We were just about ready to set off, Dian was about to wash the mugs and there is no water coming out of the taps and the pump is silent. Check obvious and out with the meter. 24 Volts to pump but not running, removed and in the bin, it was fitted in July 2021 and it showed signs of starting to leak. It had been very noisy for sometime and I suspect although I run it dry in the winter it had suffered frost damage Luckily I had a spare which I fitted.
We were in a constant queue going down the flight, we did meet a few boats but it didn’t help much and some of the pounds were quite low. I haven’t quite worked out the use of having a volockie on just one lock of a flight. While we waited for the bottom lock Diana took the recycling and put it all in one big, over full yellow skip. A short run saw us arrive at Wigram’s turn where the S Oxford merges with the Grand Union and becomes a wide waterway. As we made our way along the Grand Union four very large tepees were being erected in a field on the offside as well as a couple of bell tents.
About a year ago CRT pilled this section of Towpath and for half the length they hung seeded coir sausages along the piling, its quite surprising how fast the plants are growing.
We only went a short way further before mooring for the night, today has not only needed a jumper but also a fleece and as soon as we had moored up I refitted the chimney and lit the stove.
Today’s Journey
5½ miles with 7 locks in 3¾ hours
3 comments:
That new bit of armco, the bit without the coir roll, has become one of my favourite mooring spots in the area. Whereabouts are the tents?
The tents are almost opposite the piling on the field where the bridge 103 goes over
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