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Chris The Boatman
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Art, narrowboats and an eclectic mix.
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Kyoto--
falling straight down
the first winter rain" Issa Kobayashi
(image: rain in Kiyomizu temple, Takeji Asano)
Three storied pagoda in the rain, wood block print
November 30, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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Potatoes or carrots? 🤳
An unopened bag of carrots with a solitary potato inside
November 29, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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Back down south for a while
So moving day again, #UKCanals
Two narrowboats in a lock, windlass on lock beam to the foreground. Lock gates in the background, a footbridge and flats in the background
November 28, 2025 at 7:13 PM
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A tight squeeze, Birmingham
#UKCanals
Offices and flats built of brick either side of a narrow canal. A lock gate in the distance and Narrowboat squeezed in the lock
November 28, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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Going under Ludgate Hill
Birmingham #UKCanals
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Narrowboat going under a curved road bridge not much head room and towpath on the side.
November 28, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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Smethwick. Aqueduct (Steward Aqueduct) over a canal under a motorway bridge. Had to go the long way round as Tipton locks were closed for maintenance. #UKCanals
There seems to be vastly more graffiti here than I remember from previous journeys.
A canal aqueduct over a canal under a motorway bridge
November 28, 2025 at 6:53 PM
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21 narrow locks later…

#UKCanals 🤳
A metal sign that has embossed white lettering “ Birmingham Canal navigations Wolverhampton Canal Wolverhampton Top Lock British Waterways”
November 28, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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Kimchi fried rice. Homemade Kimchi, a one month fermentation, very tasty, very spicy.
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Two fried eggs (yolk on top) resting on a mound of kimchi fried rice, served on a decorated plate
November 28, 2025 at 6:23 PM
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Not sure if I’ve posted this one before
November 27, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Whitewash Lichen 🍄🧪🌱
Oval shaped White wash lichen on a wooden gate bar
November 23, 2025 at 9:12 PM
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Ah, the famous urban myth: “duvet round the prop “ #UKCanals 🤳
A large white water sodden duvet hanging over an open weed hatch and engine bay of a narrow boat
November 23, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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The end
#UKCanals
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A brick built bridge at a canal Juntion with an iron oval plaque sho the number one. A narrow boat passing under
November 19, 2025 at 10:24 PM
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One of the locks at Hurleston Junction #UKCanals
Narrowboat leaving one of the locks at Hurleston Junction Lock gates open, a blue sky above
November 16, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Day two
Grindley Brook Staircase Lock
#UKCanals
A narrowboat moving out of a lock chamber with th lock gates in the background
November 16, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Day one Rlesmere Tunnel
#UKCanals
The entrance to Elsmere Tunnel viewed from the New Narrowboat
November 14, 2025 at 6:25 PM
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Spotted Wolf Spider
Spotted wolf spider
November 13, 2025 at 11:48 PM
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Small worlds
Orange lichen
Tinking it’s Xanthoria parietina on hawthorn
On today’s #towpathstroll #Ukcanals 🍄🧪
Orange lichen on a twig
November 12, 2025 at 12:38 PM
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Orientalisch' #FotoVorschlag
Chinese, hand made of several layers of mulberry fibres, wallpaper dating from the 17th century depicting scenes of contemporary Chinese life. People walking and carrying, showing trees and colourful birds
November 8, 2025 at 9:38 AM
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Silver weed 🤳🌱🌿
The serrated edges of silver weed
November 7, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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Noodle Restaurant on a Rainy Night, by Tokuriki Tomikichirō (1902-2000)

#woodblockprint
Noodle Restaurant on a Rainy Night, by Tokuriki Tomikichirō (1902-2000) #woodblockprint
November 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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Turkey tail on today’s #towpathstroll #UKCanals
🤳🍄🌱
Small (5cm) diameter turkey tail mushroom
October 30, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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St John’s Wort flower
Thinking this is the “Hidcote” variant. Hypericum x hidcoteense 'Hidcote'
Growing wild at the lock on today’s #towpathstroll
#UKCanals 🌱🤳
A yellow five petal flower
October 29, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Wasp
Wasp
October 28, 2025 at 9:50 AM
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Moving day with a timely meeting with fuel boats #UKCanals
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Looking back at a pair of fuel boats on the canal, with the Motoway bridge in the background
October 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
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Sunrise 🍽️🍜🤳🌱
Two Ghost chillies changing colour from green to orange
October 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM