Living on a narrowboat on the waterways of the UK means we live very close to nature, absolutely ideal as I’m a keen photographer. #birds #photography #naturephotography #boatlife #ukcanals #NarrowboatCommunity #canal #narrowboat #KeepCanalsAlive
Jay Banbrooke
@nbeliza.bsky.social
Lives on Narrowboat Eliza travelling the waterways of the UK. Married, non-binary gender - trying to just be happy in a good way. Traveller, beer drinker, photographer, walker and bossed around by Buster the Boat Dog 😃
It’s that time of year again - a gentle reminder, if you don’t like sharing your home with them, carefully put them outside.
Finally Death gets it right - Ratko Mladić, genuinely hope he does NOT rest in peace!
Possibly my favourite 80 year old has died, why can’t ’Death’ get it right. Good bye Tim Curry 😭 He taught me, I could be who I am - something many people don’t ever need to understand (lucky them), I learnt from him I’m too from Transylvania and can be me!
I truly hope the people of Ukraine have a great Independence Day today - celebrating their independence from Soviet Russia and now fighting for not only their freedom, but ours too - Slava Ukraini!! 🇺🇦 #Ukraine #SlavaUkraini #VictorytoUkraine
After decades of boating, but only 5 years as a live aboard boater - I fell in! Yes I know, it apparently makes me ‘a proper boater’, I rather think it makes me careless! On the Macclesfield canal, by bridge 36 (in photograph) - it was unsurprisingly unpleasant and dirty - but I did laugh.
The Peak Forest canal is stunning, like everywhere on the network struggling with the lack of rain. But hopefully things are starting to look up (7mm of rain last night), this morning it's looking stunning. #NarrowboatCommunity #photography #ukcanals #narrowboat #KeepCanalsAlive #wildflowers
A lovely walk along the towpath of the Peak Forest canal, spotted these two. #flower #flowerphotography #nature #photography #UKnativeflowers #wildflowers
Today is Buster the Boat Dog’s 7th birthday - he’s somehow successfully muddling through life with two old codgers on a boat! Here he is this morning with a brand new, soon to be demolished, birthday ball! #dogsofbluesky #dogs #birthday
Just for the uninitiated - Paddington Bear was named after Paddington Railway Station
What a difference a day makes! Currently moored on the beautiful Peak Forest canal - near Strines. Today we’ve got this weird wet stuff coming out of the sky - thank goodness. Photograph: River Goyt, a short, albeit steep walk from our mooring. Nikon 780 + Nikon 50mm f/1.8D f22 1/3sec ISO100
We’ve now travelled the length of the lovely Macclesfield canal - only 29.44 miles long, and has 96 bridges! We’re now on the Peak Forest canal - narrowboat Eliza is now the furthest north we’ve ever taken her. #photography #ukcanals #KeepCanalsAlive
St Michael and All Angels Church in Macclesfield is lovely, beautifully maintained, with some superb stained glass windows. Macclesfield is proving to be a lovely welcoming town. D780 + 50mm f1.8 1/800sec f4 ISO1600
It’s just past 7am and Buster the Boat Dog is relaxing after a frenetic night of……..sleeping soundly! Busy day yesterday travelling up the Boseley locks - Buster did his best to help but it was warm! #dogs #blueskydogs
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After all the exciting happenings of the very early morning in Mexico - this is our view from out galley window, liking the Maccey! #boatlife #canal #narrowboat #KeepCanalsAlive
This is the house where I spent the first decade of my life - home. It was built in the 13th Century - no other reason for posting this than to point out that 250 years really isn’t that old. Happy July 4th to my US friends. #IndependenceDay #USA #July4th #USIndependenceDay
These ferns are opposite us where we were moored, very near the Harecastle tunnel, on the Trent and Mersey canal. The extraordinary water discolouration is a natural result of iron oxide leeching into the water. D7200 + Sigma C 150-600mm f5 1/160sec 225mm ISO500
Biting Stonecrop (Sedum Acre), growing in a crack in the concrete which is part of the towpath bank on the Trent & Mersey canal, near Sandbach. #flower #flowerphotography #nature #photography #UKnativeflowers #wildflowers
Believe it or not, we’re moored near Middlewich on the Trent and Mersey canal. #boatlife #canal #narrowboat #KeepCanalsAlive
I’d love to take Narrowboat Eliza on this! The extraordinary Anderton Boat Lift, built in 1875, it transports boats the 15.2metres between the Trent & Mersey canal and River Weaver. Unfortunately currently closed, let’s hope it’ll open again soon. #boatlife #canal #narrowboat #KeepCanalsAlive
On this day, 82 years ago my father was the First Officer on board ML185, off Juno beach minesweeping. His memory of that morning: “when the naval barrage started it was as though the horizon was on fire, and that the sea was full of ships and they were all ours” #D-DayAnniversary
Any parent knows having a little one is hard work, even if they are the easiest ever - imagine looking after this lot! #nature #photography #Birds
Walking along any towpath on our lovely waterways, you never know what you'll see around the next corner. On the Shropshire Union canal near Nantwich. D780 + Nikon 50mm f1.8d #NarrowboatCommunity #photography #ukcanals #Nikon
A pair of Mandarin Ducks, spotted on the Shropshire Union canal (top - male below - female) #photography #birds #ukcanals #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nature
