We wake up to the sound of a flock geese flying over and I think, ‘that’s strange’ we don’t normally hear that in the marina. It’s usually the sound of ducks drilling against the side of the boat or as in Newark’s case; the sound of sirens. I honestly never knew there were so many emergencies in Newark which required sirens pretty much constantly throughout the day. They are one of those sounds which are really annoying to anyone not needing them but an absolute relief and welcome sound to the person that needs them. It doesn’t exactly make for a quiet life though.
It’s 9.30am now and after a nice coffee in bed, catching up on social media with my intermittent signal and a read of my kindle book; The Tomato Runner by one of my writing buddies Mark Smith. I snigger to myself. Mark has an amazing sense of humour and also a very clever way of describing poignant and thoughtful situations with humour but you as the reader still feel the emotion of the scene. Very good. Highly recommend you click on the link and treat yourself to a copy.
Where was i? ((it’s 9.30…)) oh yeah, thanks Brackets. I’m at the dinette ((You’re always at the dinette!)) writing this blog whilst Chris faffs in the engine bay and makes sure it’s all ship shape ahead of a big clean and little thoughts ((I’m saying nothing!)) of this adventure keeps popping into my head. We have to figure out how we make this work financially over the years to come but already I’m determined we will!
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In the break from doing my jigsaw and listening to my audio book – The Ghost Ship by Kate Mosse – this is the third book in the trilogy and it’s excellent! It’s the first one I’ve listened to as the rest I’ve read on kindle and the narrator is excellent. It really makes a difference to the quality of the book. Another one I would recommend ((Wow! It’s almost like you’ve been released to read again with this new lifestyle)) 100% Brackets! I’m loving it.
After a walk around the beautiful wild area of Hazelford Lock we got stuck into sorting the roof. Chris made some roof boxes for the solar panels to sit on – I confess we are slightly worried about any low bridges but ((You will cross that bridge when you come to it! Yes, yes! Moving on!)) well technically we will go under the bridge but anyway we will solve that problem when it arises. It felt good to get it all sorted and tidied ahead of cruising tomorrow.
The mooring here is for 48 hours so our time is up, although to be fair there are plenty of spaces free so I don’t suppose anyone at CRT’s will immediately raise our boat out of the water and ban us from the waterways if we stayed a little longer. ((The keyboard warriors might come for you though! Fear not Peachy. I will protect you!)) Thanks Brackets, I declare you my new customer service, feedback and complaint department across all my social media platforms. ((OMG this is going to be so much fun!))
I’m typing this up to the delicious smell of a butternut squash curry cooking. We’ve also made a butternut squash soup at the same time for tomorrow’s lunch. Now we rely on solar and the engine for our electric and gas for cooking we are finding ways to cook smarter for our meals.
I’ve had a few moments today where the realisation of this new adventure we have embarked on is actually real. We don’t 100% know where we are going or where will winter this year or if we will just cruise throughout and now that finally the stress is lifting the thoughts and feelings of past experience and future memories are floating around my mind. 😊
Don’t worry all the blogs won’t be as long as this one! ((sorry, what was that? I nodded off…))
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C.L. Peache 