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 · 08/07/2026Me too, and they’re challenging to eradicate. But we at least evolved… 120
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
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 29/06/2026Yes- there was a pair nesting on Caen Hill, and the cob was defending his patch against all comers- which was a full-time job as that’s one of the busiest bits of towpath on the canal… 010
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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 · 25/06/2026I bet! I used to live in a caravan on a welsh mountain and they’d come and rub their backs underneath it, setting it swaying! 010
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 · 24/06/2026I’m keeping an eye on the batteries- the fridge is working hard in this weather! 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 · 15/06/2026Pure guesswork mostly 🧠 Quiz of the Day - Jun 15 🟩 🟩 🟩 ⬜ 🟩 🟩 🟩 ⬜ 🟩 🟩 Score: 8/10 Think you can do better? quizoftheday.co.ukquizoftheday.co.ukQuiz of the Day | Daily General Knowledge QuizThe UK's premier online general knowledge quiz. Challenge friends and colleagues with our 10-question daily quiz. Original & hand-curated trivia since 2015. 010
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Hummingbird hawk moth, being attentive to a patch of valerian 350
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 15/06/2026The other tree a hundred yards away gas much redder cherries. I tried a few; full of flavour! 060
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
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 25/01/2026Finished on a high note with some very lively goldcrests! 170
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 · 31/12/2025…though I prefer this version of St Werburgh. As is often the case in my pics, was modelled by daughter. “Right, you’re miraculously restoring a goose to life…” 040
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 25/12/2025I had a mouse living in my Morris Traveller; I think it was attracted by pasty crusts. Maybe your were keeping warm 010
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 · 23/12/2025This boat was deposited on the wharf by floods at Tewkesbury some years ago but survived the experience! 231
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 23/12/2025It’ll be tricky whatever happens- I guess they’ll need to access the bank with heavy machinery at some point, mage across the field below? 120
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 23/12/2025…recovering those boats down in the sinkhole is going to be v difficult though… 120
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 23/12/2025Yes, we have insurance - it’s a necessary condition of getting a boat licence. Though when boats sank on the Avon a few years ago owing to a failure of the storm barrier, it was CRT who took responsibility for the damage… 120
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 09/12/2025Yup, decidedly not a day for moving! Eve’s rocking here in the sheltered valley 010
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 07/12/2025I was hit by a thrown egg while riding my motorbike once- shocking and outrageously invasive. Sorry. 120
Dru @drumarland.bsky.social · 07/12/2025You could write to the companies and they’d send you an information pack… 010
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