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Narrow Boats #1

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Proper narrow boats are about 72ft long, no more than 7ft wide, once working boats, now mostly converted to living accommodation with satellite TV and all mod cons. It’s a squeeze in these floating passageways: “Breathe in while I come past” or “Go on, you go first”. No place in truth for claustrophobiacs of a generous girth.
Narrow boats pass serenely by my windows every day like slow motion trucks on a motorway, their weather beaten drivers upright at the stern, leaning on a rail, tiller in hand with nowhere to sit, perched on a pocket handkerchief of a deck.

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    Neville Hunt over 5 years ago

    A wonderful picture, Steve. I can visualise you standing with a hand on that tiller... and the other on a G&T... but maybe it’s better just watching from your window. That way you have a hand free to pour the next.

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