Last day in Alrewas

We were able to have a very relaxed start this morning, after an excellent meal in the George and Dragon last night. Will joined us for a drink or two, and brought my post. This included a bowel cancer screening test kit. For those under 60, you don't want or need to know about these; for the rest, all I can say is that it gives a whole new world of meaning to playing Pooh sticks.

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Apart from that things have been great. Sheila had a good session at the dentist this morning; it was good to find out that the new guy is as skilled as the previous owners of the practice. Whilst she was away, I set things up to repaint the starboard gunwale, and after coffee, the two of us got stuck in and did it. This means that the boat is set up to cope with the worst that the winter can throw at the outside at least.

This afternoon, we took a stroll to see if we could find a route through a culvert under the A38 that would be a better way of walking to the National Memorial Arboretum than the one we used last time.

We found the culvert, and I've recorded that bit of it on the Garmin and on RoadTrip on the Mac. I'll see if I can find away of making it available more generally; we still need to check out the the other half of the route, from the far end of the culvert to the NMA.

Tomorrow, we set off again for Branston, where we should catch up with Stephen and Jayne on Dolce Far Niente. They left this morning:

Stephen hovering

Jayne waiting for the lock to fill