We had a frost first thing
on Monday morning but the sun soon burned through and I took Buddy for a cycle
ride.
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Beautiful blue skies on
our cycle ride
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When we got back I changed
the oil in the gearbox and engine and did other odd bits of servicing that were
due.
The marquee men had arrived
at 8 in the morning and by lunchtime it was like it had never been there.
We are now in that between
season where we don’t need the stove on during the day but it is still needed
to take the chill off in the evenings and keep the boat warm for Karen’s early
starts. This means that the stove is no longer burning 24*7 and needs to be
relit each evening. This, in turn, means
that kindling is required each day so I spent a happy half hour with my wood
chopper making up a bag of kindling.
Later in the afternoon
Helen came by on her boat Pipistrelle.
Helen was the kind lady who gave me a large piece of ginger the other
day when I realised we had run out and it was a vital ingredient for the curry
I was cooking. Helen is a single hander
and as she had helped me out I offered to see her through some of the locks as
a thank you. She was more than happy to
accept so Buddy and I had a pleasant half hour or so doing some locking.
In the evening Karen and I
went for the last lesson of the year at our bridge club in Stratford. We now have to find a club where we can start
playing regularly as the open play sessions at Stratford are all during the
daytime. In the meantime, we will play
with our friends Ileen and Jo on Monday evenings as we have all got used to
Monday nights being bridge night.
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