Bits and Bobs

I thought I would try and do some sort of guide to the River here, and maybe too of our travels over the Fens.  Nicholson never did update his guide of 1986, and although the Imray Guides to the area are very informative, I have already found a lot of out-dated information.  Perhaps a page on what I see when I pass, including where we have found moorings deep enough… and maybe I might put in some of the walks that I have found too.

It was raining this morning, so I thought I would take a look around and see if there were any new boaters blogs, as this is the time of year when people are thinking of venturing out for the summer… sure enough I came across a couple that have been newly started… I have added them to my boaters blog on the left of the main page.. I am sure that Andrew Denny at Granny Buttons will promote and encourage more posts from these new writers

Maria Jessie

David from Kennilworth writes..

 “The first pieces of steel were laid in December 2004 , and delivery planned for May 2005. Now in March we are well on track and getting very excited that we have only a few weeks to go before we take delivery of our brand new boat.”

There are some excellent pictures of how Maria Jessie is coming along…. the sign writing is excellent too!

boats and cruising

Les Biggs started his blog of his travels just last month… and he isn’t too far away from us either!

 “What i intend to do on my blog is create a diary of events leading up to the launch of the narrowboat "VALERIE". I will include details of selling the house ordering the boat etc. After i begin my adventure i will update on a daily basis as i cruise.”

Les has a few comments dotted about on his blog already………. and one particular comment I saw really did tickle me to send me into fits of giggles this morning….

Comment….

 HAROLD, SHEFFIELD said...

I HOPE SHE DONT SINK LIKE MINE, HAD MINE BUILT OVER 9 MONTHS AND IT BLOODY SUNK AFTER 5 HOURS IN THE WATER.

Ha! talk about encouragement!!

And a little ‘tongue-in-the-cheek’ oddy that I found, that took me quite some time to decipher!  It must be my age…..   This the writing from a 12 year old who lives on a narrowboat somewhere…

my shoebox

“hey i thought since i have never said anything about myself on this i better so to start wiht to everyones suprise im only 12, and yes max i am a hippy not a goth just because you only ever see you at school and i have to be all miserable there i look all bright and velevt n rainbowy when im at home and festivals and stuff so.. right i have gone to big hippy fests since i was mini and yer i used to go on nature walks n stuuf. there is just one thing i have to show you my strpiy trousers yey!!! im the little one at the front (obviously) just looking through the photo albums i realsied what a dedicated father i have most of the stuff in there was like his fishing trips and the brewery at the end of the road being knowed down? ive added an extra picture int here of me on a train wearing my angelica t-shirt(i so wanna find one of them again) but i thought it looked cute so.. there are some really bad picture of me in pink flowery dresses n stuff on my narrowboat but no way is anyne going to see them i live with my mum n dad n my bro n a dog called albert (collie cross jack russell) n my terrapin called pythagoras n millions of fish n i mean millions i really reallt love swimming n stuff n i like my narrowboat cos it so rocks n i cant be arsed to write anymore cos my bro wants to cum onthe computer dont ask y he cant use one fo the other 3? but gtg bye!!! “

Ha!  Well I wonder if you all understood that lot!   This is from a youngster who is using MSN pages.  Interestingly, when clicking back to the main page, I couldn’t find this particular posting…. It seems the writer might live live in a pineapple under the sea!!  But hey it’s a youngster, who am I to know how the youngsters of today live or even think!!

Hope you enjoy…