We have invited my wife’s parents and her youngest brother (and family) for drinks and food this evening, so while she is cooking, cleaning and tidying, my daughter and I take a drive over to Wayford Bridge to check on our boat (it hasn’t been used for 2 or 3 months, and I always worry about the battery going flat and then the automatic bilge pump won’t work). The boat is still afloat, which is a major relief, but there’s insufficient charge in the main battery to start the engine, and both of the auxiliary batteries are as dead as a dodo. We take all three batteries back to Southrepps to be recharged, so I’ll have to return to the boat tomorrow.
We have a very pleasant evening with our guests, eating and drinking far more than is strictly good for us, but hey, what the heck!