Left at 09:15
arrived at 10:45.
The side hatch trick
worked again and we weren’t effected too much by the heat, Jess however was up
a few times, she had a jippy tummy again, too much fruit and too hot for her I
think. Its a warm one again, more
tidying round making plans for the kids coming, rearranging seating etc. Filling up with water, get paper, empty bins
and then moving on to Sharpness for a day and a night, then back to get diesel
tomorrow and on to Saul Marina to wait for Matt to collect the wondering
parents and dogs for home on Tuesday. I
cant wait to see all the kids and my wilderness of a garden, dying to get my
hands on it, not sure Derek feels the same about the garden but we cant wait to
celebrate our Darling Isabellas 1st Birthday. Amelia is moving on to Senior School too in
September. All the kids have got
wonderful reports, well done Charlotte, Niamh, Amelia,Sophia, Sam and Claudia!! Claudia even got a report at 3 years of age,
I’m not sure but she may be going to school full time after September. Niamh
got a special award for her art work this year, it was presented with other
awards by a local councillor on Niamhs Birthday. So well done all you gorgeous Grandchildren,
Granny and Grandad couldn’t be prouder and love you all very much. There are quite a few NBs moving on the water
this morning, all seem to be going the other way again.?? We got to Purton, those lovely houses again,
the two I mentioned before where looking pristine in the morning sun. I cant
remember It I mentioned it before but the first house(my favourite) has a
cruiser at the bottom of the garden “Crispy Duck” now I think thats quite
funny, Lovely home and garden and a sense of humour too!!!!! This really is a
lovely village, waterside at least. We
passed Big Saba, the large sailing ship that went by yesterday and NB Jura,
which we have been crossing for a while now.
Saba is white with lovely woodwork and Jura is black and very shiny,
they were moored together and they both sparkled in their own way at the side
of the waterway. A nasty smell of
petrol/or diesel came over the air as we got nearer to Sharpness, it looked
like a rainbow on the water but what a pong, Derek said it was here last time
we came. I forgot to mention but at
Purton, next to a long line of white painted terraced houses, there is a long
fenced off piece of garden, part of the fence has been removed and a glass or
Perspex panel put in, behind it there appears to be a little village, I will
try to remember to stop Derek tomorrow and investigate further. ??? We arrived
at Sharpness and got into a line of cruisers and NBs next to the wall
overlooking the estuary. A Few very
large cruisers came down the water from Sharpness Dock, Derek said they must
have come up the River Severn on the high tide, they moored alongside one
another and had picnics in the sunshine, probably discussing their
adventure. I finished my paintings
despite the heat, well I think theyre
finished, so will not varnish them yet in case I want to add
something. We had a lovely tea, cooked
by Derek, of Gammon, egg, peas and even chips, proper ones not oven baked, hows
that for a treat. Settling down to watch
the White Queen tonight and possibly the new episode of Law and Order UK (on
ITV+1) as we really like it, we don’t have a recorder on the boat so hence
the+1, smart hey.
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