After yesterday's mega post, there's not so much to say today. We took a walk up the road to the village first thing; it's about a mile each way, and a very nice village, but no shop, just a postbox. On our return, we popped into the services block to remind ourselves of what's there.
The answer is, the usual facilities, plus a shower in each of the Gents and Ladies, and a card operated laundry in the Ladies, which seems a bit sexist, BW.
Over the bridge, we discovered that the boatyard does a service wash for a tenner, and Sheila plans on having a bit of a break during the weekend by taking advantage of that. We had a chat with Simon in the office, and collected the replacement remote switch for the Hurricane that had been posted to him to await collection.
Apparently, in the morning, the guys from the yard will move the boat into the dry dock, as it involves reversing up the arm. Since the forecast is a bit windy, I'm quite happy to let them do this.
After lunch, I tried to get back online to update the Waitrose order I set up yesterday. The 3 signal was in a right bolshie mood, and was frankly unusable. No matter, I popped back to the cafe and took advantage of their free wifi. I did buy a cup of tea to drink whilst doing it, seemed only fair, and £1.50 not much to pay to get things sorted.
Naturally, when I got back to the boat with Sheila's borrowed laptop, all was well with the 3 signal again. It's obviously one of those on and off jobs.
Blogging may be a bit sporadic for the next few days under circs; we'll be off the dock on Sunday, so there should be a good catch up either that day or Monday.
1 comment:
Simon's Norbury blog said they've served the odd customer in the tea rooms -- I'd immediately wondered if it was you!
Seriously, though, we've never managed to get a 3 internet signal at Norbury, and we hardly even bother trying any more. The Vodaphone phone signal is very sporadic, too.
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