An update escapade from Ian (he who narrowboats) Hutson š
Weāve had the heat-wave, weāve had the decidedly cool snap, and now weāre into what England does best ā sort of sunny, a bit stormy, windy, cloudy, wet-dry, warmish take-a-coat-but-never-need-it-unless-you-donāt-take-it weather.
The canal, the clouds, the sun, the wind and every other scrag-end of nonsense that Her Majestyās Meteorological Office can dredge up from the bottom of the global weather barrelā¦
As I sit sittingly at my study desk, to one side (port, or ālarboardā if youāre old-fashioned) I have thick, low, dense grey cloud moving slowly like a Russian army bogged down in mud, to the other (starboard) I have several layers of different breeds of cloud, all at different altitudes, all moving at different speeds and showing small patches of blue sky. The breeze is almost a wind, and is sufficient to make the Cardinalās canvas covers flap like sails being forced the wrong way around Cape Hornā¦
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Thank’ee sir, too kind as always! The clouds have parted a little this afternoon, but the wind has a growing confidence and we are rocking gently, rocking slowly, taking it easy, don’t you know that I have never been… oops, slipped into an old song lyric there. It is good laundry-drying weather, provided that you nail each item to something solid to prevent it being blown away… š
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Gusty (and consistent) wind can give a whole new meaning to the term ātumble-driedā, Ian š
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I could probably tie all of my laundry to one line and then fly it like a kite today… I can just see the headlines now though – “Manchester Airport closed after pilots report high-flying boxer shorts and a tatty string vest blocking the approach”.
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Beats the wrong kind of leaves or snow š
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