110. Lack of juice
On the journey home from Wallingford and around Mapleduram, the Captain reported that we were about to run out of juice and this of course was not his fault but the lack of observation on the crew and that thieving robbing man at Red line marine who refused to give us an extra few gallons for free...gone are the days of true gentleman and in their place we have old boys still trying to make a living by robbing the rich to help to support themselves the poor.
If you are about to run out of fuel and need to stop to refuel make sure that you have an emergency supply to hand and preferably try to do it when it isn’t raining and if you need to moor make sure that you do so by places displaying “No Mooring “ signs. You may even be more lucky and see signs saying” Private Mooring”,”Strictly No Mooring” or “Strictly Private No Mooring at All Times”
Who these people think they are, we don’t know” but we would have liked to have told them exactly who we thought they were” and this wouldn’t have taken much of an effort. Unfortunately for us, no sport was to be had and we moored up on the banks of the grounds of Hardwick House.
“D’ya know anything about the house Captain?” inquired The First Mate “. Not a lot “ came the reply “ But I know a bit “said The Cabin Boy “It’s owned by some Baron bloke and I think that that King Charles, who had his head chopped off used to play bowls on the grass just over there and that guy who wrote the Wind in The Willows based his Toad of Toad Hall on it.
“Why did King Charles get topped then Billy? “ asked the Captain” Well he thought he was above parliament and the law and that he could do as he wanted because he was a divine individual chosen by God for the role of King. Well the tyrannical King tried to overrule people’s rights and liberties and so parliament put him on trial for treason. Well he was found guilty and had his head chopped off in public
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