freeline-98 - Flipbook - Page 216
LEE GRIFFIN
BILL
RICHARD
PHILLIPS
SKIDMORE
“ How did Jack do it?” I tho u gh t .
We waved goodbye to Eg ge t ts a fe w d ays l a te r. As we d ri f te d
t h e boat back over to the re al wo rl d, we s ai d o u r fa re we l l s to
J i m who actually invi ted us b a c k d ow n wh en eve r we li ke d . He
h a d been keeping his eye o n u s t hro u gh o u t t h e t ri p a n d c o u l d
s e e we were just mad keen . We b un d l ed a ll o ur g e a r i n Cl a r i s s a ,
c l eared off all the old leave s a n d t w i g s t h at h a d fa l l e n o n h e r
over the nine days, wound t h e w i n d ow d ow n to s ay g oo d bye to
J i m, turned the key and th e bl o o dy en g i n e wo u l d n’ t s t a rt !
Unbeknown to us at that t i m e, t he E le p h an t h a d b e en c a u gh t
a t 31lbs by Ray Jones who a ct u al ly f i sh e d Ha rl e s th orp e D a m ,
FREELINE 94
