There's a hole in my bucket

An early start today getting ready for Lee and Dale of Candle Bridge Fabrication to pick up the boat for the repair to the water pipe.

And there she goes.

Turning into Braunston Marina.

And going along to the workshop.

Now then, what to do for two hours while they work their magic.

Well, first a walk up to the butchers to get a joint for the weekend and then a walk round the supermarket while it rained. When it started sleeting again we sheltered under the pub awning and got a call from Lee. They had started the work and all was going well until they found that there wasn't any metal at the front of the gas locker. Whoops. Did we want to take a look and see what needed to be done?

Minds in a whirl, we still had time to chat to a baby robin on the way back. 

Had a good look at the hole but the problem is that there is nothing to weld anything to. Recommendation: remove existing floor and replace. They will also clean out the water tank, repaint and fit a new filler pipe on the outside of the boat so that any overspill goes into the canal and not the gas locker. 

So, we have emptied the boat and have come back home. Hopefully the work will be completed in a fortnight and we can then finish our time away. Also, it might be a bit warmer by then! 

Ta-ta for now - hope to be back again soon.