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Richard arrived with his "trombone" lorry late Sunday afternoon. This is an interesting but simple vehicle, which is ideal for moving Narrowboats. It looks like a standard articulated lorry, the difference being a telescopic backbone in the trailer; this enables the trailer to extend to about 60 feet to carry a full size Narrowboat. Richard backed in behind the boat, and then came the first problem when he told me he would not be able to drive off the land with the boat loaded. He wouldn't be able to turn down the lane and we would have to lift the boat on to him while he was on he road. This presented a problem as a 60-Ton crane only had a working radius of about 9 meters. Our other concern was the weather. The land where the boat was standing is quite hard but its grass and not surfaced and if it was too wet there was a danger of the crane getting bogged down and what did it do, it started to rain and continued most of the night. Monday 27 May The alarm went off at 5 o...