Peter Stockdale wrote...
>More like a skating rink at the moment !
>
>http://aqueduct.dnsalias.com/cgi-bin/guestimage.html

<takes deep breath>

Once upon a time you cruised far and wide
You took the lock flights in your stride, didn't you?
People'd call, say, slow down, your water skier's bound to fall
You thought they were all kiddin' you
You used to laugh without stopping
At everybody that was bridge-hopping
But now you don't boat so far
Now you travel more in your car
And you stay in your marina until the next year...

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on the brink
Like a frozen mink
Like a skating rink?

You've gone to the finest chandlery stores, you said,
And the only kind of diesel you used was red
And nobody has ever caught you moored over your time
And now you find out you're hardly ever untying your line
You said you'd never submit
Join the marina camp, but now you admit
You're no longer staying fit
As you stare into the depths of the ice
In a frozen marina you've been in all year...

How does it feel
How does it feel
To be on the brink
Like a frozen mink
Like a skating rink?
-- 
Martin Clark

Internet Boaters' Database   http://www.lock13.co.uk/boats
Pennine Waterways Website    http://www.penninewaterways.co.uk

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