This is more like it!

Sunshine, blue skies, mild temperatures! It's good to read boaters' Tweets hailing the better weather, with photos of sunsets and sunrises, of canals under the sun. We took advantage of the change and planted out our troughs with pansies. 

While the weather was making up its mind, we went to the cinema again. Having intended to watch "Noah", but then reading lots of very unfavourable reviews, we saw "Non-stop" instead, and we're glad we did.

During a transatlantic flight from New York City to London, U.S. Air Marshal Bill Marks receives a series of cryptic text messages demanding that he instruct the airline to transfer $150 million into an off-shore account. Until he secures the money, a passenger on his flight will be killed every 20 minutes.

Tense, action-packed, with mystery and twists, this is an excellent film.

Despite the improved weather, we won't be cruising again until next month. We're going back to St Albans next weekend, to spend Easter with the kids. After that, although we'll be back on Kantara, we're sticking around just in case we are needed to transport Said the Maiden anywhere on their tour with Dave Swarbrick.