So there we were, up Watford Locks at eight this morning, out of the flight at nine, and on to our usual pre-show mooring between bridges 8 and 9. We washed the roof of the boat, as well as the foredeck area, and were just thinking about whether to wash the starboard side before lunch, when Waimaru came round the corner ahead of us.
John and Nev had been round the Leicester ring since we saw them last.
Lots of chat, coffee, lunch. Wash the side of the boat.
"Do you want a beer?" says John.
End of my useful work for the day, though Sheila carried on sewing the last fly screen most of the afternoon.
I'm typing this having just put a chilli con carne on to cook for us all, and before making some garlic bread to go with it.
Posts will be erratic for the next week; the connection at Crick is always dodgy, so it depends what I can get organised. In any event, there won't be anything over the Show weekend itself, obviously.
Hopefully, see some of you there, otherwise, I'll be back on a regular schedule by the middle of next week.
8 comments:
We're coming up to Crick this year - we'll give you a wave - sounds as if you're going to busy with friends and 'customers' alike!
Sue, Indigo Dream
See You there, we are booked in on Saturday
Ian and Janet Smith
It was very stirring to see the fight that Bruce put up when offered a beer - as regular readers will understand!
Joking apart a very happy afternoon and evening spent in good company and a great meal thrown in. Hope the Show goes well for you.
Nev and John, Waimaru.
Hi Sheila & Bruce,
Nice to see you both again, Sanity Again is absolutely Gorgeous, can’t wait for our build to start.
Bruce thanks for your time and info at the end of what must have been a long day for you.
Hope the weather is better for the rest of the show
Regards
Les and Chris
Hello Bruce, didn’t get chance to say hello on Sunday but Sanity Again looks great, Thanks for giving us the opportunity to look around her.
Bruce will no doubt post to the main blog once he has a satisfactory signal. In the meantime he is aware that I am revealing the news that Sanity Again scored a very close second for Best in Show at Crick. Congratulations to Braidbar for producing a superb boat to earn this result
Many thanks for the guided tour on Monday - it was great to meet you all. We thought SA was lovely and were impressed with the thoughtful details [e.g. calorifier location, clever dinette] as well as the overall finish. Hope to see you on the K&A in the summer - but mind that paintwork.
Baz + Lynne
Thanks one and all for your kind remarks!
I'm back on line, and tweeting too!
Cheers
Bruce
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