A longer cruising day than our recent “norm” with 9 miles/15 locks/8 hrs. + Wendy Douglas assisted another boat thru Bratch Locks since only 1 Volunteer on duty. We ‘re both tired now but looking forward to a near “full English” 🍳 (no sausages 😳) tonight #boatsthattweet

Just how do Canal & River Trust West Midlands & Canal & River Trust let it get to this state anyway? Yet they have just spent, apparently, £80k (yes £80,000 😵‍💫) repairing an adjacent bridge that few of us #boatsthattweet really care much about in contrast to our Lock safety 🤔

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Richard Bowler What I can’t understand is how this has been allowed to happen in the C21st - why has it taken so very long for politicians to recognise genocide when it’s been so obvious for so long?

#towpathbbq2025 No. 11 💪💪 But could be the last 🥲 This time with a fleece 😥 Chicken thighs & sausages again with, hopefully, some left over for breakfast sandwich🤞😋 BTW I ALWAYS forage dry towpath dead wood kindling & re-use previous BBQ unburned coals 😉 #boatsthatBBQ

Good night from the Staffs & Worcester canal. #canallife #narrowboats #boatlife #lifesbetterbywater

Tuesday afternoon at my local GP surgery. It’s no wonder you have to wait two weeks to get an appointment when they’re this busy. And the last few years I’ve been here, they’ve been this busy. Who knows, maybe one day they’ll get chance to remove the Covid distance tape from the

My home south facing roof #solar 18 panels were fitted in 2011 & my second metre (the first was found to be going backwards for the first year 😂) has today gone thru the 50k KwH level with original investment #FIT return now over 200% 😀

Did any other #boatsthattweet watch this youtu.be/kmSvsqWROyw?si… from CRT linked within e-mail to all License holders today? A bit alarming but full of defenceless arguments & excuses IMHO Couple this with more CSF’s declared closed for repairs They are a shambles NatAssocBoatOwners

Went to a #turkishbarber this afternoon to have my 2-3 week beard shaped. Never tried it before. They were great 😁 Then he suggested having my nasal hair removed with wax. Why not, says I 😵‍💫😳😵‍💫😳😵‍💫😳

Alan Douglas @tidyboiler

What Police? When was the last time you saw a Policeman? bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

LAS VEGAS any guidance on booking shows on advance or wait? Any must see or do? Appreciate any advice Thank you

Just paid my annual subscription to NatAssocBoatOwners It’s great value since there’s a monthly newsletter & the Council do everything they can to improve the boating experience to all boaters and especially #boatsthattweet 🙏

Latest from Canal & River Trust - go to Notices & Stoppages on CRT website. Use Low Water filter then choose Map View to get drought affected areas. These will be the areas you need to source CSFs, return to home moorings etc #boating #boatlife

Unless we tell the Powers-That-Be just how small our carbon footprint is they'll hit us with 'green' taxation whilst allowing more runways etc to go ahead so please complete the Dept. of Transport survey on energy usage. It's really important. Pls share nabo.org.uk/inland-waterwa…

Just received Royal Mail flyer offering NHS Prescriptions via my #postie which I support. Flyer does not mention #nhsapp which I, like millions others, use to order my repeat ‘scripts. When I go into #nhsapp I don’t find their partner Pharmacy2U 🤷‍♂️

I know we’re in difficult times but yet another Company collapse today bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…. Only a few weeks ago Lindsey Oil Refinery put in to receivership. It it our reduced standing in worldwide industrial output, #trumpstariffs or our Government’s handling of the Economy?

☕️🫖🍧🍦Wobbly Boater 🍦🍧🫖☕️ Alan Douglas @tidyboiler I made sure to mention solar in the remarks (at the end I think). Thanks for taking part Al, if you could persuade another cpl boaters & they another couple....