Slipstream

Three girls, a boat, and a long vacation. Trouble? Sort of, but also a time for memories, fun and the realities of friendship. Nina, Lou and Beth have just finished A levels and a life at school together, so they set off, singularly lacking in nautical skills on Nina's family narrowboat, only reasonably shipshape itself. Aboard, memories of their time together are relived - from late night picnics in the woods, fire practice ad nauseum, the smell of fresh polish on the boarding house stairs, friends, enemies and, not least, the teachers. Both Lou and Beth have been violinists, and though there is friendly competition, it is clearly Lou who is the scholarship girl. And the teacher, Philip, has been extremely attentive to her. But Lou was only fourteen when she first met him, surely only a mutual interest in music pulled them together? Or was there more...