We went to the early church service and, back home, we loaded up the car whilst having coffee and set off around 10:30. Apart from a short fuel top-up at Adsa in Bodmin and a comfort break at Sedgemoor Services we ran straight through without any stopping. There were no delays and very little freight traffic on the move.
This is only a brief visit to the boat on the way to London where Mike has a meeting of General Synod to attend from Thursday to Saturday. We have train tickets to travel in on Wednesday and the hotel where Mike would stay in Waterloo (a Travelodge - not much else comes within the allowance!) charges by the room not the person so Christine will come across as well. So long as the weather is not a problem there is plenty to do! We also plan to meet with daughter (who now works on the Embankment several days a week) and eldest grand daughter (who has started at QMC) on Friday.
The heating had been accidentally left on at the end of the last trip (rather than turned to the frost setting) so that it heats both morning and late evening which meant that the boat was not too old and not damp. We unloaded the small amount of belongings that we had brought with us, filled with water and put the chimney on so that the stove could be lit and soon making the cabin feel cosy.
We had brought pre-prepared main course with us (shepherd's pie) but Mike made a cherry egg custard by special request as a pudding.
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