Steven repairing my boat hydraulics
Steven repairing my boat hydraulics

After an early start walking Sam, a successful working day on chart updating with Steven repairing my boat hydraulics. News from home was of Diana and both girls ill or incapacitated with injuries or flue. I was surrounded by weaklings!

Awake early and had my customary working breakfast before taking Sam out for his run. Steven was up later and cooked a nice fried meal, but I missed out on it. He settled down to working on my boat steering hydraulics whilst I completed the updating of my Admiralty Charts from the Small Craft Notices. Then, after lunch when we had both finished, we took the boat for a trial run up the River Bure to Wroxham; buying some nice beef for Steven to cook for tea. Sam joined us for the trip on a nice sunny and warm day and was very calm and well-behaved.

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We all had a good day but, after the rest of it updating the electronic charts, poor Steve was suffering terribly from his stiff knee and is quite a cripple these days. I hope that they can operate and make it at least bearable. I was up very late working on the tidal diamonds for the East Coast and Wash and this still left me with the same to do for The Humber and soon The Thames tomorrow, when I shall try to get Steve to have a look at the new navigational interface. News from home was of Diana and both girls ill or incapacitated with injuries or flue. I was surrounded by weaklings!