Debbie was re-united with Sundance today
Debbie was re-united with Sundance today

To the house for our showers etc on a warmer and sunnier morning after sorting out a gas cylinder problem and then to remove the algae and super-chlorinate the swimming pool. Daniel to a driving lesson and Debbie to see her beloved Sundance who she had been tearfully missing. We set off again on The Lady, had lunch in St Neots and then back and on to collect Debbie from Offord cruising on to Huntingdon Town Quay to find The Lady’s sister ship, ‘Patience’ in a poor state.

After the chilly breeze and the dull weather of yesterday, this morning was warm and sunny after Hugh. After midnight., I was awoken by Di with a tale of woe. The gas cylinders had run out again and, after changing over, I had trouble lighting the fridge now that the electronic ignition is faulty. This morning, we went to the house and all had showers etc before breakfast. I then relit the fridge and Diana did another four loads of washing. I then hoovered out the swimming pool, brushed away the persistent algae and super chlorinated the water to last us through next week.

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Daniel had a prearranged driving lesson and I took Debbie across to Offord to meet her friend Helen and to see Sundance, whose company she had been missing the point of being reduced to tears over it. We all gathered back on The Lady and then went through St Neots Lock to have lunch at the Bridge Hotel. It was a rush to pick up Debbie by boat in Offord at 3pm and then had a more sedate ride in warm, humid weather down through three locks to make Huntingdon Town Quay in time for a tea of salad. We found the boat ‘Patience’ moored there (the 35 -foot equivalent of 33-foot The Lady), now renamed and in new ownership. Nothing has been done to the boat for 10 years and now it is looking sorrier year by year. The present owners bought it for £8,500 in June, lived on it for three months while sorting out a house move problem, and now still use it for trips. I left my details with them in case they wanted to part with it rather than doing it up.