Monday, 7 June 2010

Small boat adventure

One of the oft-neglected traditions of the office is to take the a small boat on a tour of the world. Barnabus is a model of an Optimist dinghy and she/he, or her/his predecessor, have travelled widely throughout the world.

Her/his latest trip was to Central Europe where the heavens opened and the river Hornad was turned into a raging torrent causing devestation: flooding houses and tearing up railways lines. These were not the best conditions for a small boat, especially as the river flows eastwards and the next stop would have been the Black Sea. Reluctantly, she/he made her way back across Europe by overnight train, trying to resist the temptation to indulge in the limited food available.

The good news is that she is now safely back in Falmouth, unharmed and looking forward to the next adventure.