Halfway between Goring and Pangbourne there is a turn and a fork in the river and going down stream. At the junction of the fork, on the channel marker, someone has nailed a full-sized, life like heron to a direction sign.
Isn’t it wonderful that even after twenty years that this piece of plastic is still there and has been theft- proof which just goes to show that there are some honest people about and that must apply to the boating community as a whole. It just goes to show that if you nail something to the top of a 15 foot high pole and surround it by water, the chances of it walking are much reduced.
The sign of the heron is also were the narrow boat “Pica Pica “is moored .This is the latin name for magpie. Jimmy remembers magpies very well and once sent his sweetheart a text message with the simple message “Pica Pica x 2”, or in these hard economic times she may have preferred “Pica Pica x 5” but all that glitters is not gold, but just ask any magpie the same question!
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