Kibworth

This morning at 8am I was in the engine room with the engine running. In daylight it was far easier to see what was what and I flashed the field on the alternator to get it charging. The strange thing is, all the time it was fitted to the engine in the early days it always self excited so so there was never a connection to the field. Anyway a quick spark and we were charging again, however this is only a 30 amp alternator but we have power.
The result of the above was we were on our way early for us as I didn’t want to be moored outside houses running the engine .
Yesterday was a very light mist compared to todays weather and it didn’t get much better until after lunch.

We went straight passed the the bottom of the Foxton Flight of locks and Bridge 61 pub towards

Leicester, passing Debdale Wharf where a boat had just been lifted for blacking, I can’t see that getting dry today.
It wasn’t long before  we were at Kibworth Top Lock. Its good to see that an old British Waterways sign has survived the years and CRT’s blue plastic signs.

The locks were in much better condition than I remembered, maybe they are worse nearer Leicester.The cast iron edging of the bywash of the top lock has somehow been broken.

At Taylors Lock there is a glamping site on the offside complete with a very large Tepee.

The flight was definitely not short of water as can seen by the top gates of Pywell’s lock with water gushing over the top.

We carried on down through Crane’s Lock where we had to wind as there are stoppages a little further down the canal.We came back up through the lock and moored for the night with fully charged batteries.

Today’s Journey

7¼ miles, 6 Locks in 3½ hours