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
Jamiewolf2687 @jamie-2025.bsky.social Football supporter of Wolverhampton Wanderers
The Broad Path @thebroadpath.bsky.social
ROCKY LASTER🌱🦍 @rockylaster.bsky.social Feral Alaskan Hoosier. 17% Sasquatch DNA. High Priestess of the Leguminati 🫘. Allegedly Afraid of🐀 Mice. Watermelon Enthusiast 🍉. Awesome Dad🎖. Adoring Husband. Impossibly Humble. Susceptible to Flattery, 🥑's, and Wizardry. Balding Vegan Earthling 🌎
Sarah L Kent @sarahlkent.bsky.social Wild Soul Coach and creator of the Dreamworks Project.
https://www.sarahlkent.com/
The Floating Nomads @thefloatingnomads.com Narrowboat life, ship travel & digital nomad adventures. Join us on board and abroad for real stories from the journey.
www.thefloatingnomads.com
Distracted Dan @distracteddan.bsky.social I live on a boat , play the glockenspiel by choice , and believe we podiatrists are the 15th emergency service .Lock keeper and RYA Helmsman Instructor.
CAMRA @camraofficial.bsky.social The Campaign for Real Ale: Campaigning for pubs, pints and people since 1971
https://camra.org.uk/
Moor and Peace @moorandpeace.bsky.social Narrowboat life. London and surrounding areas. Life in the slow lane. #boatlife #ukcanals #narrowboat #nature #rivers #watergypsies
Robert Foxon @robertfoxon.bsky.social United Kingdom.
Likes: hiking, gardening, reading sci-fi and fantasy, cooking and food, folk music, canal holidays, model railways and visiting other countries.
Hates: beetroot.
Politics: centrist. Mutuals and co-ops not corporations or nationalisation.
Tony Potts @pottsbskysocial.bsky.social Ex footballer, ex football coach, ex author, ex teacher. Currently travelling the UK on a narrowboat with my wife Sonya and enjoying life!
Greg Wheeler @gregmarkw.bsky.social
@richardcanoe.bsky.social @richardcanoe.bsky.social Cyclist, gig rower, narrowboat dweller. Usually found on a bike or a boat
MuddyWaterMaps @muddywatermaps.bsky.social We make and sell easy to read maps of UK canals and rivers, printed on tea towels.
Currently “following the pointy end” down the river Nene.
Martyn @martyn2021.bsky.social So I am here as well - I talk about my narrowboat home Ezri, old books, telly and things I find interesting
Adam Porter @adamporternews.bsky.social Reads the news on BBC Radio 2, BBC Radio 6Music, BBC 5live. Narrowboater. Patron of Chichester Canal Trust.
Alfie Barlow @alfiebarlow20.bsky.social I’m Alfie. My goal is to buy my dream Narrowboat and continuously cruise all 2000+ miles of the inland waterways.
Ads @adm80s.bsky.social Lets go on an adventure. 🏡 London 💼 Digital Marketing & Comms in Healthcare, CDMP ⚓️London Canal Museum Trustee. A11y advocate. Transport, art, architecture, history, museums, exhibits, film geek. Dog dad. Any views are my own. He/Him
Callmewhatyoulikeeveryoneelsedoes @southbutnorth.bsky.social Ordinary woman occasionally doing extraordinary things.
Influencer of two cats, when they let me.
London Canal Museum @canalmuseum.bsky.social One of the most-visited waterways museums in the UK, located in central London. On two floors we tell the story of London's canals, their people, arts and crafts, boats, horses and engineering. We offer a programme of regular boat trips from the museum.
Alex Howells @dochowells.bsky.social Welsh psych doctor. Likes to explore. Bit of a nerd.
&🦘 @every1nose.bsky.social X-iled and thread-stripped, a floating flâneur following the forward end at ~4mph, accompanied by Custard Cat.
Listing to port and CEV, everything is interesting. Especially flutes.
Sort of involved in www.muddywatermaps.uk
Backyard Zoo | Wishlist Mayfly on Steam @backyardzoo.bsky.social Solo indie game dev
Currently working on my first game ‘Mayfly’, a story-rich psychological horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England.
