A bit more winter

It's turned noticeably colder again; the weather is very pleasant with clear, calm, sunny conditions, but definitely a touch chilly. The wind direction has gone right round into the north east, so we are getting our air from the Urals at the moment. We'll have to keep an eye on the toilet tank, as it seems quite possible that we'll have these conditions for a couple of weeks, in which case we may well see some ice forming on the water.

We took a walk down to the village this morning, buying veg and a piece of pork loin to roast, and had a very pleasant stroll round the marina this afternoon. At Sheila's urging (as in "I'll just fetch the Garmin, shall I?"), I checked the distance, which we had been told was a mile round. Indeed, it proved to be a bit more than that, more like 1.1 miles, so it's a worthwhile stroll.

The rest of the day has been spent indoors, pottering around with this and that, very pleasant. Good news is that Chris and Lesley Herriot, whose boat Eleventh Heaven is just finishing at Braidbar, are coming over for lunch tomorrow, so we'll all end up in The Dragon again, it looks like.

It'll need a bit of co-ordinating with Elanor's plan to bring Sally across for a run in the field, but I'm sure we'll manage.

I turned off the shoreline first thing this morning, to check how the new battery bank copes. The answer is, very well. OK, the solar panel was putting a bit in during the middle of the day, but we're still on 90% charge after eight hours. I'm tempted to leave the shoreline off overnight, so as to get a proper charge cycle in tomorrow.