Well, the regular reader may have noticed we tend to mess about on the river a lot. We'll have to venture further afield before too long, but it's there and just too darned convenient for a quick adventure.
So, we dropped the boat in the river and pre-positioned the trailer for pickup at Gilardi's. We rigged the boat in the water when we got back but quickly decided we won't do it this way again; it's so much easier and faster to do this on the trailer and just plop the thing into the water ready to go.
Several snaps of the river landscape this time of year. As you can see, the hills are a bit brown by now as we haven't really seen rain for many months. In fact, we're nearing a drought so if you have any spare water, please send it to us
Finally we made it to Gilardi's - without incident - a first for us, and even moored up without hitting anything.
So off we went for a well earned Mythos Hellenic lager and a large plate of all sorts of Greek things.
All was well until Shawn returned to dock; the gaff broke as it was dropped so a new piece will have to be made before the boat goes out again. Probably a combination of twisting as it dropped and old age. Should be easy to build a new one and fit it before next week.
Still, wouldn't be a Mark and Shawn Grand Feat (tm) if something didn't break would it?
Gilardi's also has a couple of fixer-uppers for sale. A bit of epoxy and filler, and a lick of paint and is all that's needed.
Any reasonable offer probably wouldn't be refused.
