A Great Weekend

It was hyped to be a good weekend and gladly it didn’t disappoint. Wall to wall blue skies and sunshine and hot temperatures for the duration. The canopies came off on Friday evening and didn’t go back on until late on Sunday evening, just in time for a few spots of light rain.

We started the weekend with an unexpected pontoon session on Friday evening. People were prepping their boats for the weekend to come and the all important rugby match on Saturday morning. A few drinks helped the preparations along and before long we were in full swing.
Saturday was another scorcher from the start. So we awoke early and set about the few minor tasks we had scheduled for the weekend. The float switch now fixed and in full working order, the cabin quickly cleaned and the broken flagpole removed we were ready for the off. We had a spot of shopping to do in Lincoln so we set off before the crowd and went shopping. It is great being able to moor in the thick of it, right in the heart of the city centre. So with the shopping completed we sat back in the cockpit with a few beers watching the world go by and waiting for the rest of the group to catch up. Eventually they arrived and we set sail for Fiskerton Fen, only to find it full of narrowboats, so we turned around and headed back to Washingborough, a good move in the end. With the boats safely moored up we set about with the drinking and BBQing, the rest is history.

Sunday and a lazy day in store. Another scorcher and none of us can be bothered to do much. We have a lazy breakfast, followed by a lovely walk around the village, more on this tomorrow. We have never stayed at Washingborough so were very impressed with the village and will certainly stay there again in the near future. Most probably grabbing a curry from the takeaway next time, it has a very good write up and there are a few good looking pubs as well. With the walk over we set off back to Lincoln, where we did another lazy move and anchored in the pool for a few hours, watching the world go by, doing battle with the crossword and having a few lazy beers. Eventually we had enough of people watching and set sail for home. Another great weekend over and done with and rounded off with another well earned BBQ.

More jobs for next weekend, but it don’t look as though the weather will be great so no great shame really. We have the new anchor light to fit, we left the required tool at home so couldn’t do that this week. I have found more polishing to do and there are a few odd jobs. The dinghy has a new bow bag to install and we have some new decals for the bathing platform and cabin mirror. So a busy weekend newt week.