We arrived yesterday afternoon after a beautiful  drive up across the Cotswold in glorious autumn sunshine.

We had arranged for Clive Mant to service the engine today. He arrived at 9:30 and didnt leave ’til 1:40 and did a really thorough job. It was too late to set off after he had finished as it gets dark early now the clocks have changed.

I had brought with me some ratchet straps to secure the solar panel down as the previous one had blown off the roof during last winter.