Annual reminder to water your Christmas tree poems …

@nabo-official.bsky.social Heather Wastie @heatherwastie.bsky.social has a long history in the fight to save our canal network #FundBritainsWaterways #SaveOurCanals #SpendingReview #ukcanals #boatlife #narrowboatlife #boatlife

RCR STORY COMPETITION DEADLINE 31 MAY Submit a real life story ‘life on the cut’ max 700 words & 3 photos to rivercanalrescue.co.uk Prizes incl £700 towards CRT licence / chandlery vouchers Winners to be announced at RCR’s 25th anniversary on 8 June.   #ukcanals #boatlife @nabo-official.bsky.social

🚨🌱 The Chancellor is reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the @campaignforthearts.org petition to remind the UK Govt: the arts make our lives happier & our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/sp...

The Fund Britain’s Waterways protest cruise at Westminster #FundBritainsWaterways #SaveOurCanals #SpendingReview #ukcanals #boatlife x.com/plw1053/stat...

FBW banner in the wacky Naomi’s Landing Easter lineup on the canal at Rugeley #FundBritainsWaterways #SaveOurCanals #ukcanals www.facebook.com/photo.php?fb...

Stafford Castle on a sunny April morning

This Saturday, 22nd March, The Stafford Orchestra première of John’s piece ‘The 21’, inspired by the Wolverhampton 21 with a touch of Bolinder rhythm thrown in. @johnsadlermusic.bsky.social Conducted by @adamwmusic.bsky.social

At Wolverhampton Boat Club #FundBritainsWaterways #SaveOurCanals #ukcanals

What a nice surprise! The (Fox and) Anchor has Titanic Brewery Plum Porter on. What a nice end to a long travelling day. #boatlife #boats #narrowboat

Spring at last? So good to feel the sun. Still need the fire later though. #ukcanals #boating #boatlife #narrowboat

At Norbury Junction #FundBritainsWaterways #SaveOurCanals #ukcanals

Note the composers! Beethoven, Butterworth, Beach, and … Sadler @johnsadlermusic.bsky.social Conducted by @adamwmusic.bsky.social

The Formerly-Known-As-Haggis-2, Haggis 3 Gathering 2025. Love the way Nick recites along with John. Whisky galore, happy Arlo. Thanks to our February Anniversary Friends for all the contributions and excellent company. #haggis

Thirty-eight years. Nice meal at Tikka Tavern in Bilston. Why Bilston? Went to see @shappikhorsandi.bsky.social in Bilston Town Hall, part of Wolves Lit Fest. A fun evening. First pic taken 2.2.87

Haggis 2, January 25 2025, our 25th year of Haggis Parties (not counting lockdown year). Lots of whisky consumed. Arlo got leftovers. Our overnight guest had leftover syllabub for breakfast 🤭 #haggis

Thank you @heatherwastie.bsky.social for highlighting the campaign to save our navigable waters #FundBritainsWaterways @nabo-official.bsky.social #UKCanals

Rabbie has come out of hiding. Haggis 1 this evening. #haggis @johnsadlermusic.bsky.social

New short #poem up on my blog today. Short but full of love. wastiesspace.co.uk/2025/01/17/o...

Three Bridges, Four Tunnels #FundBritainsWaterways wastiesspace.co.uk/2025/01/08/t... #poem #BlackCountry #canals #Dudley #FundBritainsWaterways

“The groaning trencher there ye fill, Your hurdies like a distant hill” Nicely nestled in the freezer. m.youtube.com/watch?v=GNOi...

“And then, O what a glorious sight, Warm-reekin, rich!” Haggisi in the making, stage two. @johnsadlermusic.bsky.social utilising his sewing skills. Arlo still banned from kitchen!

“Gie her a Haggis” — it’s that time again! Haggisi in the making and Arlo has been ordered out of the kitchen. #haggis

Pre-Christmas treat

Not just run-of-the-mill carols, concert includes Samuel Coleridge-Taylor Christmas Overture, and a new piece specially written for The Stafford Orchestra.

Fourth and final print run of this year’s cards. Now creased and ready for writing. Did NO-ONE notice our slip-up two years ago? (Last pic)

Lightly dusted Weston Park

Card printing on a snowy day. Two print runs completed.