Di and the girls arrive in Horning for a family boat trip aboard The Jolly later after I had provisioned in Wroxham and we had worked on Heronshaw earlier. Later, Debbie and Della had a bath and then we returned to the Paxton Princess to settle down for the night after a day alternating between dull and sunny but mild and with no wind to speak of
I went to bed quite late last night and then woke up early this morning but I did not miss the sleep - just felt physically tired after all of the hard work yesterday. A little quicker through my washing and breakfast routine and then out quite early to start work. I left the washing up and got to work inside the boat; doing the most important service items as there was not time to do all of them. This consisted of checking the engine oil and coolant levels, cleaning out the water intake filters and then topping up the ship’s batteries. I made a list of all of the important items I had to buy and then went into Wroxham after lunch to get them. I had intended to go earlier but my cellular telephone managed to work from Heronshaw and so I could telephone Diana from here Horning in the morning.
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Once back, I vacuumed out the boat and put things back together ready for Diana to arrive with the girls. They were delayed in the traffic and so I had plenty of time to wash down the back of the Paxton Princess and also to fit new ropes, fenders and mooring cleats to The Jolly and give it a good clean out. Once Diana arrived, we unloaded her car and then I made them a drink and a snack from the items I had left in Heronshaw whilst they recovered from the journey. Di then did the washing up and cleaned my sink for me before going on to the boat and sorting things out there. Meanwhile, I replaced the lacing on the starboard dodger of The Jolly that had disintegrated and then we were all ready to go for a boat trip.
We cruised up and down the Horning water front and then came back to moor up at Heronshaw for tea of toast and sandwiches with cake to follow. While we were inside, Debbie and Della had a bath and then we returned to the Paxton Princess to settle down for the night. The weather today was fine; alternating between dull and sunny but mild and with no wind to speak of which made it rather frustrating for the sailors who use Horning as their base. The boats seem to be in good shape after the winter and were both running very smoothly.