Monday, 2 July 2012

Anti-social Muppets

Last night, snugly tucked up in bed and asleep we were rudely awoken by a  'walking, female loud hailer'.  The noise was being generated by a Numpty standing on the roof of a narrowboat and shouting instructions to an equally loud helmsman.
 
It is 11.15pm, all the boats moored at Little Thetford are in 'lights-out' mode when this crew of Muppets arrive and proceed to pass the moorings, shout at friends on the bank, who answered them of course, wave torches about and then wind their boat with full shouted commentary and accompanying engine revs.  They then get stuck on the far bank and have to pole it off ensuring that we all have a detailed live commentary on their activities.  The mobile-loud-hailer stationed on the boat roof then spots a likely place to moor, and amid shouts of 'will it fit, won't it fit, yeah, no, maybe', they succeed and get moored in the only space available, button to button with Yarwood.

Then our anti-social neighbours, having been asked by Himself what the **** they think they are doing at this hour, reduce the shouted instructions and moonlight commentary to a mere loud conversation level and continue in this manner until after 2am.

Himself managed to get back off to sleep

I didn't...and I am not impressed.


 The Numpty boat

No name, but ..

PS. Derek has informed me that boat is called Savannah Breeze

6 comments:

  1. SAVANNAH BREEZE Built by Narrow Boat in 1987 - Length 19.51 metres (64 feet ) - Beam 2.1 metres (6 feet 11 inches ) a Diesel Inboard engine with a power of 49HP. Registered with EA Anglian Region number G17021 as a Motor boat. Last registration recorded on 11/07/2007.
    According to Jim Shead

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    1. Thank you Derek, I will amend the blog.
      Lesley

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  2. Pity we left then, but then maybe if we were still there they would have come upsides you! Gawd!

    Amend the blog again.. Savannah Breeze not Summer..
    ;-)

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  3. Amended Sue. We could have set Vic on them!!
    Lesley

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  4. Oh that is one side of Vic you didn't see.. He isn't in to any type of antiboater behaviour.. Makes my cheeks red often! ;)

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    1. His contribution would have been welcome and justified..

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