Aerial system stopped working, used the stick aerial to watch the snooker.
2nd Carr Swing Bridge
Looked up 4 hp diesel engines (for a heavy duty battery charger).
3rd Carr Swing Bridge
Into Whaley Bridge to use the facilities, rubbish, porta pottie, water. Purchased 13kg gas bottle from the fuel boat.
4th Carr Swing Bridge
Spent the day in Sheffield where Hermione is working at the moment. It was really nice to see her and catch up on her news. Fitted the breasting ring on one side of Forty Two.
5th Hawk Green On the way to Bollington.
I have decided to make and fit a dodger to the back of Forty Two. A dodger is the bit of canvas that goes around the back of the boat to help keep the wind off the legs while travelling and to stop D'fer jumping on and off the boat at will. To do this I will need a piece of tarpaulin some lacing hooks and some ball bungees.
6th Bollington
Bumped into Pete on Celeste. Identified problem with aerial system, it's the signal booster. Found the local launderette.
7th Bollington
Collected post from the post office. My prescription has arrived but the pharmacy cannot fulfil it till Monday.
8th Bollington
Took all the double curtains down and replaced them with a single curtain. Now I only have to draw the curtains to one side rather than both sides and they take up far less room and let in more light when open.
9th Sutton Hall 4 miles
Washed curtains, swapped the little rings for bigger rings at either end of the curtains so that they can be un-hooked. Collected medication from pharmacy.
11th Lyme Green
Went shopping in Leek and got some more of my favourite cheese. Lacing hooks and tarpaulin rings arrived. Lacing rings are little hooky things that are screwed onto the side of the boat to hold the little bungee cords that hold tonneau covers on. Cut the tarpaulin in half and glued and sewed a piece of rope into the cut seam. Fitted the rings. Purchased the correct screws to fix the lacing rings to the side of the boat.
12th Lyme Green
Engine service at 4080 hours running, this is a 750 hour service. Fitted two lacing hooks, now I need some ball bungees before fitting the rest.
13th Lyme Green
Day off
14th Lyme Green
Lyme Green, Bosley Top Lock Topped up with diesel, 100Lt £64. Motored along to the top lock.
15th Bosley Bottom Lock 12 locks
(Twice, once with Forty Two and once with Olive).
16th Congleton 5 miles.
Fitted second breasting hook to tie Olive to when travelling side by side. Fitted second set of dodger lacing hooks.
17th Red Bull Aqueduct 6 miles, 1 lock
Purchased air filter, oil filter and oil to replace items used for service.
18th Westport Lake Harecastle Tunnel
Took the rearmost solar panel off the roof for the journey through the tunnel as that was the one that I almost lost last time I went through the tunnel.
20th Etruria
Etruria Collected new table and stools in flat pack, assembled them and got rid of the old table. Stored two fold up chairs and a folding table in the wet locker.
21st Etruria
Moved around the corner.
22nd Etruria
Quiet weekend.
23rd Etruria
Walked my No. 2 to the train station. She is off camping for a few days at her favourite spot, Buckden. Built a bedroom divider to separate the salon from the bedroom.
24th Etruria
my No. 2 came back from camping early.
25th Etruria
Launderette.
26th Barlaston 6 miles, 6 locks
Moored up close to the Wedgewood factory, emptied elsan on the way.
27th Stone
Nowhere to moor up in Stone and no TV signal so moved on a couple of miles until we got a halfway decent TV signal so that we could watch the football.
28th Tixall Wide
Went into Rugeley for shopping the back out to Tixall Wide for the weekend and a bit.
29th Tixall Wide
A friendly fisherman donated the remains of his maggots when he had finished so I can enjoy a little fishing while I am here.
30th Tixall Wide
Wire brushed Olives gutters.
31st Tixall Wide
Tixall Wide Shopping in Utoxeter.