So that explains it! Not the comfy armchair , part 2..

Today we arrived at Shardlow in Derbyshire and JD Narrowboats who built the Great Escape in 2009. Now  all becomes clear.  Talking to Andy who actually built the boat, we raised the question of the now famous "brown chair" that we had to cut up to get off the boat. They did, in fact, take the chair apart and re-assemble it on the boat! No wonder we couldn't get it out without destroying it. We started to think they built the boat around it! We were sort of right. Nice to talk to the guys who built her and for them to see how she is  doing  four years on and to see how loved she is.Today has been a beautiful day.