We did a circuit around the fields rather than staying on the towpath.
Meg had fun looking for rabbits….
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And the calves were very interested in Meg!
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The lock flight was very quiet at 8 am. It got quite a lot busier later.
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Needless to say, we didn’t go anywhere.
Today dawned fine and bright, but cloud started to build up by mid-morning. We got moving at about 11:00, and moored up again at 12:45. Just 3 locks and 2½ miles. We decided to take advantage of a dry spell and did a bit more work on Corbiere.
Carol Sanding
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This is why some of the prep work is taking so long. 13 layers of paint!
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While Carol was sanding I gave Mike of Dutchy’s Engineering a call. I spoken to him last week with a view to fitting a security device on the fuel filler. He will be able to fit us in tomorrow afternoon, so, rather than have a pretty long day tomorrow, we “upped sticks” and set off again, just for another 1¼ hours, to Wrenbury.
It’s been another day of sunny spells and showers, but quite warm.
Here's the stuff of narrowboaters nightmares.....
Link courtesy of Andrew Denny's Grannybuttons blog, where there's a bit more info.
Locks 4, miles 5½
2 comments:
Hi Geoff
I can thoroughly recommend Mike's security device - got one myself! Not the most elegant solution in all honesty but very effective - I've heard that a lot of the commercially available locking cap style devices are absolutely hopeless, but this will definitely keep the expensive stuff safe. And Mike's lovely!
Am landlocked for a while but hopefully we'll meet again somewhere!
Cheers
Sarah
Thanks Sarah.
Yes, he is a nice bloke. And the hasp and staple will be "de-emphasised" with a coat of matt black paint.
Look forward to seeing you again some time,
All the best and happy cruising,
Geoff
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