Bootlegged Again

Well what a weekend and such a shame it is over so soon.

Friday was a slow start, after work we visited the other halfs mother to drop off a few items and a birthday card for his sister with just enough time to squeeze down a nice refreshing can of lager before setting off for the journey to Lincoln. We were surprised how much difference 40 minutes made to the traffic, then a quick stop at the supermarket en route to pick up some beer supplies and a quick and easy lunch of scotch eggs, samosas and sausage rolls.

Soon we were off again and before long we had reached Burton Waters. We quickly unpacked, made the bed (it is easier said than done fitting a duvet cover in the confines of the midships cabin) then settled in for a few quiet drinks. We were however quickly captured by pirates and forced into drinking aboard the pirate ship “Wish You Were Here” Quiet night it was not.

Saturday dawned, far too early for my liking, and with the sun shining we set off in search of breakfast settling on Micks A57 cafe under a mile away from the marina. An excellent hangover cure if ever there was one is the £3 all day breakfast. So we head back to the boat bellies filled to find out how the pirates have faired up and to see when we are heading off to Saxilby.

We decided to head off before the pirate ship to find a decent mooring spot for the evening. A quick 35 minute jaunt saw us moored up in a fine spot under the willow trees enjoying a few cold beers whilst awaiting the imminent arrival of Wish You Were Here. Whilst we were moored up a smallish narrowboat had landed themselves in the middle of the moorings (why do people do that?) and the crew of said boat then disappeared. So when we spotted the pirate ship approaching we pulled Cal back so that Wish You Were Here had room to moor up. This now left us sat on the bottom in the shallows near the bridge (always wondered why no one moors there!!)

Saturday evening saw us head over to The Sun Inn to watch the ever excellent Bootleg perform their excellent mix of live music. This band never fails to provide an excellent evening of entertainment for all ages to enjoy. Without much encouragement we drank and danced the night away, poor lads thought they were never going to be allowed to leave with numerous shouts of “MORE”!!

Sunday and a lie in. Rarely are we not up and around by 8am. 9.30am was the time we finally awoke and roused ourselves into action. Firstly with a walk to the shop to get eggs, bread and a paper, then with a nice unhealthy breakfast of gypsy toast and a few cups of coffee whilst reading the mornings news. Finally we got it together enough to go in search of the pirates. It was decided that we would descend on the riverside pub The Bridge Inn, also in Saxilby for a carvery lunch around 2pm. Wish You Were Here headed off for a run to check their newly fixed engine was indeed fixed so we had a lazy Sunday morning reading and generally relaxing before setting off on the 200 yard journey to the Bridge Inn.

We arrived before the pirates, as usual so ordered our drinks before finally they arrived running on one engine!! Not again. This time the fix proved to be an easy one. A dodgy wire to the fuel pump, thank goodness for that. Anyway a lovely lunch followed but surprisingly not much beer was drunk then we set off on the quick journey back to Burton Waters in convoy. The rest of the afternoon spent cleaning and generally tidying up before settling back to watch a film with a couple of drinks and preparing for the journey back to work today.

So, a great weekend had by all.