This website records the journey of SS Thomas Porter, a 1927 Sheffield Humber Keel barge, built in Beverly in Yorkshire, through the canals and waterways of Europe. It is written as a record of the journey for family and friends, but hopefully will also provide useful information, based on personal experience, for others interested in this wonderful way of life.
The Thomas Porter pictured in the late 1980's working in Yorkshire
The left-hand photo shows the conversion to a crane barge, her last working role