Another Weekend Is Upon Us

With a splattering of snow on the ground another weekend has rolled on around. We have a busy weekend in store this week so tonight is going to be our only chance to relax and unwind with a few drinks and some good food whilst tucked up cosy and warm on Naughty-Cal. The heating will have already switched on by the time we arrive so she should be lovely and warm, ready for our arrival.

Saturday will be mostly taken up with Christmas shopping. I have bought the presents for the adults today so it will be shopping for the kids on Saturday. Trawling around the busy Lincoln high street isn’t my idea of fun but needs must. We will finish the mornings shopping off with a trip to the markets to stock up with food for the week ahead. With this thankless task out of the way it will be time to head back to the marina and give the bottom of the dinghy a scrub. We gave her bum a clean to rid her of the algae growth before hoisting her onto the davits but she still has a rather unsightly lime scale mark on her hull. We have been reliably informed that Cillit Bang will remove this so are going to give it a go over the weekend. With this done we can have a couple of hours to relax before heading across the lake to our friends house for dinner. If the lake isn’t frozen we are taking the boat across and will spend the night on their mooring. If there is ice forecast it will be a long walk around the estate to reach their house.

On Sunday we will be trying out our new slow cooker. So it will be a reasonably early start for me to get the meat and vegetables prepped and in the pot. Then we should have time for a spot of breakfast before we are descended on by yet more friends. No doubt we will have a few drinks and if time and the weather allow we will probably have a trip in to Lincoln and the pub on the way back. Before dinner we will have the dreaded task of wrapping Christmas presents helped along I hope by a few drinks and some good music. Then we can finally settle in, enjoy our slowly cooked, and hopefully beautiful dinner before getting ready for bed and ready to come home on Monday morning.

Another busy weekend in store then.