Water, wind and wildlife!

Well the water was me working on Saturday at the lock, the last day of the Henley Festival and lots of boats going through the lock, however the biggest job of the day was wildlife and turned out to be trying to rescue an injured duck that had come into the lock with a broken wing.

A quick phone call to St Tiggywinkles wildlife rescue based in Buckinghamshire and the sent a wildlife ambulance to come and collect him, easy you would think, he is in a lock and can't fly, nice simple enclosed space, no chance Hambleden is one of the biggest locks on the Thames and that little duck knew every nook and cranny of it to hide in. After about 90 minutes he was finally caught thanks to some quick handywork with the net by a boater.

It turns out that when they rescue an animal they name it after the caller while it is in the hospital recovering, so good luck to Carl the Duck and wish him a speedy recovery.

Of course Dave had to be involved and escorted the animal ambulance from the lock to the road.

This also gave a chance for another quick photo on the way back this time with the wier in the background.

And as for the wind, well actually wind deflectors, these fabulous Heko ones arrived from Poland during the week and managed to fit them on Friday, they are beautifully finished and very easy to install, like most things they need getting used to, they are very good with deflecting not only the wind but also stopping the rain falling inside the cabin if the windows are partially open.

My only gripe if any is they appear to increase the blind spot on the drivers side as they are smoked, something I will have to be extra careful with.