead at t’ end. Unfortunately !!  Roger ‘ad ‘is chances. Just couldnee do it ! Novak pulled ‘im back each thyme ‘and eventually won.  Boo !!   Darned Blooming Good Player Mr. Djokovic. Just wanted Master Federer to win fore dat ninth thyme !!!   Wot ‘ay Day !!!   Aaaarrrggh !!!  !!!

Monday 15th July      Motoring t’ Deepest Darkest Kent today. Whizzing along them their taperingly twin trackly rails, bye Train, Job two do. Tings t’salt oat      etc…   etc………..

Tuesday 16th July      Their bee ‘ay guest named Cinders arrived late yesterday, inta darkly ers. Knot a pyrate oar e’en ‘ay Pirate tabee shore. And then an udder won suddenly appears today. Knot shore quite weir He swam oat from underneath !!   Coffee (wid lashings o’ fruity brown sauce well n truly stirred in) weir being savoured And Suddenly !! Their He was !!  Won of hour oldest (‘and strangest) tittle hobgoblin pyrate maties o’ years gong bye. Pyrate Cap’n Jammie James Aaaarrrggh !!!  !!!!    just glides write oat ovthee misty Paddington murkiness straight onto Barticus. Well wot a Surprise !!    Aft tea/coffee ‘and fruity brown saucily cake a wanderings we take two n threw Tittle Venice. Just cause we can !!!   Aaaarrrggh !!!  !!!

Wednesday 17th July      We (aft a leisurely arisings) leave ‘our moist Wonderful Bart in port, taking a similarly proportioned & very busy, noisy waterbus from Tittle Venice, thrue a quitely short, butt still dark(ish) tapering tube, sluicing buy Marylebone Park (azwoz) and a simply Wonderful plaice wear animals roam aboat at there leisurelies. Wonce berthed at Dingwalls we safely escape t’ wander pleasantly busy caverns n tunnels spying awl manner ov Wonderous wears, potions, artifacts, creations. Sew menny different smells, colours, sounds, flavours, touches, aromatics, vibrations, pigmentations, connections, tastings And arrays o’ udder Ay-May-Zing tings won can ‘ardly take in ‘ay fraction o’ wot Delights Camden Market offers visiting quartmasterly Pyrates.

Thursday 18th July      Their waz Cinders whisped ‘ay whey late last nite. Up early t’ sneak oat passed dat marmalade sandwich freak fore muchly kneaded services in tv, returning two ‘arbour e’en beefore ‘our furry Peruvian friendly chumlie ‘ad snortingly awakened from ‘is slumber. Tiz knot quite late morn when moor knew Maties arrive in port four Bartly crewsings.

Know ‘anging aroand. Lister re’ignited, lines slipped,

Chuggens oat We Go…….

swinging t’ port as we enter TV Pool

Theirs sum ovit

Rounding t’ starboard as helmsperson maneuvres passed t’ spooky pool isle

Safely negotiated, Bart

advances threw dose cosy narrows, entering t’ Regents easterly flows

Drifting casually between boatly ohms floating both portly ‘and starboard two booth sides. Philona stars with Timothy Spall ‘and udder Fab act’oars in t’ Sad, Funny n Lovely film “Finding Your Feet“. Won fore awl too sea…….

Await we shall

Butt wonce clear “Advance Forrard Helmsperson” Commands Cap’n Black Bart  Aaaarrrggh !!!   Aye !  Aye !!  Cap’n !!!  Aaaarrrggh !!!  !!!

East we awl track threw gorgeous greenery

Skip gits fotobombed bye sum write strange lochie fella who just popped up

Witch whey noy Irish !!  North ?   South ?  East ?   oar   West ?   Oar mayhaps Sumwear Completely Different.  Aye !  Aye !!   Cap’n !!!   Aaaarrrggh !!! !!!

Datz it !!  Got it niao !!!

Gaseousness manoeuvrings devour t’ almoist verdurous path on approach two yet moor descention from thee troublesumly enlarged cru !!

Thee continuously delightful mishy mash ovta old ‘and knew be uninteruptingly variable n relentless awl at same thyme.

