If I had a decent zoom camera, you’d see the beautiful colours of our local kingfisher, who had just caught his lunch when I took this pic earlier. Such vibrant colours - we’re so lucky to see them so much around here 😃

Time for my 3 yearly Watersports First Aid training course. I need to do this to maintain my RYA instructors qualification but would recommend it for all boaters

It may not be the best weather to visit your local businesses in person this #smallbusinesssaturday but many can be found online. Here’s ours kinverboatschool.co.uk

Local & small businesses are part of your area’s personality & strength. Please support us, even on the wettest and windiest of days.

Part of our route at Kinver Boat School. We’re lucky enough to have several kingfishers regularly show their colours along the way - too fast for me to photograph.

We boaters marked through Birmingham city centre today against Canal and River Trust’s discriminatory licence fee hikes. It’s a continuation of their long campaign to price travelling boaters off the water. We won’t let them destroy our way of life.