Happy Easter - Day 004

No photos today and no news! I decided to stay exactly where I was and haven't moved an inch. The forecasted snow did arrive and a thin white covering was all over the ground first thing but by 9.00 it had turned to rain and nothing was left, still very cold though with a stiff North wind blowing. Had a lazy morning and then spent a fair while spring cleaning. Hoovered, polished, cleaned the oven, the hob, the floors, the bathroom, the radiators and anything else that didn't move. The result is that much of the day, I've had to have the engine running to get the batteries back up; only switching over to the generator at about 3.00pm. I did discover one thing: like a complete burk that I am, I forgot to re-fill my cans with petrol for the generator and so now only have left the petrol I'm using! I did make enquiries about the nearest station to here but discovered it would take about an hours walk each way and so thought better of it.

I have a nice pork joint in the oven for this evening. There looks like some good crackling and so I'm looking forward to enjoying that. Tomorrow, I plan to head the couple of hours to Fradley Junction and collect my father before making our way on towards Alrewas and new territory. The weather forecast looks better now with even a bit of sunshine on the display but still the wind from the north although much less of it as the week goes by. I noticed from looking back in the blog that my Easter holiday last year began with me cruising in shorts and T-shirt - I only dream of days like that at the moment!! I'm running out of coal for heat, have little petrol for electricity and must be hitting my diesel consumption hard due to the constant head wind over the past 3 days. Hey ho! It might feel like a holiday one day. It has been nice seeing the passing boats all day today. Quite a bit of traffic around being Easter Sunday and all wrapped up like Egyptian mummies - hats, gloves, scarves, several layers etc etc.