A busy week of changed plans in Aylesbury

Mon 14^th March – returned back from France.  Found our car OK in the car park at Stansted, restocked in Tesco, and drove back to Aylesbury.  In the evening we went to Chesham Folk Club for their singers night.  As it was to be our last time until November, they made us sing two songs instead of one each time, and then we finished off the evening. We sang Antiques, Rochdale Nine, Push Boys Push, Jericho, Low Bridge, Leaving of Liverpool.

Tue 15th – We had two appointments: James saw the physio, and Hazel had an asthma clinic. In the evening we were singing at the Queens Head in Wing: Antiques, from Clare to here, Chickens, and Rythm of the rain.

Wed 16th: Hazel went for coffee with Annette, the lady from the next boat who has recently had a baby. It was too cold and windy for painting the front deck as planned, so James caught up with the blog instead. In the evening we both went to Jack’s house for a church band practice.

Thu 16th: Life group at Eric and Norma’s – the last one for us in this house, as they are moving into an apartment near ours in a few months time.

Fri 17th: day off. No appointments but Dave and Caryl Ingoldby rang up and said they would come to visit today. A lot of coal moving, cassette emptying, vacuuming, and cooking then took place. Then they phoned to say they had broken down near the M25 junction with the A42. They ended up being towed back to Chertsey.  James tried to book the Half Moon at Wilstone for Sunday lunch with Adline and Barry, but they were full, so booked the Anglers Retreat at Marsworth instead.  Booked an appointment with the solicitors in Northampton for Monday afternoon to sign some papers relating to the apartment.

Sat 18th: Hazel’s nephew Adam brought partner Dan for lunch on board. Good to catch up with them. Then we went to More+ cafe for St Patricks Day supper. We finished off the evening with five Irish songs: Molly Malone, Clare to here, Athenry, Whiskey in the jar, Wild Rover

Adam and Dan

More+ Cafe

Sun 19th: up early as James was in the worship band – practice and sound check at 9am for  Palm Sunday service at 1030am. Got a message from Barry to say that Adline had a migraine and they couldn’t come.  Cancelled the reservation at the Anglers. Got a message from Dave and Caryl to say they would try again on Monday to visit us. Sent an email to the solicitors to move our appointment to Tuesday morning, on our way to Suffolk. Went to the Half Moon at Wilstone in the evening for a singaround. Athenry, Clare to here, Red Velvet Steering Wheel, All my trials.  Booked for lunch the next day with Dave and Caryl

Mon 20th: Hazel went to the dentist for some attention on her final wisdom tooth. James found a place to get his hair cut. Had a message from Dave and Caryl to say she had gone down with a bad cold, so would have to postpone their visit once again.  Instead of cancelling the lunch booking, we rang Eric and Norma and took them to lunch. We found that the pub had booked us for the wrong Monday, but there was still a place for us. It was a very nice meal. James had game pie, with rabbit, venison and pheasant – excellent!

Got a call in the afternoon to say that we can see inside the apartment at the weekend. Booked it for Saturday morning.

Tomorrow we go Suffolk (via Northampton) to see Maggie and Clive and to drop off our car for seven months. We return by train on Thursday for Easter celebrations before boating begins on Easter Monday