Another October Weekend

The weekend is here again and we plan to make much more of this one than we did of the last. Hopefully I will be fit and well for the duration this time!

With the weather looking a little better than of late we plan to spend the evening at either Washingborough or Torksey. Both local haunts, but both with lots of local interest. If we stay in Torksey it will of course be steak pie for dinner in the White Swan, but if we stay in Washingborough it will be an Indian takeaway which is reported to be of excellent quality. Either will be a nice way to spend the evening and personally I don’t mind which we choose.

Before we set off however we have a few jobs to do. The anchor light still needs installing. This weekend is going to be the weekend to do this. We have put it off for long enough now and we are getting towards the time of year where it comes in handy whilst moored up for the evening. The LED bulbs have been modified to fit the light casing and should be ready to go. All we need now is the patience to install the thing. It will happen this weekend, I can feel it.

Whilst Liam is busying himself with the anchor light I will set about giving the cabin a good clean, stripping the bedding, disinfecting the bathroom, galley, and door handles and anything else I may have come into contact with last weekend. If I finish this little lot in good time I may set about some polishing, needless to say I didn’t feel up to this last weekend so it wasn’t even started.

One last little job, well it isn’t a job really, will be a jaunt into Lincoln to do the shopping. There is something to be said for buying fruit and vegetables from a good old fashioned market stall. The produce is always fresh and the prices are very keen. We also buy our meat from the butchers stall in the market hall. The meat is always fresh and always very competitively priced at three packs for £6 or five packs for £10. We usually stock up the fridge as we go past even if a BBQ isn’t on the cards we can take the meat home and stock up the fridge and freezer at home. Lastly we usually buy our fresh bread from the bakery and treat ourselves to a tasty, hot breakfast pasty. Not the healthiest breakfast but one we always look forward to on a Saturday morning if we are heading into Lincoln. With free moorings right in the heart of the city centre what better excuse do you need to do some shopping?

After a spot of breakfast and the shopping it will be time to decide where we are heading for. It is downstream and through Stamp End Lock onto the pretty River Witham for Washingborough or upstream on the lock free Fossdyke for Torksey. Which way we go will very much depend on what we fancy for dinner I suspect. It is anybody’s guess which we will choose but either way it will be a pleasant way to while away another October weekend.