Love Canals @lovecanals.bsky.social Sharing the love for Britain's canals 🚤 Towpaths, narrowboats, wildlife & the heritage of our inland waterways. Come wander the network with us 🌿 lovecanals.uk
The Broad Path @thebroadpath.bsky.social
Inland Waterways Association @iwa-uk.bsky.social We are the only independent, national charity campaigning for Britain’s canals and rivers. Our aim: protect and restore our waterways for the millions who enjoy and celebrate them. Est. 1946.
www.waterways.org.uk
Phil Pickin @philpickin.co.uk Photographer, features writer & journalist. Working with The BTO, Alamy, Vine House Farm and Bird Watching magazine.
Steve Emfore @steve-emfore.bsky.social Trains.
3D models of trains.
Casio Keyboards
Music Production
Rollercoasters
History stuff
Robot Combat
Shitposts about all of the above
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/c/SteveEmfore
GLovesTrains @glovestrains.bsky.social Train enthusiast and railway vlogger. 🚞🏳️🌈
Every Last Station @everylaststation.bsky.social Visited Every Last Station in the UK & Ireland! Not as dull as it sounds!
http://ko-fi.com/everylaststation
Bryn Buck 🏳️🌈💛🤍💜🖤 @showmeasign.online ⛔ Road (and other) Signs | 🚲🛴🚏 Public & Active Travel | 🚧 Road Safety | 🏳️🌈 Bi/NB (masc: Bryn/femme: Gwen) | Some (re)posts may be NSFW | 🎥 YouTube: youtube.com/c/BrynBuck | http://showmeasign.online
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social Canal dweller, wildlife drawer, pronoun user (she/her)
Christine Howles @christinehowles.bsky.social I'm a #commshero for my day job and a trustee for @lhcrt.org.uk in my spare time. Lover of Yorkshire Tea!
NB Grey Wagtail @nbgreywagtail.com Scientist, traveller and narrowboat owner.
🎥Videos: https://www.youtube.com/@Nicks-Wanderings
✉️ Newsletter: https://nickswanderings.substack.com
🛒 Amazon Shop: https://www.amazon.co.uk/shop/nickswanderings
by Bike & Boat @bikeandboatuk.bsky.social We're the Bluebells, a canal-loving narrowboat family of four: Rich, Jackie, Bob, & Fleur. Crafting upcycled copper jewellery fuels our coddiwomples. Home Educating our kids aboard, accompanied by Whisper, Dusty, & Archie 🐾 Join our waterway adventures!
Your Helmsman @yourhelmsman.bsky.social UK Inland waterways boat mover and instructor
@narrowboat.bsky.social @narrowboat.bsky.social
Love Two Travel @lovetwotravel.bsky.social We’re Wendy and Laurence, we are officially continuous cruisers on the #UKCanals Our YouTube channel is just for fun! https://www.youtube.com/@LoveTwoTravel
NO DMs unless invited to chat. #TravelAddicts #Travel #ukcanals
NB Heart of Oak @nbheartofoak.bsky.social
Dr David Barton @davidbartonmus.bsky.social 🎓 PhD MEd AFHEA 🌳 Genealogist & Historian 📚 IHGS & Pharos Tutors Student 📝 Charity Trustee 🎵 Music Education Researcher ✍️ Writer 🎶 Flute, Piano & Singing Teacher 🎼 Composer 🎹 Accompanist & Organist
🌐 https://www.davidbartonmusic.co.uk
📍Lichfield UK
Sofia @ Kinver Boat School @boatisofi.bsky.social Narrowboat dweller. Helms Instructor @ Kinver Boat School, RYA recognised inland waterways school, and Knowledge Management consultant.
https://kinverboatschool.co.uk/
Boater Witch Poppy @boaterwitch.bsky.social Trans + Boater + Witch + L + Ratio
Home of the post-op cumstack experiment
she/her, 25, professional onanist, liveaboard boater not the rich hobbyist kind
MDNI
Making New Memories @makingnewmemories.bsky.social A couple who sold up to live full time on a 60ft narrowboat. Now continually cruising the inland waterways creating vlogs along the way.
www.youtube.com/c/makingnewmemories
Rick Turner @rickturner.bsky.social Floating Nomad. We sold our house and swapped the 9-5 for a life of full time travel.
https://youtube.com/@thefloatingnomads
Boddy on the Towpath @boddyonthetowpath.bsky.social Cycling the canals of Britain over 5 years, and writing a book on how to complete the rides.