Wishlist now on Steam:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/4057470/Mayfly
Lancashire, UK
Waterways Experiences @waterwaysexp.bsky.social Waterways Experiences is a charity promoting well-being by providing affordable canal boat trips particularly for the disadvantaged on the Grand Union Canal.
Countrylook @countrylook.bsky.social Countrylook is a literary journal rooted in the countryside, where lived experience, quiet observation, and knowledge meet.
Tag photos @countrylook
IWA, South West and South Wales Region @iwa-sw-southwales.bsky.social Charity Organisation
We are the only independent, national charity campaigning for Britain’s canals and rivers. Posting information about the South West and South Wales Region
https://waterways.org.uk
Watford Locks @watfordlocks.bsky.social News and information from the Watford Locks flight on the Grand Union Canal, Leicester Line. Operated by volunteers.
The Mindful Narrowboat @themindfulnb.bsky.social I live on my narrowboat and travel around the UK waterways, taking note of the nature outside my windows and writing poetry about it all. I document what I find in a nature journal and on YouTube. I am also lucky to work for a wonderful Labrador! 🐾🐾🦋🌻
KellyAnn Narrowboat @nb-kellyann.bsky.social Chloë & Rich • New to Narrowboat life
Based on the Wey Navigation 💙
Learning as we go • Restoration project • Part-time slow living • Many ducks 🦆
Dr C B Rose @rosiewomble.bsky.social Retired researcher (PhD in psychology/flood risk management); folk musician; inland waterway enthusiast; LGBTQI+ ally. Getting back into gardening and sewing now my time is own! She/her. Not interested in anime/manga or porn.
Jenny G0VQH @jenny-cat.bsky.social
RunnerWild @narrowboatade.bsky.social @trainer54321
I will of course be resigning if Count Binface does not win...
Uncle Rickie @richardgatley.bsky.social Professional pilot, Gulfstream G600 and amateur photographer,
Fuji X-T2, X-E5, Canon EOS 5D mk II with vintage Soviet and other lenses, Ricoh GR III and iPhone 16
(All images are by me unless stated otherwise) the.fotoapp.co/rgatley
Albion Afloat 🔵⚪️ @albion-afloat.bsky.social Cruising the canals and rivers of the UK in our narrowboat Moonshadow. BHAFC since ‘77.
Towpath Talk @towpathtalk.bsky.social The UK's number one publication for inland waterways users. Visit our website at www.towpathtalk.co.uk
Beanie Boat Designs @beanieboatdesigns.bsky.social Unscrambling the scribbled notes in my brain and turning them into published patterns. All while floating around on our 60ft narrowboat home, Beanie.
.
Knit. Boat. Run. Cheese. Van. Dog. 🌈
Keir Gale @keirgale.bsky.social Canal boat liveaboard. Newark Town & Charlton Athletic football. Socialist. Pétanque player. Currently living in Newark Notts. #canals #boats #pétanque #politics
NB Queen of Hearts @nbqueenofhearts.bsky.social
Amy Tillson @willowandure.bsky.social Mother. Boater. Painter. Cyclist. Nerd. Senior Campaigns Officer at @iwa-uk.bsky.social
Sharon SadlerWells @sadlerwells.bsky.social Boater, musician, arty-crafter with several One Day boxes. NABO Council member @nabo-official.bsky.social
Chaffy @chaffyrabbit.bsky.social Coalboater, boat painter, &
Jack of all Trades for Heatherfield Heritage
Viviee @ladyviviee.bsky.social More Fucked Up Than A BioPolar Chameleon In A Bucket Full Of Skittles
TheStitchWitch @stitchwitchandsid.bsky.social UK based yarn addict, savoury snack snaffler, cat wrangler, doc marten boot collector.
@narrowboat.bsky.social @narrowboat.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
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
Ditch Skipper ☘️ @narrowboatireland.bsky.social Neil (🇮🇪)
Boats, dogs, bad jokes, food & photography
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
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.
