Isobel Gray 🏴☠️🏳️⚧️
@isobelsgray.bsky.social
She/her. 50. Writer. Aquatramp. Feral trans woman moving very slowly around the inland waterways.
Storm Goretti is coming 🌩 which is either going to dump a bollocking load of snow on us or piss down very heavily.
Today I will mostly be tying things down and getting supplies in so I can sit on my arse, stay dry and warm, and not worry.
My diet may as well be postponed for another few days. 😛🍔🍕🍷
Today I will mostly be tying things down and getting supplies in so I can sit on my arse, stay dry and warm, and not worry.
My diet may as well be postponed for another few days. 😛🍔🍕🍷
January 7, 2026 at 8:02 AM
Storm Goretti is coming 🌩 which is either going to dump a bollocking load of snow on us or piss down very heavily.
Today I will mostly be tying things down and getting supplies in so I can sit on my arse, stay dry and warm, and not worry.
My diet may as well be postponed for another few days. 😛🍔🍕🍷
Today I will mostly be tying things down and getting supplies in so I can sit on my arse, stay dry and warm, and not worry.
My diet may as well be postponed for another few days. 😛🍔🍕🍷
Ha! ☃️ It’s snowing now!
January 6, 2026 at 10:15 AM
Ha! ☃️ It’s snowing now!
Morning. ☕️
Last night was the coldest of this current cold snap. 🥶 A blizzard is coming on Friday ☃️ but there’s no more temperatures this low for the foreseeable. ☀️😎🏝️👍🏻
Despite being a rugged Welsh Collie bred to work in harsh mountainous conditions, Ollie will be happy when it gets warmer.
Last night was the coldest of this current cold snap. 🥶 A blizzard is coming on Friday ☃️ but there’s no more temperatures this low for the foreseeable. ☀️😎🏝️👍🏻
Despite being a rugged Welsh Collie bred to work in harsh mountainous conditions, Ollie will be happy when it gets warmer.
January 6, 2026 at 8:56 AM
Morning. ☕️
Last night was the coldest of this current cold snap. 🥶 A blizzard is coming on Friday ☃️ but there’s no more temperatures this low for the foreseeable. ☀️😎🏝️👍🏻
Despite being a rugged Welsh Collie bred to work in harsh mountainous conditions, Ollie will be happy when it gets warmer.
Last night was the coldest of this current cold snap. 🥶 A blizzard is coming on Friday ☃️ but there’s no more temperatures this low for the foreseeable. ☀️😎🏝️👍🏻
Despite being a rugged Welsh Collie bred to work in harsh mountainous conditions, Ollie will be happy when it gets warmer.
Big ice free channel in the middle of the canal, and this bastard decides to ram a big thick sheet, that he went out of his way to smash into, into the side of my GRP boat.
I'm furious. Now and again on GRP boats you encounter unnecessary aggression like this from snobby boaters.
Absolute shitbag.
I'm furious. Now and again on GRP boats you encounter unnecessary aggression like this from snobby boaters.
Absolute shitbag.
January 5, 2026 at 1:09 PM
Big ice free channel in the middle of the canal, and this bastard decides to ram a big thick sheet, that he went out of his way to smash into, into the side of my GRP boat.
I'm furious. Now and again on GRP boats you encounter unnecessary aggression like this from snobby boaters.
Absolute shitbag.
I'm furious. Now and again on GRP boats you encounter unnecessary aggression like this from snobby boaters.
Absolute shitbag.
Ollie had me up and out at stupid o'clock. It was snowing, but it had warmed up and the ice was melting.
It's dropped down to -2°C now and everything's freezing again. Tonight we will see -6°C.
Just as well I have a good supply of logs and coal. 🔥🤗
It's dropped down to -2°C now and everything's freezing again. Tonight we will see -6°C.
Just as well I have a good supply of logs and coal. 🔥🤗
January 5, 2026 at 10:05 AM
Ollie had me up and out at stupid o'clock. It was snowing, but it had warmed up and the ice was melting.
It's dropped down to -2°C now and everything's freezing again. Tonight we will see -6°C.
Just as well I have a good supply of logs and coal. 🔥🤗
It's dropped down to -2°C now and everything's freezing again. Tonight we will see -6°C.
