Sunday, 23 June 2013

Places beginning with E

This year I'm mainly going to places beginning with E (as H pointed out).  I am going to Ely, Edinburgh and Ecuador.  I’ve decided to give Ealing, Eccles and El Salvador a miss.

Of the three Ely is proving the most problematic.  I did say that I wasn’t going anywhere on the boat this year, I wasn’t ever going to cross the tedious Middle Levels again, I wasn’t going to do the sand bank dodging journey between Salters Lode and Denver again but I’m feeling restless. My licence is only for EA waters and as I’m trying to save money to get to Edinburgh and Ecuador I don’t want to pay extra for a licence on the canal system plus there is a new born grandson in Ely so I can do a bit of baby bothering while I am there.  So I’m going to Ely.  Maybe.  I was going to set off today, the Man who Knows Everything was coming along for the ride but rain was forecast and he didn’t want to get his hair wet so he chickened out.  I’m not going single-handed in this wind.  Tomorrow I’ve got visitors, then some work during the week, at the weekend I’m going sailing (weather permitting) so maybe next week.

Last night at a wonderful wedding reception I met up with the friends of friends who are coming for the trip tomorrow.  Four Aussies who tell me they are looking forward to the ‘booze cruise’.  So that’s me, four Aussies and two friends who aren’t noted for their abstemious behaviour all heading off downriver to the nearest pub.  Should I start worrying?

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