Bank Holiday BBQ

Posted on August 30, 2016 by pensitivity101

I didn’t get round to a post yesterday as we had an impromptu BBQ to send off our friends who are leaving us on the 1st for a life as Water Gypsies.

Apart from their choice of meat (we took gammon steaks), everyone took something for the table, so it was logical for me to take a large bowl of salad. Nothing too fancy, and no cucumber as it tends to give me indigestion, but there was a mix of shredded carrots, sweetcorn, radish, red onions, peppers and lettuce, plus a tray of cherry tomatoes and the last of the two dressings I had in the fridge.
maggie and marina 9 5It was a glorious hot afternoon, so we put two tables in the shade of the big oak tree (no songs please about yellow ribbons) and spent an enjoyable five hours in good company.
Maggie was wonderfully behaved and you wouldn’t know she was there. We had plenty of water for her, and being treated to titbits occasionally, she was content to stay under the table and doze.
Hubby and I aren’t drinkers, so we took bottles of water down for us, knowing we could refill them as and when necessary from the sinks in the shower block.

The marina staff brought down a bottle of bubbly and a card to wish them well, and we had a few surprised oohs and aahs over other cards and a picture Hubby had sketched from a photograph I took when they brought their boat in last year (I emailed them a copy of the original this morning).

dogma sketchWe have been told this has been hung already in their boat, and our card is also going to be framed and put along side.

There are a lot of changes going on here, and we are seeing new faces, new cars, and new boats come and go. The marina will be holding their Hog Roast BBQ late in September to mark the end of the season, then things will begin to settle for the winter and we will see who exactly is left. If the revamp in the other basin goes ahead, it will be interesting to see who fills the gaps over here for the interim.

At the moment though we have Live-aboards, Weekend-aboards, ‘I’ve just remembered I’ve got a boat’- aboards. prospective ‘I like the idea of owning a boat’-purchasers and Visitors, boat owners or not!

dogmaWishing our friends safe waters, good journeys, and happy memories.

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I am a retired number cruncher with a vivid imagination and wacky sense of humour which extends to short stories and poetry. I love to cook and am a bit of a dog whisperer as I get on better with them than people sometimes! In November 2020, we lost our beloved Maggie who adopted us as a 7 week old pup in March 2005. We decided to have a photo put on canvas as we had for her predecessor Barney. We now have three pictures of our fur babies on the wall as we found a snapshot of Kizzy, my GSD when Hubby and I first met so had hers done too. On February 24th 2022 we were blessed to find Maya, a 13 week old GSD pup who has made her own place in our hearts. You can follow our training methods, photos and her growth in my blog posts. From 2014 to 2017 'Home' was a 41 foot narrow boat where we made strong friendships both on and off the water. We were close to nature enjoying swan and duck families for neighbours, and it was a fascinating chapter in our lives. We now reside in a small bungalow on the Lincolnshire coast where we have forged new friendships and interests.
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4 Responses to Bank Holiday BBQ

  1. Ritu says:
    August 30, 2016 at 1:36 pm

    Sounds like fun šŸ˜Š

  2. joyroses13 says:
    August 31, 2016 at 3:13 am

    Spending time with friends is always nice!

    • pensitivity101 says:
      August 31, 2016 at 12:16 pm

      It is such a lovely community here, and we are very lucky as we have the best of both worlds. Everyone respects everyone else’s privacy, but there is always someone to talk to.

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