Wednesday 11th
There has not been a lot happening round here lately. Today Ken did some (more) fishing and I did some (more) cleaning. As we are going away to Weston Supermare for a few days on Friday I just had to clean before we go. I always clean before we go away anywhere I don’t know why.
During his fishing exploits Ken was perturbed to have two roach baits in quick succession nicked from the hook. He eventually caught the culprit, it was a perch. How did he know it was this perch which had nicked the other two roach? They were still in his throat, greedy bugger!
The coal was delivered just before 1 pm after which we went into town for a paper and the usual. As we were leaving the pub we spotted a chap with an eye patch which prompted Ken to morph into Robert Newton all the way down the street! Luckily he changed back into himself before we went into Boots and BHS!
Thursday 12th December
Today was a loo emptying day so we did that first thing (our idea of first thing these days is about 10 am) then we returned to the boat to pack for our trip to Weston Supermare. After Ken had thrown a few things on the bed for me to put in the suitcase he went outside to grease one of the back door hinges. It has steadily been getting more and more difficult to open and close. I had to rifle through the bow locker to find the grease gun first. It has been a while since we have had to use it so it was right at the back under a load of other stuff of course!
I did a bit of ironing then started my own packing but got side tracked by a trip into town so I finished it this afternoon after I had hoovered the cratch out. Ken was fishing in there yesterday when I was doing the hoovering inside. Today he was fishing from the kitchen hatch and cooking a beef casserole for dinner at the same time, multi tasking!
This evening we were subject to a slight disturbance by some ‘local youth’ who were having a drink in the picnic area shelter near our boat. I was washing up, I could see them and they could see me. One of them threw his empty can so it bounced off the roof of the boat. When he got no reaction (we have decided the best response is no response to this kind of thing) he came up to the fence and tried to attract my attention through the window but I ignored him. Later, after he had gone, one of his mates came on to the pontoon and knocked on the window. Here we go, we thought but he just wanted to apologise for his ‘idiot friend’, so that was ok.
So tomorrow we are off to Weston hope the weather is ok because we are planning a trip to Cheddar Gorge on Saturday.
