Goodbye Goole
Friday, September 25, 2009 at 08:31PM Lynn Pease sent me these pictures taken by Alan (Pease, her husband and our boatbuilder). Misterton was picked up by Alan Pratt and his crew on the tug Christine and is now somewhere in the English Channel on her way down to London.
Its been a long time coming, and I feel very excited about getting her to London and a little sad at leaving Goole. We never intended to spend so much time there, but we've met a lot of lovely people and its the place we've spent countless days over the past 18 months.
I also realised for all her life, Misterton has been based within about 20-30 miles of where she was built in Beverly in 1923.
I'm struck by how great she looks compared to a year ago, we've come a long way.
Changes all round then - as Vinnie Jones said 'it's been emotional'.
I'm off for another beer before I start singing sea shanties...... :)
Reader Comments (4)
Congratulations! I really enjoy reading about all your work on her. It's fascinating.
Fingers crossed for a safe landing on your chosen berth after all your hard work, hope a picture or two of Misterton under tow at sea will get to you and on to the blog.
Wish you both well it has been a most interesting blog to read and very well illustrated.
Neil
Hope all went well and Misterton is now safely moored up. Weren't you lucky with the weather. Kept an eye out but unfortunately didn't get to see her being towed down. Well done.
Thanks all for the comments and good wishes, its getting pretty close now!