blazing fireball at Cookham bridge

[phild501]

Saw this in the local paper: blazing fireball wakes sleeping boatman

Also spoke to some people on Saturday who had their boat taken from Henley on Friday. The boat was later recovered in Marlow lock by police. Easy, you might think to nick a dinghy or day boat but this was a 40 odd ft cruiser. The thief managed not only to start the engines and single hand it through 3 locks but also worked out how to lower the radar arch for the bridges. Bit worrying eh?

 

[boatone]

Some of us were actually at Cookham during that incident.

Did you read the reader comment below the article:

"Posted by: George - Wycombe on 5:31am Thu 28 Aug 08
If the boats had been burned those big boys with their toys may find time to do some real work like the rest of the population."