Monday 27 September 2010

Calm after the storm

It was a frantic day yesterday, very quiet day today, once Graeme, Cathy and the boys had left. As I said in my tweet, it was great, with eight of us in the boat, but very noisy, and quite tiring.

After Peter and Jan had gone, we had some dinner, and the boys were persuaded (eventually) to settle down in their bunks. Both beds are a complete success, the pipe cot being very popular with Daniel, and the hammock net strung alongside the side berth turning it into an effective cot for Alex.

Matters were very noisy again this morning, until the boys were taken off for a walk, then finally packed into the car to go home.

Sheila and I sorted out the boat, putting things back in their usual places, and since then we’ve just had a quiet, recovering type day. I’ve been reading Transition on the Kindle for Mac, and Sheila has been doing some crochet and reading as well. The weather is quite unpleasant, cold and damp, so we’ve lit the stove, which made a lot of difference, but also encouraged a fair bit of dozing over the books.

The snagging is almost finished, bar the paintwork; the weather means that we may have to hang about here until next week, when it will be possible to go into the paint dock for a couple of days.

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