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Old 12 February 2013, 11:36   #1
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Up river with the Aerotec

I'm finally sorting out some pictures from last summer, and here are a few of the Aerotec at a slightly more relaxed pace than usual.

We have a share in a river cruiser on the Thames, and decided that we needed a tender. So I took the SIB down to Kieron at RIB shop to get some rowlocks fitted, and bought a little 5hp outboard to avoid the temptation of getting into trouble by roaring up and down the river.

The kids enjoyed it, and spent quite a lot of time being towed in the SIB pretending to drive.
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We went on an intrepid expedition, leaving the Thames to head up the River Thame to Dorchester. A bit shallow in places, and more overgrown than it was went I was last there about ten years ago, but we made it
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Even went swimming and tested the waterproof camera!
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did you wear the big boots?
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No, the big boots that made such an impression on you are alas no more. I was mostly wearing big sandals. Without socks.
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very trendy
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Is that old MTB still moored up east of Henley?
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I don't remember seeing one
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eeyurk .. the watar is full of green stuff
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I don't remember seeing one
Shame, that thing used to fascinate me. I couldn't work out why anyone would want to take the engines out of something that sexy for more living space when I'd have happily slept between them...
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