On piling his pick up truck into the back of several vehicles, Andy Swanbourgh on being accused by me of speeding, and driving too close behind the car in front, blamed the cars in front for stopping too quickly, and really believed this, the insurance companies however, just couldn't see it his way.
Nigel Blackmun on getting a poor quality assurance audit result, in that the bait boxes placed around the customers property, were dirty and looked like he had not checked them for ages, on being challenged with this replied that " there are spiders in some of them, and I hate spiders " It was pointed out to him that this may not be acceptable for somebody in the Pest Control industry !!
Today, I heard another, Ali on taking her cakes out of the oven and finding that they had not risen evenly, blamed ME for it! as I had walked along the side of the boat making it rock-----honestly what next.
The cake of course turned out well ( don't they always with Ali ) Our walk to Bampton also went the way we expected, a four mile round trip, taking three and a half hours, lost the path within the first 10 minutes, nettle stung, tired, frayed tempered and all we did was post a letter.
Typical flat Oxfordshire countryside, and many poorly signed footpaths
Nice shady woodland, with a clear path, but to where ?
We must have stopped speaking to catch this chap unaware
We think, ready to harvest
And a fair mornings work it will be ! love the colours
We found Bampton eventually - this pub is called The Morris Clown - clown seems right for walkers without maps and water
We were so lost, we thought maybe we had gone back in time, on seeing the traditional drying !
Now, back on the boat, a late breakfast inside us, and two tired dogs, we can almost laugh about it,... almost, and curse the farmer who had fenced off the main path, to keep sheep in the field, the start of our.....err detour and extended walk.
Bye for now,
Baz and Ali.
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