attacked at Cliveden!

[thamesS23]

Didn't get down to the boat until late on saturday afternoon, so we thought we would just head up to Clivedon for a quiet night. Lots of boats moored up there when we arrived, but saw a free space on the path, so headed in to moor up. The wife stepped of and went and held the front of the boat whilst I grabbed the rear ropes. Had just started to bang the mooring pins in, when I heard what I thought was a fly buzzing around my ear, only then to suddenly feel a few stings on my leg. Looked down to see I was getting covered in wasp's and realised I was under attack. Got stung about 7 times in total, on the legs, back and the earlobe! - very painful.

We abandoned that mooring very quickly! Headed further upstream to cookham so that if there was any problems at least we could of jumped in a taxi.

I am assuming that the noise of the mooring pins being banged in was what upset them and caused them to attack. Just be careful if mooring up at Cliveden (it was the second mooring on your right as you headed upstream).

 

[Sulley]

Ouch!

We were moored in front of you on Saturday night at Cookham, we just about managed to squeeze into the last available space

 

[thamesS23]

was it a Bayliner? Wasn't expecting to find a spare mooring when we came to cookham ourselves due to it being late on saturday but managed to find one.

 

[Sulley]

Yes it is a Bayliner, we had to moor off the bank which involved a bit of wading and some long lines!

 

[No Regrets]

The Wasps were probably upset that their nest had been washed off the Tree by your Wake then

 

[Andrew_Fanner]

You may have broken a wasp. This releases a pheromone that causes any wasp in the area to get very angry indeed and look for things that are not other wasps in order to sting them. Its a hive defence mechanism that can have painful results. Been there etc.

If we can eliminate smallpox why not the wasp?

 

[Captain Coochie]

So if you dress up like a wasp you wont get stung ?

 

[thamesS23]

heard from someone in the marina that the nest is still there and very active. Apparantly a narrowboat had moored up in the same spot, and had to move of pretty sharpish this weekend when they noticed all the wasp's.

 

[boatone]

heard from someone in the marina that the nest is still there and very active. Apparantly a narrowboat had moored up in the same spot, and had to move of pretty sharpish this weekend when they noticed all the wasp's.

So, has anyone notified the National Trust so that they can do something about it? Their moorings I believe so they will lose revenue if its not useable.

 

[teddington_lock]

A good splash with some BBQ lighter fluid / petrol and a match will have the desired effect.

 

[Riverleak]

A good splash with some BBQ lighter fluid / petrol and a match will have the desired effect.

TUT! TUT! Isn't Lighting a fire on the Towpath an offence covered by the Thames Conservancy Act 1938?

 

[teddington_lock]

LOL , i guess so.

 

[lenseman]

TUT! TUT! Isn't Lighting a fire on the Towpath an offence covered by the Thames Conservancy Act 1938?

Your not lighting a fire, just discarding some old BBQ fuel and just when you had finished you got stung so you discarded at lit match . . . oh such a shame.

 

[Riverleak]

Your not lighting a fire, just discarding some old BBQ fuel and just when you had finished you got stung so you discarded at lit match . . . oh such a shame.

Don't let the EnvironMENTAL AGENCY catch you disposing of oil/petroleum products in an unenvironMENTALLY way near the river!!!!!!