What an interesting day I had on Tuesday. After a spot of early morning fishing when I landed the Brundall shark, I set off in the beautiful sunshine & gentle breeze. A passing boat hailed me ~ Pat & John aboard the Toucan had been following my exploits on the radio & kindly passed me a cup of tea. At Bramerton I stopped for a break & had my photo taken next to the staue of Billy Bluelight a runner who was famed for racing the ferry from Bramerton to Norwich. The kind owners of the Woods End pub recharged my phone for me and made me a sandwich.
The HMS Loopy had started losing air again and I discovered one of the patches had come loose. I did my best to reseal it and managed to clamp a piece of scrap wood on to press on the patch. Since then on I have made do by rowing for a while and then stopping to pump the HMS Loopy up.
I passed under the Postwick viaduct accompanied by another swan who had decided to follow me for a little while. The swans seem to like me ~ but they are eating all my food!
I rowed on through Thorpe where I stopped to say hello to lots of people and now I am moored up at Whittingham. My sister Ali canoed past earlier with the Norwich Canoe Club and later she kindly brought me a mug of tea in my boat. This is my last night aboard my good ship Loopy. Tomorrow (Wednesday) we complete our journey at St Georges Bridge in Norwich at 2pm. Goodnight from the captain of the HMS Droopy Loopy at Whittlingham. Xxx
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Good evening from the Whittlingham riverbank
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