A gentle day in the yard

First off, a grovelling apology to Jayne Pigott for mis-spelling her name yesterday - it's been corrected now!

We were able to make a lazy start this morning and have a leisurely breakfast. After catching up with the emails and the like, we walked down to Poynton, bought a paper and visited the Waitrose store for top up supplies to get us through to Monday, when we have an Ocado delivery booked. Rather than wait for the bus, we walked back and were just getting set to put things away when Bill turned up, stayed for a cup of tea and then gave us a hand to finish cutting up the dinghy. It seems Eileen was having a boat cleaning session, and he'd retreated to a safe distance.

After lunch, we made a start on the gardening, tidying up the shrubs on the approach to the yard. Whilst we were taking a break from this, Stephen and Jayne arrived (it's incredibly frustrating when your boat is so nearly ready, you have to keep coming and having a look at it). Shortly after, Bill showed up again, and we went and had cups of tea and the like at the Trading Post, now being ably run by yet another Andy.

The rest of afternoon drifted by in talk and mutual chaffing. Just as we were planning to break up, Andy Russell showed on his way home from the current job at Furness Vale, and he's touching up the damage to our signwriting as I type this. It takes real skill to match the colours after 18 months of exposure to the sun and wind, but of course Andy has that in abundance.

We'll have another quiet evening on board, I guess; it's good to make sure the batteries are fully charged before the whirlwind of socialising next week.