Messing about on the water

"....asked the Mole shyly, though he was quite prepared to believe it as he leant back ... `Believe me, my young friend, there is NOTHING--absolute nothing--half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats"
- The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham

The canoe club were out playing water polo as I walked along the canal this evening. Before the game started they were messing about on the water, practising their maneouvers. It looked like fun and then I thought about the water ....