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.

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.

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. 🧊❄️🥶⛸️

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.

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Walked the entire Northampton Arm into town today. #UKCanals

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. 🥱

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.

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. 💥

Hello, Christmas Eve 2025. 😒☕

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...

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!

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. 💃🏻👍🏻

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. 👍🏻

Goodbye to another journey around the sun. 💜👋🏻 I’ve actually really loved this one, despite the efforts of our enemies.

Today's interesting Solstice beverage. Four Loko, strawberry and lemonade with vodka, 8.4%.

3:03pm today is the exact middle of winter! ☃️ At 3:04pm we’ll be on the climb to summer! ☀️😎🍸🙌🏼 Happy Solstice! 🎄🥳🍷

To avoid confusion, the BBC should now be referred to as ‘that corrupted state hate propaganda agency who serve disgusting agendas and can’t be relied on to be factual about anything.’

Ollie has just seen his friends, the Swan Family, but they were too busy checking the boat windows for people who give them food to come over and say hello to him.

Is it just me or is everyone happy to let them get away with denying transition is a thing? I'm not a fucking male. It's not asking for an exception to single sex spaces for trans people to use appropriate spaces. It's just recognising people for who they are and not shitting on basic human rights.

I am not a ‘biological male’. The BBC is trying to get me beaten up or killed with scientifically illiterate hate speech.

This is no different to getting someone like Tommy Robinson to comment on every article about Muslim people. They’ve got no business having any say on this. Our healthcare is not for these disgusting Nazi bigots to opine on. The BBC is rancid and as many people as possible should tell them so.

Today is my birthday. 🥳 I’m 6. I have 3 birthdays every year and was 6 in October too. In the new year I will be 50, but that’s not a very important birthday. It’s been a terrifying year, but I’ve made good progress in my own journey. Looking forward now to a peaceful Christmas. 🎄☃️🍷

I donut give a shit.

Morning. ☕️ Ollie is much better today. 🤞🏻 He let me sleep until 7 and did a solid poo when we went out! 🥳👍🏻 It’s going to be a nice sunny day. 😎 I have boat jobs to do, but I refuse to be in a rush. We’re a week away from midwinter and I want to take the time to really appreciate my surroundings. 🌞🍂

Poor Ollie still isn’t well. He’s still getting me up in the middle of the night to go out in an emergency, so we’re both feeling the lack of sleep. He’s always had a sensitive tum. I will feed him only chicken and rice for the next few days. See if that helps settle whatever’s upsetting him. 🙏🏻

Was just sitting at the bus interchange in Northampton. The screen that shows the bus times kept changing to Sandie Peggie updates. “Sandie Peggie: Trans row nurse verdict amended.” “Judges outline FOUR ways she was harassed.” On the screen people are looking at for the bus times.

10.5 days until the days start getting longer again. ☀️😎

I’ve been called hyperbolic for this over on the Doctor Who forum, by someone who I’m guessing hasn’t spent 2025 on the brink of being barred from participation in society by Starmer and his monstrous version of a Labour government. We’re being governed by very dangerous people RIGHT NOW. Wake up.

I feel this should absolutely terrify everyone, but politicians like Starmer and the UK media have normalised so much far right rhetoric, most of the population won’t bat an eyelid. To go in front of Europe at this time, when the far right is looming, and say to weaken human rights… That’s a Nazi.

I had my coat on and my bag over my shoulder, and was just about to walk to the bus stop when poor stricken Ollie stopped me with this sad face. “You can’t leave me, Mum. Not today. I is not well.” So yeah. I’m staying here. I’d have been gone 3 hours, and that would have been 3 hours of anxiety.

Ollie isn’t well today. He got me up at 3, and has needed to go out a dozen times since. It’s my fault. I cooked too much Sunday dinner and overfed him yesterday. 😥 Today I need to go to the shops, but can’t really leave him. I will learn this lesson. It’s not kind to give him everything he wants.

The swan babies were at my window this morning, demanding their breakfast. I don’t know where Mum and Dad are. Probably having a well earned Sunday lay in.

Morning. ☕️ Only 15 days until the days start getting longer again. ☀️😎👍🏻 I’m in hibernation mode atm and am doing a lot of sleeping. It’s been a very tough year, but I’ve found a friendly corner of the world to spend Christmas, and I’m very positive about 2026. I need to go to shop to buy bacon. ☔️🥓

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We need to go for the jugular. And the jugular is the SC ruling basing itself on a laughably primitive belief that the UK society of biologists told the government was scientifically illiterate bollocks. My human rights should not depend on the Stone Age beliefs of ignorant, hateful bigots.

Yeah. This scientifically illiterate term ‘biological sex’. It’s nonsense, bioessentialist Nazi language, and the people using it need to be told how fucking stupid and dangerous it is. I don’t care what side they think they’re on. They’re perpetuating far right lies and propaganda.

Can we assume the High Court verdict has been purchased then?

“My hope is that the message the transgender community takes from this is not one of betrayal…” Fuck off. You have gutlessly capitulated to ultraconservative, extremely anti-woman forces, and turned off a big light in an increasingly darkening world.

Absolutely this. This shit was stamped into me since I was a very obviously non-cishet kid and is what I've spent the last 6 years trying to climb above. Each one of us is as worthy and deserving as anyone else in this world. We mustn't accept anything less and keep fighting for full human rights.

After yesterday’s stormy washout, it’s nice to wake up to this view.

It’s going to rain all day today 😤🌧️ but yesterday was a fantastic sunny day ☀️😎⛵️ and I took full advantage by going for a voyage.

Over 30 selfie thread? Okay. Make that a couple of decades over 30. 49 years and 11 months.

I'm downloading the first two episodes of the new Stranger Things series. It's been so long since the last one I can barely remember what it's about or what anyone is called.

Happy Friday! ☕ Ollie got me up at 5 today. He still hasn't killed Stanley the Sheep. A flock of seagull type birds just flew into the tree next to my boat, made a mega noise for a minute, then all flew off. I don't know what they were. I've never seen anything like that before.

Ollie has a new friend, Stanley the Sheep. He’s being very kind to him so far. This may or may not last, as previously murdered stuffed animals will testify.

The attack on his niece was a few years ago. Everything this scumbag has done since has been with full awareness of what he's been empowering and emboldening. To come out with this now is gobsmacking. I don't know how he's got the nerve.