My daughter is departing for York this morning, so I cook us bacon and eggs for breakfast, and then she loads up her car and hits the road. The main battery from our boat seems to be sufficiently charged, so my wife and I take it back to Wayford Bridge, refit it and run the engine for half an hour or so. While we are at the boatyard, we launch my wife’s inflatable kayak (a recent birthday gift) and go paddling up the River Ant towards Dilham for the best part of an hour. It’s great fun (if a little damp) and my wife loves her birthday present (which is the main thing).
We return to Southrepps in time to walk the dog and get some logs in before it gets too dark, and then I light the fire and run the vacuum cleaner around downstairs while my wife prepares an evening meal of chilli-con-carne (left over from yesterday’s entertaining!).