Banjo Nick
@banjonick8.bsky.social
River devotee, marathon single sculler, travelling troubadour, playwright-director (George Devine Award 1988: Nick Ward Plays 1 published by Faber and Faber, 1995). Banjo Nick Rambles on Facebook.
Dear threatened river
China bids for Thames Water
Wounded to the core
Line break missing here
Degradation profiteers
Playing the long game
Public Ownership!
Name one clean Chinese river
Thames in jeopardy
#haiku #thames
The privatisation of water by Thatcher has been a unmitigated disaster.
China bids for Thames Water
Wounded to the core
Line break missing here
Degradation profiteers
Playing the long game
Public Ownership!
Name one clean Chinese river
Thames in jeopardy
#haiku #thames
The privatisation of water by Thatcher has been a unmitigated disaster.
November 23, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Thankful to The Boathouse, my Wallingford local, for letting me fill my 10 gallon water container. I pay serious money for Environment Agency registration but I am not beholden to massively polluting Thames Water which has been asset stripped by its amoral shareholders and pays lying CEO £millions.
November 23, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Thankful to The Boathouse, my Wallingford local, for letting me fill my 10 gallon water container. I pay serious money for Environment Agency registration but I am not beholden to massively polluting Thames Water which has been asset stripped by its amoral shareholders and pays lying CEO £millions.
It doesn't take long to melt the ice aboard Snowy. Previous owner, the honest carpenter, insulated her beautifully. By the time I've boiled the kettle for coffee and porridge, the ice has thawed. This was yesterday before setting off for habitual Thursday in Oxford. #thames
November 21, 2025 at 1:54 PM
It doesn't take long to melt the ice aboard Snowy. Previous owner, the honest carpenter, insulated her beautifully. By the time I've boiled the kettle for coffee and porridge, the ice has thawed. This was yesterday before setting off for habitual Thursday in Oxford. #thames
November 21, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Coldest night so far
Covid dead generate guilt
Just now Geese fly by
Bright sunshiny day
Snowy registered for year
Paperwork done high
Whirpools in the sun
Jack Frost lingers in meadows
Chilled tranquility
Icy on Thames Path
Reclining Willow Lady
Hazy view through bridge
#haiku #thames
Covid dead generate guilt
Just now Geese fly by
Bright sunshiny day
Snowy registered for year
Paperwork done high
Whirpools in the sun
Jack Frost lingers in meadows
Chilled tranquility
Icy on Thames Path
Reclining Willow Lady
Hazy view through bridge
#haiku #thames
November 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Pause: current takes her
Slow progress against the stream
Grove of Twisted Yews
I've said this before
Childlike: still and curious
Immersed in nature
A ghost in torquoise?
New level of awareness?
Saw him not he me
Red-breasted Robin
Warm from rowing despite chill
Just incidences
#hailu catch-up
Slow progress against the stream
Grove of Twisted Yews
I've said this before
Childlike: still and curious
Immersed in nature
A ghost in torquoise?
New level of awareness?
Saw him not he me
Red-breasted Robin
Warm from rowing despite chill
Just incidences
#hailu catch-up
November 19, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Pause: current takes her
Slow progress against the stream
Grove of Twisted Yews
I've said this before
Childlike: still and curious
Immersed in nature
A ghost in torquoise?
New level of awareness?
Saw him not he me
Red-breasted Robin
Warm from rowing despite chill
Just incidences
#hailu catch-up
Slow progress against the stream
Grove of Twisted Yews
I've said this before
Childlike: still and curious
Immersed in nature
A ghost in torquoise?
New level of awareness?
Saw him not he me
Red-breasted Robin
Warm from rowing despite chill
Just incidences
#hailu catch-up
Excellent acoustic bounce busking Chain Lane in chilly Reading yesterday. There's been a busking hiatus in recent weeks so good get my street entertaining mojo back. It is the ultimate art. Just to make music for passers but, intentions and motivations have to be deep. Money is a small part of it.
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Excellent acoustic bounce busking Chain Lane in chilly Reading yesterday. There's been a busking hiatus in recent weeks so good get my street entertaining mojo back. It is the ultimate art. Just to make music for passers but, intentions and motivations have to be deep. Money is a small part of it.
less than ten minutes drifting back which was a delightful sensation. Good work out and Tender's pins severely tested. 2
November 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
less than ten minutes drifting back which was a delightful sensation. Good work out and Tender's pins severely tested. 2
Thames Kingfisher 155 (since late April). After lull river is rising again with strong stream. Rowed Tender into the stream, stopping for a while at 'Twisted Yew Grove' to catch a few of haikus. Progress was slow but boat kept moving. Approx one and a half hours rowing upstream...1
November 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Thames Kingfisher 155 (since late April). After lull river is rising again with strong stream. Rowed Tender into the stream, stopping for a while at 'Twisted Yew Grove' to catch a few of haikus. Progress was slow but boat kept moving. Approx one and a half hours rowing upstream...1
November 14, 2025 at 11:19 AM
November 12, 2025 at 10:36 AM
November 10, 2025 at 11:53 PM
Golden morning chill
Hooray and up she rises!
