Getting there

I'm smiling!  Apart from very chilly early mornings, the weather has actually been quite nice.  No wind, and only  a few hours of rain a couple of days ago. 

Ian is getting very frustrated with electrical/battery boaty type problems. We spent the whole morning driving from shop to shop from one end of Rotterdam to the other in search of bits and pieces.  Since then he has had his head down in the engine room. 

I spent the afternoon - warm and sunny, only 2 layers of clothing! - cleaning the outside of the boat.  On the North facing side (the boat has not moved for 3 years) there is lots of green mildew/mossy stuff in the nooks and crannies.  Cleans out quite easily seeing it is damp.  Have only just scratched the surface.

This evening is social night at the club, so we went socialising.  What a wonderful evening.  This club has a choir of 22 male voices accompanied by 3 piano accordions, a guitar and a  percussionist, which, on a charity basis, goes to sing at Old Age Homes, etc.  They sing mainly traditional sea chantey type stuff plus a few modern golden oldies (Mull of Kintyre, Sloop John B) and one opera piece, The Hebrew Slaves Chorus from Nabucco by Verdi.  So enjoyable.  I joined in whole heartedly and at the end of the evening they told me I must join them next week.  Pity we won't be here. 

Took lots of photos, but I will have to go through them and add them tomorrow.