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1st Lyme Green

Took a trip to the top of Bosley Locks to get rid of the backlog rubbish, chilly and windy all the way there and back.


2nd Lyme Green

Wee small hours of the morning and I have had a few, well, more than a few, but this is the first time for a long time that I have heard silence. My tinnitus is constantly there whistling away, humming and singing, sometimes it is almost a tune. But right now, nothing, complete silence, it's bliss. Collected the workbench that I ordered along with the fan belt. Assembled the workbench, I like it. Macclesfield played Braintree and won 3-1. Good match.Tidied and vacuumed the boat. Nice sunny afternoon.


3rd Lyme Green

Got dog food. Repaired engine cover board, it was fraying at the edges and corners. Tried splitting a log into boards - not very successful, I think I need some proper wedges.


4th Buxton Road Bridge (on the pontoons)

Motored along to Buxton Road Bridge. Stopped on the way for a few scraps of timber. Investigated busses to and from various destinations. Keyed bench in to wall and made a drill bit holder.


5th Buxton Road Bridge

A little reading, a little shopping a shower.


6th Bollington 2 miles.

Called in at Bollington Boats to ask if they could replace my wooden fore deck with a steel one. Hey did it there and then and threw in an anvil -all for £160. Stayed overnight.


7th Bollington Aqueduct 1 mile.

Walked along to the aqueduct to make sure there is room. Yes, so motored along and then collected some wood from the offside moorings which are no longer used. Split some logs.


8th Bollington Aqueduct

Wire brushed the fore deck and treated it with Owatrol. Checked out the post office. Went into Macclesfield for fruit.


9th Bollington Aqueduct

Got filler and tried to make the fore deck smooth, a job I am not very good at.


10th Bollington Aqueduct
11th Bollington Aqueduct

Post still not arrived.


12th Hawk Green 6 miles.

Post still not arrived. Need the facilities so off to Marple.


13th Hawk Green

4 mile round trip. Into Marple, water, elsan, rubbish.


14th Hawk Green

Went to Stockport today and out to Bollington, collected mail. Nothing of interest in Stockport really. In Marple I purchased a 6ft x 4 ft tarpaulin, now I need a tarpaulin hole kit and some ball bungees.


15th Hawk Green

Bus into Marple and out again (1½ hours). A little shopping, ordered a rebate plane.


16th Hawk Green

Had to go into Stockport today to get my phone sorted. It was having an identity crisis. It thought it had the SIM card from the tablet in it, but still answered to the correct number. EE were successful although when they reset it to factory settings they lost all my apps and the ring-tone, took me all evening to sort it out. Dave replaced the lift pump on the engine with an electric one so I shouldn't have any problems bleeding the diesel system in the future.


17th Marple

Filled up with water and got rid of the rubbish and sprained my ankle in the process, painful.


18th Marple

Stayed in bed all day.


19th Marple
20th Marple

Had a long chat to a guy who has just worked his way along the Huddersfield Narrow. He tells me it was very heavy going as last Winters floods had washed loads of silt into the canal and made it shallow in all sorts of places that should not have been shallow and it has still not recovered.


21st Bugsworth Basin

Walked into Whaley Bridge to the blacksmiths. Ordered a couple of loop things for the gunwales so that I can strap Olive to Forty Two properly when we breast against each other. Should be ready by Monday or Tuesday.


22nd Bugsworth Basin

Made a handle for my travelling companion's dustpan, finished the first shelf for my travelling companion's bookshelves and cut some metal for the hotplate skirt.


23rd Furness Vale

Moved to Furness Vale for the TV signal - Everton vs Manchester United 1-2, snooker and MOTD later. Put up table in the cratch, need to find away to lock it.


24th

Finished bookshelves. Made two tool rolls for the spanners out of old leather jeans.


25th Furness Vale

Collected the side rope fixings from the blacksmiths. Fitted the shelves for my travelling companion.


26th Furness Vale
27th Furness Vale

Made the shirt for the hot plate on the stove.


28th Furness Vale

Snow


29th Furness Vale

Snow. Changed gas bottle.


30th Carr Swing Bridge

Watched Snooker all day.