John and Jen, the lanlord and landlady of our local pub, have bought a boat, and Gill and I went down to St Ives last night to have a look and pass on a few tips. Daniels Dream is a Sea Aird 24, fitted with a 140 hp Mercruiser petrol engine, and looks to be in excellent condition.

She is currently moored at Jones Boatyard at St Ives on the Great Ouse, a really lovely river with a constantly changing landscape and a number of really pretty towns to visit like St Ives, Huntingdon and St Neots.

John very kindly let me take her (him?) out for a short cruise, most enjoyable.

Fingers crossed for fine weather this weekend for the European Finals at Santa Pod, and Goodwood Revival the weekend after.