Without a paddle

Switched non-working day around this week - to facilitate Matthew’s handover. Out for the lunchtime run and noticed that the dead canal where Matthew volunteers was flooding and the two pumps looked vulnerable. After trying to think of something clever, and failing, I removed shoes and socks and paddled in. Managed to move one pump to the bank. The second was in deeper water. I was trying to work out how to get to it when the lady who lives in the nearest boat started shouting at me. I shouldn’t be there etc. But she did day that a man from the trust had been there an hour ago and knew about it. So I clambered out and left it to him...