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August 12, 2020 at 2:36 pm #1558060

blinky465

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@sundancer – I got excited when I saw “on the road again” and thought “I wonder how Canned Heat will cover than one? Could be interesting…” (then pressed play and realised it wasn’t the song I was thinking of!)

I went to meet up with family for the first time in about five months yesterday (it was at a National Trust gardens somewhere near Oxford, which seemed a fair compromise as we were driving up from Brighton, and they down from Birmingham). Mrs Blinky suggest we took the van up the day before and stayed overnight – we stayed at a campsite called “The Pig Place” where a few people starting playing some country (acoustic) music as the sun went down while we sat around on the outdoor settees, by the side of the Oxford Union Canal. It was beautiful.

I think we’re going to have to get a canal boat again (we lived on one for a few years, about ten years ago). Which means not going back to “regular” working hours is going to be all the more important! Shame that the prices on boats has gone crazy this year (hopefully the market will calm down in a few months, as people realise the winter mooring fees are quite a spendy way of getting a “cheap holiday” for the summer, and look to sell their boats again!)