Changes

Nothing stays the same for ever and nothing is permanent. As Lucretius said, dripping water hollows out a stone. And so small changes drip into our lives at the boathouse. Last month (or was it longer ago than that?) we saw the arrival of new Oxygen and Entonox bottles. Yesterday we were finally allowed to put our new Pyros onto the boat.

I'm not exactly sure why they have been replaced, they do the same jobs but are made by a new company rather than Pains Wessex of old. Anyway, they are operated in a different way to the old ones so before they could be put onto the boat a majority of the crew had to be trained to use them. Now that this is complete Dave has exchanged them with the old ones (which will go back to depot and go back into stock until they are out of date).


Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Don't want to be a richer ma
Ch-ch-ch-ch-Changes
(Turn and face the strain)
Ch-ch-Changes
Just gonna have to be a different man
Time may change me
But I can't trace time
(Changes - David Bowie)