Wednesday 1st June 2016 Tixall Wide

Shopping in Stafford. Re-set tablet to factory settings. I had been having trouble with the maps on my tablet. Whenever I asked for directions from my current location to somewhere else it told me how to get to 'Directions Ltd' in Towcester. Now I can get to where ever I want to go. Sorted out the porthole curtains.

Thursday 2nd June 2016

Shopping in Rugeley, got doorknob. Washed the four spare porthole curtains.

Friday 3rd June 2016

Day off. Swapped out washed and un-washed porthole curtains.

Saturday 4th June 2016

Shopping in Stafford. Washed spare porthole curtains.

Sunday 5th June 2016

Painted the bedroom divider. A really awesome sunset over the gatehouse at Tixall Wide.

Monday 6th June 2016

Shopping in Stafford, got some kidneys for dinner.

Tuesday 7th June 2016

Got diesel leak fixed (£42.40) did the usual at the facilities.

Wednesday 8th June 2016

Shopping in Stafford (I like shopping). Did trial spreadsheet for my accounts.

Thursday 9th June 2016 Penkridge 9 3/4 miles, 6 locks.

Called off at Midland Chandlers for some paint and some sealing strip for Olive. A good days travelling. CRT have been working hard on dredging the channel and keeping the weeds at bay. Progress considerably easier than last time I navigated this canal, especially between Tixall Lock and Acton Trussel.

Friday 10th June 2016

Shopping in Wolverhampton.

Saturday 11th June 2016 Cross Keys

Still in Penkridge but a different part. Did Penkridge Market which has been held on and off since 1244, and purchased three steel wedges.

Sunday 12th June 2016

Day off working on man pages database. man is short for manual and refers to the system of detailed instructions for all the commands available in Linux.

Monday 13th June 2016

Database preparation.

Tuesday 14th June 2016

Thunderstorms

Wednesday 15th June 2016

Trimmed metal panel for Morse control cover for Olive to stop water getting into the bilges.

Thursday 16th June 2016

Solar panels hit 20 amps charge today.

Friday 17th June 2016 Gailey 3 miles 5 locks.

Did the usual at the facilities.

Saturday 18th June 2016

Shopping at Morrison's. Attempted to fix diesel leak (the previous attempt by an engineer not successful) - will find out tomorrow if it worked.

Sunday 19th June 2016

Replaced fuel pipes etc and re-assembled. Will check on the leak next time the boards are up.

Tuesday 21st June 2016 Autherley 7 miles.

Shopping at Morrison's again.

Sunday 26th June 2016 Compton

Sold a wooden deer. The guy thought it looked just like his whippet, there's no accounting for taste. So now I have made two more animals, a dachshund and a staffie - will have to see if they sell.

Monday 27th June 2016 Wightwick 1½ miles, 3 locks

canals
Wightwick House

Named the Dachshund Roger and the Staffie Danny, priced up at £10 each.
Visit to Wightwick Manor, really quite interesting and well worth the visit.
I have a niggle at the back of my mind that My No2's sister was with us for a few days and all three of us visited the Manor House

Wightwick 2016:06:27
Tuesday 28th June 2016 Wombourne 5 miles, 7 locks.

28 again

Thursday 30th June 2016 Stewpony 5 miles, 8 locks

Ordered new Omnimax aerial.

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