Tethered to meaning
Smile at sound of Geese
The Moon was on the river
Sunshine triangle
Incense smoke and steam
Another day underway
Coffee and porridge
#haiku catch-up
Hooray and up she rises!
Tethered to meaning
Smile at sound of Geese
The Moon was on the river
Sunshine triangle
Incense smoke and steam
Another day underway
Coffee and porridge
#haiku catch-up
November 10, 2025 at 5:28 AM
Golden morning chill
Hooray and up she rises!
Tethered to meaning
Smile at sound of Geese
The Moon was on the river
Sunshine triangle
Incense smoke and steam
Another day underway
Coffee and porridge
#haiku catch-up
Hooray and up she rises!
Tethered to meaning
Smile at sound of Geese
The Moon was on the river
Sunshine triangle
Incense smoke and steam
Another day underway
Coffee and porridge
#haiku catch-up
King of Kosala
Pasenadi was his name
Death came rolling in
Sensual pleasures
Non ascetics fight their likes
Addicted to pain
More than lip-service
Ascetics fight ascetics
Attachment to views
Fear of losing it
Money fame and leadership
Secretly teaching
#haiku
Pasenadi was his name
Death came rolling in
Sensual pleasures
Non ascetics fight their likes
Addicted to pain
More than lip-service
Ascetics fight ascetics
Attachment to views
Fear of losing it
Money fame and leadership
Secretly teaching
#haiku
November 10, 2025 at 4:47 AM
King of Kosala
Pasenadi was his name
Death came rolling in
Sensual pleasures
Non ascetics fight their likes
Addicted to pain
More than lip-service
Ascetics fight ascetics
Attachment to views
Fear of losing it
Money fame and leadership
Secretly teaching
#haiku
Pasenadi was his name
Death came rolling in
Sensual pleasures
Non ascetics fight their likes
Addicted to pain
More than lip-service
Ascetics fight ascetics
Attachment to views
Fear of losing it
Money fame and leadership
Secretly teaching
#haiku
The bus to Oxford
Trees have been suddenly stripped
Berry abundance
Dorchester junkies
Thunder over streaming Thame
H Cafe recall
Soggy horses munch
Peacock feather memories
Belong to movement
River communing
For 'suffeŕing' read 'craving'
No need to possess
#haiku catch-up
Trees have been suddenly stripped
Berry abundance
Dorchester junkies
Thunder over streaming Thame
H Cafe recall
Soggy horses munch
Peacock feather memories
Belong to movement
River communing
For 'suffeŕing' read 'craving'
No need to possess
#haiku catch-up
November 7, 2025 at 11:39 AM
The bus to Oxford
Trees have been suddenly stripped
Berry abundance
Dorchester junkies
Thunder over streaming Thame
H Cafe recall
Soggy horses munch
Peacock feather memories
Belong to movement
River communing
For 'suffeŕing' read 'craving'
No need to possess
#haiku catch-up
Trees have been suddenly stripped
Berry abundance
Dorchester junkies
Thunder over streaming Thame
H Cafe recall
Soggy horses munch
Peacock feather memories
Belong to movement
River communing
For 'suffeŕing' read 'craving'
No need to possess
#haiku catch-up
Laugh at your antics
Balance work and play
Reclaim vulnerability
That's very much what the Thames Otter seemed to be advising and demonstrating
My first ever sighting, as memorable as seeing a Duckbill Platypus near Geelong as a teenager.
Happy and creative Beaver Moon to you, Elle.
Balance work and play
Reclaim vulnerability
That's very much what the Thames Otter seemed to be advising and demonstrating
My first ever sighting, as memorable as seeing a Duckbill Platypus near Geelong as a teenager.
Happy and creative Beaver Moon to you, Elle.
November 5, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Laugh at your antics
Balance work and play
Reclaim vulnerability
That's very much what the Thames Otter seemed to be advising and demonstrating
My first ever sighting, as memorable as seeing a Duckbill Platypus near Geelong as a teenager.
Happy and creative Beaver Moon to you, Elle.
Balance work and play
Reclaim vulnerability
That's very much what the Thames Otter seemed to be advising and demonstrating
My first ever sighting, as memorable as seeing a Duckbill Platypus near Geelong as a teenager.
Happy and creative Beaver Moon to you, Elle.