A Day out in Cowes

All the visitors are gone, and it's time to think about putting a lick of varnish on the boat's mahogany uppers. The varnish used till now is a specialist "Epiphanes" gloss, available at a shop in Cowes, so a trip was planned there. First, the car needed fuel, then it also needed a wash, and then it was lunch time. A
long the way we had to pass both Lidl and Aldi - well, we didn't pass them, we went in!
By the time all these activities had taken place, it was well into the afternoon, when we discovered that the paint shop had closed for business a month ago.

So, back to the boat, stopping off to see a friend in hospital on the way, and also calling in on some friends who have just taken over their new house.

The harbour is still lively, and we watched a crab race down the nearby slipway. We know how to live!

Crab racing on the slipway