A notorious gongoozler, he could spend entire afternoons on the towpath simply watching the barges drift by.

The gongoozlers gathered along the towpath, binoculars and cameras at the ready, watching the narrowboats glide by.

She gongoozled at the barges by the canal until the sun set.

We spent the late afternoon gongoozling on the canal towpath, chatting quietly as narrowboats drifted past.

Every Sunday morning, the old man gongoozles at the narrowboats from the canal bridge, lost in simple contentment.

Every Sunday afternoon, we gongoozle by the old canal lock, sipping tea and exchanging stories as boats slide slowly past.