Saturday lunch time I went
for a walk round the harbour and found out that the Landseer didn’t sink,
slightly sad about that, I was hoping for a scoop. I did find it tied up on one
of the pontoons near the Haldon Pier with all the seaweed scrapped of its hull.
Not sure why it was moved, maybe something to do with the fact that the inner
harbour is going to be change slightly. The buoys that each boat ties up to at
present are to be replaced by pontoons so boat owners will be able to walk out
to their boats instead of having to get one of those plastic bath tubs from the
slipway and paddle precariously out to their boat. Maybe more boats will get
used in the future. This pontoon system is used in the outer harbour but
somehow lacks the romantic look of small boats tied up and bobbing about on the
waves.
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In the evening I settle
down to watch England beat Wales for the Grand Slam and Six Nations Cup. Half
time came and I was beginning to concede that the Grand Slam was looking
unlikely but still a bit confident the losing margin would be small enough for
England to be top of the Six Nations. Then about 10 minutes into the second
half I remembered that I had a Welsh grandmother which under International
Rugby rules meant I could play for Wales, Well if not exactly play then at
least support the winning side.
The other thing I did on
Saturday was have a wander down our old friend Fleet Street. As the road is to
be open to buses on Tuesday I expected there to be dozens if not hundreds of
work persons beavering away in a desperate attempt to fulfil that promise. Did I
find the place a hive of activity? Men and machines working in unison to archive
to dream?
Did I buggery.
2 comments:
When they said fleet street would reopen on the 19th march did they actually state which year! because 2014 is looking more promising
Well, at least the rugby match went the way it was supposed to!!!!!
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