Getting ready to last out Christmas

Today started very well; we'd run out of muesli, so we went across to the Willow Tree for two of their famous Boater's Breakfasts. For £6 you get a properly fried egg, two rashers of bacon, a sausage, a round of very tasty black pudding, some baked beans and some mushrooms, half a tomato, two slices of toast and a mug of coffee.

No lunch was required.

Walking around was quite tricky first thing; there had been a shower of rain in the early hours onto freezing ground, so black ice was lurking everywhere.

Back at the boat, we sat and digested for a bit, idly catching up with email and the like, then had another cup of coffee and made an expedition to the village to stock up on veg, muesli and other comestibles. It promptly started to sleet, of course, but we managed to get there and back without getting too wet.

After a bit more quiet recovery time and a mug of soup, we girded both our loins and the boat's and went across to the service wharf, dodging the showers more or less successfully.

There we pumped out, filled the fuel tank right up and replaced an empty gas bottle. This means that we are now pretty well set for the holiday period, if broke. We're expecting more freezing weather tonight, in which case we'll be glad we got sorted out today.

The family are descending on us for the afternoon tomorrow, so I'll probably not blog again until Monday.