Found a handy place to moor.... Almost right outside a decent pub in Uxbridge, The General Elliot. Saves cooking tonight.

Lots of questions to the board at @shepherdneame.bsky.social AGM, some critical. Perhaps too many as long Q&A is eating into tasting time and some groans from sections of the audience show this.

This is good news! A well maintained, accessible network which preserves the important heritage of our canal system benefits all. The Cotswold Canal trust shares the same goal as IWA in creating a navigable network. Investment is needed. #inlandwaterways #ukcanals www.bbc.com/news/article...

7 months old Orval @ Dovetail for a pre Ronnie Scotts evening of jazz....

🚨Breaking News! Britain’s 5,000 miles of canals are at breaking point www.theguardian.com/environment/... 🌧️ Floods in winter. 💧 Drought in summer. 💸 Years of underfunding. If nothing is done we will lose part of our living heritage, and vital blue-green lifelines for wildlife & communities.

Well it's Greene King London Glory, and it's free as a promo for their app, and it's just up the road. @Brockley Jack SE4

Entertaining afternoon tasting 2 Omer Brut Nature, 2020 & 2022.

Excellent evenings entertainment at London Palladium watching Gillian Welch and David Rawlings. Americana at its best.

The church opposite our accommodation in Jerez was looking at us ...

First time in 20+ years I didn't go cycling in Belgium last week. Trip to the Sherry Triangle with my lovely wife instead. Bodegas Osborne & Fundador visited & Sherry drunk. Sunshine & 28C+ what's not to like.

Excellent mornings entertainment thanks to @nedboulting.bsky.social for organizing this unique hill climb in Ladywell, deepest SE London. Here is @nutty.bsky.social ably supported by @lauralaker.bsky.social shouting encouragement. Supported by @lewisham.gov.uk

Entertaining afternoon at the @lewisham.gov.uk organised Silver Sunday Cabaret, held at Rivoli Ballroom in SE4

Last nights impressive Speedway rider at the under21's Speedway of Nations event, Mario Hausl, might like to review his hat selection for a global TV audience.

Regents Park Open Air theatre, an amazing location to watch @richardhawley.bsky.social. A truly impressive performance too.

3rd bar, the very nice Barley Twist...seems pork pies are a speciality, brought 1 pork & hock (??) & a Pork & Chorizo scotch egg for later. Micro bar close to the station with TV screen showing train departures.

2nd pub, Vat & Fiddle. Castle Rock brewery tap room. Perhaps not the best time to visit as Notts Forest are at home.

Very positive, but realistic, @iwa-uk.bsky.social annual meeting in Nottingham, attended by over 100, online and in person. Acknowledged that IWA, like UK navigation authorities, have been too blasé and need to change.

In Nottingham for the @iwa-uk.bsky.social AGM. Some decent refreshment stops around the station, Brew Tavern right on the steps of the station. Decent Chick Pea curry too.

Lovely afternoon out on the Slough Arm. Fridge running on Solar, don't tell the Donald.

Excellent evenings entertainment at The Exchange in Twickenham listening to Nerina Pallot. She is playing the Royal Albert Hall next May, a slightly larger venue.

Not quite as busy as Oxford Street but we closed our local street in SE4 for a car free day event. Couldn't draw snakes & ladders on a normal day. #streetsforpeople @willnorman.co.uk

Gorgeous afternoon for a slow cycle across London, Thames side for a fair bit, lovely. Now in the Brewery Market in Twickenham. Minus points for wrong glass wear of course.

If those nice people at @shepherdneame.bsky.social want to offer me a free pint, well rude not to. Cask Beer week, none of their new Creekside PA on unfortunately. @ The Crown in Blackheath.

If those nice people at Young's Brewery offer me a free pint of Ordinary... Rude not to accept. @ Richard I in Greenwich.

It has been a great honour to serve our Labour Party as its Chair and I am pleased to now serve this Labour Government as Solicitor General.

Immortalised on Google Streetview. https://maps.app.goo.gl/M47cx2g8uDJGuMJZ8

RIP iconic British DJ Chris Hill, never got to see him but he was a legend of the dance floor tunes. One day I will get to Canvey Island….

Catching @curtisstigers.bsky.social @ Ronnie Scott's in London is always worth it.

Pre Ronnie Scott's Orval @Dovetail London

One of the more impressive parts of the Llangollen Canal, just up from Llangollen town, on one of the narrow sections.

Trevor, yesterday afternoon.... Pontcysyllte Aqueduct

Cheers...

It's a long way down.... Pontcysyllte Aqueduct Llangollen Canal North Wales.

Had a friendly wave from a couple of friends out here on the Llangollen Canal, they did look slightly familiar but couldn't quite say where we remembered them from.

The South London Grand Prix racing schedule has now been released! Get your tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/herne...

First Speedway meeting for a year. Unfortunately a rather dour meeting but a gorgeous evening for it. Oxford v Kings Lynn.

Racing season peaks with the SLGP: our international track racing invitational. Family friendly with food, drinks, music, and live commentary. Get your tickets today! www.tickettailor.com/events/herne...

Spent part of today trying to find my sister taking part in 25km charity walk for @sepsisresearch.bsky.social in London. Me on a bike. Thousands taking part, around 90% are female, between 30-50, 99% white. Discuss. Feeling generous? www.justgiving.com/page/allison...

You have to wonder about the NHS. Visited doctor yesterday and told my cholesterol is slightly high (5.4 should be 5 or under). First thing nurse said did I want statins. If I take statins can I keep eating what I like. Yes she said. So instead of addressing my diet, drugs is the way forwards.

Looks like the lack of rain, plus very low reservoir levels will shut down the canals in the lower Midlands.

Impressive job...plus drone coverage. youtu.be/QFQKlVCGYCU?...

Rodenbach Vintage on draft @ Dovetail in Clerkenwell

Survey for boaters on fuel/energy use which doesn’t seem to be widely known #UKCanals @nabo-official.bsky.social @iwa-uk.bsky.social forms.microsoft.com/pages/respon...

RIP Chuck Mangione youtu.be/TgjqsK45tFE?...

A little part of Argentina came to the Barbican last night. Quinteto Astor Piazzolla played their unique emotive Tango to an enthusiastic audience.

RIP Ray French.

So who knew roller skating cyclists were a thing back in 1949. Lots of them too. Actually who knew roller skating was popular back in 1949. How times have changed with entertainment.

Looking through a few of my Mum's old theatre programmes, came across these adverts for Wembley. The second was from 1949 @uprightspeedway.bsky.social

Best of luck to all the runners in this weekends #Canalslam London to Bristol run. 1 of a series of 3 ultra runs. London/Brum & Leeds/Liverpool being the other 2. All by water.... canalrace.org.uk/kennet-avon-...

Interesting meeting and chatting about waterside pubs at Fullers AGM. Michael Turner, Chairman who has worked for the company for 47 years, stepped down at the meeting. Asked about Black Horse Greenford, unfortunately looks like it will never reopen.