Coming back to the boat after a time away always means a massive shop in a foreign supermarket trying to find rough approximations of the food you know and love. It can be tedious. Yesterday we shopped in Edeka, Lidl and a middle eastern supermarket here in Flensburg and eventually found almost everything we need.
We called a cab as it was too heavy to carry the 15 min walk to the boat. You know the thing with minicabs...It was a long old wait. We were annoyed and hungry as it was way past lunchtime.
Later we noticed all the worrying stuff on the boat like the sea cocks which really need replacing and the persistent leak of water through our new cockpit lids and the broken line which should carry our German or Danish courtesy flag. It all made us rather grumpy, as we are now out of reach of Andy and Hugh, the stalwart guys who have repaired much of our vital equipment on board.
Every so often (usually at the start of a trip) we feel a bit overwhelmed by the challenges of running a forty year old boat.
Then we realise that you just have to get on and do it.
Except today, the day we are meant to get on and go to Denmark, we are weather bound by continous heavy rain, thunder, lightning and strong winds. We feel a bit like Noah floating in his beleagured Ark but the only livestock on board are a couple of mozzies and a lively Dutch cheese.
Time to get out the books and hunker down until the Flood has passed.
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