I apologise for
delays in writing, this is due to lots of visitors and stowaways!
Sunday 13th May 2012
The dock was quiet this morning and our
view from the kitchen window was better as our neighbours had left
yesterday morning. The duck boats didn't start until well after
10.30am so we had a very calm start to the day.
Being on mains power you just have to use the washing machine! So it was put on and plans for showers to follow,
but oh dear, the water pump wasn't making the right noise. We
turned the tap on in the kitchen and we'd run out of water. Hose pipe
out and with a handy tap we filled the tank to the top, this took
approximatly 30 mins. Then the washing could commence. We realised
that we must have had 5 showers, 4 dishwashers, and numerous
kettle fulls of water since last filling, so not really a surprise to be
empty, but being near to a tap had made us a little
complacent.
Whilst waiting for the washing to finish we counted 6 jellyfish around our
boat of various sizes. The water is so clear you can see the
bottom of the dock which must be around 6m deep. We had a full
cooked breakfast and then decide to go shopping to stock up for
our return journey which is two days shorter. We went on the hunt
for celeriac and goats yoghurt, which I don't think have hit Liverpool as we had no
luck, carrots would have to do. Whilst shopping I had a phone
call from a friend of Kathys we'd shared a villa with for a few
days in Lanzarote last year. We had bored Ashley and our other
house mates with tales about WD, so he and his partner wanted to
come and have a look. We had an hour to finish shopping before
more visitors. We got back to WD to watch 4 narrowboats and 1 widebeam arrive into the dock.
I was glad that I'd made more biscuit dough on Saturday so popped
biscuits in the oven which had just cooled before they arrived
with Kathy. Tea, chats, guided tour of WD and lots of biscuit
eating later and we were left by two very envious boys, Sam trying to
work out if he could come with us out of Liverpool in the morning. So
what could we
cram in of the museums before they closed?! Museum of Liverpool
had about half an hour left open when we walked in, we only
managed to wander around the groundfloor and shop
before they started to kick people out. Then we tried the Tate,
they closed at 5.50pm so we should have a bit more time in there.
The first Gallery had an exibition by Martin Creed. The four TV screens
with people vomiting kind of put us off his exhibition, so we headed
upstairs to "This is Scupture" exhibit. This was less stomach churning
than the ground floor and had a varied mix of work. Announcements started
that they were closing the gallery, so our cultural hour was up!
We wandered back towards WD around Albert Dock and found a new way into
the moorings at the bottom of the slipway the Ducks use. We were half
expecting to return to a stowaway (Kath, Micks sister) but she hadn't
arrived. We retied the ropes as the wind had got up again and adjusted
the button at the back. Kath arrived, cups of tea and showers, and then to try out The Baltic Fleet for a pint and some food.
The pub is a micro brewery and the beer was very nice, unfortunatly
they only had three pies left from the day, so we decided to try
elsewhere. Sam rang during the evening and said he would join us in the
morning before 9am.
A walk around the corner brought us to The Hub, which had a varied menu
and seemed quite busy. We enjoyed duck, hot pot and a pie between us and
a pint followed by puddings. The wind on our return to the boat had
really got up so we checked the ropes again.
Luckily Kath is quite happy sleeping on the sofa with both cushions on top of each other, so no bed masterclass was needed.
Smart Gauge at start of day 100, at end 100, 0 locks, 0 miles, 6
jellyfish, 1 stowaway, 3 visitors, 1 museum and 1 gallery needing to be
revisited,16 biscuits baked and consumed.
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