X-Mas day 'sail'

[Koeketiene]

Arrived at Shotley crack of 11 am (having checked previously that the lock would be manned thanks Debs )

Greeted by:
- cheery lock keeper
- dense fog (Harwich & Port of Felixtowe invisible)
- freezing cold (decks frozen & slippery - as were the pontoons)
- and last but not least: no wind - whatsoever.

Mrs Guapa made it quite clear that she didn't fancy breaking a leg on deck whilst we were adrift in the fog.

So, ran heater and engine for a bit and had a X-Mas lunch fit for kings: hot soup and bread.
Don't think B ever imagined spending X-Mas like this when she met me 21 years ago.
Who says romance is dead

X-Mas lunch

I guess we've all been at the receiving end of one of those looks at one time or another.

Guapa in the cold & fog.

Next on the sailing itinerary: the migration up-river for winter on Thursday.

 

[Lucky Duck]

That's not fog, you can see across the pontoons

 

[sarabande]

what's th eprice you have to pay for this little banyan ?

 

[sailorman]

You spoil that woman

 

[Koeketiene]

what's th eprice you have to pay for this little banyan ?

She'll probably be after my body again

 

[Koeketiene]

You spoil that woman

I know - I keep telling her: 'I'm too good for you'

 

[ChattingLil]

I guess we've all been at the receiving end of one of those looks at one time or another.

Oh, yes. I know that look...

 

[Saguday]

She'll probably be after my body again

With an axe most likely

 

[reginaldon]

A great thread!

 

[Saguday]

Thursday.

Note: sleeves rolled up, ready to inflict some gbh

Never leave a woman in a galley with knives when she's wearing a look like that...

 

[sailorman]

Galley - She knows her place