The Crossing
Steve, Mark and Colin were all 16 year old friends who were sitting on board the boat that belonged to Steve’s very rich dad, they were waiting for the tide to be right before setting sail and crossing the channel, the lads were on deck sat in deck chairs talking with the four port officials and drinking tea. After a short time the officials walked away from the boat, as they were walking away one of the officials stated to his mates that he thought the young men on the boat were very pleasant well mannered young men and much better than the normal rabble they got in the port, after the officials were out of ear shot Steve said to his mates ” what a bunch of fucking wankers they are” then went below …