Also Barrow AFC and the occasional beer.
http://www.boddyonthetowpath.co.uk
David Johns (Cruising the Cut) @cruisingthecut.bsky.social YouTube video-maker, canal enthusiast.
@ferrettrash.bsky.social @ferrettrash.bsky.social Labour member, #FBPE, EU citizen, trustee of the charity, Online Transport Archive; maybe 3 million images curated thus far, http://www.onlinetransportarchive.org, with the misfortune to support Spurs & STFC. Train nerd.
@rainbowlollies.bsky.social @rainbowlollies.bsky.social
Tina @ladyboater.bsky.social Crusty traveller, narrowboat dwelling old lady who makes some passable original wall plaque artwork. Never left the 1970s head or heart. I'm not wise, or gifted or talented, neither have I achieved anything the mainstream values. That suits me just fine.
Tarvae @tarvae.bsky.social Narrowboat dweller, pagan, leatherworker, food enthusiast, forager, collector of skills, maker of many things sharing my life with partners and a wobbly cat. Slowly, and not so slowly, disengaging from society at two miles per hour.
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 😃
The Artful Drifter @theartfuldrifter.bsky.social Art & narrowboat things
https://theartfuldrifter.bigcartel.com
Phil - "Narrowboat Journeys" @kryfoldsky.bsky.social Musician, composer, long time narrowboat dweller, photographer. My YouTube channel is "Narrowboat Journeys".
PeterP @thepipkins.bsky.social Peter Pipkin OBE. Royal Navy veteran, chartered engineer & occasional photographer travelling the UK’s inland waterways in narrowboat Heart of Oak.
https://peterpipkinphotography.myportfolio.com
Joe Morgan @joethejourno.bsky.social Journalist, editor, narrowboat cruiser, Eurovision obsessive.
Annette Dittert @annettedittert.bsky.social Senior Correspondent ARD London 2008- 2025 • previously Warsaw/New York • Loving London • Living on a Narrowboat • Also writing for Prospect/Blaetter and others.
Chris @chriscph.bsky.social London gay. Short, dog lover, fast walker, cyclist, can’t whistle. Emergency planning & disaster management expert. Renovating narrowboat Geordie Girl
Stone Dweller Lucy @stonedwellerlucy.bsky.social Newbie beekeeper, ex narrowboat dweller, she/her
@narrowboatlucy on Twitter
Coleman The Wizard 🧙♂️ @colemanthewizard.bsky.social Here for Heavy Metal mainly
Might occasionally mention my dogs/horror movies/crossfit/my narrowboat
Nicky Downes Crime Author @nickydownes.bsky.social I write crime featuring DI Jack Kent and set in Birmingham. I have a narrowboat, Chanelle and love cruising the canals in the Midlands. My latest novel, Her Perfect Girl, is now on sale.
Benjamin Southworth @peaceandlove.bsky.social Startup idiot, dog walker, narrowboat owner, geek for hire.
Oi/you/dude.
www.peaceandlove.io
David Howell 🇬🇧 @mrdavidhowell.com Photographer/Designer/Artist.
London based living on a 66 foot narrowboat.
https://linktr.ee/mrdavidhowell
Isobel Gray 🏴☠️🏳️⚧️ @isobelsgray.bsky.social She/her. 50. Writer. Aquatramp. Feral trans woman moving very slowly around the inland waterways.
Nighttime on Still Waters @noswpod.bsky.social Hello, I am Richard. I live on the narrowboat Erica, seeking to create something beautiful in a conflicted & fragmented world.
Advocate of hedge-wisdom.
#naturewriting #canals #wonder #podcast #rain #night #rooks #myth #stormydays
https://www.noswpod.com/
Robert Parton @outlanesrob.bsky.social Aqueduct canal boat marina owner. Father of 3, Enjoy real life stories, Man Utd, golf, parkrun, Pilates, and Networking. ENTP Church Minshull, Nantwich🇬🇧
Paula Syred @paulasyred.bsky.social Marina Manager based at Fox Narrowboats in the Cambridgeshire Fens. Interests photography, food, travel.
@alexbanahene.bsky.social @alexbanahene.bsky.social
@nottslatic.bsky.social @nottslatic.bsky.social Love my wife, nature, sport, a dog walk, the odd pint and our canal network.
Paul Thomas 🏴 @paul.wales South Wales, UK. 🏴
Some photography.
Also geology, IT and UK canals.
CRT VLK Llangynidr.
IWA SW & South Wales Region Sec.
