Reply To: [unofficial weekender] Heeeeeeere is Johnny!

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Ok, so it’s no longer the weekend. But it is for me. We just got back from our few days away on our (co-op) narrowboat. It was totally brilliant, and reminded us both of why we loved being “liveaboards” all those years ago (is it really more than ten years ago? ulp!). So today feels like Saturday to me!

So what’s everyone been up to while we zoned out and dropped off the planet? (seriously, refusing to listen to the news on the radio and planning days around how many locks you’ll get through before nightfall, where to eat, where to go to the toilet…. it’s like a cleansing for the soul!) Are we still “doing covid” or is that not a thing any more? We’ve only been gone a few days but it could have been months for all I know!

Will we survive 2 weeks without any weekender and no XLBS?

Well, I just got through one weekend unscathed – I think we’ll be ok 😉

Did you see the partial eclipse yesterday?

A what now? I saw a woodpecker, and moorhens, and about a hundred geese and goslings all in a single field, and a deer swimming in the canal (it was particularly hot that day) and all manner of flora and fauna. I knew nothing of any eclipse.

Is 20°C just right, to hot or cold for outdoor temperatures?

Sounds about right to me. With a gentle breeze, it’d be quite pleasant. I could cope with it cooler and be untroubled, and would like it a little warmer when we go to the beach for a swim (of course we went for a swim after getting back this afternoon – even before unloading the camper! The sea is still pretty darned cold right now so a few weeks of warmer weather wouldn’t upset me)

 

Nick proved to be quite the navigator, while I ran up and down opening and closing lock gates.

Some of the canalside properties are simply stunning

And some parts of the canal get *really* shallow!

Of course I took my paints and a couple of minis to have a go at during the inevitable “downtime”. But I’ll be perfectly honest, my paints never came out of the case! I might have a go at a couple of character pieces before next weekend (crikey, is it Wednesday tomorrow already?!)

Not sure I can pledge anything this week, as everything is all upside-down and wrong-side out just now – is it really mid-week already?! But here’s some music I’ve been listening to (quietly, in the boat, so as not to disturb our towpath neighbours)