Just as well I have a good supply of logs and coal. 🔥🤗
The canal has frozen over. 🥶
Today I am 50. 🎂
It's an age I wouldn't have got to without transitioning. Not a shred of doubt about that.
So I'm going to have a quiet, reflective day, thankful for where I've got to considering where I was.
Thinking of getting a big set meal from the Indian. 🍛😛🌶🍷👍🏻
Today I am 50. 🎂
It's an age I wouldn't have got to without transitioning. Not a shred of doubt about that.
So I'm going to have a quiet, reflective day, thankful for where I've got to considering where I was.
Thinking of getting a big set meal from the Indian. 🍛😛🌶🍷👍🏻
January 4, 2026 at 7:55 AM
The canal has frozen over. 🥶
Today I am 50. 🎂
It's an age I wouldn't have got to without transitioning. Not a shred of doubt about that.
So I'm going to have a quiet, reflective day, thankful for where I've got to considering where I was.
Thinking of getting a big set meal from the Indian. 🍛😛🌶🍷👍🏻
Today I am 50. 🎂
It's an age I wouldn't have got to without transitioning. Not a shred of doubt about that.
So I'm going to have a quiet, reflective day, thankful for where I've got to considering where I was.
Thinking of getting a big set meal from the Indian. 🍛😛🌶🍷👍🏻
The canal is just beginning to freeze over now. I was very surprised it hadn’t overnight.
It certainly will tonight when the temperature might drop as low as -8. ❄️🧊⛸️
I’m enjoying seeing this part of the world in a new season, and wouldn’t be too annoyed to wake up to a blanket of snow. ☃️
It certainly will tonight when the temperature might drop as low as -8. ❄️🧊⛸️
I’m enjoying seeing this part of the world in a new season, and wouldn’t be too annoyed to wake up to a blanket of snow. ☃️
January 3, 2026 at 7:56 AM
The canal is just beginning to freeze over now. I was very surprised it hadn’t overnight.
It certainly will tonight when the temperature might drop as low as -8. ❄️🧊⛸️
I’m enjoying seeing this part of the world in a new season, and wouldn’t be too annoyed to wake up to a blanket of snow. ☃️
It certainly will tonight when the temperature might drop as low as -8. ❄️🧊⛸️
I’m enjoying seeing this part of the world in a new season, and wouldn’t be too annoyed to wake up to a blanket of snow. ☃️
Ollie woke me up at 5 for his wee. It was baking on the boat because I loaded the stove with coal before I went to sleep.
He wasn't impressed when he jumped out into a deep freeze. The cold hit him like a shovel.
He's under my blanket by my feet now, sulking about the temperature he just endured.
He wasn't impressed when he jumped out into a deep freeze. The cold hit him like a shovel.
He's under my blanket by my feet now, sulking about the temperature he just endured.
January 3, 2026 at 5:46 AM
Ollie woke me up at 5 for his wee. It was baking on the boat because I loaded the stove with coal before I went to sleep.
He wasn't impressed when he jumped out into a deep freeze. The cold hit him like a shovel.
He's under my blanket by my feet now, sulking about the temperature he just endured.
He wasn't impressed when he jumped out into a deep freeze. The cold hit him like a shovel.
He's under my blanket by my feet now, sulking about the temperature he just endured.
And I’m sick of allies and even trans people accepting GC terms of discussion on this.
If their point is founded on trans women being men, it’s for the birds. It’s gone outside of reality. It’s horse shit.
When they talk disingenuously about single sex spaces, they’re relying on you playing along.
If their point is founded on trans women being men, it’s for the birds. It’s gone outside of reality. It’s horse shit.
When they talk disingenuously about single sex spaces, they’re relying on you playing along.
I’m not a man. I’m a woman. If you exclude me, you’re not excluding a man, you’re excluding a woman.
Something else I am is really fucking sick of trans people being talked about as if transition isn’t real.
These arse holes rely on ignorance and complete denial of reality.
Something else I am is really fucking sick of trans people being talked about as if transition isn’t real.
These arse holes rely on ignorance and complete denial of reality.
January 2, 2026 at 4:24 PM
And I’m sick of allies and even trans people accepting GC terms of discussion on this.
If their point is founded on trans women being men, it’s for the birds. It’s gone outside of reality. It’s horse shit.
