A poor cold night and then the need to get up first to put on the boat heating and boil the kettle but, after dressing quickly, whilst I was at the helm, the others used the nice hot water in the shower and then I got Daniel and Di to steer as I did the same thing.
Some time struggling to get back to Horning in the dark and to make the TV work but I took Diana across to the Swan for a nice meal this evening. It was our anniversary event to mark yesterday; 21 years married!
We had a very poor night and I was not ready to go to bed early with the others and so just lay there for most of the night. I did sleep eventually but then overslept with the others and we were quite late up. I was the one that was brave enough to get up and put the heating and kettle on. We had our breakfast after dressing roughly and then un-moored and, whilst I was at the helm, the others use the nice hot water in the shower and then I got Daniel and Di to steer as I did the same thing. We cruised steadily upstream from Great Yarmouth, stopping at Acle Bridge for water, Stokesby to off-load litter and then we carried on until we arrived at Wroxham.
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We moored up at the un-used moorings of the seasonal moorings of the Riverside Café. A nice meal and shopping at the chandlers, Jeckell’s. They exchanged my aerial for a new one but (horror of horrors!) When I took it back to the boat and tried it, exactly the same thing happened as before. Daniel went out and got another fuse and at least we managed to fix the TV but the aerial remains a mystery. I also bought a few books on navigation which are very good, but I will need time to master them. The cruise back to Heronshaw in the dark and so we found the going hard. First the radar stopped working – just when it was becoming useful – and then the batteries gave out and we did not have any interior lights. I had to put the cover down and stare from the bridge which was very cold, but we got there in the end.
This evening, I took Diana across to the Swan and we enjoyed a nice meal of beef soup and roast beef to follow. It was our anniversary event to mark yesterday; 21 years married!