A Stitch in Time

Today marks the first clear aimmy day for probably a month or more. Although the earth is spongy or outright boggy, the air wet and clammy, its a day that will be hard not to enjoy immensely. 
But there is work to do, to restock food and firewood, dry things out and pack them away, to work on laundry and so on. Mostly non boaty stuff, but it will be a welcome change. 
I'm pleased to see my boat hoops, made from plastic irrigation pipe are shedding rainwater strongly. The Nessy's cover sits proud and dry. That saves an amount of stress, the physical demand of baling her out and worry about rot, from my mind. It was a daily chore for a while, and meant the boat could not be left for any length of time. 
A stitch in time ...

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