At The Marina

It was a dull and grey for the morning. We did not have a demanding agenda for the day. In the morning we walked down to Yiewsley to join with the congregation at St Matthew's Church for their morning service. We thought we were going to be later, even though we did not plan to get there much before the advertised time as we knew from past experience that they tend to start very late! As before, when we entered there was quite a sparse number there but by the time the service ended, with some of the youth groups having joined, it was pretty full.

Afterwards we picked up a few items from Morrisons and walked back to the boat along the towpath which was not as muddy as Mike thought from looking at it on the way past yesterday.

Time then for lunch and as we enjoyed another portion of yesterday's soup rain arrived along with a chilly wind. However, Christine found that she had a £4 discount voucher from Tesco which expires today. Not wanting to waste it - we had to spend at least £30 - she suggested that we stocked up on box wine (OK, so we confess: when we are one our own and for 'ordinary' meals we often use a box wine!) It was too unpleasant to walk so we took advantage of having the car.

On return we had a few chores to do, including setting up the water hose pipe which was rather chilling! We did not feel especially guilty at retiring inside the cocoon for the rest of the day and to enjoy the warmth from a good log fire and prepare a lamb roast - together with a good bottle of wine!