Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Cycling along the towpath. Constriction ahead, overhanging brambles; three cyclists approaching. I stop and wave them through. ‘Thank you!’ ‘Thank you!’ ‘SMILE!’ the last one shouts as he passes. Thanks, that really helps 150
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 08/07/2026At last the green woodpecker who’s been yaffling away every day, paused for a photo opportunity. And there’s a toad too 150
Reposted by DruJohnny Morris on a boat @nbjohnniefaa.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Sheep can be a bit of a surprise sometimes too! 131
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 25/06/2026A short walk in the cool of the dawn. Startling bellowing of a cow in the night; there’s a herd in the adjacent field. How like the foghorn is the cow When moos come unexpectedly. I thought I was alone; but now There’s loads of them right next to me. 110
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Thank goodness, someone moved their boat this morning so I slipped Eve into a mooring where the row of poplars on the other side of the canal offer shade from mid-afternoon onwards. Still hard work, this weather, but counting my blessings 190
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Hummingbird hawk moth, being attentive to a patch of valerian 350
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The gean is busy with chuckling blackbirds and pigeons, cos the cherries are almost ripe and that’s good enough for them. 180
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 14/06/2026A new picture, using pencil. So I’m putting it here as another start at using Bluesky… hello again 7195
Reposted by DruCosgrove_Outdoors @dermotncosgrove.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Happy St Brigid’s Day! 0316
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Happy St Brigid’s Day! Oystercatchers are called ‘Gille-Brìghde’ in Gaelic- ‘Brigid’s servant’ - because they saved her life once 05216
Reposted by DruDavid Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share videos, photos & artwork of seabirds to brighten timelines. Here is a close up of a stunning European Shag to get us started #SuperSeabirdSunday 56315
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 02/01/2026A lump of elm glowing like a coal, in the stove. It’s supposed to be not very good for burning, but the wood of this long-dead tree is excellent and hot 1120
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 24/12/2025Opened the hatch for a bit of stargazing. Orion’s well up in the sky now. Blooming cold wind though. Retired to bed to warm up 080
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 24/12/2025A useful miracle for Christmas; St Werburgh miraculously restores a goose to body and life after a servant ate it, earning the grateful thanks of the flock 2101
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Thumbing through the British Trades Alphabet for 1969. Did you get this at school too? 170
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Accidentally overfilled the handwarmer yesterday- it’s still hot after 12 hours or so, which is nice on a chilly morning 080
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 07/12/2025Full moon over Avoncliff, viewed from the aqueduct over the Avon 0112
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Just downloaded a video-making app, so here’s my first effort with it… 1111
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Clear night now, and I can see Orion from the comfort of my bed. Time to put the kettle on though 1120
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 05/07/2025“This IS the Kennet and Avon?” “Yeah, there’s the river Avon but that’s through Bath, nowhere near us” Walkers passing on the towpath, 100 yards from the Avon (but a different Avon!) 150
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 04/07/2025The place where there used to be an angel’s feather, but now there’s just a hungry spider 080
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 04/07/2025A brace of Sekidens. Ideal for plinking each other with duck pellets, and the ducks appreciate it too 020
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 08/06/2025Yet another bicycle to add to my collection. This is an Elswick Hopper 090
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 24/03/2025it was a bit worrying this morning, tuning in for the Shipping Forecast to find that it wasn't there. It turned up later. Seems they've jiggered the schedule around 340
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 24/03/2025It's busy here - frogs croaking (and ahem-ing) away, and barn owl ghosting around the field 072
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 23/03/2025fixed fourth puncture in a fortnight today. Glad to have moved the boat past Hawthorn Alley… 180
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 24/02/2025The first cowslips! On the upper wharf at Bradford on Avon 3132
Reposted by DruDavid Steel @steelyseabirder.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Welcome to Super Seabird Sunday where we ask you to share photos, videos and artwork of seabirds to brighten up timelines. Here is my contribution, a ‘bridled’ Guillemot on the Isle of May #SuperSeabirdSunday #Seabirds 1211717
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 06/02/2025Updates my phone software and had to choose a new ringtone. Several calls almost missed because I thought “that’s a noisy duck outside…” #DuckRingtone 180
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 06/02/2025A quick morning picture, based on this old chap at Woolhampton lock 0141
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 04/02/2025The head came off my maul when I was hammering mooring pins in. Fixing it back… 270
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 03/02/2025Crane Day on Bradford wharf; the boats that’ve been on hard standing over the winter we’re being lifted back into the water today 0120