After grabbing a few hours sleep following work, we were both up and about shortly after midday so after throwing an astonishing amount of gear into the car we set off along the A14
The roads weren't as bad as I'd feared, the traffic was quite light and the weather much improved after high winds and heavy rain overnight.
We made excellent time and were soon on board and sorting ourselves out. I don't do Christmas decorations so after deciding that our mast isn't quite tall enough to signal "BAH HUMBUG" with flags I settled on "NE14W" instead. Bearing in mind that "W" is "Whiskey" in the phonetic alphabet you should be able to work that one out!
By the time I'd sorted that out and raised the ensign too it was getting rather chilly outside so enough was enough. As dark descended we lit all the oil lamps and settled down to chicken casserole from the tin. A drop of bubbly stuff for Jane and a wee dram for myself ensued but a wild party night was not to be and by eight we were both sound asleep!
The peace and tranquility was disturbed, as indeed was my sleep, around midnight by heavy rain which lasted an hour or so, once it blew through I was away with the fairies again.
Never mind, it'll soon be Christmas!
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