Windy again, and a couple of minor problems

Guess what, the PRV didn't come. This is the replacement replacement, which will hopefully turn up on Monday. Fortunately, we'd already decided to stay over the weekend, as we're giving Peter and Susan a meal on Monday night. This had originally been planned for tonight, but some of their other plans changed a bit, so we put it back.

Meanwhile, we had a very good evening yesterday, with Martin and Ian round for a drink or two. Just general conversation, as usual, but a host of fascinating tales from them about their previous life and work.

Today, it was my turn to troll down into Poynton, visiting the butcher to stock up on meat, and to get my latest prescription filled. That wasn't wholly successful either; no problem at the butcher, let me say, but a bit of a snafu at the pharmacy. Like many another old age junky, my drugs list won't fit onto one form, and it turned out the GP had forgotten to sign page two.

Fortunately the meds on it were the less critical ones, eyedrops mainly, and of which I have a stock that will just about last until we get back to Alrewas, even on the revised schedule. It's the first time there's been a problem in about seven years of sending me scripts all over the country, so I can't really complain. If it had meant running out of more critical stuff (going cold turkey on beta blockers is not a good idea, for example) I would just have had to pop into the local surgery here, register as a temporary resident and get a script that way.

So, here we are for another merry weekend in the Braidbar yard. The wind has blown up again with a vengeance, a complete change to the summery weather we had yesterday, and the boat is rocking and rolling a bit as I write this.

No matter, we've got plenty of wood and coal for the stove, the supply cupboards and fridge are pretty full, so all we have to do is hunker down and see it through. I've set up one last Ocado order for Monday morning, topping up the stuff we're using, so we'll still be well stocked when we leave here on Tuesday, assuming we leave on Tuesday that is.

/hmm