Still at Moor Lane Bridge. I have been iced in now since
25th February but the thaw has started. Richard
visited and brought me 3 x 10kg coal as I was beginnig to
run a bit low. I would have harvested all that hawthorne
but I have not been able to get there.
Canal still iced over but most of the snow has gone
10th Clifton Bridge - 1 mile
Harvesting the hawthorne to keep me warm. Wood keeps me
warm three times, once when I collect it, once when I split
it and once when I burn it.
Kept collecting and processing the hawthorne for over a
week and met up with my No. 2 on the
21st at Brinklow to give her loads of it. my
No. 2 had been on the Ashby canal for the
winter.
28th Great Haywood 59 miles 18 locks
I had promised that I would help Kathy with her window which are leaking horribly so I am hot footing it to the Llangollen bearing in mind that I might have to cut everything short and fly down to Banbury for the cataract op. When I arrived at Great Haywood there was a roving traders fair on so I decided to stay for a day or two. Blagged a log from one of the other boats that was about the right size for a shaving horse, 4 ft long and 8 inches in diameter. I spent all day sawing it in half lengthwise by hand, the chainsaw would have made too much of a mess of it. In the end I had two half logs, one just perfect for making a shaving horse and the other for a pole lathe.