David Leese
@dwleese.bsky.social
Retired charity specialist. Now cruising the UK canal system. Pink Floyd fan, keen amateur photographer, love to travel, imbibe a drink or two. Pro Europe.
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Unprecedented drought or not this would be PR disaster for CRT. For yrs #boaters have witnessed decline of infrastructure due to lack of expenditure on #ukcanals The drought has only accelerated rate of demise. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Interview here at 1.50:00 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Banbury canal dry dock may be forced to close after 250 years
Tooley's Boatyard says it has lost 80% of business after dry weather closed its section of canal.
www.bbc.co.uk
September 2, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Unprecedented drought or not this would be PR disaster for CRT. For yrs #boaters have witnessed decline of infrastructure due to lack of expenditure on #ukcanals The drought has only accelerated rate of demise. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Interview here at 1.50:00 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Something a bit different...
July 14, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Something a bit different...
A heron spotted in the trees yesterday on the Shropshire Union canal
July 8, 2025 at 3:57 PM
A heron spotted in the trees yesterday on the Shropshire Union canal
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People are joking about this but it genuinely *is* the sound of Derby.
June 13, 2025 at 2:41 PM
People are joking about this but it genuinely *is* the sound of Derby.
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I hate the clocks changing because it makes me feel stupid
![1 [Nurse talking to camera]
This is usually our busiest time of year at the centre
2 [Show a sign outside a medical institution reading:]
Centre for Adults Who Still Can’t Get Their Heads Round Daylight Savings
3
NURSE:
We have a spike in admissions when BST starts
4
CONFUSED PATIENT BEING LAID DOWN BY NURSES:
Is it forward or back?
NURSE:
Lie down love
5
We often see the same patients ever year
PATIENT:
So it’s like… time travel?
DOCTOR:
No
6 Every year we try to explain BST to them in a fun and memorable way
[The patients are sat around a fun show, with people dressed in bunny suits jumping around a giant clock]
BUNNY: And now I *spring forward*...
7
[Bunny springs forward one hour on clock]
8
PATIENT WATCHING SHOW:
I don’t get it
9
The hardest patients are the Summer Time refusers
10 PATIENT [sat strapped to a chair as a doctor talks to him through a screen, through a tannoy]
PATIENT: But why is it better?
DOCTOR [talking through microphone]:
Because it complicates things.
11
PATIENT:
How is that good?
DOCTOR:
It makes you more tired.
12
DOCTOR [to assistant]:
Fetch the cattle prod](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:4m3we4apbjayclzcnhwe3pfp/bafkreidhoxu7xpaujl7fvw4geaw45cu5qa2h5vcnrfxudj747fkesjix3m@jpeg)
March 30, 2025 at 7:26 PM
I hate the clocks changing because it makes me feel stupid
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We have just joined BlueSky! We are an all-volunteer charity operating three canal boats from a beautifully landscaped boat base on the Grand Union Canal near Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire. We enable everyone to experience the fun and the beauty of our waterways! #Charity #BoatHire #Herts #Canal
March 10, 2025 at 8:33 PM
A fine, fine actor.
Here's the best thing I ever read about Gene Hackman, by @rbuas.bsky.social at @flaminghydra.com
flaminghydra.com/gene-hackman...
flaminghydra.com/gene-hackman...
Gene Hackman Has a Pie
by John Saward
A recent photo of Gene Hackman was going around last month. He’s exiting a Speedway in New Mexico, in an outfit you might describe as, “your dad coming to jump your car in the middle o...
flaminghydra.com
February 27, 2025 at 10:41 PM
A fine, fine actor.
Don't look at me, I don't understand it either! #severance
February 4, 2025 at 10:38 PM
Don't look at me, I don't understand it either! #severance
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Towpath Talk is now live! The UK's number one waterways publication. If you're interested in all things canals, give us a follow!
January 15, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Towpath Talk is now live! The UK's number one waterways publication. If you're interested in all things canals, give us a follow!
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We've just set IWA up on Blue-sky, give us a follow!
New Year, new social media platform! We're happy to be here. Follow us if you love the waterways like we do.
January 8, 2025 at 9:03 PM
We've just set IWA up on Blue-sky, give us a follow!
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Embankment of 18th-century canal in Cheshire collapses after flooding
Embankment of 18th-century canal in Cheshire collapses after flooding
Engineers assess damage as heavy rains cause first major breach of Bridgewater Canal since 1970s
Engineers are assessing the scale of damage to a canal built more than 250 years ago after flood waters caused a dramatic collapse of part of its elevated…
www.theguardian.com
January 2, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Embankment of 18th-century canal in Cheshire collapses after flooding
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When I set up my first starter pack, I didn't realise how useful it was.
You get three tabs: the people listed, their recent posts and the relevant feeds.
Here's our canal vibes starter pack.
go.bsky.app/UWQGSUu
You get three tabs: the people listed, their recent posts and the relevant feeds.
Here's our canal vibes starter pack.
go.bsky.app/UWQGSUu
November 20, 2024 at 7:42 AM
When I set up my first starter pack, I didn't realise how useful it was.
You get three tabs: the people listed, their recent posts and the relevant feeds.
Here's our canal vibes starter pack.
go.bsky.app/UWQGSUu
You get three tabs: the people listed, their recent posts and the relevant feeds.
Here's our canal vibes starter pack.
go.bsky.app/UWQGSUu
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Hurray! Chris Packham's here. @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
Our cup runneth over. Do follow him.
Our cup runneth over. Do follow him.
November 14, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Hurray! Chris Packham's here. @chrisgpackham.bsky.social
Our cup runneth over. Do follow him.
Our cup runneth over. Do follow him.
Sunset at Tixall Wide, Staffordshire, UK. The canal here widens to the size of a lake, a condition laid down by the land owner when the canal was built in 1771.
November 11, 2024 at 11:26 PM
Sunset at Tixall Wide, Staffordshire, UK. The canal here widens to the size of a lake, a condition laid down by the land owner when the canal was built in 1771.