Canal Boats and Holidays

[Julie]

Canal Boats and Holidays

 

Canal boats form a birds eye view

They come in singles, ones and two's

Moored together sometimes side by side

Hop on board, let's take a ride!

 

Boats have names like Natalie or Maggie May

There's often pictures or paintings that form part of their play

There's a feminine side to a boat, but some folks change their names

Brave Egbert's an example, it's easy to explain!

 

Narrowboats are slow, they're not driven very fast

Sometimes it feels like they can drive you into the past

They have chimneys that puff, and engines that hum

Everyone is happy and nobody's glum!

 

Travelling under low bridges, stopping, mooring up

Taking your ease, or walking your pup!

Being creative or getting a tan

Walking the towpath, frying eggs and ham!

 

Will the TV work?

It's raining, it's cold

Let's put pen to paper

Tell a story of old

 

There's a kingfisher, there's a swan

One glimpse of a sighting, then sorry it's gone!

A heron appeared right behind the boat

Everyone looked back in shorthand remote!

 

We cast off from Basin End, very early one morn

Three ducks swam beside us, we were happy we were born!

The sun was shining, we had food in our bellies

But we were glad we'd packed three pairs of wellies!

 

The forecast was rain before the end of the day

Then into our beds we'd all gladly lay

The day had been full, the day had been hot

What we needed now was just a small tot!

 

Julie

2019

edited June 2025