When they talk disingenuously about single sex spaces, they’re relying on you playing along.
If their point is founded on trans women being men, it’s for the birds. It’s gone outside of reality. It’s horse shit.
When they talk disingenuously about single sex spaces, they’re relying on you playing along.
I’m not a man. I’m a woman. If you exclude me, you’re not excluding a man, you’re excluding a woman.
Something else I am is really fucking sick of trans people being talked about as if transition isn’t real.
These arse holes rely on ignorance and complete denial of reality.
Something else I am is really fucking sick of trans people being talked about as if transition isn’t real.
These arse holes rely on ignorance and complete denial of reality.
January 2, 2026 at 4:11 PM
I’m not a man. I’m a woman. If you exclude me, you’re not excluding a man, you’re excluding a woman.
Something else I am is really fucking sick of trans people being talked about as if transition isn’t real.
These arse holes rely on ignorance and complete denial of reality.
Something else I am is really fucking sick of trans people being talked about as if transition isn’t real.
These arse holes rely on ignorance and complete denial of reality.
We’ve escaped the snow here, but it’s bitterly cold outside, and it’s about to get a lot colder. 🥶
Ollie and I are well prepared. I took my wheelie truck to the marina shop and came away with more coal and logs than I’ve ever had. 🪵🔥👍🏻
The canal will freeze tonight 😨 and stay frozen all week. 🧊❄️🥶⛸️
Ollie and I are well prepared. I took my wheelie truck to the marina shop and came away with more coal and logs than I’ve ever had. 🪵🔥👍🏻
The canal will freeze tonight 😨 and stay frozen all week. 🧊❄️🥶⛸️
January 2, 2026 at 12:30 PM
We’ve escaped the snow here, but it’s bitterly cold outside, and it’s about to get a lot colder. 🥶
Ollie and I are well prepared. I took my wheelie truck to the marina shop and came away with more coal and logs than I’ve ever had. 🪵🔥👍🏻
The canal will freeze tonight 😨 and stay frozen all week. 🧊❄️🥶⛸️
Ollie and I are well prepared. I took my wheelie truck to the marina shop and came away with more coal and logs than I’ve ever had. 🪵🔥👍🏻
The canal will freeze tonight 😨 and stay frozen all week. 🧊❄️🥶⛸️
I don't care if it sounds tin foil hat. Something in the last few years has absolutely fried a lot of people's brains.
COVID has to be the prime suspect. 🕵🏻♀️
It's an observable thing. It's only a conspiracy theory if you think governments have done it on purpose, which frankly, wouldn't surprise me.
COVID has to be the prime suspect. 🕵🏻♀️
It's an observable thing. It's only a conspiracy theory if you think governments have done it on purpose, which frankly, wouldn't surprise me.
December 31, 2025 at 3:45 PM
I don't care if it sounds tin foil hat. Something in the last few years has absolutely fried a lot of people's brains.
COVID has to be the prime suspect. 🕵🏻♀️
It's an observable thing. It's only a conspiracy theory if you think governments have done it on purpose, which frankly, wouldn't surprise me.
COVID has to be the prime suspect. 🕵🏻♀️
It's an observable thing. It's only a conspiracy theory if you think governments have done it on purpose, which frankly, wouldn't surprise me.
*For approved members of the human race only.
December 30, 2025 at 10:58 AM
*For approved members of the human race only.
December 28, 2025 at 7:42 PM
They’re taking rather a long time to check this petition. 🤔
Five people need to sign this petition to get it up for consideration.
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
petition.parliament.uk/petitions/75...
December 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
They’re taking rather a long time to check this petition. 🤔
Last morning waking up to my favourite view. I moved at first light after being kept awake all night by an antisocial shithead and his fucking music. 🤬
He’s lucky I’m gone. I tell you. He had better avoid me for a long time. 🪓😤
I’m going to have a little nap now. 🥱
He’s lucky I’m gone. I tell you. He had better avoid me for a long time. 🪓😤
I’m going to have a little nap now. 🥱
December 28, 2025 at 8:50 AM
Last morning waking up to my favourite view. I moved at first light after being kept awake all night by an antisocial shithead and his fucking music. 🤬
He’s lucky I’m gone. I tell you. He had better avoid me for a long time. 🪓😤
I’m going to have a little nap now. 🥱
He’s lucky I’m gone. I tell you. He had better avoid me for a long time. 🪓😤
I’m going to have a little nap now. 🥱
How I'm walking out of 2025...
