Boatdate: 08072020
Location: Burscough
Water Status: Full
Beer Status: Inadequate
Whiskey Status: Improving
Bilge Status: Damp
Toilet Status: Damper
Voltage: 12 something

 (carved into marble nr Burscough bridge: artist not credited which seems odd for such fine work)

The weather holds good for arrival in Burscough. We moor up short of Burscough bridge but within easy reach of the services. Ben immediately gets the kayak out and goes for an explore. The spa shop near the bridge provides some goodies and we hunker down for a pleasant evening. I am not happy with my book. It starts well and draws you into the complex narrative so that you become hooked and want to know how it all pans out. But then, like a jaded conjurer, tired of extracting rabbits from a hat, it pulls together implausible connections and unlikely character shifts that just don't ring true. I finish it with a Grrr and wash the bad taste away with a dram or two. Yours, Disgusted of Burscough.