I hadn't realised that people in houses had severe water

shortages and that it wasn't just us boaters. Look at this poor feller having to fill up his house tank by bucket!

 Sorry about the poor picture quality (and no, I haven't stuffed another camera) but I was twitching through the nets. Yeah, ok, he had a chimney fire but it was all very exciting for a while.

As you've probably gathered, I've been back to Mum's for a few days - that land of constant showers and washing machines. Except, when I arrived, her shower was jammed! Oh how my heart sank.

 I took Daisy with me as she'd been kept in the boat for 10 days and was pretty fed up - it was nice for her to ponce about outside and grind her teeth at the seagulls. I managed to get a temporary fix on the shower and get the plumber out on Tuesday. I also manged to get 4 loads of laundry through the washing machine.
So here I am, back on the lock and carting water in canisters. What's most worrying me is that we are now rationed to one shower every 3 days - having had 3 showers in 3 days at mum's, does that mean I can't have another for 9 days?