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Once again, another busy week of rolling out of bed at 9, watch a bit of M*A*S*H*, followed by some Stargate action. Yes, my mornings aren't exactly bristling with activity.
I had my trailer (Bernie the battleship) home this week, to make add a few minor upgrades. I have now replaced the wooden block and hooks that were temporary measures a year ago (they lasted well), and I now have some shiuny metal ones instead. I have also put some new rear light clusters on the trailer. That shockingly means that I now have road legal lights - that actually work! Amazing!
But once again, the most exciting parts of my week fall back on my weekend. Saturday was very exciting. First mum and I went and got lunch. Then after an afternoon of heavy TV watching, we managed to go and run a shuffleboard evening in the name of Lancing & Sompting Lions club. It doesn't really matter what a shuffleboard evening is, all you need to know is that is raises money. Well, on Saturday night, takings were down a little (in aid of MacMillan Cancer Support). So I told them that the club would pay the remaining £62 to make it up to £200. With no senior lion there, I didn't really have permission to do this. I haven't told the club yet...
But the real excitement of my week has been today. It was another NTC kayak training day, in the delightful waters of Chichester Canal Basin. That's right, everything you need to catch just about any water based disease going: litter, rusting barges, overgrown weeds, and the ever pleasant floating dead birds (no really, it's true). Oddly enough though, the water still tastes nice and fresh.
To get to the canal, we first had our usual fiasco of how to get all the cadets there. At TS Intrepid, we do have one minor problem - about a million cadets, and only muggins here (thus one car) going. I know that I had hinted at this before, but I feel that I do need to restate my position once again:
WE NEED A CHUFFING MINIBUS!!!!!!!
15 cadets in one car does not go! When will anyone listen to me? I know that Ernie is an amazing car, but when will anyone realise, that amazing as Ernie is, he is no TARDIS, and no, he is not bigger on the inside, than he is on the outside.
Having said that, I did get to play with some new toys today. Firstly, I was finally allowed to tow the new TS Intrepid box trailer. £2,500 worth of Ivor Williams trailery goodness. And it was really good as well. Lovely to tow along, brilliant to reverse. Not to mention the oodles of cargo space. Big enough in fact, to carry the second of the new toys we were playing with.
(I'm now missing brand new Family Guy as well. I hope you're happy now.)
Our fleet of 6 new Tek Sport 240 kayaks (with all the fixings). And they did great. Really good fun, and I thinks the kids really enjoed them as well.
Having had a great day (thanks to TS Sturdy, and their instructors), we all got changed, dried off, and we were gathered around the big trees chatting. Thanking Graham and Julie for their hard work, and looking forward to seeing them next time yadda yadda ya. When suddenly (pause for dramatic effect) we heard some tyres screeching, as a car came to a sudden stop. Many of us we ready to start jumping in to save people, but the learner driver had managed to stop their red Vauxhall Corsa before landing it in the canal.
Oddly enough, the car had stopped at a funny angle, and it stayed that way for sometime. As we stood on the opposite bank of the canal, laughing at them, making comments about whether they had Buoyancy Aids, a police car pulled out gently from the police station up the road, casually put on his blue flashing lights, and parked up behind the car, that nearly did it's best impression of a submarine. If the almost crash hadn't scared the poo poo out of the learner driver, then the friendly policemen stepping out of the car, menacingly putting on their hats certainly did.
And as if that wasn't enough excitement for one day, when I returned home, there was a serious situation in progress. So seroius, fire engines were rushing up the road, with lights flashing, sirens wailing. Of course they were nothing to do with us, but it was a scary situation. The Montecat had escaped! I don't think that I have ever mentioned the Montenator in a post, but Monty is our cat. He is a bit like the Mr. T of the cat world. He weighs 18 pounds (which is an awful lot for a cat), and he rarely gets into a fight (because he just stares at other cats, and they think better of it). Anyways, the Monster had escaped!
At the back of out house is a 10ft fence (to keep El Montenaro caged). At dinner time, he was nowhere to be found (very unlike him). After some investigation, and a ladder later, Dad found him on the otherside of the fence, miaowing, unable to scale the fence (as I said, he's a heavy cat). So, we dispatched two cars to the factory unit next door (Ian and Mum, and I followed them, as I had just got home). We evnentually got him into a cat box, but we were ready with the high powered tranqulizer rifles. For the safety of the public...
Well that's it from me. There was one other amusing moment this week, but I can't tell you what it is. Well, maybe if you ask me nicely...
If you have nearly crashed into a canal, why not leave a comment, telling us what a crap driver you are.
If you have never nearly crashed into a canal, why not leave a comment, telling us that you've never lived.
Quote of the Week: 'I wonder what colour their underwear is now' said one parent, about the people in the car that nearly ploughed into the canal.
Song of the Month: Cops and Robbers. The Hoosiers. (I really love this band - I even have their album!)
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