i love waking up early to see the sunrise it doesn't happen as often as i'd like
but when i do catch it i feel very lucky the world is still asleep and has a quiet
energy about it having this incredible view from mostly just myself makes it even more special
it's that rare time of the day when gazing at the sun can be a normal thing to discuss with
an early dog walker somehow it's not as acceptable to be admiring the sun at noon
i love seeing the fog over the river and trying to get close to rabbits is a new fun game
we are moored in a shallow part of the river in oxford not surprisingly we are beached luckily our
friends matt and mary are visiting us so they're going to help us to get alba off the ground
hello and welcome to disasters with cruising with alba today you find us beached after a tsunami hit
in port meadow now we woke up this morning to find the boat is levitating on this side so we've tried
to push it off we've been in sort of knee height and we've sort of loosened it at the front and
we're beached in this last third section created a massive crater but yeah it's all hands on deck to
reflow alba probably doesn't look like much but when you're inside
it's like this and it really sets your subconscious balance up
after trying every possible option of pushing miles had a bright idea
and uncharted territory don't know where i'm stepping does it survive
uh yes but i might not find it one two three one two three
one two three one two it's not tight the rope is not tight
that's gone down low tonight learning every day i'll do it
okay one two three one two three okay one two three yeah
my miles came up with the method there great okay so by the way i was this wet because i swam before
not because of falling during this and now i'm gonna go for celebration swim yeah
shall we do it might as well might as well
yeah it'll do the front the back is fine and i'm gonna go for a swim yes it's not too bad
i have low expectations why is he coming no yeah
i'm gonna get my t-shirt on
okay i think i'll go on the count of five five four three two one zero
ugh
are you getting hot yet no
you will yeah i'm getting warmer now oh thank you for going for the full on
i went in yesterday
one day i came home and one of the three planks we're using drifted down the river it got stuck
in the nearby tree and miles being the one on board went to rescue it
oh
as this is our fourth spring on the boat some things to our witness daily can seem
quite ordinary to me i watch birds plunging into the river and catching fish swimming deer newly
hatched ducks and geese sometimes we make friends with swans and even get to interact with horses
the sunsets are out of this world as we get the front seats and the unobstructed view
of wide horizons the deep sense of connection is ever-present palatable
and emotional it's impossible to witness the blooming life all around you
and not think of how beautiful the natural rhythms of nature are and how far
our modern world has come to make them redundant ignoring the cycles of the seasons days and nights
moon cycles and anything that doesn't fit a rigid timetable how highly we value productivity
and how little respect we have for our minds our bodies our energy and not surprisingly our planet
who knew that living on a boat would encourage such awareness highlighting the quietest of
activities that were previously thought of as unimportant like watching baby ducks warming
up on the plank after the rain and how much these simple sides can change our perspectives
no just hear that song
can you try ringing it maybe
so you find your phone oh my god after a mild panic i dropped it in and i thought i know it
would be fine it's waterproof and as soon as it went in the speaker went off then you tried
to ring it and it didn't ring and i fast a bit to get in swimwear to go in and then i
was thinking is the river going fast does it is this case a bit buoyant maybe is it taking it off
um and i was like feeling around with my feet and i couldn't find it couldn't find it going all the
way around and i had this realization that i'd lost it and then you had the bright idea
of getting the snorkeller mask out so you saw it so yeah but it was really murky down there
because obviously i've been kicking up all the mud trying to feel it with my feet first so i couldn't
see anything i was like swimming this close to the ground um and then eventually found it
it works i thought i'd lost my phone then that was really painful
well done maybe we should insure it maybe we should enjoy it yeah
is it a month or longer that we haven't done laundry for
it's like three years no we're going to do um a laundromat pit stop um so we're
literally washing everything so we need to wash this cover okay this cover needs washing
free wash
so
my fingers
ah it should go straight to the fingers it doesn't have teeth i don't think
no bubbles hey girls this is for bubbles no bubbles not for the goose
massive ah stop eating my fingers oh goodness there must be a better system here
all right let's do another feed
i'm a duck
oh it's your first jump leave someone paddleboard here crackleboard another mama duck arrived
for feeding and the oats caused a fight two of them could not stay on a paddle board together
there you go you know where to be
is the bubble gonna jump are they gonna jump get away get away doc she doesn't want to go away
mmm
one of my favorite things that happens in oxford
is when the horses come close and allow us to stroke them
massive huge a very wild
they're not wired yeah they're not wild
so
are you pregnant
tell us
no
so beautiful
oh you're beauty
do one more yawn that was amazing
one more yawn
oh thank you
okay
it's just uh very independent isn't it
hungry
those horses are just magical seeing them run around and do whatever they
like and like hug each other and jump around is just incredible
okay
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