Sunday, October 6, 2002
Breakfast
 A
relaxed start. Jennifer makes breakfast for us on the boat. Egg on
toast. |
Sharing
I purge the kitchen. It is pristine once I have finished. I relax for the rest of the day.
That's the good thing about having a large group of capable people. Everybody does their share - and then can be completely idle / relaxed / drunk for the rest of the time.
Pollution
 The
water is muddy, dark and cold, but there's no apparent pollution; no
litter. The only oil slick we see on the water is after I clean the frying
pan. |
Departures
  Andy
is to leave today - he is bound for Athens. Jack has school tomorrow so
Jenny takes the opportunity for them to leave with Andy. They can travel
back to Cambridge all together.
The party of 10 has become 7. |
 I
play a game of "trust" with Jack before he leaves. This games
involves balancing him over the quayside. |
Cruising
  We
head east.
The other powered craft on the water pose little problem. We don't "burn up" too many boats. We're good at keeping to the speed limit of 4 MPH. Craft with sails are difficult to overtake when you are following them and they are tacking. The rules say that power boats give way to sail, whatever's going on. If both craft are under sail, and the other boat is on a starboard tack, you give way.
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 Gavin
and Rick work together on steering and navigating. The rest of us just
relax and watch the world go by. (Mainly reed beds.) |
St Benet's Abbey
  We
moor and explore this isolated old ruin. |
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Ludham
We meander to the Kings Arms at Ludham. We enjoy Sunday Dinner. It's gone 14:00 but they're happy to serve us - if we can order quickly.
The Abbot ale and food is good.
We find another JPM "Who wants to be a Millionaire" machine to thrash.
Afternoon
  We
enjoy the late afternoon sun. It's cold on top without a coat. Inside the boat is warm - especially if the heating is turned on! |
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Evening
  The
afternoon soon becomes evening. Sunset is at 18:20. (Useful things GPS's) |
 We decide to moor within a couple of miles of the boatyard
tonight at Irstead. There's the Angler Inn about a mile's walk away. |
 We
are moored at 18:30. Any later and it would have been too difficult to see!
The Official UK Top 40 is playing: John Otway is at number 9.
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Angler Inn
| Most of the Barton Angler Inn is nearly 500 years old. It's
in-between the villages of Neatishead and Irstead, and adjacent to the Barton Broads where, as a boy, Lord Nelson learnt to sail whilst staying at the inn which was then a rectory.
In the pub is another "Who wants to be a Millionaire" game. Do these games adjust their difficulty automatically to the ignorance of the locals? Some of these machines were a lot easier than others in different pubs.
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Tonight's DVD
Tonight's DVD is Dogma.
The whisky bottle is almost empty.