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/
Canal Cryptid @canalcryptid.eurosky.social Ancient Eldritch Abomination. Asexual. Autistic. Boatie. Changeling. Feminist. Genderqueer-Agender. Ineffable Auncle. Misfortune Teller. Parent of shinyshinyleaf. Space Monkey. SteamGoth. TBI Survivor. Therian.
paypal.me/CanalCryptid
Isobel Gray 🏴☠️🏳️⚧️ @isobelsgray.bsky.social She/her. 50. Writer. Aquatramp. Feral trans woman moving very slowly around the inland waterways.
Carole Mills @carolemills.bsky.social LHCRT Trustee. NHS NED. Commissioner. Outdoors. Traveller. Grandma. Loyal friend.
Toms Travels @toms-travels.bsky.social Travelling Europe (and increasingly further) to see what's out there. Views are my own. Linktree: https://linktr.ee/toms_travels
iwa-lichfield.bsky.social @iwa-lichfield.bsky.social Volunteer with IWA Lichfield Branch, Lichfield and Hatherton Canals Restoration Trust, Crich Tramway Village.
Eldritch @azimuthimages.bsky.social Live in the UK, Sometimes called Steev, but more often "Where do you think you're going?"
Take photos, sometimes people like them enough to buy them :)
No time for sport or politics.
All round miserable twat.
Often seen cursing printers.
The Dalai Farmer @grovedigger.bsky.social International Man of History. Heritage buildings and metalwork. A man of dreadful aspect and sorry footwear, "either an animal or a god" (Aristotle)
therestlessforge.ghost.io
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
🌹Poppy and ⚡️Spark
Grumble @grumpybargain.bsky.social Rural Midlander who loves Cities, Books, Sport and Chopping Wood
Craig 🌎 🛩️ 💙🇨🇦 @bigdaddykreativ.bsky.social A seasoned travel writer that brings destinations to life through vivid detail, immersive storytelling, and firsthand experiences.
🚫 crypto / forex
🚫 unkind people
🚫 sales / solicitation
🚫 money requests / go fund me
🎄Ranger Majin 🔜TFN Swindon @majinchris5413.bsky.social EMOTIONAL SUPPORT DAD | Keep gaming positive and inclusive | #Starfield stan #BlackLivesMatter | #PokemonGO | 🏳️⚧️| 🍉
#1 Lechonk Enjoyer
Martin Kielty @theboozercruiser.bsky.social Prog poetry, music journalism, occasional TV and radio commentator. Total of 18 books, 3 in the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Permanent Collection. Scotsman living on the canals of England and Wales on a violet narrowboat. www.theboozercruiser.com
Shadowed Eyes @shadowedeyes.bsky.social Boatlife, Canals, Heritage...
...plus a bit of Gloucester Heritage (https://gloucester500.co.uk)
📷HDR
Kenny Dickey @kennydickey.bsky.social Retired driver, narrowboat in summer, bored in winter so whats actually wrong with Infantile Regession? NB Treble Glory
Steve Teratsia 📷 @steveteratsia.bsky.social Midlands UK based grumpy old sod and occasional landscape photographer, loitering the UK when the mood strikes.
Often found wandering the canal towpaths or hanging around spooky old abandoned buildings.
Feel free to follow me, I'm usually quite harmless!
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 😃
James Anelay @jamesanelay.co.uk Co-founder of canalboatholidays.co.uk. Currently cruising the UK's inland waterways.
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
Mary Oz @maryoz.bsky.social Keen walker, especially of Slow Ways.
https://beta.slowways.org/
Occasional volunteer guide for Visually Impaired adventurers. Please use Alt Text!
Also interested in public transport, remnants of the past, beer, prog rock, astronomy and allsorts.
Slow Ways @slowwaysuk.bsky.social What if we created the ultimate walking, running, wheeling, cycling and horse-riding network for Britain and Ireland? Up for helping?
linktr.ee/slowwaysuk
www.slowways.org
Glenn Le Santo @lesanto.bsky.social "Me? I am nobody"
Writer, photographer, artist and lover of music and vinyl.
Journalist and boater.
