Boats, Blogs and Boos
I knew that I would get along just fine with Neil Watson, even before we finally met for the first time at the weekend. A Boat for my Pot Plants was one of my first online introductions to Wivenhoe, just ahead of the Great Escape over the summer months.
Enjoying a bottle of beer together on board his lovely little boat on Saturday afternoon, pretty much summed up what m’blog is all about: exploring ideas online, and then making friendships offline and working together in the real word on local issues. This is a theme that thankfully seems to have a great deal of support of around these parts.
Much like myself, Neil is relatively new to Wivenhoe. He has a head start on me, but has wasted no time over the past year in reaching where I would love to be in twelve months time - namely owning boat, and having a brilliant quayside mooring right outside the Rose and Crown.
Neil has been documenting this project online, via his Boat for my Pot Plants blog. The title says it all - a blog explaining why Neil has a boat, as well as using it as a springboard to develop new ideas and adventures.
Having followed Neil online for a short while, it was inevitable that we would hook up at some stage outside the Quay. Emails were exchanged; phone calls were made, and soon I was walking the plank (quite literally) and taking up a seat all aboard the good ship Pot Plant.
Neil has grand plans to use his prime location quayside during the summer months, to offer a service to locals sitting around by the Rose and Crown. Tentative plans are being hatched for Radio Wivenhoe, which may (or may not) being slightly hazy along legal lines.
I very much liked Neil’s approach of try it, and see what will happen. It is an attitude that has served me well online, and then following through offline. Sure, you get the setbacks and the cynics, but ultimately, it is all about giving it a go and seeing where the tide takes you.
And so yeah - the dream of Neil to have a boat for his pot plants has paid off. I feel that both our North Essex adventures have only just started.
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