What 3 words…
Coming into the lovely Wheaton Aston on a grey drizzly day, I think we’ve got this. Boat removed from her place of sale, bills all settled; worryingly she is now entirely our problem – I’m fairly sure that I shouldn’t be excited by this and am also quite sure it will come back to bite me on my ample derrière. In the whole 3 hours we have been travelling, I’ve moved the boat, moored up and managed to get the gas to work so we can put the kettle on. So far the only incident worth noting has been the ‘finding of the keys’ (I’m using the voice of doom in my head as I type that!). I have to admit, Erin and I are feeling pretty smug, we’ve moored just before a little bridge and are awaiting the return of the my car.
Sorry, I meant the return of Keith and the youngest daughter, not just the safe return of my car…
Verifying. Submerged. Second. The 3 little words generated by the three little words app and also, coincidently, also on the marvellous OpenCanalMap app (we are not affiliated in any way, I just like them because they work). All the user needs to do is type them into the app and there will appear a little map with that specific location. Genius. Not for my lot, apparently. Erin and I moored, identified our what 3 words and texted them to Keith and Millie. We sat back, ate some cake and waited. And waited. And waited a bit more. Eventually, we have a phone call: the what 3 words thing doesn’t work, it’s rubbish, I can’t find you, where are you? On the canal, by Slab lane, Wheaton Aston. Where’s that? I’ve no idea but there is a pretty bridge and cows to my right in a large field looking far more contented than I’m currently feeling. Where is Slab Lane? Wheaton Aston, look on a map. I don’t have one. You’re in my car, it’s got satnav…
What 3 words is a game changer when you’re playing hunt the narrowboat , much easier than “somewhere in Hopwas by bridge 37”
Loving reading this Claire, bringing back lots of lovely memories of our narrow boating adventures