Sunday, June 14, 2015

First Night in Higher Poynton

As it was our first night on board 'The Manly Ferry' we decided to eat to celebrate the start of another adventure.

The closest pub is The Boars Head ...

The food and beer were superb, but we were more interested in what was going on with the fellow drinkers!

I could only pick out a few words of their conversation, it went something like ... 'polish, washing machine, walk around the marina, Ocado delivery, independent giant cross word, postprandial nap, lets run another load', but mostly a constant whine of  'how the fck are we ever going to win at Crick?'

Then the penny dropped - it was the Saturday night Braidbar owners club meeting!  Of course, I should have spotted they were all wearing Braidbar owners club t-shirts!

Before the meeting started they all sang a rousing rendition of 'God Save our Bruce'.

I noticed they wern't drinking beer but a cocktail of Craftmaster polish and washing powder.

The landlord loved them having a meeting at his pub as they polish everything in sight, the brasses were superb.

The meeting carried on for about an hour.  The general gist of it seemed to be that the Braidbar boat must be immaculate at all times, polished to an inch of its life and that Braidbar clothing MUST be worn at all times, including sleepwear!  They were also instructed that the Braidbar boat must stay close to its home base at Higher Poynton for the first five years, it could only then travel to further exotic waters but only with the permission of the illustrious leader Bruce.  All boats MUST have a washing machine which, without fail, was to be run every Monday (Tuesday was allowed in exceptional circumstances).  If any of the members were heard discrediting a Braidbar boat or worse making nice comments about a rival boat make, they were to be executed on the spot! 

As we left a few of them were polishing a car in the carpark.  I couldn't work out what sort of car it was as it had been converted into a replica of a Braidbar.

I should add that The Boars head pub is about 100 metres or so from the Braidbar yard at Higher Poynton and we were moored up a few hundred metres down the canal at Elm Beds caravan park.

We both had a fantastic night's sleep but I was woken at at 4.30 am by a distant chanting of 'Wax on Wax off' ....... Bruce has taught them well.




 

18 comments:

  1. Thanks for the best laugh I have had for a while. Needless to say there are no Braidbar boats in sight on the Gloucester/Sharpness Canal. Hope your trip goes well and you have some fun round Europe.

    All the best, Tony and Helen.

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  2. Like the idea of a *closet* pub...

    I think you owe me several pints of beer ;)

    Best of luck with the latest adventure

    Cheers

    Bruce

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    1. No worries Bruce, as long as its at The Boars Head.

      Glad you took it in good humour.

      Cheers

      Paul

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  3. Very funny, this should get viewers numbers up xx

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    1. Good point, I will have to keep an eye on that.

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  4. Great blog Paul, we laughed till we cried.

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  5. You'd better stay up tonight and guard the motorhome otherwise you could find in the morning its been polished to within and inch of its life and all you laundry is washed.

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    1. That's probably what he is after! Great blog as usual Paul, have fun, hopefully our paths may cross at some point.

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  6. One has got away Paul, I spied a very polished Braidbar boat on the Thames! If I should see it tomorrow I shall enquire if it is running a wash load and report back to Bruce if isn't!

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  7. Can I have some of what you are on please? Great blog.

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    1. Would you believe I dreamt about Braidbars!

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    2. you'll be needing therapy Paul!!! Great blog!

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