We'd been told that a major boat shuffle would take place first thing this morning, so we got up in good time and went to the yard just on eight. In the event, only a minor swap occurred as Mirabilis wasn't quite ready to come out of the paint dock. So Tiree came out and tied outside Dolce and Caroline Anne went in.
We winded Sanity Again at the far end of the Deeps and went through onto the water point; whilst the tank was filling, I got a cylinder of gas and a bag of Mixed Ovoids from the Trading Post. As the gas and coal cage is on that side of the yard, it's always easier to load them whilst on the water point. I had a bit of bother getting the connection to seal on the gas and in the end had to ask for another cylinder.
Sometimes the connector on the cylinder is just a shade worn and won't seal no matter what you do.
Once we were full of water, we pulled forward onto the shop mooring for pump out and diesel.
Now in that happy state of water and diesel tanks full, poo tank empty we boated off down the cut to High Lane to wind. It was Sheila's turn to steer today; recently she's done all the turning round.
We were in two minds about spending the night at High Lane or coming back to Adlington. In the event it was an easy decision; the moorings at High Lane were full.
So we've tied on the 24 hour moorings opposite Lyme View marina. Having lunched, I sorted stuff in the bow locker, emptying the bag of coal into the box in there and generally sorting it all out.
Since then we've been very quiet, reading, surfing, emailing and the like. Tomorrow, I'll wind us yet again and we'll go back to the Deeps, having broken our stay there so that we can do 14 days over the Owners' Weekend with a clear conscience.
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