I was more comfortable in our new sleeping bags after a very warm night, but was woken up at 6am again, this time by the traffic. It was nice to buy bread and milk from a grocer who came around with his trolley before we cruised downstream to Brooms Marina before having lunch. Then with the Range Rover to Wroxham to meet up with Richard Allen at the George Smith boatyard to see their new centre cockpit cruiser which was good but lacked bunk length and headroom. Once back in Brundall, I took the Range Rover to Burgh Castle Marina, collected the speedboat trailer and returned to successfully slip the speedboat and the Little Lady on to their trailers before dark.
It was a very warm night which made it difficult for us all to sleep. I was comfortable in my new sleeping bags, but it was too warm to have them done up. I was just dozing off, however, when Debbie came in to moan and I could not get off to sleep again before midnight. This morning, the traffic woke us up at 6am as well! It was nice to see the grocer coming round with a trolley at these Norwich moorings and we bought our milk and bread from him for the day. After breakfast, I took Di to look at the pictures in the Elm Hill Gallery, but she did not like them sufficiently to justify a purchase at that price.
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We had coffee and then went back to The Lady to set off. We bid farewell to Norwich and cruised downstream through Brammerton and Thorpe to Brundall where we moored up in the Brooms marina before having lunch. Then by car (being now reunited with our range Rover) to Wroxham and the boat yards of George Smith where we met up with Richard Allen of Buckden Marina and saw the new 31’ x 10’8” centre cockpit cruiser they are building, which seem to be quite impressive and good value at £36,000.
I just retain a few apprehensions about the bunk length and the headroom in the showers, but we were still interested. The problem is to find the ideal boat for the Broads and Great Ouse cruising which is nigh on impossible but we try! Back to Brundall and then this evening spent collecting the speedboat trailer from Burgh Castle Marina and then bringing it back to Brundall where we successfully slipped the speedboat and the Little Lady on to their trailers before dark.