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Sunday 25 December 2022

Deptmore Lock Christmas Day

Following my posting and photo of the building at Tixall Wide Dave sent me this link

https://www.staffordbc.gov.uk/live/Documents/Planning%20Policy/Conservation/Conservation%20Areas/Conservation%20Areas%20List/Tixall-Conservation-Area-Appraisal-Nov-2015.pdf

It has loads of information about Tixall, not just the building in question.

This morning we didn’t set off, the chap behind did so now we are all alone, we did have the company of a police helicopter for the best part of half an hour, circling a short way away, looking at the map in was in the area of Roseford Farm. 
Once that activity was over and we had had coffee I set to fitting the new alternator. The old one failed last trip and I refitted the 30 amp, 24 volt one which I originally fitted when I first installed the engine, This led to three problems,

1 I was 25 years younger.
2 There was much more room to work
3 The original came from a commercial vehicle so was a bit different on the mountings, not much but enough to make it not bolt out, bolt in replacement.

By one thirty I was seeing 42 amps going into the batteries, that is from a 60 amp alternator and so far the temperature has not reached 80° C within an hour the battery was full again and the temperature stayed constant. While I was doing this Diana took her self for a walk, on her return we had lunch and I cleared all my stuff away before His Royal Highness came on TV and said nothing of importance.
As the light faded the sky turned just a pail pink with some nice reflections on the water.DSCF7463

About 7pm. diner was ready, I can’t take any of the credit for this so I just did the washing up afterwards.DSCF7466

She even takes the credit for the Christmas decorations, I just make sure we have the electrics to keep them alight. DSCF7464

 

Merry Christmas one and all.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Merry Christmas! Glad to see you are keeping to old traditions of decades ago when you uttered the immortal worlds on a Christmas Day on BT/BK offshore gas platform when someone asked you if we could knock off work early “every day is a normal working day out here old partner” practice what you preach - Well done and glad to hear you have lots of wigglies going into the batteries again. PS agree about Charlie’s speech - waste of oxygen

Anonymous said...

Every day is a normal working day out here! You made that statement some 35+ years ago on Christmas Day offshore on a Gas Platform. Looks like the rule still stands on narrow boat canals!! Merry Christmas and a Very Happy New Year

nb Bonjour said...

Hello Brian and Diana, hope you're both keeping well - I've been enjoying yours and Oleanna's blogs over Christmas. We haven't been to Tixall Wide for years, but our favourite time was one November (or it may have been February) when we, along with the rest of the boaters nearby, stood outside at dusk in the cold to watch (and listen) to the starling murmuration as the huge flock swooped and swirled in the sky before diving into the reeds on the far bank to roost. Did you see them? One of the natural wonders of the bird world I think
best wishes for the New Year,
Debby