Chilly

The easterly wind has continued to blow cold today, so we've rather concentrated our attention on the inside of the boat. We made a very lazy start, in fact, and pottered about for much of the morning, until we finally summoned the energy to walk down into Willington. I had a script to get made up at the pharmacy, which they did very efficiently, and we had letters to post and a bit of shopping to do.

For example, the marina shop doesn't stock bananas – when I enquired about them, I was told "We did have some, but someone went and bought them."

Back at the boat, Sheila set out to catch up on the laundry, whilst I caught up on the paper. I lit the fire a bit before lunch, as it was clearly not going to get any warmer. After lunch, I had a sales call from 3, and for once succumbed. Our Vodafone contract is coming to an end, and 3 offered me a very nice deal, with a lot more time and texts, as well as 500 Mb data, for the same amount I'm paying now, plus a new Samsung Galaxy.

It'll mean the hassle of stopping the Voda contract and moving the number in due course, but probably worth it.

We've spent much of the afternoon in the Willow Tree with Stephen and Jayne; it's been a few days since we had a chance for a natter, so it was good to catch up. I've bunged an Ocado order in for Thursday, topping up on the heavy stuff we don't want to lug in from the village.

Tomorrow, Sally sitting, and then on Wednesday we thought we'd go into Derby.