Maltese Beauty and a Donkey's D**k

Making the ocean plait mat for the cabin top got me into the ‘ropework’ mood and so on Wednesday night I decided to make Dawn a mast dropper which she has been going on about for twelve months. She only want’s one so she can talk about it (it’s only because of it’s alternative name which refers to a donkeys appendage.)

I am only doing a short blog tonight as I am sooo tired. We had friends visit us last night and they did not leave until after 2.00am this morning. Paddy and Lucy Courtney live aboard a 60’ narrowboat at Nantwich and are on their summer cruise and contacted us to say they were coming past our house so we suggested that the moor at the bottom of the garden and spend the night with us as we have not seen them for about 5 years

They both retired two years ago sold everything and bought a boat to live on and are enjoying every moment. Spent most of the night talking canals on such subjects as ‘cabin roofs’ ‘nice places where to park’ and places with ‘tight corners’ what’s all that about? One thing that did come out of the conversations which I never knew about Paddy was that although I knew he did his stint in the Royal Navy, I never knew he actually spent a year with the RN’s canal based submarine and frigate. Which had been talked about recently on CWF.

We popped down to our moorings to show them Minnow and start the Bolinder for them, then it was back to our house for drinks and nibbles.

We had a cracking evening catching up, Thanks Pat & Lucy and have a good trip down the Coventry, and as always, don’t bang ‘em about

Blossom