As the unseasonably cold and wet weather continued, I walked Sam and then pressure-washed the hull and superstructure of The Paxton Princess waiting to start our cruise and wondered what to do.
By majority vote we opted to go as soon as we were ready and so started loading up the boat. Over to the Horning Tea Shoppe for lunch and then later to The Horning Leisure Centre for tea.
It had been raining again and so we opted to sleep on the boat tonight but to stay in the boathouse so as to use the electric power and the Harnser facilities overnight.
Another day like yesterday - unseasonably cold and raining in spells - and we really did not know what to do about going away on the boat. It has been such a poor summer and we were in Paxton for the only fine weather last week. After Sam's walk and breakfast. I got out the pressure washing machine and, with Della's help in guiding the feed pipe, scrubbed down all of the hull and superstructure of The Paxton Princess. Then, with Debbie's help, I mopped it off to dry and rested over coffee to take stock.
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We spoke together as a family and agonised on whether and when to set off until I decided on a secret ballot with the choices of 1) going straightaway 2) going in the morning, 3) going when the weather improves or 4) staying at Harnser and not going at all. By majority vote we opted to go as soon as we were ready and so started loading up the boat and getting things ready.
Over to the Horning Tea Shoppe for lunch and then later to The Horning Leisure Centre for tea as by this time we had completed our preparation and could have been ready to go. It had been raining again and so we opted to sleep on the boat tonight but to stay in the boathouse so as to use the electric power and the Harnser facilities overnight.