It’s a Bank Holiday here in the UK, so my wife suggests going out on our boat. I’m not feeling very inclined to do anything today, but at least it’ll get me out of the house for a few hours. We drop into Lidl in North Walsham for supplies, and meet up with my wife’s youngest son, his wife and our youngest granddaughter at the boatyard in Wayford Bridge.
We motor slowly down the River Ant to Barton Turf, where we are joined by our camping friends from Brighton, and my wife rustled up tea, coffee and bacon butties for everyone. We lounge around eating, drinking and chatting, and then have a leisurely trip back up the river to Wayford Bridge, spotting kingfishers and a heron on the way.
I discover there’s an electrical fault on the boat, just as we are getting ready to leave for home, which means that the bilge pump isn’t working. I can’t locate the fault, so it looks like I’ll be visiting the boat with some tools and test equipment tomorrow…