Granny Buttons a canal blog worth reading.
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008Lots of folk seem to dabble in the world of blogs (Small private websites for the uninitiated) they are particularly useful in the boating community for providing a means of keeping family and friends informed of your exploits. Unfortunately they are a bit like keeping a diary which often starts off being a great idea and then dwindles away to become forgotten in the bottom drawer.
Many of the boat related blogs I stumble across fall into that category, for a few months I am drawn in and visit regularly and then the new posts drop off and eventually cease completely.
One boating blog that most certainly doesn’t seem fall into this category is Andrew Denny’s Granny Buttons blog where in his own words -
“Andrew Denny sounds off around England on a canal blog”
The beauty of Andrew’s blog is variety! Yes it is boat related but not in the way that some of those bloody awful cruise log type websites that delight in informing you “Today we stopped at Asda to replenish our stocks of baked beans and later tonight we will be stopping for fish & chips etc” instead Andrew takes a look at the bigger picture that he sees on his travels on his narrowboat Granny Buttons where the blog name comes from.
Andrew is very passionate too about photography his chosen theme at least on this blog being the waterways environment. The pictures he often posts on Granny Buttons are well worth viewing, Andrew (Unlike me) seems to be able to capture “mood” in his pictures especially in the night shots he often takes.
Andrew also keeps his eye very much on the Internet for canal related news making his blog a great source of links to other canal sites and blogs.
You can take a look at the Granny Buttons blog here-