Retirement with No Problem

Moored Little Paxton-ish, River Great Ouse

Still here, but I had a load of little niggling things to do today, a whole list of them really.  Firstly this morning I could not find my notebook… it’s only small but very valuable to me.. I searched and searched… nope, flippin’ nowhere!  I mean, how can you possibly lose stuff on a narrowboat!

Then off to St Neots to post some important bits… went the wrong way into Little Paxton, and had to run for the bus, that totally knackered me out, and I thought I was going to collapse into a heap!!… *note to self – you must get fitter gal*

Then missed the bus back, gawd knows how.. was at the stop 5 minutes early.. it must have left early!.. OK just wait an hour for the next one… see what I mean about an annoying day?..

I purchased another camera the other day to replace the one that I broke a couple of weeks ago, but it arrived in a right state, it certainly was not new, the box it came in looked like it had been round the world and back!.. Wrote them an email to say I was returning it, nothing back from them so had to phone them to tell them it was coming back.. I do hope I get my money back.. I am worried they will say that it has been returned in not a ‘new’ condition.. well it was not in a ‘new’ condition when I got it!..

Then a phone call to the place I bought the Sea Searcher Magnet from.. it didn’t arrive today, and I wondered why… anyway phoned them… it cut off straight away and on the phone it said ‘call barred’.. alarm bells rung!… fire up computer, go to google, type in “The Boat Supply Company” to see if there was a new phone number and hey presto… they were part of Lees Boat Builders who had gone bust! Damn!

Next stop my credit card company online to see if the transaction for £18 odd had gone through… nope.. OK so phone call to credit card company.. “Is OK” says she “I can’t stop it going through if they call for it, but if you send me the link to the info that they have gone bust it can be refunded”… phew!

Next.. my hat!  I lost my hat that I bought at the East of England Show in Peterborough.. well not lost, I left it on the bus!.. phone them up.. “Nope not seen it” says he from the bus depot.. “It may well be still on the bus”, says I.. you see, people don’t know the lockers actually work on these long distance cross country buses.. It was a smashing hat.. a sort of Australian Leather Bush hat, you know, the ones with the big brims.. I do hope it is found..

Phone the post office at Godmanchester to let them know that there is a parcel arriving that is not coming by Royal Mail… Would they do me a favour and sign for one from a carrier.. they don’t have to.. “Yes yes… sorry goodbye I have a long queue”.. Oh well.. *sigh* he did say yes, let’s just hope he doesn’t send it back!..

Vic found my notebook.. it was in my rucksack… just about the only place I didn’t look… Ummmm I still don’t remember putting it in there.. time for bed said Zeberdee!!