I just got this information from a close friend of Rhis and I thought I would pass it on to all his friends here.
Your intuition is correct. Poor Richard is in hospital. He has Covid plus pneumonia. He has been in for 2 + weeks and is on Oxygen but doing ok. He is however very low and not coping well with the thought of what the future holds in terms of living independently on his boat again.
Anybody living close would be welcome to visit. He is in Warwick Hospital Avon Ward. 01926 495321 8375.
As you may know…he has no mobile. and doesn’t have his laptop. He has no energy even to read or listen to the radio. (probably just as well today!). All his efforts go into breathing. 😥