They're Out!

The holiday boaters were out with a vengence this weekend and I was more than happy to assist with locks, even when a 'crew' of five or more stayed on board while Jill and I did all the work: did my smile slip, no, not a bit.  I really don't feel the need to refer to happy holiday makers as 'idiots' like some.  Our first taste of  boating was as hire boaters some twenty odd years ago and we loved it, we were totally smitten and if the finances had allowed it we would have been on the CUT in a trice - but of course like the majority of people, the money was not there and we had to wait for our retirement and our dream.  
So when I had to grab the centre line of a hire boat that had gone awol across the cut while the crewman was watching the lock and then walk back down the cut to organise a 'queue' out of the melee that was developing for the lock (our boats were waiting to go down) it was a real pleasure.  I would hate to pour cold water on someone's holiday; who knows they may be a new convert and in twenty years they might just  be venturing on their new life on the canals and I will be but a memory...