In her poem 'Egg on your face', Mandy bemoans the plight of many boaters moored up to do a spot of cooking, when a speeding boat goes past and causes mayhem...
I don't stress how I dress👗because I live on a boat
But my favoured attire is peaked cap and waist coat 🧢🦺
with sturdy worn boots👢👢and a bright neckerchief 🧣
In "It's getting hot in here" Mandy complains at the heat of a log fire whilst lamenting the fact that many boaters still have to have the fire lit in May
In 'Permission to come aboard part 2', Mandy McDermott the boating bard, points out ways in which a human visitor could become as equally unwelcome as a fly.
In 'Permission to come aboard', Mandy Mcdermott our boating bard, describes her antics as she tries to get rid of an unwelcome visitor in the form of a fly.
In 'melting', Mandy McDermott shares her experience of being on a boat in very hot weather, when there is hardly any breeze and the sun is beating down.
In Water Conversation, Mandy McDermott, boating bard, gives us another gem of a poem, sharing her thoughts on water conservation for those who live on boats...
washing day - September 6, 2023 By Mandy McDermott
Mandy McDermott's poem 'Washing Day' tells of the difficulties of washing clothes on a boat when there is no launderette nearby, and it is too wet or windy to dry anything outside...
In 'Bouffant Boating Blues', Mandy McDermott laments the difficulties in keeping up appearances on a boat: "I've got boater's hair And I think I know why"...
