Parent visiting down south

Flying from Edinburgh to Heathrow was a wonderful experience. Not because BA have installed First Class seats and offered us a free upgrade. Not because the crew were wonderful and didn't mess up the landing either. No, it was because we didn't carry a laptop or have to do any work in the BA lounge. Instead we read the paper and listened to some sad types who were making loud work related phone calls and trying to sound important. Phrases like "if I was being honest" and "well, as it is MY decision then the deal looks like..." were commonplace. They only succeeded in making themselves sound insignificant and lost. How we don't miss that fun. Hours spent on stuff that doesn't matter a jot in the big scheme of things really.....

Caister-on-sea (visit to Captain's mum) is not at all photogenic these days. Holiday village?? Didn't disturb any electrons on the SD card for it. However, we did stop in Norwich and get the threatened new camera just so you get better quality images on this blog. Feel honoured. Of course, the first few will be very dodgy as we learn how to master the new Nikon. Please send a 5 year old to help:

We did have a lovely lunch at a riverside pub though and remembered how nice the Norfolk broads can be:

Classic style gaff rigged varnished yachts too:

Harlow (chez Crew's parents) has the same photogenic appeal as Caister-on-sea. Walking through the park we noticed that they have different taste in canned drinks to the Scots but also like throwing empty tins away in parkland.

 However, we have a definitive decision on Patrick / Patricia now. Words from the penguins grandmother:



It was December 2012 when I decided to pop in to the orphanage Robert Dyas, in Harlow.  They said to me there is a delightful little penguin boy who is desperately looking for a home to be loved.  I took one look at him and simply had to take him home.  So do not let anybody think he is a Patricia, oh no, he is a real little boy.  

Oh yes......


Then it all got worse. This mail arrived from Pat and Graham (the kindly folks who have a secondhand trolley shopper for us that we have to collect from Samos):

Hi RnJ
Hope you're having fun down south.
We returned home today from beautiful Samos and an just picked up an emailed invitation from a P P Green to buy a 20% share in a Nordhavn 47 currently lying Western Scotland. It's a very good deal but has to be completed before the weekend.
We were quite interested until we remembered your quandary about leaving Patrick Penguin aboard.
Could there be a connection?
PnG

Memo to 'selves - lock up the laptop when leaving Patrick in charge. Unless he is trying to sell Annie M of course, the other Nordhavn 47 moored in Kip marina. If that is the case, we would go halves with Patrick on the profit. Sorry Owen. Our return tomorrow could prove tricky.