NB Dreamcatcher on Mon & Brec.
Geoff Marshall @geofftech.bsky.social If I had more time, I would have edited you a shorter video.
Transport Filmmaker : bit.ly/2TBWFsX
Tommy @coalboatpuppy.bsky.social A little black dog, sometimes on his coalboat and sometimes just off on adventure. Account shared by occasionally by Cousin Pip
Ana McKellar @anamca.bsky.social Always curious. On a narrowboat, hoping for a passivhaus one day.
Landscape history, nature and biodiversity.
Partially-sighted. Please use descriptive alt-text to help screen-readers and include everyone.
Yet Another Canal Adventure @yaca-uk.bsky.social Yet Another Canal Adventure welcomes you onboard, we're Mark & Paul, and like others, we are vlogging about our adventures both on the water and off! #KeepCanalsAlive #ukcanals #narrowboat
Mike Royden @mikeroyden.bsky.social Writer, Historian & archaeologist;
Maritime/social/landscape/WWI & II.
Shipbuilding and shipwrecks of the 19thc
EvertonFC Heritage Society (Vice-chair/WebsiteAdmin)
Messin' about in boats.
Liverpool/Chester
www.roydenhistory.co.uk
Sue O’Hare @sueohare.bsky.social Chair of Navigation Committee at @iwa-uk.bsky.social and campaigner for #FundBritainsWaterways. Career in innovation and technology, most recently as manager of the European Space Agency Business Incubation Centre UK. Posting in personal capacity.
Chaffy @chaffyrabbit.bsky.social Coalboater, boat painter, &
Jack of all Trades for Heatherfield Heritage
Jules @jules-narrowboater.bsky.social I'm old school, don't talk politics, religion or money. 💕narrowboats, canals, cats, sailing, family history, mental health & well being... oh... & BAFC 💛🖤
Wobblyboater @wobblyboater.bsky.social Live on Narrowboat Wobbly a licensed canal trader travelling the canals. Selling pizza, softserve ice-cream, fudge, hot food, tea and barista coffee. NABO member.
Locate us here:- https://tinyurl.com/narrowboatwobbly
RailMapOnline @railmaponline.bsky.social RailMapOnline.com contains interactive maps showing past and present UK, Irish and US railways. Now with historic canals, trams, trolleybus and military airfields too.
Eóin Phillips @ephillipshist.bsky.social Computation, infrastructures, economics, 18thc-present.
Observatory of Quantum Technologies (La Salle-URL): https://quantumtechobservatory.com
From Wales.
Jen Ratcliffe @jenratcliffe.bsky.social ✏️Writer, birder, boater, poet
🌱 #DailyNature 🌊Water Book Club 🚢 Mess In A Boat Substack
🚂#TravelWriter 🛶#UKCanals
🏆 In The Dark LL 25
WC NatureWriting SL 24
Porthleven SL 23
📰 IntrepidTimes, WaterwaysWorld Telegraph
#NatureWriting
#NaturePoetry
DrFran & Murray @drfranb.bsky.social Refugee from Twitter. I follow politics, tech, virtual worlds, books, and cats. Cats: Murray and Angel Ozzy
LOVE canals and funiculars. I am a hedge watcher. #Hedgewatch
🫘
The Record Deck 🛥🎵🎶 @therecorddeckuk.bsky.social It's a floating record shop.
Find our narrowboat in 2026, on the Grand Union & Oxford Canals...
🛥💨💨🎶🎵🎶
Adam Porter @adamporternews.bsky.social Reads the news on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 6Music, BBC 5live. Narrowboater. Patron of Chichester Canal Trust.
𝕾𝖙𝖔𝖗𝖒𝖜𝖆𝖙𝖈𝖍 𝕯𝖗𝖚𝖎𝖉 @wildwooddruid.bsky.social 𝑻𝒆𝒂 𝒅𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒌𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑫𝒓𝒖𝒊𝒅, 𝑾𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒓𝒖𝒔𝒕 𝑾𝒐𝒐𝒅𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒅𝒗𝒐𝒄𝒂𝒕𝒆, 𝑷𝒓𝒐𝒈-𝑹𝒐𝒄𝒌𝒆𝒓, 𝑪𝒂𝒏𝒂𝒍 𝑬𝒏𝒕𝒉𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒂𝒔𝒕, 𝑷𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒆𝒓, 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒏𝒐𝒊𝒔𝒔𝒆𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒆 𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑨𝒍𝒆. /|\
Dr Lucy Rogers @drlucyrogers.com Engineer.
