Brindley Lass

The earliest days of the canal network are my interest - the people, the waterways. Author of James Brindley - Canal Pioneer.

[Brindley Lass @BrindleyLass]

The stuff you learn on Twitter! I'd never thought about the soles of blue tits feet!

[Carl Bovis @CarlBovisNature]

Who has seen the bottom of a Blue Tits feet before? 😆

I hadn't .... until this shot! 😀

Little 'pads' to help with grip!

#TwitterNatureCommunity #EarthCapture @Britnatureguide

[Bobbie @bo66ie29]

A charming little film from 1957 of a postman doing his daily rounds on his horse across Dartmoor. Delivering letters to farms and cottages with his dog by his side.

[Brindley Lass @BrindleyLass]

Oh what a memory of Waverley. From Suffolk down the coast, up the Thames. We stood on her foredeck, Tower Bridge opened, and Concorde flew from right to left!

[Sheila Weir @SheilaLWeir]

.@hms_tyne outbound from Faslane this afternoon.
Passing a packed @PS_Waverley the last sea going passenger-carrying paddle steamer in the world.
@royalnavy #navy #naval #shipping #firthofclyde

[Brindley Lass @BrindleyLass]

@SoVeryBritish On the University Challenge intro - And Asking the Questions... my brain still says Bamber Gascoigne.

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

The weather is very January today. Sky the same colour as the road. Endless shades of grey.

[VeryBritishProblems @SoVeryBritish]

Life advice:

Have a cup of tea, say “ah well”, and
move on.

[Brindley Lass @BrindleyLass]

@UlleyRanger Is that a very large bird against the clouds? Or a speck on the lens!?

[Brindley Lass @BrindleyLass]

@SheilaLWeir There's no end to what a busy tug can find!

[Brindley Lass @BrindleyLass]

@SheilaLWeir There was a time when the marlins flying over you had feathers!

[Brindley Lass @BrindleyLass]

@SheilaLWeir Totally agree, they all have a busy air about them that says "here I am, what needs doing?"

[Massimo @Rainmaker1973]

These popsicle sticks have been intertwined so that the elastic potential energy is stored in their configuration.

Watch what happens when the elastic energy is released and turns into kinetic energy.
https://t.co/rkayCYRxrR

[Billy & Trains @TrainsBilly]

Yes, I know. I'm moved on from that gesture.

But this moment from a while ago will take some beating 👀

[Brindley Lass @BrindleyLass]

@SheilaLWeir Oh what memories! We stood on her fore deck, approaching Tower Bridge, watching it rise for us, and Concorde flew low across the Thames ahead of us! Magnificent.

[Tudor for architecture🇬🇧 @ArchitectureTud]

In England you sometimes see these "wavy" brick fences. And curious as it may seem, this shape uses FEWER bricks than a straight wall. A straight wall needs at least two layers of bricks to make is sturdy, but the wavy wall is fine thanks to the arch support provided by the waves

[Brindley Lass @BrindleyLass]

@SheilaLWeir 0h, we haven't seen one of your lovely bird images for quite a while! The shipping is very interesting, but not as beautiful.

[Paul Lever @paul_lever]

According to today's Times one of Elton John's diary entries from 1973 read:
"Woke up. Watched Grandstand. Wrote Candle in the Wind. Went to London, bought Rolls Royce. Ringo Starr came for dinner. "
Sounds like an average sort of day.

[John Donoghue @JohnDonoghue64]

Well that escalated quickly… 😬

[Amazing Physics @amazing_physics]

This gate in Vienna is a masterpiece of optical illusion.

[Dave Earner @DJEarner]

A random encounter with a really positive ending. @HMSPuncher @CdrRSkelton

[Alison O’Neill ~ Shepherdess @woolismybread]

A day of .. wet, get dry, dry dog, drink tea, get wet, hay up sheep, wade in mud, get dry, have lunch, drink tea, get wet .. get dry, check sheep 🐑 no waterproofs left, get very wet 🌧️, get warm , dry dog .. kind of days .. 😂#shepherdess #hillfarm #rain