A hot run to Kirkstead Bridge

2 July

We had a quiet night last night, as expected, once the aircraft had stopped zooming in and out of Coningsby. I'd loaded some new books onto the Sony Reader, but otherwise it was a "do not much in the heat" sort of evening.

This morning, I was awake before Sheila, after we'd both had another heat disturbed night, and started trying to read one of the new books. The reader promptly froze, and only restarted after a bit of sulking. I had the same response with one of the other books, so left it until I could seek advice on the MobileRead forum.

I took an hour to run up to Kirkstead Bridge, though the wildlife watching wasn't a patch on yesterday's. We tied here around half ten, and after a restorative glass of squash, I walked the mile into Woodhall Spa for a paper and a loaf of bread.

The main entertainment on the way was the sight of a sign advertising ferrets for sale "for work or pet".

Back at the pontoon, things were enlivened by the arrival of the little steam launch Pod's Puffer. We had a good natter to her crew, who then went off to rendezvous with siblings, having first explained the difference between Tattershall and Kirkstead to them over the phone.

However did we manage before the advent of the mobile phone?

They were not long back from the pub when Copper Dragon turned up again, so we had another good natter with them.

It's still very hot, so not much more to report: the Reader is functioning again, after the deletion of the offending books, but I've not got to the bottom of the problem yet.