Sunday / Monday 20 / 21 October 2019

The list of outstanding jobs is continuing to diminish and we are now confident that everything will be ready for the lift on Wednesday. 

One of the biggest jobs remaining was to put a wood treatment onto the decks.  This I have done before. It is a long process of basically painting it onto an already damp deck, twice.  This is best achieved on hands and knees.  While crawling round I contemplate the romance of being a boat owner.  The glossy pictures never seem to include one of you in rubber gloves, and protective goggles, squeezing into difficult corners to be able to paint wood preservative on the deck. I was pleased when the second coat was finished and I could tick that one off.

Most of the remaining jobs are now time specific, things we can only do at the last minute.

As we were under less pressure, we were able to go for a bike ride again on Sunday. We cycled along the riverbank road into the larger part of Bosa town and spent time reconnoitring the local supermarkets and the location of the transport connections that we will need.  Again, it is good to have the knowledge of these things before you have to use them.

We did have one, well two disappointments actually.  We have mentioned before that we have been using the local supermarket / delicatessens to buy pre-prepared meals.  We went again on Saturday and stocked up with food for Sunday and Monday, a pork dish and a lasagne, plus some extras.  There had obviously been some sort of mix up in the shop, as on Sunday, when we came to prepare and eat the pork dish, we discovered that we had chicken. No problem, we ate it anyway.  Worse on Monday, when we were looking forward to the lasagne, it turned out to be just a set of pre-cooked vegetables. Given that we have been running down the food stocks prior to going home, we had no choice but to see what we had left that we could add to it, to turn it into a meal.  As ever, Tricia came up trumps, and while what we had was a slightly strange combination and one that will never trouble the Masterchef judges, it was remarkably good.

We have started to sort and pack the clothes that we will take home with us.  It seems very strange to be contemplating having to wear long trousers and socks etc. It is going to be freezing!

Distance covered today	0	nautical miles
Trip distance covered	549	nautical miles
Distance covered 2019	1602	nautical miles

Steve (and Tricia)