Wednesday 22 August 2012

Busy at Stockton Heath

It's only a short run from Moore to Stockton Heath, so we didn't set out until nine this morning. I'd set up an Ocado order, but not selected a delivery slot until we got here. A quick chat with the woman at Thorn Marine established that it was fine to use them as an address, so back at the boat I finished the order and booked it for delivery tomorrow. I could only get an afternoon slot by then, but we'll get the order in, get a pump out and diesel at Thorn, then potter on as far as Grappenhall for the night, or if it all happens quite early, wind and head right back to Moore.

After a coffee, we walked down the hill to the small Sainsbury's to get the final stuff for tonight's meal. It is a very limited Sainsbury's, but they had enough for our purposes, thus saving the much longer walk across the Manchester Ship Canal to the Warrington Morrisons.

We got back in time to wash the port side and the front bulkhead. This is the first time we've done it using two Washmatiks, one to wash and one to rinse, and it certainly speeded things up.

After lunch we cleaned the inside of the boat and then had a bit of a sit down. I'll get a shower after I've posted this, then make a start on the cooking. Peter and Susan are due at seven - it should be a good night!

/wahaha

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