Winter continues on 'ROSY'. I won't whinge about the weather - the last few days have been a bit annoying, but generally it has been 'not bad'. Certainly Fanny the Woof and I have had our usual walkies without having to don rain-wear, though sometimes that entailed waiting for the drizell to cease. Basic food shopping is a 15 to 20 minute walk up to a Tesco, or a 40 ish minute walk up to Rugby. The staff at Willow Wren are very friendly and helpful.
I've been sorting out the doctors and dentists, the former with the help of Veronica. I tramp up the towing path to Newbold on the first Saturday of each month, to hear Eric wield his guitar etc and sing the pop songs of my youth. He sometimes plays a song that I don't recognise, and that usually turns out to have been popular during one of my over-seas stints. I've been reading quite a bit, especially the free-to-very-low-cost books for my Kindle. I kept Mike George happy by reading his 'California or Bust' - he had hoped to find employment over there, but at the end of a year all he had was the experience, so he wrote about it.
Those of us who live on our boats generally find it necessary to have a base for mail delivery and the like. For many a long year Veronica has been doing this for me, so it is always a pleasure when she comes over for a 'live' visit.
I've just spent a couple of days watching 'Coast'. A few years ago there was a TV series of a chap who walked round the coast of mainland Britain - England, Wales and Scotland. I have it on three 120 min DVDs, and watch it every 4 or 5 years.
Err . . . That's about it, except to say that I am slowing down, and my really adventurous cruising days are over. My 'plan' (?) now is to cruise for 2 or 3 hours and then to moor up for 2 to 3 + + + days.
That's all, folks!!
I've been sorting out the doctors and dentists, the former with the help of Veronica. I tramp up the towing path to Newbold on the first Saturday of each month, to hear Eric wield his guitar etc and sing the pop songs of my youth. He sometimes plays a song that I don't recognise, and that usually turns out to have been popular during one of my over-seas stints. I've been reading quite a bit, especially the free-to-very-low-cost books for my Kindle. I kept Mike George happy by reading his 'California or Bust' - he had hoped to find employment over there, but at the end of a year all he had was the experience, so he wrote about it.
Those of us who live on our boats generally find it necessary to have a base for mail delivery and the like. For many a long year Veronica has been doing this for me, so it is always a pleasure when she comes over for a 'live' visit.
I've just spent a couple of days watching 'Coast'. A few years ago there was a TV series of a chap who walked round the coast of mainland Britain - England, Wales and Scotland. I have it on three 120 min DVDs, and watch it every 4 or 5 years.
Err . . . That's about it, except to say that I am slowing down, and my really adventurous cruising days are over. My 'plan' (?) now is to cruise for 2 or 3 hours and then to moor up for 2 to 3 + + + days.
That's all, folks!!
