Friday 14^th September. Sorry about the delay in updating the blog but reception at Bugsworth was poor so decided to wait until we got a better signal. Well, Friday was a miserable day with wind and rain all day long.

Luckily the basin was very sheltered and we bogged in for the day catching up on one or two chores that needed doing. We also ventured out to the pub for lunch and, you’ve guessed it, another favourite to add to the book. Everyone is so friendly in this part of the world. Even at the supermarket checkout you can almost get the life history of the person there. Makes a change from down south!

After lunch we walked into Whaley Bridge – the town, not the structure – the beer’s not THAT strong! The only problem was that we followed the shortest route which was

straight up and then

straight down the other side. I needed to walk off lunch anyway. By the way, Have you ever seen a road sign for frogs?

After getting back to the boat we learned how to play Bezique – it must be a good game because Brigid won, something that doesn’t happen often with games. Settled in for the evening and watched a video of My Fair Lady.