What a difference a day makes

Honestly, I sat down to write the blog yesterday and this morning, the captain asks: 'did you write the blog yesterday?' and I says: 'no!'

Anyway, today, Saturday, sunshine for much of the day. Brilliant.

We shared the Buckby locks with Duck Dilly. A couple from Sussex with friends who had not been on the canals before and they were loving it.

Can be quite scary at times when going down through a lock.

Stopped at Weedon for some shopping and, guess what, Granny's Café was open. Well it seemed only right and proper to support them after all they had been through with the lockdown.

What a feast. 

Exciting day tomorrow - we're going to fill the water tank! Oh, such joy. Mind you, since the lads did all that work on the water tank, the water's running faster, the pump doesn't sound so laboured and the kettle fills faster.

Here’s some pictures to show what they found down in the bilges.

This is the inside of the 'fresh' water tank. The guys did say that they had seen worse.

This is it now.

Here’s some of the gundge that they scraped off.

And here's the guy who did it. He spent three days inside the water tank just to get it cleaned.

And a final picture just to show the support struts that they put in.

We were so impressed with their work that we are going back again to have a hatch put in the back deck so that there is easier access to the weed hatch. But, before that there is the Boat Safety Survey, the blacking of the hull and the full survey for the insurance.

Who was it said that a boat is just a hole in the water that you pour money into!?

I know the feeling but I don't regret it.