Thursday 17 August 2017

Flexible planning again

It rained hard overnight and was still quite grey and mizzly as we were eating breakfast. We’d planned to take a trip into Macclesfield by bus but between the weather and feeling lazy after yesterday’s exertions decided not to bother. Instead, we’d just walk up to the Co-op to restock with various perishables that were running short.

We’d only just got ourselves off the boat and were heading for the footpath when the phone rang. It was Sheila’s brother Peter suggesting that we meet up for lunch, a much better idea than trekking into Macc.

So we did our shopping and then loafed about on the boat for a bit before smartening ourselves up and going to the rendezvous in front of Homebase. We’ve had an excellent lunch at Sutton Hall, which must be one of the best pubs around here. They were very busy, surprisingly so for a mid-week lunchtime, but we kept ourselves going with the aid of an order of bread, olives and oil and balsamic vinegar until the main courses came.

It was two o’clock by the time we’d finished and driven back to the boat for coffee. We’ve caught up on the family gossip and had a generally relaxing and pleasant day. Tomorrow, we may stop at the new Macclesfield pontoon moorings, if there’s space, and pop down to Tesco. If not, we’ll carry on to Riley Green for a couple of days.



Location:Lyme Green

2 comments:

nb AmyJo said...

Evening. I see we are moored a few boats ahead of you. The Macc pontoons were empty when we got there about 11am so you might be lucky. Being a Friday and the weekenders leavumg there dens you may find them busy.

Bruce in Sanity said...

Thanks, we'll just have to see.

It looks like we can expect some bad weather Sunday and Monday, so we'll be keeping a close eye on the forecast.

Cheers

Bruce