28th July 2011 - A day in the life of a harbour master

I assume the duties of harbour master at about mid morning. It invloves a lot of sitting about answering (only a few) questions, mainly about where to book in. I walk up and down a couple of times to make sure everyone is happy and all is well and that's about it. Other than ensuring all the boats are tied up in the right place, we're really here to help in the event of some sort of emergency (fire, medical, etc) as we have radio contact with the site which is a mile or so away.

Some of the historic boats arrive:

There's a showing of 'The Bargee' tonight and the quiz. I'm not bothered about the film, in fact I lend my copy to another boater who doesn't want to walk back to the site. I'd have liked to have gone to the quiz, but obviously it's more important to go to the station to meet Penny. I promised I'd have a meal ready, so we get fish & chips on the way back to the boat (I really couldn't be bothered to cook). There's far too many chips, but the swans appreciated them in the morning.