After over two months here on the G&S, we are starting the trip back up to Droitwich. Sue and Tom are coming with us. To save having to leave Tom’s car in Purton Will drove the four of us there. After unloading and carrying the food, clothes etc along to the boat, Will returned and

We haven’t moved for a few days due to the battery problems. Jan and Mike called in on Friday evening for a “Friday Chicken” meal and Steve and Lori came on Saturday. The wind has been blowing a gale with breakers on the canal. We are back with Sue & Tom in a few days

Yet again the toilet has blocked. At first I thought the problem is the bamboo based toilet paper, because each time I have had to delve in there it’s been paper causing the problem. But Heddi said that we have been using this paper for some time. Maybe it’s related to the battery problem, but

Josh, Georgia and Ivy visited today. They were late arriving as Josh had gone first to a Purton near Swindon! To try to charge up the depleted battery bank to went down to Sharpness for awhile then back again. So that should have put 2+ hours of alternator charge into the batteries. The alternator can

We wondered whether the toilet blocking was caused by the fact that we had been caused by the fact that we had been flushing with less water recently due to the water pump not working properly. A while ago another boater gave me what he said was a brand new water pump. So, with a

We awoke early, hade breakfast and then discovered another problem. The toilet was blocked. We have a macerator toilet that relies on electric power. I thought maybe it was the reduced battery power causing the problem so started the engine. The extra volts usually solves the blockage problem, but not this time. So I had

For the last week and a bit we have been on a different cruise. We have been up the river Rhine from Amsterdam to Basel. We cane back last night to find that we have zero battery power! Something must have gone wrong in our absence. I ran the engine for a while so that

We have been at Patch bridge for a week, entertaining various guests. Teresa and Brian popped in one afternoon and we took Sue & Rob (Trog) for a trip down to Purton and back. On Thursday we had a delayed Christmas lunch with San and John in the Tudor Arms. Then yesterday we decided to

We dropped the three ladies off at Purton and continued on to Patch bridge. We had originally thought of going back to Frampton, but there was a mooring space on the offside just before Patch bridge. This was better as we need to leave the boat for two days, and it’s more secure here; and