Thursday 8th May 2014
Back on the boat for a short trip to Oxford. Seems we have chosen our dates badly as we woke up to our first morning's travelling to hear rain hammering on the roof and the forecast is not good for the next few days.
As we left our mooring on Wednesday afternoon, we decided it would be nice to have the fire lit for the evening, so Pete eagerly positioned our new chimney which our dear friend Sid had carefully made to fit and minutes later it was whisked off by the feeblest of hawthorn branches (a twig really) and I watched appalled as it dropped into the canal and sank. A frustrating hour an a half later after fishing with a boat hook, finding it once bringing it to the surface then dropping it again, Pete lying on his stomach across the back deck, me trying to keep the boat steady in one place, we gave up. Bridge 139 on the Oxford canal has claimed our pristine chimney. We had a funeral for it.
Still, we did light the fire and apart from a little blow back, it was fine. Don't quite know what made Pete decide to take our old chimney back to our house where it can serve no purpose whatsoever, sitting in the shed as it is. It would be useful to have it here even if it doesn't look as smart as the new one did. Hey ho. :-/
Back on the boat for a short trip to Oxford. Seems we have chosen our dates badly as we woke up to our first morning's travelling to hear rain hammering on the roof and the forecast is not good for the next few days.
As we left our mooring on Wednesday afternoon, we decided it would be nice to have the fire lit for the evening, so Pete eagerly positioned our new chimney which our dear friend Sid had carefully made to fit and minutes later it was whisked off by the feeblest of hawthorn branches (a twig really) and I watched appalled as it dropped into the canal and sank. A frustrating hour an a half later after fishing with a boat hook, finding it once bringing it to the surface then dropping it again, Pete lying on his stomach across the back deck, me trying to keep the boat steady in one place, we gave up. Bridge 139 on the Oxford canal has claimed our pristine chimney. We had a funeral for it.
Still, we did light the fire and apart from a little blow back, it was fine. Don't quite know what made Pete decide to take our old chimney back to our house where it can serve no purpose whatsoever, sitting in the shed as it is. It would be useful to have it here even if it doesn't look as smart as the new one did. Hey ho. :-/
Location:Cropredy
Who were the funeral directors? We would like to make a donation to the Save the Chimney Fund!
ReplyDelete'Burns and Splash' of Cropredy ........ There will be a wake, it's behind the boat!
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