This post is being written from home!
We sadly lost our joy of travelling on Monday, after the very sad and tragic events at Westport Lake. We had enjoyed a lovely afternoon wandering around the lake, eating ice cream and planning our bbq that evening. Our mooring was being afforded some much needed shade on yet another scorching day and Jenny was sitting watching the world go by finishing a piece of crocheted cabin lace when the world around us suddenly changed from a peaceful afternoon to every parents worse nightmare. Three young lads had gone into the water to cool off and one of them got into difficulties and only two of the lads came out! Helicopters , police, fire and rescue, ambulances and divers were on the scene very quickly and an eerie silence of disbelief hung over the area and a complete feeling of helplessness. Our mooring was just within sight of where the boy had last been seen. Searching continued until the light faded but the 13 year old had still not been found.
The events really shook us and we took the decision then to get back home as soon as possible to give all our kids and grandkids a big hug and although we did not know this young boy our hearts went out to his family who said goodbye to their little boy that morning before going to school never realising he would never return home.
Hunters Moon is now back at Great Haywood while we catch up with our families and thank God for them. We will return in a week or so to start the last leg of our summer travels when we have decided to get back to Fenny Marina for the school holidays when we will be looking after little Emily for a few days each week.
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