Strangely, (never repeated) – on this cruise, Mr B & myself left ‘Corsair’ in the hands of a 3rd party for the day, and galloped over to Cambridge to attend an engagement party of a dear friend. Later this turned into a commitment for a stag do… afloat on the Norfolk Broads…. But that’s another story.
The cruise itself finished with somewhat of a fizzle… both ‘F’ & ‘Polly’ left the day we were in Cambridge… The next day ‘Corsair’ was motored, non-stop from Ludham to Brundall, depositing Nina & Billy at Acle bridge, to retrieve their car, which took some doing, it was covered with ‘authorities aware’ stickers (rude!)
To knock some of that distance off, on our return ‘Corsair’ made a night-time run down the Ant, having spent all of the day partying in Cambridge, which proved VERY chilly. I thought this was summer!
The highlight of the week was the miraculous rescue of the ship’s radio – it had been knocked into Ranworth dyke & presumed M.I.A. A full hour later, Simon retrieved it having used a fisherman’s keep net as a grapple… and more amazingly he restored it to life!!
The low-light of course was our brush with ‘the law’… although I’m willing to confess that it wasn’t the first (or the last) that would come to ‘Corsair’ & me.
After a 7 hour full-chat blast to Brundall, we retired home for a well-earnt sleep.
Night.
A Broadsman 