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I fear water.
I was as attracted by, and frightened of, water.
I love this image of a raft floating near the shore at Seaview on the Isle of Wight but it is uncanny.
Swimming
My very first swimming strokes without arm bands in a freezing cold tiny pool in Maplescombe.
I enjoyed swimming and use to wear goggles and a snorkel in the bath. I saw a lttle girl nearly drown because of cramp in this pool but she was OK.
Boats.
The model boat was a catamaran. The sea was exceptionally calm. This holiday was blissful. I slept head to toes with my sister and at the start my dad bought me the Observers book of trains. I still own it.
Boating pond
The Bromley Park boating pond fascinated me but I never sailed anything as far as I can remember.
Water.
The Bromley boating pond in 1957. Its has since been re-landscaped. I suspect it has gone now.
Water.
This is the Ford in Eynsford. Cars attempt to drive through often coming to grief. This features in one of the Tuffin stories ->
The waterwheel was through the arch of this bridge attached to an old mill.
Piers.
I have no original of piers from my childhood excursions however I maintain a fascination and fear of them. The first radio piece I produced featured a pier.