In Send the Grove family is synonymous with the Wey Navigation where, from 1856 to 1966, four generations of the extended family dedicated more than 300 man-years to serving both the river and its immediate community in the guise of engineers, foremen, carpenters, general maintenance and construction workers, lock-keepers and boathouse proprietors. Peter Grove now lives in Pennsylvania, USA, having emigrated in his early 20s. Here he shares with us his entertaining and insightful memories of growing up in a very different Send.