{"id":4128,"date":"2020-09-02T21:45:33","date_gmt":"2020-09-02T20:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stuartpoetry.art\/?p=4128"},"modified":"2020-09-02T21:45:33","modified_gmt":"2020-09-02T20:45:33","slug":"paddle-boarding-on-the-canal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/2020\/09\/02\/paddle-boarding-on-the-canal\/","title":{"rendered":"Paddle Boarding on the Canal"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Today will be the warmest day of the year so far<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The sky is clear the sun raw and there is not a hint of a cooling breeze<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>For some reason no narrow boats have passed us in either direction<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Perhaps a lock is under repair or there are navigation problems on the canal<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But what we have noticed over the last few days is the emergence of paddle boarders<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They move along the canal with a minimum of fuss on brightly coloured boards<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Usually there is only one person on the board but occasionally there are two<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It is a tranquil occupation and today we saw a number people enjoying this recreation<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>They disturbed only the surface fish and the inquisitive\u00a0water birds as they drifted on the slow waters<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Perhaps one day Caron and I will paddle a board between locks or maybe\u00a0further<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>We will let our senses rest and enjoy the smooth simplicity\u00a0of our silent voyage<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today will be the warmest day of the year so far The sky is clear the sun raw and there is not a hint of a cooling breeze For some reason no narrow boats have passed us in either direction Perhaps a lock is under repair or there are navigation problems on the canal But [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4128"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4128"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4128\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4128"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4128"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stuartmillerosborne.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4128"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}