Well firstly I must apologise for not writing the blog on Thursday, but it ended up being a bit of disaster of an afternoon. Nothing too serious, but everything seemed to go pear shaped. The biggest problem off all was that the Internet went down meaning for one that we could access the hire boat booking system or use the card machines. You just don't realise how much you use the internet, until you are without it. However did we cope before we had the internet? Anyway, I managed to get it sorted yesterday morning and got everything up and running.

It's been a nice day here until about half an hour ago when it decided to absolutely lash it down. I see from some of the stoppage notices that have come through by email today that the Severn is back in flood. From the rivers that I see they are all brimming and the slightest drop of rain is just going to send them back over the edge.

The lads have been turning the boats round today, whilst the girls have been cleaning. It's Lorraine's birthday today, so we have been really kind and let her have the day off. She's gone to a wedding on the Scottish borders, so lets hope that it is raining there. Happy birthday Lorraine - I'm sure we will celebrate in style when you are back at work next week...