John writes:
>someone had left a plastic boat in the winding hole.
Happened to me at the end of the Welford Arm.
It was blowing an absolute gale (as usual) and I
turned into the winding hole to find a wooden rowing
boat tied up in it. By dint of much cursing and
speedwheel winding I avoided splintering the rowing
boat, but the wind flung me across the cut at an
incredible speed and I crashed (in spite of all my
efforts to stop it) sideways into a very very very
VERY shiny new narrowboat tied up opposite the winding
hole (where it presumably shouldn't have been tied).
A male person in a pinky-purple romper suit appeared
out of this boat and looked at me in a manner that
suggested that he was in the grip of some powerful
emotion. "Harjerdo", said I, not being totally without
the social skills necessary for such an encounter.
I then reversed back down the arm and tied up without
winding.
We did see Mr Rompers a day or so later on the Market
Harborough arm and he looked at me with what could
only be described as an unfriendly and fishy eye.
Dave
NB ContactSport
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