Good Morning Early Birds!

[waterboatman]

Monday. At last I've got some internet. I don'y know hen it went off, but I've only just got it back.

A bit frosty this morning. With a bit of luck it will warm up a wee bit.

Tiggy fast asleep after his wee wander round the garden looking a bit bemused a few days ago.

Domesticity today, out this evening.

Have a happy day everyone.

[1ozzy]

Morning Boaty, hot as Hades here once again.

Beginning to think I died and went to the wrong place ;-/

So.. a boring day followed by a pleasant evening?

Sounds handle-able to me.

Have a good 'un.

[waterboatman]

Afternoon oz. Yup. It doesn't happen often!

Hows trick in upsidedownland today mate?

[1ozzy]

Puttering along quite well thanks.

And youse?

[waterboatman]

Yup. toddling on mate. Trying to make up my mind what I'm going to avoid doing today. :o} My desk looks like a good runner, I can't see the top of it!

Have you had a good day?

[1ozzy]

Yeah, I have thanks Boaty, a few more issues settled, another table nearly finished.

Bills paid, cold tinnies, dinner planned.

What more could one ask for ;-)

Are you going to have a good day, with a few laughs along the way?

[seekeerz]

Morning/afternoon guys .....we've had steady rain here for the past 24 hours ...glad we're on top of a hill or I'd be calling boaty to bring one of his canal boats to rescue us !! Sorry boaty I know that's not their names but my brains stopped working ....I'm baking for the troops ...or so it seems !!

[1ozzy]

Send me some of your rain Seekz.

Stop hogging it all yourself ;-/

[waterboatman]

I'm sure I'll keep myself amused oz, It doesn't take much!

Afternoon seekz xxx You mean a narrowboat! :o} From the sound of it you need a cruiser. Narrowboats need flat water.

How are you keeping my lovely?

I'm at the top of a hill too. The air is cleaner!

[1ozzy]

Gonna go and peel some spuds.

Make yourself another coffee whilst I'm gone.

Surely some sod has drunk it ;-)

[waterboatman]

You're right oz, some git has, and I have! :o}

[seekeerz]

Fair to muddling actually, boaty xxx how're you ? Of course it's a narrow boat, I was trying to put 'long boat' but I knew it wasn't that !!

Ozzie I'll do all i can with the rain, we've had plenty for now, I'm just concerned we're going to get another hot spell ...40c somewhere in the week :((

[waterboatman]

that's right seekz, the Vikings had longboats. :o} Very good they were too. With their flat bottom they could get right up on the beach. Narrowboats also have a flat bottom, but that is because some narrow canals see the link? are only four feet deep.

[Jackdaw33]

I've just always called them barges.

[1ozzy]

//I'm just concerned we're going to get another hot spell ...40c somewhere in the week//

Been that sort of temp since December here.

Tad unusual, tad unpleasant.

[waterboatman]

Morning jack. A lot of people do that. It doesn't matter unless you're a purist mate. ;o} How are you this morning?

[1ozzy]

Barging in again Jack?

Bring an oar next time and help row;-)

[waterboatman]

oz that is too hot. The hottest I've ever known was 48°C That was Malaysia.

[Jackdaw33]

I'm OK. What's the difference between a barge and a narrowboat, then?

[waterboatman]

At one time, narrowboats were pulled by men.

[waterboatman]

Barges are wider and carry cargo. They are used on wider rivers etc. Some canals are very narrow, hence the name.