Wednesday 18^th April

Disadvantage of living on the marina…

Well we all know the advantages – absolute waterfront, beautiful Eastern Shore sunsets, lights sparkling on the water, boats twinkling by, the general cosiness and desirability of 2XS.

Disadvantages?  Well…as Katy says, “Enjoy your early morning poo walk, Mum.”  And – oh dear – on Sunday evening when all was dark…the toilet system broke down so that it wasn’t possible to do anything at all on the toilet, even an innocuous little tiny no-toiletpaper wee.

So when I strolled off to catch my punctual, speedy bus, poor Pete was dismantling the whole flushing system, with a weary look.  He has had to dismantle the toilet a few times on our trip, and has managed to MacGyuyver it into behaving, but this new event poses a different challenge.  He was expecting Greg on board around 8am, to help fix the HF radio, which has never worked properly, so I reckon his whole day would have involved scratching his head, swearing wearily every now and then, and attempting to solve Mysteries of The Boat.