Captain Boxer Shorts is still on his own aboard the Good Ship Mithril.
Wednesday
Today I started
to reassemble the chart table and store the charts. The charts are
maps that tell the sailor about the sea and land. Here are some:
This is an old chart of Portugal
And
this is a chart of USA.
My friend Phil rang and said he was going to eat a Chinese and would I like to come with him. No, not like cannibals, he means a Chinese meal.
So after finishing my jobs I washed and changed, jumped into the dinghy and set off to shore,
It
was very busy in the river with lots of craft.
Must
remember to watch out for the police boat.
However I reached the marina without problems and tied the dinghy up to a pontoon.
I met Phil on his boat and we set off the the restaurant.
Its
quite good, he said ,you can eat all you want. I must be careful , I
don’t want to get too fat.
We talked about lots of things and Phil told me about the trip he is going to make. He going to be travelling from Portugal to England by train, its a very long trip.
First
he had to book a ticket,
Since
its a long trip he wanted to book a sleeper,
"What?" I said, "like this?"
or
this?
Perhaps the train will be crowded.
When
you get to the border you have to change train, I am not sure why.
After
a huge meal we set of back to the Marina car-park , Phil said good
night and went to his boat in the boat yard, and I went to the marina
to get the dinghy.
The
gate is opened with a special card. It did NOT work, the gate stayed
shut.
So I waited and waited for somebody else to come to open the gate, but everybody was already on their boats as it was quite late.
The
picture shows how I did it, I got the cat to show me the best way
over.
Eventually
back in my dinghy full of food.
The
trip back had a slightly fearful moment!
Then
back to the Good Ship Mithril and I was soon fast asleep.
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