No much happening here, I am happy with the mooring though, although it's not rural it is fairly quiet and the only foot traffic seems to be the usual mix of cyclists, dog walkers and joggers.
Yesterday I took a walk into Croxley, handy shops at the top of another steep hill but only a few minutes walk, a pub, which looked ok, fish and chips, general stores, curry takeaway and lots of other little establishments, the underground station is close too in the centre of the area but nothing seemed worthy of a picture.
I have been doing a few jobs, getting the bedroom ready for decorating but to be honest I am tired still, I think my shoulder problem of a few years ago (compression of the ligaments) which I had an operation to fix, may be returning and it's a pain in the neck, literally, the almost constant ache is from the bicep up to my ear, the joys of having done a manual job for most of my working life!
But I get bored, yesterday I washed the roof, one side of the cabin and the bow, and today I am again paying for the exertion, enough complaining!
Every morning when I wake up I take my cup of tea onto the stern deck to survey my surroundings and view the day, unless it's raining, or if it's cold and the side hatch is facing the canal I open that and look out. The birdsong here is lovely and I thought I'd share 5:45am today with you, the picture's not great as it was dark still, the lights are on top of bollards all along the towpath in front of the fairly new housing development that was formerly Croxley paper mills. but ignore the image and turn up the volume.
I rarely opened the windows in the flat I occupied before the boat, the M25 was about a quarter mile away and the drone of traffic was constant especially late evenings and early mornings, I prefer the birdsong :-)
I am thinking I will stay here until Monday, the sun is on the solar panel charging the batteries by midday (most days) and I am in no rush to move, I might even try out the pub one lunchtime :-)
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