River below, oh no!

Just before our guests arrived yesterday, I went to water my window boxes. ‘Oh no’, I exclaimed to Brian, ‘It’s fallen into the river.’

I noticed that two of my three window boxes had fallen off the window sill into the river below. Luckily there was not much water flowing, and they had not been washed away.

‘I’ll have to get in and pull them out, shall I do it now?’ ‘No I think we should do it together, let’s leave them until the morning”. As soon as our guests arrived we were going to serve dinner, so I didn’t want him getting all wet, and potentially muddy, for their arrival. We agreed they would be okay left until the morning, and I said, ‘At least they will get a good soaking of water overnight.’

In the morning, we both donned our wellies and climbed into the river to retrieve our flower boxes. Luckily they were not too worse for wear from their adventure.

We had had a lot of sun, and a little bit of wind, that meant the earth had dried out and they had become lighter, and as they are a bit front heavy, and are inclined to tip forward, I think the combination is why they ended up in the river. What Brian has done now though, to help prevent it from happening again, is prop them up at the front slightly so they tip back.