(only slightly) Crazy peoples enjoying sum moist marvellous helsmings…..

Tizbut quite sum ‘ers ‘and minutes, interupted bye severn reasonably proportioned aquafalls, followed buy just ‘ay phew seconds in witch we find ourshelves anchored close two (Bloody) Bonners Gate & thee duo o’ “Dogs of Alcibiades” two.

Friday 19th July      F’aaaarrrggh !!!  two many pyrates on board last phew weaks. Aye’ll bludgeon yee skirvey scallywags and make yee walk thee plank !!  Aaaarrrggh !!!  Dat bee wot meany tufty Pyrate Cap’n Black Bart  Aaaarrrggh !!!  !!!  Cried  (wot know tears) !!   1st mate sneakelly told awl ovem just t’ stand up, a phew seconds oar moor (when no’won weir looking) aft making a BIG Splosh. As t’ current watery channel ain’t two deep. In fact itz actually a small number ov toely digits deeper than three. Feet is. Smelly wins at that !!

Saturday 20th July      So You two oar three (sumthymes fore) bloggetts oat their will liklies probably know Skip is ‘earing onthee kinda moderately bonkers quayside o’ Bart World. And thatby t’ end ovthee matter. Four niao. At least. On two moor important matters ov interest. Mayhaps !!  Cru o’ eight legs n many toes ‘and occasional paws n claws take t’ wanderings. Along towpath Mile End weir their bee t’ Finely Floating M’Aaaarrrggh’ket. Bustlingly busy. Huge array o’ different gudes. Foodlies. Grog. Talented Singers & masterly Musicians two. Wot could go wrong. NUTTING !!! Ye Silly Foo’ells !! We continue on t’ Limehouse and won

BIG Beast thatby t’ River Thames. E’en windier down ‘ear !!

Very Lively oat their. Write Choppy.

Choppy We Said !!  Aaaarrrggh !!!      Mayhaps ‘ay tittle Boisterous two.

Tittle Timmy

TUG

Hallingly toes Gargantuan

Mamouth

Billy BARGE up Very Squally Thames

Moor craft whizzing aboat. Trip Boats, Speed boats

And Very

Fastly

n furry Cilla Cat

Slices threw d’ chop

as sailing yachts

Bob aboat

spring, skip, hop & dance

as they make their whey

steadily forrard

Cilla continues

Blastingly onwoods down stream

Definitely knot a watery path in witch Bart World will voyage. E’en when calm. F’Aaaarrrggh !!!  Two BIG, WIDE & BUSY !!!   Aaaarrrggh !!!  !!!

Aft savouring t’ e’er changing scene four quite sum wyle The Grapes (established whey aft in 1583) provides muchly salt calm n refreshment. Delightful !!  Darlings !!!

Return we do tadat plaice o’ varied wonders, settling down two enjoy t’live music. T’weir Awl Great. Ty’red n warnout t’ ohm n bunk won ‘and awl return.

Sunday 21st July      So aft washing clean n soggily ‘anging

RoxyChicKnits izbee trading awl well n Gude.

Monday 22nd July      Moor washing !!   Eye Know !!!  MAD !!!   Bean gitting quite stinky. ‘And dats moor than just t’ clothely garments.

RCK Fully Operational & RC On Guard !!!

Wiggle !  (& ‘ay BIG Woof)  Wiggle !!  WIGGLE !!!

Tuesday 23rd July      Thyme has come. Two crews we shall chuggens. Wiv Lister n matie chums guiding hour (back) passage two ‘ay Major Aqua’refresh amongst udder moor aromatic dooshings backed up bye moor than just ‘ay Lough Keepers assistance. Downwardly mobile we weir. Now ‘orizontals Barticus floats t’ Mile End Fjord aft considerable voyagings o’ leagues d’ plentifulls.

Wednesday 24th July     We Aaaarrrggh !!!  !!!   Drippingly sweltering Muchly like moist ovyue might well bee. Blooming HOT it iz !!   Eyes Lovely !!!    Wide Beam Isabella ‘and her Lovely Cru appear threw t’ shimmering haze. Bart re’aquaints, returning t’ favour from recent Paddington ‘arbour anchorage. Fancy that !!   Yes Please Sir !!!   Nudge !  Nudge !!    Wink !  Wink !!  Say Know Moor !!!   Know Wot Eye Mean !!!    Aaaarrrggh !!! !!!

