Wednesday, September 19, 2018

Jedburgh to darkest Lincolnshire and beyond ...

Drove down the A1 to Gainsborough yesterday, to sister Carol's.  Caught the edge of Storm Ali - first "named storm" of the winter.

Today was very windy, and on the way up to Hull, we were briefly detained as men and machines removed a fallen tree from the roadway just north of Gainsborough.

Arrived on time at the Hull P&O terminal only to find the boat was to be delayed for an hour and a half because it had to change berths at the last moment because of debris blowing about the wharf ...  It was very windy!

Now writing this post in the civilised surroundings of the bar of the Pride of York, after a good fill up at the supper buffet.  Boat seems steady as a rock, so hopefully that will continue, as the winds are due to slacken as the night progresses ...

With Carol on the windy banks of the Trent - the loading wharves of former days, and home of King Canute and friends in the 1030s

A waning moon over Hull harbour as we finally prepare to leave ...



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