We started the day by joining our home church in a halfhour prayer Zoom meeting that has become a regular happening this lockdown. There is something very strengthening and reassuring about praying together and to give thanks to God for all the blessings we have, even when we may feel life is an uphill struggle. There is a natural propensity to feel fearful when in the midst of change and especially in the middle of a pandemic but I would rather try and hold on to hope and this is easier to do when we can share our fears with others who understand and who believe in a God who loves us. That doesn’t mean life will be easy but any challenges we face are somehow eased when we know we have friends walking with us. Hence why I believe prayer is so important and that Jesus is the best friend we can have.
It was a beautiful Novemeber day so we set off to walk to Tring, about 7 miles from Berkhamstead and good for R’s varicose veins! En route we saw a grebe and a kingfisher and a kite lazily circling overhead on this calm windless day. The kingfisher was camera shy but I did manage to photograph the grebe. The kite was too high in the sky! We had been recommended Tring to visit by BenBoatTrain as it has rather a fine brewery, which sadly and not unexpectedly was closed on Sundays. However we did find a small italian restaurant called Mimi’s doing takeaway ‘Calzini’. Think Calzone and go small. It was absolutely delicious and such a good alternative to a toasted sandwich.
Arriving back on the boat pretty tired we found the wet patch in the bedroom cabin to be so wet that we emptied a few buckets of water using our boat mop. James suggested we turn off the water pump when not using the water until he comes to investigate further. The thought of a leak and not knowing exactly where it may be is slightly concerning as I am not quite sure how he will find it….
Evenings are spent usually watching Prime Video, iplayer or Netflex. So a couple of recommendations of feelgood films. – a charming czech film called My Sweet Little Village ; a swedish film called ‘A man called Ove’ (and I would really recommend the book too) – it’s about grief and life going forward and ‘A streetcat named Bob’ – a true story of a homeless drug addict and how he turned his life around by befriending a stray cat.
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