Woke up and found,
- Worm lying politely alongside, although still set up for towing.
- Staysail with no cover and halyard attached.
- Main, peak halyard on, and no cover.
- halyards not frapped.
We'd done nothing the night before except make
sure Robinetta was securely moored and fendered, which we had mostly
set up before entering the lock. In our defence we had stowed the jib
and properly flaked the main a couple of hours before we reached
Grimsby, and brought the bowsprit in before entering the lock!
We tidied up then got fuel, including an extra 5lt in the can,
and paid for 1 night's mooring, intending to head out on the
evening's free flow.
A cooked breakfast was calling, and we found a cafe on the way into town. After filling up very pleasantly we explored Grimsby, ending
up at the Fishing Heritage Museum. It was an interesting place to visit, well set up to immerse children in the way the industry used to work.
As we walked back to the boat
Julian phoned Bridlington to talk about leaving Robinetta there for a
fortnight.
No go.
No way.
No how. 3 days maximum stay!
That put our plans into chaos. We had already
bought fortnight return train tickets from Bridlington to be picked
up at the station there. Instead of heading out on the evening free flow we
hurriedly researched options, not helped by poor Internet in the
marina. (seemed to be a problem with the ISDN line, not the marina
wi-fi, as we got good connection in the bar, but still no WWW).
Julian e-mailed around with his smart phone and got a good response
back from South Ferriby marina, but I got no answer from Whitby
(which would have been an expensive option even if they'd let us stay
longer than Bridlington.)
Went out to dinner at YuMe, Grimsby's only
Japanese restraunt. Great tempura (veg and squid), well cooked
vegetable gyoza, and pretty sushi, but the sushi was definitely the
low point of the meal. However the internet there was very good, and
I discovered I'd bought non refundable train tickets.
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