The house is rented so there is no going back, we are off on Sammy Jo again for another 6 months. We left Canterbury after lunch, having had a hectic few days packing, cleaning and hoovering ready for our tenants who were moving in on Saturday morning. Luckily we managed to get everything into the car that we had decided we needed but it still needed 7 or 8 trolley loads to get it all on board.
Friday we spent sorting out and I even managed to build a shelf for the sky box. In the afternoon we walked Charlie and were treated to a private flying display by a couple of buzzards on the playing field. On Saturday I started to service the engines while Margaret went into Reading on the bus. On Sunday, as it was mothering Sunday we had a surprise visit from Sam, Claire and Tom and they even brought breakfast. I was in on the secret and had a real struggle to delay breakfast and stop Margaret making the porridge until the others arrived at 9.30am. We all went for a walk along the river (Thames) until Joe arrived to take us out for lunch at a local hostelry. On Monday I finished the engines and all things mechanical and boaty.
Amy joined us in the evening ready for an early start on Tuesday for Ray’s funeral in Taunton. We picked Joe up on the way and arrived in good time. Amy left us bright and early and we went visiting, Margaret’s cousin in Tilehurst and my uncle in Woking. Thursday we cleaned and polished the car and Friday just seemed to come and go but I did wash the roof ready for polishing on Saturday morning. Once the dew dried we polished the roof then we moved to a different berth where we could wash and polish all of one side. That took us to 5.00pm and after that we moved out onto the river for the weekend. 
We need to come back into the marina by Tuesday morning as we are meeting the guy fro Wilsons who made our new cratch cover as we have a few issues with it. Once that’s sorted we will be on our way for good heading into central London for starters.
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