It's a grin and bear it day today

Sorry, not many pictures today, it's overcast, the wind's blowing, and instead of lying in we woke up early. 

So it's grin and bear it day.

Mind you, at 6:17 I thought that it was a promising start to the day but that didn't last long. 

We decided to do some washing to cheer ourselves up!?

We bought a mini washing machine some years ago and I insisted that we dug it out of mothballs and fired it up.

We've got it standing in the shower which makes it easier to fill and empty. But it is small. Much against the captain's wishes I filled the tub with clothes and water and then watched as it did an impression of an old man doing the twist. Everything wobbled about but nothing actually moved. Out with half the load and off it went.

I strategically retired to the engine room to polish the brass work. 

We tried the spin dryer but everything came out as wet as when it went in. Oh well, peg it all on the airing rack and see what happens. 

Thought we'd cheer ourselves up by having lunch at the Gongoozlers Rest, a floating café. Seems everyone else had the same idea so, back to the boat, cast off, fill up with water and set off towards Coventry.

Found a nice quiet place to moor, had lunch, battened down the hatches, lit the fire and watched it rain. (Not for long)

I started work on installing a 12v USB socket which means that we won't need to switch on the inverter to change the odd phone or tablet. 

Tea time and a picture!

The captain insisted that I take a snap before it miraculously disappeared. There's only one problem, that's the last piece of Ann's cake. Je suis désolé!

A last picture for today, the installed socket.

It's the little black box with the blue light. 

That's all folks!