Leaving Barton marina.Trent & Mersey

Today started damp and miserable,hardly encouraging for commencement  of our next boating adventure. The car is packed, the boat similarly, and we are waiting for the arrival of our youngest son and new "girlfriend" for a flying visit from Manchester. ( Hence the rain? ). They are taking us out for Lunch at the Waterfront.   If the weather fails to change we'll stay in the marina and make an early ( but dry? ) start tomorrow. We are in no rush.

The weather did change.............for the worse!  Thunder,lightening and very,very heavy rain. We all got soaked transferring stuff from the car to the boat but had another splendid lunch at The Waterfront,which for all their hard work and getting wet we did not have the heart to accept payment from Joel and Emily. Joel we know all about but Emily is delightful and training to be a marine engineer.

We have booked our next service! 

We will relax in the marina until the weather improves, but it is typical of my luck we have been stuck at

Home during weeks of tropical heat, which changes to tropical rain as soon as we are free to cruise.

The old Monty Python song has returned to my head.

I'm still feeling good, despite the rain.