Girls Girls Girls

Firstly to last night!  It was nearly midnight when we had two late night visitors to the side hatch.  Elaine was showing Bombo the view from the side hatch when a couple of young ladies came over to see him - they were just on their way home after a night out.  We all got talking and they ended up having some drinks with us ... they sat outside while we stood inside the boat and we had a good chat and a laugh!

Nice to meet you Natalie and Sam !

Sam loved Sammie, he reminded her of her dog back home in South Africa ... but he just wouldn't turn his head around to get a good photo with him !  

This morning we had another visitor to the side hatch - this was the work colleague of the chap that had collapsed outside the boat yesterday.  She thanked us for our help, she also said that he went to his local hospital to get checked over, his heart was OK but his ICD was faulty and he was having an operation today to have it replaced.

More medical dramas today at the end of the blog!!


Later on this morning we had another visitor to the side hatch ... this time it was the C&RT enforcement officer; apparently we could not stay moored under the road bridge for various reasons, one being that it is classed as a terrorist threat!  She was very nice and said she was just heading off to the basin to issue some tickets to some overstayers, so suggested we have a look down there in a little while!!

I took the dogs for a walk and to have a look at the basin to see if there were any spaces available. I was in luck - there was one spot, plus the enforcement lady was busy putting notices on boats.  By the time I went back to the boat and started reversing down the arm two more boats were leaving ... her threat to ticket them worked - we now had the choice of three spaces ... magic!

Today I was going to be surrounded by girls!  Elaine's sister was coming for visit with her two daughters and two grandchildren. Plus one of the daughters was bringing Ted, the dog.

El's nieces Leyna on the left and Josie ...

El's great niece, Evie ...

El's great niece, Connie ...

 

We had a lovely lunch on the pontoon, there was also a very good Michael Buble tribute singer in the square, serenading us!

We all took turns keeping an eye on the girls whilst they fished ...

Connie and Evie, who caught lots of fish and released all of them ...

Sammie loved his new friend Ted (a lot!) ...

More fishing ...

El and sister, Julie ...

Here they all are...

...Such a pretty bunch ...

It was a splendid catch up in fantastic 30 degree weather again!

We did have some boys, although Ted did have a bow in his hair ...

Josie had to leave at about  17.00, the others stayed for a while longer.  We decided we would go on the tube with them to Charing Cross station to help with the little girls and dog, on the way to the tube we went to see if Kate was in.....not yet!

 

It was so hot and packed in the tube on the way to Charing Cross - on the way back it wasn't too bad but, having gotten so hot and bothered, it would have been rude not to pop into the pub for a swift cooling ale before heading back to the boat!


... and so to tonight's medical drama...

As we were walking back from the pub we spotted a chap, naked apart from his underpants lying under a hedge, in the flowerbed.  He still had electrodes connected to his chest, he had a bandage on one arm and a bloody hole in his other arm!  He was foreign and was mumbling what we thought sounded like, "Help, get police".  (There was one man talking to him as we approached but he seemed to quickly give up on him, there were also a lot of journalists around who were completely ignoring him!)  We were only about 150 metres from the entrance to St Mary's, and there were lots of cops there waiting for Kate to arrive, so we went to tell them what what going on.  The inspector in charge was very efficient ... he sent one PC with us and another to inform the hospital.  When we arrived back at the bushes he was gone ... but a chap said he had seen a half naked man staggering towards the basin.  We then walked up an alley and found him under a fire escape curled up and still moaning, but when he spotted the cop he got very agitated.  So, he sent Elaine to get more help whilst I stayed with him in case he needed a hand to control him.  His mumblings now became a little clearer ... he was saying, "No police, I don't want to go back to jail - I kill"  (!!)   The cavalry arrived shortly afterwards and we left them to it!

Exciting times in Paddo!