Book: 'Up - A Scientist's Guide to the Magic Above Us'
I'm interested in connecting with those who build, explain, or bring ideas to life in unusual ways.
www.lucyrogers.com
https://uk.bookshop.org/shop/DrLucyRogers
The Jolly Snail @thejollysnail.bsky.social Life afloat a 1976 Market Harborough Marine Narrowboat!
Doing my psychology degree as I cruise along.
Crew: Nessie,Reb & Twix the Staffy who loves to entertain doing tricks but isn’t a fan of moving days.
“Snail Stream Studio”
#ukcanals #narrowboat #Marfan
Hillmorton Locks @hillmortonlocks.bsky.social Volunteer Lock Keeping & much more on the busiest flight in the country
Rugby In Bloom Award Winners 2024 #SaveOurCanals
Montgomery Waterway Restoration Trust @themontgomerycanal.org.uk Ymddiriedolaeth Adfer Camlas Maldwyn.
Incorporating Friends of the Montgomery Canal and Llanymynech Canal Wharf.
Registered charity number 510448
https://themontgomerycanal.org.uk
Donate/Rhoddwch https://localgiving.org/charity/restorethemontgomerycanal
NABO @nabo-official.bsky.social National Association of Boat Owners. Listening to boat owners, speaking up for boat owners. For official policy please visit our website www.nabo.org.uk
Lichfield & Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust @lhcrt.org.uk We are a volunteer-led charity, restoring two canals in Staffordshire, and reconnecting them to the BCN and national canal network.
Follow our feeds: #WeDigCanals #UKCanals #FloatingTraders #Lichfield
Find out more: https://lhcrt.org.uk/
Turmut Hoer @4u5t0.bsky.social Now zum deloights in 'aymakin' an' zum they vancies mow-w-w-win', but of all the jobs as Oi loik best gi'e Oi the turmut 'oein'
Chris The Boatman @romanyboatman.bsky.social Art, narrowboats and an eclectic mix.
WiltsBerks.bsky.social @wiltsberks.bsky.social The Wilts & Berks Canal Trust. Our mission is to restore a blue and green corridor of tow path, Canal and wildlife path for all the benefits for the community to enjoy, from Semington, Wiltshire to Abingdon in Oxfordshire. (Formerly Berkshire).
debbifiggy.bsky.social @debbifiggy.bsky.social Narrowboats, flowers, gardening, proper pubs, Portugal, inland waterways, good food, cross-stitching, knitting, cats, literature, fun, good company and wine.
CanalplanAC @canalplanac.bsky.social The original, and best, canal trip planning software. Find out more at https://canalplan.uk
Court Above The Cut @courtabovethecut.bsky.social Love Canals? Love Industrial History? Then you are in the right place!
Proud Ambassador for the Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust and the Wilts and Berks Canal Trust
Simon Hickman @simonhickman.bsky.social Old stuff. Old buildings, old trains, old landscapes, old cars. Based in South Bristol; professional inspector of historic buildings and places.
Mark Annand @markannand.eurosky.social Born at 313ppm. If it's nearby, enjoy www.twotunnels.org.uk.
Profile photo credit @confluentious
Bobs Rail Relics @bobsrailrelics.co.uk Railways, Industrial History, Canals and the odd bit of strange Wales
Ditch Skipper ☘️ @narrowboatireland.bsky.social Neil (🇮🇪)
Boats, dogs, bad jokes, food & photography
NB Why Wait? @narrowboat.life photos and stories from narrowboat Why Wait? direct from the canals. owned by @jet.tf and @punk.place
Naturally Narrow @naturallynarrow.bsky.social Life on board a 70ft narrowboat. Food, dogs, EDM, reality tv, cooking, nature, yoga, knitting, recycling and upcycling.
Chris Lowe @chrisrl.bsky.social Boring old fart.
English Civil War Re-Enactor & Gun Captain with the Sealed Knot
Creator of Canal Maps http://railmaponline.com/Canals.php
Airfield explorer & Aviation enthusiast.
CBA Member https://www.archaeologyuk.org
Photos https://www.flickr.com/ph
JenOnTheMove 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @jenonthemove.com Exploring the country using every station as a gateway to lesser known places, sharing my journey via YouTube | parkrun addict | https://youtube.com/@JenOnTheMove | she/her
Paul Whitewick @paulwhitewick.bsky.social I make videos about landscape history and.... stuff. (He/him). http://youtube.com/pwhitewick1