Tuesday 12th March Day 234
We wake up to rain announcing it’s an inside boat day. I decide to enjoy the cosy feeling in the boat and carry on reading the kindle book I’ve downloaded ((I hope it’s the right one!)) haha, I’m never going to live that down. It’s not for book group it’s just book two in a series by D.E. White so I think I’m safe. Chris ends up getting up as he’s noticed that the bilge pump was on which only comes on when there is water in the bilge/engine bay. One thing you do not want is water inside the boat where it shouldn’t be! He sorts out that problem out and luckily we did’t sink. As a consequence it’s used some of our precious batteries so have to endure a packet coffee again. ((You poor thing)) I know.
Then it’s up. Breakfast. Shower and to the dinette to do a couple of hours freelance work whilst Chris investigates the problem with the bilge and sort the water pump out as the shower wasn’t draining properly. There is always something to solve and a job to do on a boat. Chris then makes the banana and blueberry muffins, well, actually they were supposed to be muffins but turned into cakes as we didn’t have a muffin tin. Then I’m allowed my first cup of coffee and a slice of cake – bliss.
After this I crack on with the vlog. The signal is shocking here and very random. I manage to download the vlog from my editing software canva I use but then it was taking way too long to upload to Patreon and Youtube and the signal kept dropping out so I gave it up as a bad job. We are moving tomorrow so hopefully I will have a better signal.
After dinner we decide to go for a walk to the shops through the muddiest and wettest footpath ever ,to the little village Whittington – not sure if it’s anything to do with Dick Whittington as it’s on the way to London. Milk and bread purchased we don’t quite make it back before it starts raining again. The cratch covers are a godsend in this foul weather as the very muddy wellies can be left outside.
I crack on with my jigsaw and listening to my audio book for a bit before making tea and we decide to make some parsnip, ginger, garlic and onion curried soup ready for lunches the next few days as we might cruise for a few days so it’s not only economical to make a batch, it saves the age old question ‘what are we going to have.’
This done. We have visitors to the duck hatch as a couple of swans have heard about all the baking! Then it’s back to the dinette to finish this ahead of watching a film. I started editing the canal book this afternoon as I really need to get a move on with the editing and whilst I’m waiting for the Jersey mystery book from my publisher and everything else is up to date I thought why not! Day done. Until tomorrow. X
P.S. my wordcount currently stands at 99,217 on the canal book so later this week I will have written 100,000 words since we left in July! ((That is going to take some editing!)) I know!
C.L. Peache 