Saturday, December 18, 2021

Let the English Bay Barge stuff go on!

I think it gives everyone a lift in these difficult times to have fun with this.  I'm pretty sure this is a joke but I would love to buy this lego for Richard. He loved lego so much. Well, it's too simple to be lego but I'm sure  they could make it more complex....or perhaps there could be a simple version for demented seniors like myself:)  

From Linda's blog:

If you don't know the story behind the barge, after a severe storm last month, this barge came loose and headed for a bridge.  Fortunately it was beached before it struck the bridge.  It's become quite the attraction.  People go and take selfies, they want to make it into a restaurant and it has it's own Twitter account.  They are now discussing leaving it and making it an art exhibit.


The owner has been trying to float it, but so far everything they've done has failed.  People love it and it's quite an attraction.

This day is called the Barge on the Beach day/We that shall live this day and come safe home/Will stand a tiptoe when this day is named/And rouse us at the sight of the Barge on the rocks./West End residents that shall live this day and see old age will/yearly feast their neighbours/And say, tomorrow is the bedevilled Barge Day …”