Uploaded April 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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On a random day in mid-March, the sun decided to shine so as I was aboard the boat, I decided to give it a run up the canal, the first time it had been anywhere since last year. You know, what with the winter being all cold and wet and miserable and all that.

Vandemonium, when I met Bacon:
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