Quite Simple MAD !!!

BIG Olde Hercules thee (silent H) ‘orse enjoys a Very Well Earnt Restfulness. ‘Eavy ‘ard work tiz boat lugging Lark !!  He can shirtenly tell ya dat !!!

Roxy shares t’ relaxations

Wid Hercules ‘and Friends

We Must Knot forget Emmeline Pankhurst (born Emiline Goulden) & her thousands o’ female comrades in the “Women’s Social and Political Union” & beyond….

Thursday 25th July      Tiz still quite Hot n Sticky. And Relax…….

Friday 26th July      Very Soggy. Hunker Down. Neighbours come round later t’ throw loads o’ very fruity brown all o’er t’plaice…….

Saturday 27th July      So!  Similar t’ yesterday. O’er t’ next (boat) door later.

Sunday 28th July      Sunday. Tiz day o’ rest. Ain’t it ?

Roxy   Chick  takes charge. Salting cru oat !!

Bunting up. Goods displayed. Thunder Birds Aaaarrrggh !!!!  Go……….

Monday 29th July

Still ‘ere !  Still Trading !!    Woof !   Woof !!   Woof !!!

Tuesday 30th July      Their izbee likely chumlie maties arriving in port on dis slightly, butt only mildly moist day…….  Actually becomes moor than just dat. Blooming Wet if truth bee told !!   Fruity Brown Sauce is d’ name ovthee game today. Wot a Fine Daize Pleasantries & Fun indeed !!  Aaaarrrggh !!!   Finished off moist Scrumptiously at t’ Camel Pub, Globe Town with Pie (huge selection) n Mash Salmagundi. Awl washed down wid d’ lowcal finest grog d’ Ale….   Eyes Luverly !!!     Aaaarrrggh !!!  !!!

Wednesday 31st July      We Aaaarrrggh !!!   going on ‘ay reversible journey. Trio o’ lochs down t’ Limehouse, aboat turn & climb back up dose chambers t’ git back weir we started. Take F’Aaaarrrggh !!!  two longly. We ‘av a muchly better plan. Aft sadly goodbyes to ‘our knew boatly matie friend……..

Lister chuggenly warmed. Boatly neighbour Isabell dispatched. Ciao fore niao !!

Bart reverses t’ aft.

Continuing sternly along aqua’green

Yep !!  Tiz thee direction o’ travellings

Still Going. Knot two many strange lukes from passing, lowcal strangers.

Wot FUN !!    We ‘av arrived at Duckett Junction

Almoist.

Let t’ real FUN begin !!

Still swinging

‘av’ent lost her yet

Bit close t’ junction wally bridge likely. Knot Too impact close. Fortunately.

Nice won Helmsperson.

Gitting a tittle dizzy niao

Last smidge & a priddy Fine 180 aboat turn aft a confidently extended reversals passed many a static. Sumbody seams t’ bee Extremely Pleased wiv ’em shelves. Might bee close t’ pushing ’em int’ canal if they ain’t caerphilly aboat dat ‘ead size. Climb Old Forde Lock we do. Watered, rubbished, elsaned. Weir off……

Like t’ idea ovold style outside (in dis particular sternly) toilet facilities !!

passing Victoria Park four t’ last thyme this year we tinks

& ContainerVille two.

Sea’n thee floating shed in a fare phew plaices during ‘our recent traversings. Thee basement is almoist as roomy as t’ ground (water) floor.

Just an’udder canalised scenely waterscape

Pure craftspersonship. Knot a boat. Just a ship.

Knot shore we would bee awl dat keen t’ make full use ovtee slide

‘ay glorious bird in flight high above t’ Londinium rooftops

A moist simply Beautiful Waterfallings

Working boat enroute t’ Sturt’s loch just aft hour departure

city Road climbing wall o’ water just roand t’ corner

Final approach too Islington Tunnel o’ murky darkness

Opened in 1818. At both ends. Thankfully !!

