Retirement with No Problem

Weekend and Today – Moored Nr Stoke Golding

A very hectic weekend by our standards saw us doing serious party time ‘dan saff’.  The family works Xmas Do is one ‘do’ I really enjoy.  But not only party time on Saturday night till 3.30am, but a more informal party time at the family home on the Sunday ‘till 1am!

Yes, I am a tad tired tonight.. but well worth it.  Stayed overnight in Portsmouth on Saturday, and enjoyed a walk along the prom and beach on Sunday morning.. the sea air was wonderful, and hey look at this…

Well this was taken in Portsmouth, the sea was extremely calm on Sunday morning… but so was Canoe Lake, the venue, for as many years as I can remember every Sunday morning, of the gathering of model boat enthusiasts!!

On the way back today we saw a glimpse of that awful pillar of smoke from the Hertfordshire oil depot, here I was lucky to get a reasonable pic from a virgin train doing a good 120mph!..

Many, many thanks to all those that left a comment from the last blog about about the satellite TV.. I didn’t actually mean to post that blog, had already having done so quite some time ago.  I just meant to edit the old one, but it’s great to see that it actually was helpful for some.  I’ll comment on that tomorrow.

I did have a quick look round the blogs a bit earlier, and loved Nick’s latest pics on Huddersfield Narrow Canalcam Blog..

Alas. the old towpath surface was burried earlier this year, not quite six feet under, more like about half an inch actually.
The old surface did have its puddles and was fun to negotiate in the damp, but it also had something that the new surface is sadly lacking – puddles.

Here a superb ‘puddle’ picture!
There are more ‘puddle’ pics on the blog, do have a look
I would guess that Nick is not over happy about BW upgrading the towpath!!