We are going out on our boat today with some friends of mine who are dropping in to visit us, so we’re up reasonably early today, because we want to get down to the boat and give it a bit of a clean before my friends arrive.
We drop into Lidl in North Walsham (to pick up some food to offer to our guests) on the way to Wayford Bridge, where our boat is moored. My wife busiest herself with cleaning the windows while I check that we have sufficient diesel in the tank (we have) and make sure that the engine will start (it does). Our guests arrive and we take a leisurely trip down to Barton Turf and back, with a pleasant interlude for feeding our faces. I have plenty of tremor in my left leg today, but that doesn’t interfere with piloting the boat. My voice lets me down occasionally, but it’s not a complete disaster.
We tie the boat up and return to Southrepps, where we retire to the Vernon Arms for two or the pints of Abbott Ale and plenty of reminiscing.
My wife and I see our guests off and return home for an episode of Dexter on Netflix before bedtime.