So, we were invited to dinner on a Friday (the one my boat went back in the water on) and told to bring sleeping bags so we could all enjoy some vino without having to drive back home.
Meeting Madeline turned out to be one of those once-in-a-million encounters; she is just one of the most charming, lovely people you could hope to meet.
Madeline has a wonderful house in Saltash, Cornwall (just outside of Plymouth). After a week of living in a parking lot (prior to that we were on a very rough mooring) I can't tell you how nice it was to be in a house in front of a wood stove.
Dinner was a great lasagna, with good wine and company.
I didn't last long that evening and fell asleep on my bed in front of the stove, what a great change from my “normal” circumstances.
Apparently Madeline is not a fine judge of character, or perhaps is just a loving sole that takes in strays, but the plan to “home” on Saturday changed to “Why don't we go travel the Moors, have lunch in a pub and return here for dinner?”
No arm twisting was required and we traveled up to a well known hill with a top of the world view of Cornwall and Plymouth.
Tim is a font of knowledge and filled us in on the history of what we were seeing and provided me with an understandable interpretation of cloud formations and weather patterns.
The pub lunch was great, I learned what a Moor was and we returned that afternoon to cook the roast beef and Yorkshire pudding dinner that we had “schemed” up.
But then Tim, a like minded soul that never fails to turn on a dime, pointed out that the sun was shining, it was perfect for a barbecue and that we really should do the roast and Yorkshire on Sunday!
And that's what we did, had a wonderful barbecue, lots of beer and wine, some people stopped by, Madeline genuinely was thrilled to have guests stay a second day and completely take over her house and kitchen and again I had a deep slumber on a wonderful bed in her home!
Tim needed to return to the Mountbatten for a morning shift at the Boathouse, and we returned to Severance to make sure it hadn't sunk (we had left the boat immediately after launch and tie up).
I figured I would put in the 4 hours on studying (intense) for the upcoming Yatchmaster deal, but I believe I settled on a nap.
When Tim was done we went back to Madeline's (I'm not kidding, she really wanted us to, she reminds me of an early Lori Wickman before she spent all those years working with me and made a few steps toward having an “edge”!).
So back to Madeline's we went and Tim taught me how to do Yorkshire pudding. We had a fine meal and, I believe, left Madeline that night...I truly hope she has recovered from her time in my presence!
I will be after both Madeline and Tim until they come and visit Diane and me in our home in Florida.
Tim is a font of knowledge and filled us in on the history of what we were seeing and provided me with an understandable interpretation of cloud formations and weather patterns.
The pub lunch was great, I learned what a Moor was and we returned that afternoon to cook the roast beef and Yorkshire pudding dinner that we had “schemed” up.
But then Tim, a like minded soul that never fails to turn on a dime, pointed out that the sun was shining, it was perfect for a barbecue and that we really should do the roast and Yorkshire on Sunday!
And that's what we did, had a wonderful barbecue, lots of beer and wine, some people stopped by, Madeline genuinely was thrilled to have guests stay a second day and completely take over her house and kitchen and again I had a deep slumber on a wonderful bed in her home!
Tim needed to return to the Mountbatten for a morning shift at the Boathouse, and we returned to Severance to make sure it hadn't sunk (we had left the boat immediately after launch and tie up).
I figured I would put in the 4 hours on studying (intense) for the upcoming Yatchmaster deal, but I believe I settled on a nap.
When Tim was done we went back to Madeline's (I'm not kidding, she really wanted us to, she reminds me of an early Lori Wickman before she spent all those years working with me and made a few steps toward having an “edge”!).
So back to Madeline's we went and Tim taught me how to do Yorkshire pudding. We had a fine meal and, I believe, left Madeline that night...I truly hope she has recovered from her time in my presence!
I will be after both Madeline and Tim until they come and visit Diane and me in our home in Florida.
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