The stiffening wind took away the bitter cold but still made the weather too cold for the girls to go across to the playground, particularly as Debbie had a very bad cough and was weak and tearful as we cruised on to Burgh St Peter. Daniel was at the helm as I spliced the ropes but then we found the indoor leisure centre pool and changing rooms too cold and Debbie coughing and crying so we cruised upstream afterwards to Beccles. Diana got cold and fed up with the weather this evening as I worked on my navigational studies.
The prison riots were spreading to jails other than Strangeways with a prisoner being found dead at Dartmoor after 100 prisoners barricading themselves into a wing. Two prison officers were injured at Bristol and there was also trouble at Leeds and Cardiff prisons as well
It was not quite so bitterly cold with the wind keeping the frost at bay at first but then we became quite chilled by the wind and wished it would go away. I would have happily stayed at Oulton Broad with the shore-power until the weather changed but the family wanted to move on as it was too cold for the girls to go across to the playground, particularly as Debbie had a very bad cough and was weak and tearful. We filled up with water and returned the power adaptor, secured all things on deck against the wind, and then cruised to Burgh St Peter. Daniel was at the helm as I spent time on the fender ropes and spliced them to the fenders in replacement of the rather un-seamanlike knots we had. Everyone was keen to go swimming at the indoor leisure centre but once there they found the pool chilly, the changing rooms cold with the girls arguing and Debbie coughing and crying and so I wished that they had taken my advice and stayed at Oulton.
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We still cruised upstream afterwards to Beccles where we moored at an almost deserted yacht station in very strong offshore winds which at least allowed me to splice more of the fender ropes as the Paxton Princess stood off the quay. We tried unsuccessfully to get Daniel to do some more schoolwork and Diana got cold and fed up with the weather. This evening, I worked on my navigational studies. The news today is of the prison riots spreading to jails other than Strangeways with a prisoner being found dead at Dartmoor after 100 prisoners barricading themselves into a wing. Two prison officers were injured at Bristol and there was also trouble at Leeds, Cardiff and Bristol prisons as well. The Japanese Yen has fallen sharply in weekend trading and the G7 nations are unable to agree on support for this currency amidst an atmosphere of crisis.