The Independent Podcast Awards judges highly commended it, and The Times, the FT and The Guardian reviewed it.

It came at the same time as I took voluntary redundancy after 24 years at the BBC, to write and make a canal podcast.

I had a great time in the BBC radio newsroom, writing bulletins for Radios 2, 3, 4 and 6Music and reading on 5live too.

My first was a seven-page test in August 2008. Living afloat ended the tests, so now I write waterways travel pieces.

I was news editor for Hits & Greatest Hits Radio, and later told The Frequency Funhouse podcast how it all began.

The Independent Podcast Awards judges highly commended it, and The Times, the FT and The Guardian reviewed it.

It came at the same time as I took voluntary redundancy after 24 years at the BBC, to write and make a canal podcast.

I had a great time in the BBC radio newsroom, writing bulletins for Radios 2, 3, 4 and 6Music and reading on 5live too.

My first was a seven-page test in August 2008. Living afloat ended the tests, so now I write waterways travel pieces.

I was news editor for Hits & Greatest Hits Radio, and later told The Frequency Funhouse podcast how it all began.