Has Spring sprung? - 5th February 2017
Across the road from us - lifts the spirits dunnit?
So it's February already? How did that happen... For us 2017 started off as busy as 2016 ended - me working late, and at weekends, Ann (wo)manning the CA
stand at the London Boat Show - I thought we were supposed to be retired? Fortunately, we both enjoy what we do - I think it was Marc Anthony who once
said 'If you do what you love, you'll never work a day in your life' - that might be slightly overstating it in our case, but you get my drift...
I have had time for a little visit to our local Alfa/FIAT dealership though...
Very pretty - it's an MX5 underneath...
My kind of boot...
I joined Ann at the London Boat Show for the final weekend, it was good to catch up with a few people and look at a couple of
potential Pipit replacements, although we're pretty much decided on that front... We also enjoyed a nice meal at Gordon
Ramsay's The Narrow, just a short walk away from CA House in Limehouse. On
Sunday morning we took a stroll to Canary Wharf, and the Crossrail Place Roof Garden - a
unique haven of peace and tranquility in the middle of a bustling city - or at least it was on a Sunday morning in January.
Closer to home, in between all the working we've managed to get out & about on Minchinhampton
Common, and as well as 'meeting' The Black Horse, we also met these:
Alfie.
We've also had some wildlife even closer to home:
Last weekend we had a road trip to Plymouth, via Swindon - as you do... Swindon to collect Pipit's aft cabin door, then Plymouth to collect the aft
cabin berth cushions - thanks Simon for storing them for 7 years! We now await Vernon the van man to collect them and reunite them with Pipit in the
Ionian.
Six speed gearbox, air-conditioning and nearly as fast as the TGV (see number plate).
And so as February marches on, we are hoping for a slightly less hectic time - time will tell...
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