Header picture ‘Moorhen’ painted by Laura Andrew at lauraandrew.com
My reggae vinyl sales outlet : https://www.discogs.com/seller/leggorocker/profile
NB Wakamata Ndoto & The Waka Butty @nbwakamatandoto.bsky.social Full time narrowboat life, canal/eco friendly refillable cleaning products, canal art, macrame, bespoke work undertaken
Website https://www.nbwakamatandoto.com
narrowbotr @narrowbotr.bsky.social 📍⛵️🤖 A bot highlighting features on the Canal & River Trust network in England & Wales and where possible posting a nearby photo from Flickr, made by @matt.kerlogue.co.uk. Also posting on Mastodon: https://mastodon.social/@narrowbotr
Becci Pamely-Bast @beccipamely.bsky.social Yarn bothering, boat dwelling, folk muso & organist, a bit political, neurospicy.
Yarn: https://www.riverknits.co.uk
Balfolk: https://www.weedonbalfolk.co.uk
🐋Cpeterkessler @cpeterkessler.bsky.social Canals waterside layabout, 🛶 Paddlesports instructor, desert camel meanderer
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
Rory Cellan-Jones @rorycj.bsky.social Technology, Parkinson’s, #sophiefromromania
Stephen @stephensonofallan.bsky.social Conservationist and carpenter
Trish Morgan ♾️ @trishmorgan.bsky.social Academic based at Dublin City University. Interdisciplinary - environmental geography and communications. Nature lover. Not bad at handling boats.
trishmorgan.ie
ORCID ID: 0000-0003-0409-3112
Three Sheep Cheese Boat @threesheepcheese.bsky.social A cheery cheesemonger and crew, travelling around the UK inland waterways onboard our 60ft narrowboat home, Beanie.
Bringing you quality cheese, fine accompaniments and bad jokes. 🐑🐑🐑🧀
Johnny Willows @johnnywillows.bsky.social I live onboard my 57ft narrowboat with my cat Luna, exploring the English canals together.
Sort of Interesting @sortofdan.bsky.social I just like going outside! Boats, mountains, canals, countryside and generally doing stuff!
Dan Snow @thehistoryguy.bsky.social Creative Director of the world's best History Channel https://linktr.ee/HistoryHit | I host the Dan Snow’s @HistoryHit podcast
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
Minimal List @nbminimallist.bsky.social
Your Helmsman @yourhelmsman.bsky.social UK Inland waterways boat mover and instructor
CRT Navigation Stoppages @crtstoppages.bsky.social Navigation stoppages on CRT canal networks. not an official CRT account. run by @jet.tf
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).
Roving Canal Traders Association®️ @canaltraders.bsky.social The Roving Canal Traders Association supporting all licensed canal traders, floating markets, festivals & events. #canaltraders #buyitoffaboat #boatsthattweet
NB Rowan @rowanlehrle.bsky.social Narrowboat Rowan owned by Kieron, I’m deaf with cochlear implant, uses spoken English or British Sign Language, newbie vlogger and beating mental health on a daily basis www.YouTube.com/@rowanlehrle
One Day More Aboard @onedaymoreaboard.bsky.social Sold up. Bought a narrowboat. Living aboard with westies exploring the UK and making videos
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
StarCrafts @alanb246.bsky.social We are Independent roving canal traders on the inland waterways. We travel the system on our pair of historic working boats trading our handmade embroidered items along with a large selection of pic N mix sweets.
Alice Roberts @profaliceroberts.bsky.social Prof of Public Engagement in Science, Uni of Birmingham; anatomist, author, broadcaster; vice President of Humanists UK. All views my own.
Martin Lewis @martinlewis.moneysavingexpert.com Founded MoneySavingExpert, @moneyandmentalhealth.org, (ish) the Martin Lewis Money Show ITV & Martin Lewis Podcast
The Artful Drifter @theartfuldrifter.bsky.social Art & narrowboat things
https://theartfuldrifter.bigcartel.com
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!
East London Kingfishers @londonkingfishers.bsky.social Enthusiastic wildlife photographer in my spare time. Enjoying life with Peter Revel Walsh. Spotting kingfishers in east London has become a slight obsession!