We have just come ashore from our river odyssey. The Thames has many faces and many moods but was benign for us. I am now happily sifting through my photos and will have to restrain myself from boring the pants off everyone. Meanwhile I made a note of the best/daftest CarryOnBoating names:
WEE-KEN-DOFF
"HI! JACK"
NAUTI GIRL
SUITSUS
WATERTIGHT ALIBI
LAUGHING BUOY
Looks as if I'm dreaming of being Hepburn and Bogart in my very own African Queen. (Forgot to take the pearls off from the night before? One must have standards ha.)
Love the cow photo! I hope you post more of this trip. Years ago a dear friend, now long dead, was married at Magdlen and the reception was held at Henley on a river boat. we toddled up and down the river drinking champagne.
ReplyDeleteBlue, thank you again for looking at my river posts. The Henley scene is indeed glorious in the summer. Would love to take you boating if you're over here one summer!
ReplyDeleteCarry on with you standards, indeed!
ReplyDeleteWould that be part of your
Watertight Alibi??
...And channeling the best of both I might add. Looks like you managed to stay quite civilized while on the river mi'Lady, all Jaunty hat and devastating pearls. Welcome back, GT
ReplyDeletestudioJudith, thank you! Not sure I really know what I was doing, but had fun.
ReplyDeletela, 'channeling the best of both' -nicest thing, almost, anyone has said to me! Thanks.
ReplyDeletelooks like a great trip. we spent a summer on the wye in tewkesbury and watched the barges and boats go up and down the river.
ReplyDeleteP-D Ah, I am glad I have brought back good memories of your summer in Tewkesbury.
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