Lovely day again today, cool going along but wonderfully warm in the sunshine. Before we left Tixall at 11:30 I drilled out and re-tapped the screw holes for the pumpout fitting. It had been leaking (rainwater in, not ‘contents’ out!) and needed resealing but the brass fixing screws sheared off when I tried to remove
Not a bad day again today, none of the rain that was forecast. The sun has been almost shining and although the canal was very busy with some waiting at locks we got to Tixall Wide by 2:00. We passed Granny Buttons at br 98, I twittered Andrew, but no reply. Lots of boats at
Up and away by 7:20. Passed ‘Uncle Mort’ about 1/4 mile ahead of us – no sign of life. Does anyone know why the bridge at the tail of Awbridge lock is like this? It’s unique on the canal. Lovely day today, sun all day. Sat out in the evening sunshine with a glass of
Busy day meeting people. Sister in law Val & brother in law are caravanning in Bewdley and so came up to meet us at Kinver. Into the Vine for a pint where we were joined by Andrew (aka Capt Beeky) & Shiela off of’ Uncle Mort. Uncle Mort is going to Stafford Boat Club for
Almost a month since the last entry. I have had another birthday, but the only present I’ve brought with me is a crock-pot. We’ll use that tomorrow. No water in the bow when we arrived so I’ve Hammerited all the metal surfaces up under the foredeck and re-assembled the word work. Lots of moving boats
The engine was due for it’s 1000 hour service and we needed to sort out the loss of power problem before venturing onto the Severn again, so I booked a service with Anglo-Welsh at Bromsgrove as they are acredited Isuzu engineers. Their guy Jonathon arrived at about 9:30 and did a very thorough job taking
Fame at last, Granny Buttons just mentioned this blog. (http://www.grannybuttons.com/granny_buttons/2008/09/just-heaven.html) Thanks Andrew! John Slee (NB Epiphany) added a comment saying I don’t have an RSS feed. Oh yes I do! Its here
Got up, had showers, went to make a cup of tea, no water! The pump wasnt running so it seemed like an electrical fault. I checked things over, there was power to the pump, so it looked like a pump problem. After removing the pump it became clear that the presure switch had gone open
Awoke to a gloriously sunny day, so we had a lazy breakfast then set about various jobs onboard. I cut the perspex for the hatch cover. Then drilled and fitted it with the four bolts to keep it in place. meanwhile Heddi did the brasses. We had lunch sat out on the pontoon in the
Arrived at about 6:30, unpacked, cooked and ate a meal, finished a bottle of wine and went to bed !