Another Donna Nook video

I also took this whilst at Donna Nook

A trip to see the seals

We are settling into life at home, John is feeling much better, his cold has nearly gone!

Yesterday we went to Donna Nook to see the Grey Seals, it is one of the largest seal colonies in the UK.  Its a seal watchers paradise at this time of year as the seals come in to give birth and the bulls also come in to mate, so there are lots of seals on the dunes.  We saw lots but there are still many more to arrive so we may go back in a couple of weeks.  Its an amazing sight, but its not just the sight, the sound is also very eerie, we saw a couple of bulls fighting as well as many pups, some which were only hours old.   As the tide was coming in, we could see more arriving in the distance.  Whats weird is this is a bombing range for the RAF, as you can see on some of the photos below (they do stop at this time of year).

Lunch time

Ended the season as we started it

Yesterday we had a quick trip to Beacon to see their latest narrowboat Post combustion, which is nearly finished.  Again they have achieved another lovely boat and I am sure the new owners will be very pleased.

We then travelled to Brinklow Marina to meet up with Doug and James (Nb Chance).  We met Doug and James on our first day on Triskaideka, and travelled for part of the day with them back in June.  We spent a lovely afternoon onboard Chance, enjoying some wonderful home made cake, (by Doug), we met some of their friends Janet and Gerald from NB Toulouse, we then all went into Rugby to an Indian Restaurant, Titash, for a superb meal, we had a really good evening with lots of chatter and laughter.  A wonderful way to end our season.

Today we topped the diesel up this morning and then spent the day winterising and cleaning the inside of Triskaideka.  We left the marina at 4pm and travelled back home.

James, Doug, Ali, Gerald, Janet & John

Triskaideka, winterised