18/06/2026
The Story Of The Blue Tank Pt2 💙
You may remember the first story of the blue tank from the Pop Up in October - if not you can look back a few posts to the pic of two women in a tug of war with it and read the story there
Well the story continued…
When I got home I found another one hiding in a stock box in our shed. I contacted Helen, who’s a dear friend, to let her know. I thought the moment may have passed but she was delighted. I was going away so left it in a brown bag in our wood shed by the front door, for her to pick up when passing.
A few weeks went by and Helen got in touch to see if the tank was still available. Not seeing it I just presumed she’s picked it up. I looked in the shed but it wasn’t there. Had someone taken it?? Josh didn’t know anything about it and I couldn’t find it anywhere in the house.
Then we had a lightbulb moment, could it have got taken with the Riverford empty boxes? Josh remembered moving it, not knowing what it was, when we had a wood delivery that week and placed it in with the empty boxes.
I called and they said they’d ask their depot. I asked our delivery guy that week but he didn’t remember anything, he did say they have brown fruit bags so he could have just thought it was one of those.
A week went by and no word, another week…this time it looked like it really was time to let go
And then the phone call..the blue tank had been found. The key person had been away and it had been forgotten about. The joy! I didn’t dare mentioned to Helen until I had it in my hands. When delivery day come that Friday tjr delivery guy and I had such a laugh, when I told him the story.
Helen now has her blue tank and already they’re enjoying lots of adventures together
Helen does a lot of land based work and is an artist and art therapist. She has also dipped in a body of water everyday since Winter Solstice 2017.
If you’re in Oxford and like movment I recommend her Rivers of Life - Body and Earth sessions that run outside the last Sunday of every month
