An early start mopping down the Paxton Princess ready for our cruise as Diana prepared things within before breakfast on the Heronshaw veranda on a warm and humid morning as two more warm and fine days are forecast to come. Some poor service from Colin Facey's boat-yard in Horning and then on to Ranworth Broad where we moored with the mud-weight and used The Jolly to get ashore for lunch at The Granary where the food was good, but the service poor.
The Iraq leader appears on TV with some of the hostages today to help his propaganda, but it disgusted its western audience as an obviously put-up job.
I slept well overnight until the morning of although I seemed to need to get up quite often to go to the toilet. I had my shave and bath at Heronshaw and then mopped down the Paxton Princess ready for our cruise as Diana also prepared things within. We had breakfast on the Heronshaw veranda on a warm and humid morning and then we were all loaded and packed up in time to set off by 10.15am. We started with a short trip to Colin Facey's boat-yard in Horning to get a pump-out. They kept us waiting whilst they had their tea break and then charged us an exorbitant sum of £10 for a very messy job. We wanted some diesel fuel but decided against it when we found out the price of £1.65 per gallon compared with 60p on the Great Ouse, Wells etc.
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Thus delayed, we chose to go on to Ranworth Broad where we moored with the mud-weight and used The Jolly to get ashore for lunch at The Granary. We found the food good, but the service was poor and so had no pudding for lack of time. Then we all looked around the nature reserve where we spotted some lovely butterflies including the Peacock which the girls enjoyed. Then Di and I took a look in the shop whilst the girls played on the play equipment, but poor Helen cried when she got her socks and shoes wet in the bog at Debbie's instigation. Then The Jolly back to the boat and thereafter the cruise down to Stokesby where we found the moorings so full that we had to go on to the Stracey Arms. Diana made nice cheese "toasties" for tea with our new machine after which we all went for a look around the windmill which was still open with a collection box for donations. Tonight, the girls went to bed three in the aft cabin and took some settling down!
The Iraq leader appears on TV with some of the hostages today intending the effect to help his propaganda but it disgusted its western audience as an obviously put-up job and Jordon, "overwhelmed with refugees", closes its border with Iraq. Another British squadron of Tornado attack aeroplanes is sent to the Gulf, the second so far. It has been a warm day today and two more warm and fine days are forecast to come.