{"id":1417,"date":"2023-05-17T17:22:37","date_gmt":"2023-05-17T17:22:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sweetchuckyb.com\/?p=1417"},"modified":"2023-05-17T17:24:12","modified_gmt":"2023-05-17T17:24:12","slug":"the-rats-havent-left-yet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sweetchuckyb.com\/?p=1417","title":{"rendered":"The Rats Haven&#8217;t Left, Yet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Walked by an abandoned ship, sinking into the shore mud and wanted to crawl around on it.  So, I did.  Here are some pictures.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-responsive-lightbox-gallery\"><div class=\"rl-gallery-container rl-loading\" id=\"rl-gallery-container-1\" data-gallery_id=\"1441\"> <div class=\"rl-gallery rl-basicmasonry-gallery \" id=\"rl-gallery-1\" data-gallery_no=\"1\"> <div class=\"rl-gutter-sizer\"><\/div><div class=\"rl-grid-sizer\"><\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item rl-gallery-item-width-4\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3302May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C682&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"Courtyard out back of the dorms.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-magnific_type=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3302May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-caption\">Courtyard out back of the dorms.<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3306May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"Youth group lighthouse boat-thing.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-magnific_type=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3306May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-caption\">Youth group lighthouse boat-thing.<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3305May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"I think it would be fun to live on a boat. It&#039;s like a fantasy thing. Maybe it&#039;s not? I don&#039;t know. It still seems cool.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-magnific_type=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3305May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-caption\">I think it would be fun to live on a boat. It&#039;s like a fantasy thing. Maybe it&#039;s not? I don&#039;t know. It still seems cool.<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3354May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"This is the Colne, looking down the river. You can see the sunken wreckage of some old boat up on the left. I wanted to climb around that thing. Reminded me of when I was a tiny kid in Kuwait.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-magnific_type=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3354May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-caption\">This is the Colne, looking down the river. You can see the sunken wreckage of some old boat up on the left. I wanted to climb around that thing. Reminded me of when I was a tiny kid in Kuwait.<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3319May-13-2023-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"The prow of an abandoned boat. I don&#039;t know if it sunk before it was abandoned, or after. There are wrecked boats all up and down the river. I watched over a couple of weeks as a couple bought and tried to rebuild a boat which sunk and is now, I presume permanently, mired in the mud and taking a snorkeling sorties every time the tide comes in. Not very exciting, as stories go, but I like to think that there are stories behind some of these that are kick ass.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-magnific_type=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3319May-13-2023-1-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-caption\">The prow of an abandoned boat. I don&#039;t know if it sunk before it was abandoned, or after. There are wrecked boats all up and down the river. I watched over a couple of weeks as a couple bought and tried to rebuild a boat which sunk and is now, I presume permanently, mired in the mud and taking a snorkeling sorties every time the tide comes in. Not very exciting, as stories go, but I like to think that there are stories behind some of these that are kick ass.<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3316May-13-2023-1-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"Closer shot of the boat.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-magnific_type=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3316May-13-2023-1-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-caption\">Closer shot of the boat.<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3342May-13-2023.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"Rotting deck planks- cool texture, colors and lichen\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-magnific_type=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3342May-13-2023.jpg?fit=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-caption\">Rotting deck planks- cool texture, colors and lichen<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3336May-13-2023.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"The mud below the ship is normally just for grass, but the relative dryness of the ship has allowed hardier plants which require dryer soil. You can see some of the bushes and flowers that have made the wreck home.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-magnific_type=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3336May-13-2023.jpg?fit=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-caption\">The mud below the ship is normally just for grass, but the relative dryness of the ship has allowed hardier plants which require dryer soil. You can see some of the bushes and flowers that have made the wreck home.<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3335May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"Boat-quet.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-magnific_type=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3335May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-caption\">Boat-quet.<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3333May-13-2023.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-magnific_type=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3333May-13-2023.jpg?fit=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3330May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-magnific_type=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3330May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3349May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"One &quot;f&quot; short of the production company for Xavier: Renegade Angel and Wondershowzen. Coincidence? Probably.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-magnific_type=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3349May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-caption\">One &quot;f&quot; short of the production company for Xavier: Renegade Angel and Wondershowzen. Coincidence? Probably.<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3323May-13-2023.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"The prow.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-magnific_type=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3323May-13-2023.jpg?fit=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-caption\">The prow.<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3328May-13-2023.jpg?fit=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"Closer shot of the prow.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-magnific_type=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3328May-13-2023.jpg?fit=200%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-caption\">Closer shot of the prow.<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3327May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"Wider prow-shot.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-magnific_type=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3327May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-caption\">Wider prow-shot.<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3340May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"Cool shot of the boat.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-magnific_type=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3340May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-caption\">Cool shot of the boat.<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-item\" > <div class=\"rl-gallery-item-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3325May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1\" title=\"\" data-rl_title=\"\" class=\"rl-gallery-link\" data-rl_caption=\"Wide shot of the prow with nice texture.\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-1\" data-magnific_type=\"gallery\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3325May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=300%2C200&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" alt=\"\" \/><span class=\"rl-gallery-caption\"><span class=\"rl-gallery-item-caption\">Wide shot of the prow with nice texture.<\/span><\/span><\/a> <\/div> <\/div> <\/div> <div class=\"rl-gallery-description\"><\/div> <\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walked by an abandoned ship, sinking into the shore mud and wanted to crawl around on it. So, I did. Here are some pictures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,17],"tags":[23,2,9,37],"class_list":["post-1417","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-photos","tag-existentialism","tag-photos","tag-travel","tag-uk"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sweetchuckyb.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/IMG_3319May-13-2023-scaled.jpg?fit=2560%2C1707&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweetchuckyb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweetchuckyb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweetchuckyb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweetchuckyb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweetchuckyb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1417"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sweetchuckyb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1442,"href":"https:\/\/sweetchuckyb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1417\/revisions\/1442"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweetchuckyb.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sweetchuckyb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1417"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweetchuckyb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1417"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sweetchuckyb.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1417"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}