Circular Logic

Pursuing what my uni mate used to call 'the path of least resistance', I wonder if the boat could be tested under power but without a rudder.

In doing so I come across a pastime dating back practically a century... now pursued solely by old men in waders.

As I'm signed up to the fraternity on both counts, I look a little closer and it involves running hydroplanes ~ some powered by airscrews ~ around a pole on a tether at up to 100 m.p.h.

On the same day whilst doing what I like to call 'research' on YouTube I discover that the Russians have switched to communicating with drones along lengths of what is effectively fishing twine, in order to avoid jamming... and who knew they had reggae parties anyway?

The above video was taken at Verulam lake in St Albans, a place I knew well when I had money. Needless to say it's been banned there since, as it is a trifle noisy (while middle-class dog-shit isn't).

Accordingly it is now pursued only in Essex or at a lake in the East Midlands. I make a note of the dates and contact details, if only to find out how to fix a pole in the water.

I take my son to things like dog-racing and demolition derbies, simply because going forward the earnest desire of our nation is to be left at peace to watch TV. One of the few pastimes that has yet to be banned, it is also in tune with Labour's ongoing effort to pay people to do nothing.