There are a few phrases you don’t want to hear when living on a boat

“Should that water be there?”
“We’ve run out of .....”
“ Batteries are goosed”

Or one for the start of our stay on board ..

“ You did put a cassette in the loo didn’t you ?”

Well that was me in the dog house but at least my lovely lady being a nurse was practiced in the clean up. I left to get supplies while the clean up took place being the gentleman I am.

Well the C&RT sleeping on your boat police did not kick the door in so my interpretation must have been correct. We woke from our post 12pm slumbers to a grey windy and sometimes missling morning. I set to topping the water up and prepping the donk and we slipped the mooring at 10 am with no destination set in stone.

The expected surge of boats never happened, we met a day boat in Grub Street who predictably went so far to the off side they grounded  - all part of the fun (for them) they declined the advice to reverse off in favour of gunning it like a car forward and got more stuck, we left them playing with the barge pole.

There as the weather got a little warmer and the rain departed we had a pleasant cruise. Option one for mooring was just before High Onn but there was a single boat where I would have moored so we cruised on.

I think we maybe passed about a dozen private boats and two hire boats just as we came to Chillington fancy bridge I guess out from Autherly junction.

We called it a day just after bridge 8, a stop we’ve made many times as for us it’s the best spot before it starts to get more Wolverhamptony 

It’ll be an early start tomorrow as I’d like to get through the Pendleford narrows before the Gailey hirers come through but if they do there are passing places.

Gailey and places onwards will be the target tomorrow. Being Sunday it may well be busier which in some ways will be nice. 

One thing very noticeable is how happy and friendly all the people are out and about.