The Boat Girls (2007)
“Pip swore that they could see in the dark, like cats, and they played all kinds of tricks to keep ahead. Time was money to them. The sooner they were off, the sooner they delivered their load, the sooner they got paid and the sooner they could start the next trip. They’d make sure of getting away first by quietly loosing off the mooring ropes and then bow-hauling or shafting the boats along the bank before they started up the engine. And if they had the luck to meet another pair coming the othe...r way, they’d be getting a good road with the locks ready for them.
After a quick breakfast Aquila and Cetus set off just as the sun was coming up over the trees, making the overnight frost sparkle. Frances was on the motor with Pip, to lock-wheel for her.
‘I’ll put you and the bike off at the nearest bridge-hole. Your job is to see if the lock’s ready for us. If it isn’t, then make it ready so that by the time I arrive, I can go straight in. But if another pair’s coming the other way and get there first, then you’ll need to warn me so I can wait out of their way.’ Just hop off, Pip had said, with the bike under your arm.MoreLess
After a quick breakfast Aquila and Cetus set off just as the sun was coming up over the trees, making the overnight frost sparkle. Frances was on the motor with Pip, to lock-wheel for her.
‘I’ll put you and the bike off at the nearest bridge-hole. Your job is to see if the lock’s ready for us. If it isn’t, then make it ready so that by the time I arrive, I can go straight in. But if another pair’s coming the other way and get there first, then you’ll need to warn me so I can wait out of their way.’ Just hop off, Pip had said, with the bike under your arm.MoreLess
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