UNDEFEATED!

I am typing this with one hand! The other is holding my phone in a dead still position to keep the wire and connection. Hopefully I will back up and running soon. My father is bringing up a bluetooth dongle so I can hopefully connect without the need for the cable and I am working on a plan to get the handset replaced under my insurance and delivered to someones house near Goring.

I am now on the Thames. Moored outside the Watermans Arms with my new licence proudly on display and my first solo lock tomorrow. An eventful few days! A helpful farmer snapped my boathook trying to get it out from a lift bridge where it was perfectly happily propping the bridge up for me!

Today, I met Maffi and Bones. A very pleasant evening spent chewing the fat with them both and I even donated a few mealworms for Bones' pet situation, (see her last months Canals and Riverboat magazine column for this one!)

Hopefully - connection and hardware willing - more tomorrow!