Author Topic: Good idea - or daft? (Read 13536 times)

princesspiggy · « **Reply #30 on:** July 05, 2012, 12:41:07 pm »

woohoo we are picking up a boat at weekend!

fotos of "Bagot Island" ....lol the weeds are 3ft high but as wev never set foot/hoof on it, not sure how steep/rutted it is. its man-made.
and our oldest billy, called Billy

hes just gorgeous.

Brucklay · « **Reply #31 on:** July 06, 2012, 10:04:58 pm »

When the launch date...... this is a "much be there occasion"

princesspiggy · « **Reply #32 on:** July 06, 2012, 10:11:57 pm »

we r getting a boat at the weekend, then we'l see if i can row it !! and then see i can row with a billy goat on my knee

ul have to come for a cuppa and a giggle! bring a life jacket tho....lol

bloomer · « **Reply #33 on:** July 06, 2012, 10:32:30 pm »

im sure it will be a fun adventure for the goats,

love the pond, does it have fish in?

princesspiggy · « **Reply #34 on:** July 07, 2012, 12:06:13 am »

love the pond, does it have fish in?

i dont know, its fed both sides by the burn so in theory yes, wev never caught in the pond or the burn, but we are too noisy anyway...lol. we get swans and ducks and herons but not as many as u would think.

princesspiggy · « **Reply #35 on:** July 09, 2012, 09:11:39 pm »

well...we bought the wee boat home and spent the afternoon rowing it around the pond, great fun. the pond isnt as deep as we thought, about 4ft.
we took the 2 billies over , one at a time, by the time we had got the second goat slowly loaded in the boat, the first goat had swam back to shore

we managed to get them both on the island (a bit quicker this time) and settled, but time will tell if they stay there. there is stacks of food so i cant imagine that they will leave without good reason.
we are half expecting the billies on our doorstep in the morning, like the geese and ducks were when they went down there!
they sat in the boat quite happy, just on lead with a cuddle, bless them!

we couldnt posssibly have videoed it, far too many swear words...lol....and as i havent rowed for 20 yrs, my boating skills werent for showing off...lol

Penninehillbilly · « **Reply #36 on:** July 10, 2012, 12:40:41 am »

I am SO disappointed

, been looking forward to this for ages

You could have set it to music to drown out the words
'Messing about on the river'?

princesspiggy · « **Reply #37 on:** July 10, 2012, 11:07:28 am »

il maybe make a video when i look like a pro and pretend its the first time.
they are still there today, looking happy enough and eating away, though i was dreaming about them escaping... $:-\$ $:-\$

at least i know they can swim....lol