After a relaxed start, we ambled over to the marina office, collected our invoice for converting from winter to permanent moorer, and paid it. This being a very straight place to deal with, Jo had calculated the cost of the permanent berth from 1 November to their year-end on 31 August, then deducted what we had already paid for the winter from it, rather than treating our stay as two events, one the winter mooring from 1 November to 29 February, and another as a permanent moorer from 1 March to 31 August.
It's that sort of thing that makes one happy to recommend the place.
The weather being dry, if cold, we then mounted our expedition to Betty's Farm. It proved to be a bit under half an hour's walk, out of Willington past the Co-op and straight on until the place came into view on the left hand side. They have a lot of hens, all busy bustling about in large fields, and a varied stock of groceries in a farm shop.
We could have spent a fortune, but restricted ourselves to some chicken fillets (not from the layers, which are a modified Rhode Island Red, so not much meat on them), pasties for lunch, bread, some veg and, of course, half a dozen eggs. Prices weren't the lowest ever, but not extortionate, and it all looks very good and fresh.
This afternoon has seen more work on the books, and then some loafing in the warm; it's getting colder outside, though there's no sign, either in the sky or in the 30 day outlook, of seriously wintry weather. More a case of "risk of frost" than "severe weather warning: snow", so very different from this time last year. I see we had the first ice right across the marina on the 26th, followed by snow the next day.
Apart from that, there's not a lot to tell; we'll get another walk tomorrow, hopefully, which will give me a chance to try out the new phone away from the boat.
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