Two different lightweight “constructions”

‘ay knot uncommon, heartbreaking sight of homelessness !!!   just Awful  !!!  !!!

Fantast’eak artis’tree above. Great t’ sea !!

Nutting won can say

Varied sights, sum unusually on top o’ buildings

do knot allow any passing motorist (oar boatly person)

any fat chance o’ creaping t’woods boardum bordering falling ‘ay sleepness.

Gorgeous doggy oar 1st mate

Their he/she is agin !!

Upwardly mobile we weir arisings

Samson t’ Mighty Mammoth ovay Tug looking Marvellous

Lovely mix ov architectural wanders Aaaarrrggh !!!  persistently relentless

Tiz knot just t’ water that bee green aroand ‘ear maties

Witch won o’ deez water fallings shall we choose t’ climb dis thyme !!

Finally at top o’trio d’ aquelevators

nb:Bartholomew Robert’s 1682 – 1722 joins extended ‘orizontals

swimming two n threw thee 1814 Maida Hill taperingly tube o’ Darkness

witch bee flushing Bart too’woods Tittle Venice (TV)

‘and threw t’ Big Widely islander pools

Suddenly squeezzingly tightly white

two an unexpectedly sufficiently proportioned ‘parking’ space.

Didnee tink wead git in ‘ear !!!     Aaaarrrggh !!!  !!!

Quite a pleasant thickly lush lawn when ya tink aboat it.

Thursday 1st August      Their will bea sum moor crewsly swimmings.

Too distinctly different types o’ wetly lawn mowers out did morn, chomping savagely at grassy crust. Knot to early ‘ay start dis morn,

Glidingly a’top thee wondrously magical verdurous liquidscape. Heading on a westerly tack if I may bee soo bold matie bloggets…….

Passed

Walls

o’ Fascinationa wear artistry

meats creativity mixed wid just ‘ay tittle expressiveness.

And it just keeps gitting Better

n Better. Just knead day oar to, two stop n Luke proper like maties.

Buildings continue t’ grow oat thee ground at a quite alarming rate in many plaices round deaze ‘ere parts.

Under t’ mystical knot quite parallel rails flying above

Then Bart lurching aboat when maneuovrings by monster mechanical machinery grabbing rubbish from Barge create significant watery undulations. Oncoming vessel towing second craft also izbee affected by sloshingly liquid movements make for “interesting” phew moments four awl helmspersonages involved.

Moor strangely critters watch hour every passing move

until the Mass’eave Metalic BANGS ovthee pill driving Jack Hammer try t’ shake wins teeth from awl ‘our hens. If ya no wot eye mean. Nudge !  Nudge !!  Wink !  Wink !!. Say !  No !!  Moor !!!  Aaaarrrggh !!!  !!!

With our very ‘eres still wringing plumage still kneads tooby fluffed aboat

Leaving Utter Carnage in hour wake as usual !!

Tiz a slumberly sloe passaging o’ many fathoms witch lead craft n cru t’ Bulls Bridge Junftion weir sharp tack t’ port allows departure from Paddington Arm ‘and re’entree t’ Grand Junction Canal Proper.

A generally South heading slicing threw delightful countryside

Under wonderous brickwork curvitures, awl thee whey t’

Hanwell Lock Flight. Eight Lovely deeply wide lough chambers

topped off with Norwood loch. And is now a Very Hot aft’noon. FAB !!!

And hardly e’en bovered bye Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s Last Brilliant Engineering idea, the Three Bridges. Railway whizzing bye under Canal, Road flying high above our waterway route. All at the same place. V Clever !!!

 

AND THAT OUR DEAR BLOGGETTS

and any udder tittle passes buy

Is the endly southern flowed ripples of the marvel they called the

Grand Junction Canal.

Now Call the Grand Union Canal.

 

TWO WEIR CAP’N BLACK BART   Aaaarrrggh !!!

‘and is moistly Merrily Cru

Aye !   Aye !!   Cap’n !!!    Aaaarrrggh !!! !!!

Is  oar  is knot likely t’ crews we May ne’er no.

Might just ‘av t’ sea if ye can  oar  cannee find us…………..