We've been here in Pilling’s Lock Marina for a couple of
weeks now.
I love the rear pegs
We haven’t been on the boat the whole time though. Last week
we went up to Newcastle to visit
our little grand-daughter who is growing so fast. She’s starting to talk and is
developing her own personality and it was very hard to come home and leave her
behind. I'm now on stand-by to dash back early in January when the next baby is
due.
This weekend we hired another car and went back to Manchester
to visit the rest of our family. It was lovely seeing everyone again, just a
shame that the meal we’d booked in the local pub was so dreadful. I think the
chef must have had a hangover because not one of the 10 meals was right.
The weather has been amazing here this past week. It’s been
bright and sunny almost every day but then extremely wet and windy every night.
Last night the sky was really clear and full of stars but it was just too windy
to get my telescope out. In typical fashion though, today is wet and windy.....just when we need to move for a pump-out. We can manage for a few more days but at this time of year I don't like letting the tank get above 3/4 full, just in case we get frozen in. The forecast is better for tomorrow so we'll leave it till then.
The other day we walked to the flood lock to check the state
of the river after all the recent rain.
The flood sluice gate is still open
This is the weir that diverts the river past the canal
section of the River Soar where the marina is
I hope Roger never needs to store anything under the bed as
it’s full of bags of wool. I can’t resist buying more whenever we see a wool
shop but being in the marina has given me plenty of “hooky” time.
Last week I made this jumper for my grand-daughter and I've
now started on things for the new baby which seem incredibly small but
thankfully make up really quickly and as they don’t take much wool I’m able to
use up some of my stash. I’m making a New Year’s resolution to NOT buy any more
until I’ve emptied at least one bag. I
can see lots of stripy things being made next year!
1 comment:
Beautiful Jumper.
The water levels are getting high again. Fingers crossed it works out ok. Merry Christmas.
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