NorfolkGreg<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@mlanger" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mlanger</span></a></span> <br>Mum and Dad used to <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/hire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/punts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>punts</span></a> on the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Thames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Thames</span></a> at <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Henley" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Henley</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Wey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Wey</span></a> at <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Guildford" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Guildford</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Godalming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Godalming</span></a> and take we three children on picnics during the 1950s, so we were used to day trips on small open <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/boats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boats</span></a>, but the <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Llangollen" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Llangollen</span></a> trip was the first time we'd been near a <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/canal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>canal</span></a> or stayed overnight on a <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/boat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>boat</span></a> </p><p>Taking place shortly before my 14th birthday did make it a pretty formative event.</p>