RAINY ITCHENOR

Tuesday, August 10, 10:26 am

Woke up this morning to the sound of rain splashing against my window pane, to be more specific it was the small hatch above my bed which had been leaking all night because I didn’t close it properly. I don’t think we’ll be out much today other than our daily visit to the pub for our internet fix.

At the moment there is a young chap here resolving some minor issues. We are still finding enough things to keep us busy while we are waiting for things to be done. If the weather improves we might take her (SA) out on our own tomorrow for the day.

OK two more chaps have arrived just now so I thought I’d head off to the pub early.

Sitting in the pub now with no other customers around it's a little strange because this place is usually hopping with people and to my great plearsure DOGS. The English do love their dogs. They are allowed in all the pubs, with dog drinking bowls visible everywhere.

The pubs here work differently here in terms of service. The staff do not come around to take your order. You must order your drink and any food at the bar. Once the food is ready they will bring it to the table , but everything must be paid for right away.

All the food we've had here in the pub or what we have purchased is very good. Yesterday' dinner consisted of prepared hamburger patties with roasted potatoes and veggies. The patties were seasoned perfectly and juicy.

Once W. arrives we'll have lunch here today. Need to do some online banking and more research, weather forecast for tomorrow since we plan we first solo sail. We have saved the campaign for the christening for our first solo sail