Fish
Friday, so it was off to Leclercs to check out the offerings. Always some great
deals on a Friday. Morrisons is doing a great job in the uk in improving our
fresh fish options but there is nothing quite like a French supermarkets wet
fish display. Cod was on offer although still relatively expensive compared to
home but it made my mind up. Home made fish and chips was on the menu for tonight.
The
day was seriously hot, on our return
from Leclercs and a visit to the brico
(b&q type store) the car registered outside at 86 f. Fantastic! The day was
spent drifting through more pottering chores with far too frequent long lazy
tea breaks on the sundeck. We did manage to achieve some progress on the chores
list, Collette painted the boot line whilst I rubbed down the upper helm rails.
The crew had disliked my use of dark wood stain on them which was just as well
as I had put them behind the windscreen on the upper helm where in the heat of
the last few days they had glued themselves together and to the newly cleaned
upper helm. I was less than popular but a few hours later the rails were rid of
the 6 coats of stain I had applied and ready for the crew to varnish. However
following a
long very late lunch on the poop deck with beer it resulted in a lazy afternoon
for our chore weary rugged capitain, although Collette got the washing machine out and was in top gear. As has oft been quoted, ship efficiency is all about a well trained disciplined crew! To demonstrate my capacity for the hard yards, I rubbed
down and varnished the bathing platform and polished some of the steel work
late into a beaut of a sunset before.......
Yippee!
it was time for fish and chips. I made a thin 1664 based batter and fried it in
about an inch of oil in the frying pan. Chips were made very small and par
boiled before same treatment in a second pan. Oh my god it was filthy and
fantastic. Have that, Cholesterol!!
Retired
deliriously happy.
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