Friday 1 October 2021 He done gone and left me

I'm in a sad mood tonight

Oh, I'm in a sad mood tonight

My man done gone away and left me

 now I’m just standin’ here all alone

I’m in a sad mood tonight

Oh, I’m in sad mood tonight

He done gone away and left me

 in a wooden boat he build on his own

L, off on his 1st (and maybe last) overnighter in the Tammie Norrie.

 With apologies to Sam Cooke and Gene DeAmicis

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At anchor, having rowed 3.5km down the lake (the wind died upon launching) it is time to boil the billy.

Tarp Up

Early the next morning

Heading for home

Why, you might ask is a man of a certain age undertaking such an adventure?  Suffice to say the series "Swallows and Amazons" by Arthur Ransome, the first of which was published in 1930 has a lot to answer for.