Sticking to the hop and stop strategy that is working so well this week, and given the forecast for the next few days, we elected to stay put at Shotley today.
Another late start to the day saw a leisurely breakfast of bacon and egg butties followed by a healthy dose of doing nothing much and then a couple of afternoon drinks in the Shipwreck
Actually, there was a whole lot of talking and discussing options and plans, costs and finances and so on and so forth. With some insightful input from our friend Lisa we reached the decision to sell Brigantia and buy the boat we fell in love with at Tollesbury
This is, of course, assuming that the deal can be done and the finance arranged.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch as the saying goes, more friends arrived at Shotley this evening so we repaired on board Laurin and did some respectable damage to their beer and whiskey stocks!
Upshot of conversations whilst drinks and popcorn were consumed was a change of mind about heading back to the Crouch tomorrow. In the morning we need to choose between sticking to our original plan off heading up to Ipswich and the alternative of joining Laurin and co. at anchor off Stone Point for barbecue and booze ashore in the guise of pirates!
We're not really geared up for that having decided to give it a miss before we departed so we'll probably head up to Fox's in the morning
Then it'll be a long blast back on Sunday unless we break it into two by stopping off either in the Stour or the Blackwater. Decisions, decisions!
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