{"id":113,"date":"2020-05-02T14:17:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-02T14:17:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.murpworks.com\/thetalesofsilverdale\/?p=113"},"modified":"2020-05-02T21:22:04","modified_gmt":"2020-05-02T21:22:04","slug":"time-is-on-our-side","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.murpworks.com\/thetalesofsilverdale\/nb-silverdale\/time-is-on-our-side\/","title":{"rendered":"Time is on Our Side"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Saturday 02 May 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time is on our side &#8211; it just doesn&#8217;t seem like it at the moment. We&#8217;ve been waiting and have been extremely patient throughout these uncertain times. It can&#8217;t have escaped anybody&#8217;s notice (except the couple who had been at sea for months and had missed all the news) that the Covid-19 pandemic has caused havoc with plans. Whether of men or mice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Time has ticked inexorably on like a one-handed Grandfather clock and much of the anticipation of our purchase of and move to Nb Silverdale has had to be stifled. We make plans, not daring to hope they will come to fruition in our desired time frames. We have purchased items and packed them away in readiness. A dialogue with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whiltonmarina.co.uk\/\">Whilton Marina<\/a> and especially Harvey via email and phone (keeping more than the 2 metres social distance required) has been kept open.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One thing that helped jolt time out of its complacency was an email from Harvey on 30 April 2020. It contained a picture of Nb Silverdale overplated, blacked and *anodes added. Thanks Harvey!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.murpworks.com\/thetalesofsilverdale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/murpworks_silverdaleBlacking_web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.murpworks.com\/thetalesofsilverdale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/murpworks_silverdaleBlacking_web-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-115\" width=\"512\" height=\"384\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.murpworks.com\/thetalesofsilverdale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/murpworks_silverdaleBlacking_web-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.murpworks.com\/thetalesofsilverdale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/murpworks_silverdaleBlacking_web-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.murpworks.com\/thetalesofsilverdale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/murpworks_silverdaleBlacking_web-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.murpworks.com\/thetalesofsilverdale\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/murpworks_silverdaleBlacking_web.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Photograph: Harvey at Whilton Marina<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A lot of things have to come together for the purchase of Nb Silverdale and timing is important. The uncertainty of when, can be a great disabler. We press on, with our goal in mind hoping against all hope. However, through all this we do have time. Time to prepare, to think, time to reminisce. We&#8217;re trying to make the most of our time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/rollingstones.com\/\">Stones<\/a> recorded it aptly in <em>Time Is On My Side<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Rolling Stones - Time Is On My Side\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sEj8lUx0gwY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-small-font-size\">*Anodes: sacrificial anodes are chunks of metal welded to the underside of a narrowboat (or other metal-hulled boat). They are a different metal to the hull and as such, erode in preference to the hull. We welcome this \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-medium-brown-color\"><strong>rp &#8211; peace and narrowboats<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday 02 May 2020 Time is on our side &#8211; it just doesn&#8217;t seem like it at the moment. We&#8217;ve been waiting and have been extremely patient throughout these uncertain times. 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