Sailing in the Blue Peter Sailing Dinghy
Sailing in the Blue Peter Sailing Dinghy

The morning at St Ives Fair and buying silver from Knights, the antique shop, before an inaugural cruise in The Blue Peter sailing dinghy and then a family swimming trip to St Ivo Centre where Daniel found Jason and spent the rest of the day with his family as there are more Molesworth arrests

A lay in until woken by Diana at 7.15 with a sorry tale of the battery being low and unable to pump water or run the heating. I asked her to switch to the reserve battery, which was fine and drank my morning tea and looked after Daniella whilst Di got on. The normal routine and then I started the engine and charged the battery for a while. All ready and then out together to St Ives fair and a good look round in the morning. I was looking for rugs for the boat and saw a few, but none really suitable; but bought some fibreglass polish, rags and a few sausage-shaped draught excluders for the boat. All together at the Girl Guides Hut for morning coffee and cakes, then a further look round until back together at The Lady for 12.00pm. Lunch of plaice and chips from the takeaway and then I rigged up the sailing dinghy for the first time and took it out onto the main river to sail. After a few tricky movements, and with a life jacket and well reefed sail, I managed to cruise around and really enjoyed it.

The weather had turned to rain and storm, but it was warm and I had a complete set of waterproofs on and boots to match. In afterwards and moored the dinghy (with full rigging, but reefed sail) to the davits and went back to Knights, the antique shop, to buy a fine boxed 6-set of 1917/18 Birmingham butter knives for £47 vs the £50 they were asking. All off to St Ivo Centre for swimming, but first to spend an hour at the Antique Fayre, where I bought an 1819 desert spoon for £12 (vs £17 asking), some 1813 sugar tongs for £20 (vs £22) and lastly a set of boxed teaspoons made up of 2 x1850 Exeter and 4 x 1872 London. With the family rather fed up at waiting, and after an argument, all to the swimming pool for a swim. Daniel and I find Jason Chambers in the swimming pool and we play with him until 6.00pm. Back to the boat for a sausage roll and hot cross bun tea and then, after, I sort out and reference my silver as Daniel goes off with the Chambers to Floods Wine Bar. I find a few differences from the dealers on dates of silver, but sort it all out to my satisfaction by the end of the evening. No television or newspaper news today, but Daniel hears of more arrests at Molesworth and separately of a football fan shot dead by police, which seems extreme. Daniel is back late from the Floods Wine Bar and the Chambers and is now the one in the dog house.