15th & 16th October
We made an uneventful trip back to Poynton yesterday, the only event of note being Sheila suddenly experiencing a shower of rain drops from the tree she was steering under as we passed through the cutting leaving High Lane.
"It's probably a squirrel" quoth I, and sure enough, we shortly saw a grey jumping from one branch on the offside to another on the opposite side of the cut.
Wind, water, collect post from Braidbar, then fill the fuel tank at the Trading Post, 65.5 ppl and 20% split.
There followed a quiet evening.
Today is my birthday and bus pass day, so we're having a merry time of it. Graeme has come over to stay the night, and we went to the Miner's Arm for a seriously good lunch.
Restorative walking was undertaken through Lyme Park when we got back, and we're now slumped in the boat attempting the Independent concise crossword.
Tomorrow Elanor comes and Graeme leaves. I might be in a position to do a sensible post by Sunday, but don't count on it!
Happy birthday Bruce, I vowed to stop celebrating birthdays until I got my pension and bus pass, so well done, and I hope you have many more celebrations on the boat
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Best wishes for your birthday!
ReplyDeleteIt was nice to see your boat go past where I'm moored at New Mills. I knew who you were from reading your blog, though I'm sure you wondered who that strange woman waving like a loon was ;-)
Happy boating,
Carrie (nb Blackbird)
Happy Birthday!!! Hope you enjoy your weekend with the family!!
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