Crick show

Went to the boat show at Crick today. We spent a good 5 hours having a good look through all the exhibitor's wares and spent a little more than we ought.
Including:

Ratchet Windlass
Two L.E.D.  reading lights for the bedroom
Two fenders
Mooring pin
Mooring spike
Rubber matting
Chimney
Chimney Hat
Flue cover
Paint
Jumper
Shirt
Hats
Nickleson Guide to the Thames
Magnet
Non-slip mats
Ordered a new mattress
Ordered Freeview Satellite dish and receiver.
Pressies for Nikita and Christine.

We had a chance meeting with a couple of boaters Barry and Pauline while sharing a table drinking cup's of tea, we had a good chat and a laugh, phone numbers exchanged and invitations to visit their boat and marina when we pass their way. These encounters have happened to us a few times now it must be a boaty thing as everyone being so chilled out and contented with life they can just open themselves up to total strangers but kindred spirits.

Caught Terry Darlington buying pork scratchings in one of the food marquees, how cool was that.

We didn't go on any of the brand new showboats that were on show our way of thinking is we can't afford them so we don't want to see what we are missing, but we sat on the bank looking at how gorgeous they looked in their pristine paintwork, one week with me at the helm through Braunston tunnel would soon change that.