I'm sorry to report that the Ridley Hall punt, Penny, suffered a fatal injury over the weekend. Over time her base had become rotten, and it just took somebody to stand in her to produce a reasonably sized hole. Fortunately this happened close to home, and in the presence of Chris, our friendly punt deacon. For future reference if this ever happens to you, simply sit everybody in one end of the punt to counteract the torrent pouring in the other end whilst making quick headway back to the mooring point.
The punt was given by an ordinand a number of years ago in memory of his wife Penny, who died whilst he was training at Ridley. Now that Penny the Punt has been retrieved and returned to dry land at college her nameplates will be removed and he will give them to his daughters.
Since then, Chris has been busy negotiating with local punt companies and has come up with an amazing deal that enables us to have unlimited use of commercial punts at advantageous rates with none of the expense or hassle of ownership.
This all comes mere weeks after my family took Penny out for a spin. Very nice, but slightly soggy feet at the end. Now we know why.
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