With Darrell safely ensconced a La Chicken Coup with Hugh, his best friend and mentor of all things de rigueur and a la mode, Nigel has been at a bit of a loose end, but yesterday while out walking along the river looking for swimmers he happened upon a very interesting poster.
It seems there has indeed been a purpose to all the comings and goings we’ve been observing (and recording) under our bridge, which now we’ve had a think about it, must have something to do with the floods of October 2019 ……
It seems that our frontal footpath is to be closed from tomorrow (28th July) in order for Network Rail to work on “the pier and abutments”, how exciting is that?
And, it’s going to be closed for at least 22 weeks but no longer than six months! That’s a awfully long time, which in turn will mean a lot of river bound manly activity …… and, dare I say, much observation of a window type nature chez The Towers. Nigel is going to be beside himself, however I have already told him that the provision of abundant but prohibitive trays of tea, coffee and chocolate Hob Nobs cannot be a neighbourly option, over the coming months the odd wave and cheery hello will have to suffice.
This exciting development also beggars so many questions, like what about all the fisherman and their weekend matches, will the trains still be able to run, what about all the boats that continually pass under it and what about the swimmers???
……. AND what are the chances of them giving us a zip wire (as Mr D suggested only last week) to make the school run that much easier? Some very interesting days ahead no doubt ………
2 comments:
I can imagine lots of curtain twitching going on.
I hope you haven't told Nigel about the zip wire.
Can the fishermen access their spots, from further along the riverbank?
Oh it's all about to get very exciting in the towers. JantheFan x
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