You join us as we prepare to get the hell out of Dodge for Xmas! The decorations are going up on the boats here. There are trees and icicle lights (aaargh, who on Earth thought they were a good idea?) everywhere! Actually, even we have our decorations up……………..well, we have a rather tasteful wreath on the front of the cratch. It has to be done really!
Monday we will set off for our trip to Gunthorpe and jolly glad we are about it too! Three weeks in Thurmaston is enough for anyone really. This week they pulled another body from the river in the park, the second since we have been here! We came back from Birstall to find the bridge over the weir taped up with crime scene tape and police divers on the bank. As the other bridge near us is closed because it is under repair we had to sneak under the tape to get over the river to the boat yard! Later we heard the police had also caught an armed man in the car park! He wasn’t connected to the body though I don’t think. Lovely!
Nearby Syston and Birstall are nice villages but I’m afraid dear old Thrummy really is the poor relation. Having suffered some mindless, not abuse exactly, let’s say pathetically stupid treatment in the local pub and in the waterpark, from some old git with a pitbull and an obvious drink problem, we have taken to walking George over to Birstall to the Old Plough. This has been a very pleasant experience, especially for George as they love him there and ply him with chews and sausages! A visit to the Old Plough can be coupled with a trip to the shops (of which there are very few in Thurmaston), so kills 3 birds with one stone, walk, (two if you count there and back), pub and shopping. We have also walked, on our own, to Syston a few times which is a tidy step, we are so healthy!
Boat wise, we have had a shiny new inverter fitted to replace the dead one so we can use the 24ov without running the engine when we go. Ken has modified the cratch bolts so the cratch boards don’t wobble about any more. We have put extra fire bricks in the fire box of the stove to make the space smaller, it is now possible to make a small, deep, fire which is easy to keep in over night, so we are always toasty. In fact I haven’t had to relight the fire for weeks, any one want any kindling?
More soon……………..
