Arrived at Fazeley Mill Marina about 11:30 to pick up keys and take over boat. I would have been earlier accept for the traffic, miles of cars queuing through Tamworth, Why? I found an alternative route to the marina via the next junction on the M42 and discovered the reason for the traffic. Hundreds of cars full of kids with faces squashed to the windows queuing to get into Drayton Manor Park, the entrance to which was two hundred yards from the marina!
The boat looked just the same as it did on Saturday but today it was ours, this introduced feelings of excitement and dread. Dave and Elaine had left a good luck card and I had taken a radio with me, other than a few items of cleaning products, the boat was empty.
Called at the Co-Op on the way home and started to accumulate the essentials such as salt pepper tom sauce etc, £70 later and I haven't made much of a dent in the list.
Talking to Dave on Saturday he said that the marina used to be a fishing lake and that you can still spot a few carp drifting around the boat. Somewhat of an understatement! The marina is full of fish big enough to eat Spot!
Back tomorrow with a boot full of stuff and my mate Colin. The list of people who want to look around is growing by the day.
Had a call from the vets on the way home, he said that they took a swab when they operated on Spot and the results said she had a fungal infection in her lung so had to pick up another set of pills. Poor Spot rattles with pills but I think she is on the mend.
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