Well, I'm back in the world of Sanity Again, slightly earlier than anticipated, but glad to be here. As told over on Shobnall Fields Forever, we decided to leave the Festival site a bit earlier than planned. This was mainly because under Ali Moore's brilliant organisation, the wrgies didn't have that much more to do, and as we weren't desperately popular with some of the blue shirts, we thought it might be more comfortable if we just got out of it.
The original plan had been to back up from the Festival site to the junction with the old Bond End canal, now the entrance to Shobnall Marina, get a pump out there, wind and carry on towards Alrewas and points west. However, with an extra few days to play with, and since the poo tank wasn't as full as we'd been expecting, we've come on to Willington instead.
It was a very pleasant run yesterday, and we had a relaxing afternoon loafing on the bow, reading the Independent (me) or one of the books we bought from wrg nw (Sheila). In the evening, we went and had a meal at the refurbished Dragon (formerly the Green Dragon). It was very good, good choice of real ale, though they were struggling to keep it star bright in the muggy weather, and tasty food at a decent price.
Today, we've been a bit busier. Sheila washed the roof this morning, then we went on to wash the starboard side. Just a plain water rinse off this time, to get rid of the dust and muddy streaks. Next month, it will need the full monte to get her ready for the Braidbar Open Day and Owners' Weekend.
After lunch, Elanor popped over and took us shopping in the Burton town centre Sainsbury's, so the wine cellar is full again, after very nearly running out.
Tomorrow, we'll wind and head back, probably stopping in Branston for a couple of days, then slowly onwards. We're dog sitting for both of the next two weekends, and Graeme, Cathy and the boys hope to join us for few days at the end of next week.
1 comment:
Ahhhh, back to normal. Your two posts have been a tonic after a manic week. Thank you!
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