NorfolkGreg

Interesting that Germany sees fit to honour our queen's birth, a century ago, when we don't.

Whether you object to the principle of our monarchy, the cost of maintaining it, or just feel the family needs to pay more tax, it's hard to argue against her lifelong service to the country, or perhaps I should say to our government, regardless of controlling party

I read that using groups is more effective than hashtags for wider circulation in the fediverse.

A new FediGroup is now live. It's for any toots concerning the UK's navigable waterways, whether #canals or #rivers managed by the #Canal and #River #Trust, the #Environment #Agency, the #Broads #Authority or other body.

If anyone mentions the address:
@ukwaterways@fedigroups.social
in a post, it will be boosted to everyone who follows the Group.

You can follow the group at:
@ukwaterways@fedigroups.social

Public posts and replies are boosted. Private messages to the Group are rejected.

Please boost!

#boat #boatlife #boating #boatsthattoot #canallife #ukcanals #norfolkbroads #broads #sailing #yacht #cruiser #narrowboat #widebeam

I'm looking forward to this evening. We're attending a #wedding #reception.

#TenYearsAgo I left the Muddy Broad #Blues #Band, it disbanded a couple of years later. Our leader has suggested we #reform to play a final #gig at his wedding, which happens to be his #birthday.

There's been no #rehearsal. The bass play in my day has since died. We have a stand-in, the groom's brother, who I've never met.

What makes it interesting for me is that we played at our wedding, which happened to be on my wife's birthday, when she did a guest #vocal.

We bought the #game "Hive" yesterday and had a #play with it this morning. Each type of piece moves in a different way. The object is to surround your opponent's bee. Black was about to #win this game. I must find time to look up #advice on #strategy and #tactics

When I joined Mastodon I used to follow the hashtag #boardgames but I got swamped with toots. This must be the first time in 18months I've used it.

Image of the Day at https://rustonhouse.org.uk is a blurry one taken of a #Stoat seen from our bedroom window back in October 2013.

However, today's announcement can be seen on the What's New page
https://rustonhouse.org.uk/whatsnew.php
where it reports I've just uploaded 13 new pages containing the stories behind some 70 images captured between January and May 2016.

They show our #treehouse, #daffodils, #Canada #geese fighting for possession of our #lake, a newly planted #dogrose #hedge, newly hatched #goslings, that then go missing, the #dinghy we gave away and a visiting family of #swans.

Yes I'm 10 years out of date on the site recording what we saw around at our old #home and there's a lot more still to come.

@ukwaterways@fedigroups.social

I have just discovered that "Today's Image" on my site https://gregafloat.org.uk failed to show a link to the #report of the #trip my ex and I took aboard nb Stolen Time in 2002 that I uploaded only last month. I've now corrected that, so there is now a "Read More" link.

I should warn you the report stretches to two pages and includes some 10,000 words and almost 70 images. A lot has changed in the 24 years since we made that trip!

#ukcanals #fourcountiesring #boatsthattoot #narrowboat #canallife #boatlife

EDIT: I've just noticed that we already have 16 followers on @ukwaterways@fedigroups.social Thanks to all those who have helped promote the new group!

While, no doubt, my US followers were avidly soaking up your President's uplifting words at his promised speech today (I read that Americans may not get British sarcasm and humour) Diana and I were walking home from a breakfast at the local village post office - a regular Saturday treat for us!

(I added some public domain music to replace the wind noise caught by my phone's poor microphone. It's "Brother" by Monplaisir, downloaded from https://freemusicarchive.org/search?adv=1&search-genre=Instrumental,Folk,Classical&duration_from=0&duration_to=1&music-filter-public-domain=1)

There's an illustrated report (25 photos) of an earlier Saturday breakfast at:
https://gregchapman.uk/sundry/wintertonwalk

@PKYo@poweredbygay.social
I'm a confused man, but perhaps I misunderstand your position.

You want the law changed to give you benefits that you knew you'd have to give up when you chose your lifestyle.

I'd say that's the same as someone who took on a property knowing the situation and wants to make sure they also get benefits from new legislation that's been talked about by the last few governments

Then separately you are concerned that the government is withdrawing support for what, for most people, is just a holiday facility that its users should be paying for. I'm not sure that for most people being next to a canal is a benefit.

Any open water is dangerous for young children. Having other people's boats moored right outside your door or overlooking your garden isn't everyone's ideal,. Then there's the fear of noisy stag and hen parties if you're near a pub. I'm certainly not convinced that most have your rosy tinted view, when all they see is damp mistiness and a risk of flooding.
@ukwaterways@fedigroups.social