I slept in for a change and Diana made the morning drinks after which I ran the engines to charge the batteries and enable the refrigerator to keep working. To Ely Market Square for coffee after breakfast and then some spares, another lifejacket and navigation books from Ely Yacht Chandlers and then lunch out that the French café. I managed to fix the helm indicators tonight and started to plan our sea trip which may be for Thursday of this week
I slept well and Di was first up to make the drinks on after which I had to run the engines again to allow the refrigerator to keep working. We all went into Ely after breakfast and had coffee in a courtyard off of the market square where we shared a table with a real fen tiger who was very chatty and friendly. He was from Littleport where the locals are up in arms with the new vicar. I went to the Ely Yacht Chandlers and bought some spares for our other toilet, another lifejacket and navigation books. I know the proprietors very well and the husband and wife team were celebrating 20 years of marriage.
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They are both friendly and knowledgeable and I think that this is the best chandlers in the area. I met the rest of my get secured yet family for lunch by prior arrangement at Bonnets but, to our disappointment, it was closed on this day of the week. We went across to the French cafe instead. This afternoon was nice and warm, and I did odd chores that continued into the evening as Daniel went out to the cinema to see the same film. Debbie went with him at first but then came back to read her book as she did not like it. I managed to fix the helm indicators by routing improved electrical power to them and now they work fine. I also started to plan our sea trip which may be for Thursday of this week if I can only raise the Denver lockkeeper here’s a to finalise the arrangements. I managed to interrogate my office answering machine from the boat today and returned several phone calls in response to the messages received including one from the Headmaster of Kimbolton and one from the Press.