If anyone had looked at this moribund blog in the past couple of weeks, they would have seen that my ‘Count Up’ ticker of how long I have owned Chertsey had disappeared. This is because I no longer own her, after:
After nearly seven years of hardly boating at all I finally bit the bullet, and have found a new custodian to pass Chertsey on to. I couldn’t be more pleased that she should shortly be hard at work again, helping to maintain waterways infrastructure across the system.
Thanks to everyone who helped bring that about, and to all the wonderful people I met through owning and loving an old boat. I have so many amazing memories, challenges I’ve met, skills I’ve developed, places I’ve seen, and above all the sheer joy of steering that big, graceful beast.
If you want to keep / get in touch, my email is still the same, or of course you can leave a comment here. It would be lovely to hear from you.
Thank you for giving us the news many just disappear. Also thank you the blogs.... going back to Warrior and Bakewell the butty iirc and the sea going refit that I can't remember the name of. I've read most of them over the years and shared your journey and got great enjoyment. Pleased it sounds like Chertsey is in good hands for the next chapter, but sad you like so many of the bloggers I've avidly read are hanging up the windlass - or maybe I've just made a massive assumption. Regardless best wishes for the future
ReplyDeleteThank you Nev - I still enjoy reading your blog. Hopefully there are new people coming into the boating world - if not the blogging one.
DeleteI was honoured to have the pleasure of meeting you in the past. I'm pleased to hear both you and Chertsey are still around, albeit in different ways. Please keep looking after yourself.
ReplyDeleteThank you Paul - I have wonderful memories of joining you on your surveys of the Sheffield and Chesterfield canals - not to mention the Tram Train! - and I learnt a great deal in the process.
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