Buggerlugs is Back
Buggerlugs is back on her mooring at Fettlers to a great relieve of Noreen she has done a superb job with the help of Kath and John who I cannot praise enough, It must have been difficult for John as John’s boat is a lot shorter than Buggerlugs. Also buggerlugs is a very heavy boat with a big deep draught, consequently it takes a lot to turn her round something that John experienced in the first few 100 yards as the boat had to be turned to head for Birmingham, as usual the winding hole was to small for a 60ft but John persevered and managed to turn her using aa 96 point turn but he did it and where better to get familiar with the handling of a boat than a very tight winding hole after that familiarisation it was then foot down to Birmingham gas street it was then on to the Wolverhampton flight which they accomplished in a record 2hrs and 15 minutes even though the penultimate lock was broke as the back gate would not close they called BW but before they arrived John had persuaded it to close (brute force) then as far as the Audlem flight was quite uneventful though I was amazed at the amount of miles they were covering in a day John had a bit of an embarrassing moment at Audlem we all no how congested it gets around the water point there is never anywhere to wait. Anyway he managed to get around that little problem and they set forth to Middlewitch, all credit to john all those terrible locks and tight turns around kings lockwere negotiated without and bump and without the use of buggerlugs bow thrusters. Kath has developed a new style of getting off the boat its called the Buggerlugs Para Roll it entails jumping 6ft onto the bank and rolling onto your shoulder whilst bringing your legs into the upright position. Something I intend to practise when all my fractures are healed?????? I think with could these methods of getting off the boat, diving into the water and blacking inspection, we revolutionise Boating to become a Olympic sport ???????
Mr Bamber joined the crew at Anderton (we say Mr Bamber because having two Johns on board things gets very confusing. Mr B however wanted to know just how powerful buggerlugs was and when his turn for the helm came he decided to try and get Buggerlugs to climb a tree something Buggerlugs refused to even contemplate. The rest of the trip was almost uneventful except Boothstown having no deisel and getting back to Rufford on fresh air.
I must also put in here a thanks to Alan Hall for transporting every one around
I cannot thank the Johns and Kath enough for their help in bringing Buggerlugs home
As I have said before Canal folk are a special breed and are always willing to pitch in and get the job done
Thanks
Buggerlugs is back on her mooring at Fettlers to a great relieve of Noreen she has done a superb job with the help of Kath and John who I cannot praise enough, It must have been difficult for John as John’s boat is a lot shorter than Buggerlugs. Also buggerlugs is a very heavy boat with a big deep draught, consequently it takes a lot to turn her round something that John experienced in the first few 100 yards as the boat had to be turned to head for Birmingham, as usual the winding hole was to small for a 60ft but John persevered and managed to turn her using aa 96 point turn but he did it and where better to get familiar with the handling of a boat than a very tight winding hole after that familiarisation it was then foot down to Birmingham gas street it was then on to the Wolverhampton flight which they accomplished in a record 2hrs and 15 minutes even though the penultimate lock was broke as the back gate would not close they called BW but before they arrived John had persuaded it to close (brute force) then as far as the Audlem flight was quite uneventful though I was amazed at the amount of miles they were covering in a day John had a bit of an embarrassing moment at Audlem we all no how congested it gets around the water point there is never anywhere to wait. Anyway he managed to get around that little problem and they set forth to Middlewitch, all credit to john all those terrible locks and tight turns around kings lockwere negotiated without and bump and without the use of buggerlugs bow thrusters. Kath has developed a new style of getting off the boat its called the Buggerlugs Para Roll it entails jumping 6ft onto the bank and rolling onto your shoulder whilst bringing your legs into the upright position. Something I intend to practise when all my fractures are healed?????? I think with could these methods of getting off the boat, diving into the water and blacking inspection, we revolutionise Boating to become a Olympic sport ???????
Mr Bamber joined the crew at Anderton (we say Mr Bamber because having two Johns on board things gets very confusing. Mr B however wanted to know just how powerful buggerlugs was and when his turn for the helm came he decided to try and get Buggerlugs to climb a tree something Buggerlugs refused to even contemplate. The rest of the trip was almost uneventful except Boothstown having no deisel and getting back to Rufford on fresh air.
I must also put in here a thanks to Alan Hall for transporting every one around
I cannot thank the Johns and Kath enough for their help in bringing Buggerlugs home
As I have said before Canal folk are a special breed and are always willing to pitch in and get the job done
Thanks
2 comments:
I to would like to thank both johns ,kath and alan
THANKYOU
Hi Al and Noreen,
I'm so glad to read your latest blogs and to hear that you're feeling so much more chirpy and that your recovery is going well. God is so very good. Here's to a swift and complete return to health. And well done Noreen for coping with such a difficult time and getting the boat back home. All the best.
Catherine x
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