December 28, 2025 at 7:30 AM
How I'm walking out of 2025...
Morning. ☕️
It’s very cold here, and quiet, like nature itself is taking a step back and a breather for the dying days of 2025, ready to hit the ground running when it turns to 2026.
It’s very cold here, and quiet, like nature itself is taking a step back and a breather for the dying days of 2025, ready to hit the ground running when it turns to 2026.
December 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Morning. ☕️
It’s very cold here, and quiet, like nature itself is taking a step back and a breather for the dying days of 2025, ready to hit the ground running when it turns to 2026.
It’s very cold here, and quiet, like nature itself is taking a step back and a breather for the dying days of 2025, ready to hit the ground running when it turns to 2026.
I’m getting ready to cook the world’s first ever Isobel’s Christmas Super Curry™. 👩🏻🍳🌶️🧅🧄
I do roasts like all the time. They’re not special. This will be something nobody’s ever done before. 💥
I do roasts like all the time. They’re not special. This will be something nobody’s ever done before. 💥
December 25, 2025 at 10:34 AM
I’m getting ready to cook the world’s first ever Isobel’s Christmas Super Curry™. 👩🏻🍳🌶️🧅🧄
I do roasts like all the time. They’re not special. This will be something nobody’s ever done before. 💥
I do roasts like all the time. They’re not special. This will be something nobody’s ever done before. 💥
Hello, Christmas Eve 2025. 😒☕
December 24, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Hello, Christmas Eve 2025. 😒☕
Reposted by Isobel Gray 🏴☠️🏳️⚧️
Have you heard the story of the #Christmas #Heron? No? There's probably a very good reason for that, but I'll tell it to you anyway!
If Christmas preparations are getting too much, here's a little something to ease your day.
#ukcanals #podcast
The Christmas Heron
www.noswpod.com/christmas-he...
If Christmas preparations are getting too much, here's a little something to ease your day.
#ukcanals #podcast
The Christmas Heron
www.noswpod.com/christmas-he...
The Christmas Heron
The Christmas Heron page for Nighttime on Still Waters
www.noswpod.com
December 23, 2025 at 8:55 AM
Have you heard the story of the #Christmas #Heron? No? There's probably a very good reason for that, but I'll tell it to you anyway!
If Christmas preparations are getting too much, here's a little something to ease your day.
#ukcanals #podcast
The Christmas Heron
www.noswpod.com/christmas-he...
If Christmas preparations are getting too much, here's a little something to ease your day.
#ukcanals #podcast
The Christmas Heron
www.noswpod.com/christmas-he...
Quote your favourite pic from 2025 (that you're willing to share)
On my new mooring back in June. After a mega journey I'd found 'home'. I might be looking back, but I'm thinking forward!
On my new mooring back in June. After a mega journey I'd found 'home'. I might be looking back, but I'm thinking forward!
December 22, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Quote your favourite pic from 2025 (that you're willing to share)
On my new mooring back in June. After a mega journey I'd found 'home'. I might be looking back, but I'm thinking forward!
On my new mooring back in June. After a mega journey I'd found 'home'. I might be looking back, but I'm thinking forward!
It might not look very exciting out there, but we are past the middle of winter and are now on the upwards cycle towards summer! ☀️😎👙🏝️🍸🙌🏼
December 22, 2025 at 12:21 PM
It might not look very exciting out there, but we are past the middle of winter and are now on the upwards cycle towards summer! ☀️😎👙🏝️🍸🙌🏼
No wonder I’m in such a great mood. 💃🏻👍🏻
December 22, 2025 at 12:16 PM
No wonder I’m in such a great mood. 💃🏻👍🏻
I would just like to let @tomhayesmp.bsky.social know that despite the best efforts of his putrid, bigoted disgrace of a party, I can still go in the pub. 👍🏻
December 21, 2025 at 4:38 PM
I would just like to let @tomhayesmp.bsky.social know that despite the best efforts of his putrid, bigoted disgrace of a party, I can still go in the pub. 👍🏻