Tuesday 12^th May 2020

 

We didn’t wake until 9am. Harvey, unheard of from him, had had an accident on the galley rug. We just couldn’t find it in ourselves to chastity him.

The whole day, the only work I did was to refit the mushroom vents, we are well pleased with the result, and make a further bracelet for Sonia’s eldest daughter, Lauren.

Brenda meantime, made more bread, a delight, and Jemima threaded braids into her hair, which looks really good.

We came up with a great, mad idea and had everybody sign the underside of the dinette table. From now on we will have all visitors to the boat sign it, and those that have been in the past, will have to return. 

Before we knew it, it was 4pm. I went with Danny and Terry to collect more wood and, after dinner, we again sat around the fire. It was an evening of drinking, poems, songs, jokes, watching the stars and just plain bloody good company. We had the air rife out, with all of us ‘pinging’ beer can targets.

Jemima serenaded us with a ‘from the heart’ spiritual piece of singing that moved us all.

Those that know us will know that when we came on the boat we had three ambitions. Well tonight, courtesy of Danny, we realised our third.

And a happy time was had by all!