Clive & Melanie Morris - Narrowboat Folkies
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Sept 2nd
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OK, Day 2!
Left our overnight mooring to get up the Top Lock at Buckby, to wait for our "Cratch" guy, Dave Bassett, who came along with a nearly finished version to see if it fitted OK. AJ Canopies, who are making the cover, also joined us and set about measuring up a template for the cover based on Dave's cratch dimensions. All went well (photos in gallery).
Had a visit from a friend of ours, Malcolm Hysom, who lives quite close by - stayed for a cuppa and a chat and kindly took Mel shopping for a few bits and pieces while I supervised the cratch experts on the boat!.
Decided to move on a little and at around 4pm, left Buckby to find a nice, quiet, rural stretch to moor at for the night, in prep for navigating the Braunston Tunnel tomorrow morning. Had a runmble of thunder and some lightning (and hail! - it IS summer, isn't it?!) just before an excellent meal (and wine!) - the grill works well.
We are having to learn a whole new skill set - how to understand and manage power consumption; the boat is nicely fitted out with serious batteries and an electrical inverter to convert 12V to 240V. However (and as we discovered) things like a 3 kilowatt kettle are a real NO-NO - basically it overloads the system so we're sticking to gas and the old camping kettle until an up to date version can be found at a future hostelry.
The shower and central heating both work splendidly, not that we've needed the latter just yet but it has been tested.
Can't understand something; more or less as soon as the sun disappears, we start yawning and it's time for an early night! It could be that we haven't switched the TV on yet!
Left our overnight mooring to get up the Top Lock at Buckby, to wait for our "Cratch" guy, Dave Bassett, who came along with a nearly finished version to see if it fitted OK. AJ Canopies, who are making the cover, also joined us and set about measuring up a template for the cover based on Dave's cratch dimensions. All went well (photos in gallery).
Had a visit from a friend of ours, Malcolm Hysom, who lives quite close by - stayed for a cuppa and a chat and kindly took Mel shopping for a few bits and pieces while I supervised the cratch experts on the boat!.
Decided to move on a little and at around 4pm, left Buckby to find a nice, quiet, rural stretch to moor at for the night, in prep for navigating the Braunston Tunnel tomorrow morning. Had a runmble of thunder and some lightning (and hail! - it IS summer, isn't it?!) just before an excellent meal (and wine!) - the grill works well.
We are having to learn a whole new skill set - how to understand and manage power consumption; the boat is nicely fitted out with serious batteries and an electrical inverter to convert 12V to 240V. However (and as we discovered) things like a 3 kilowatt kettle are a real NO-NO - basically it overloads the system so we're sticking to gas and the old camping kettle until an up to date version can be found at a future hostelry.
The shower and central heating both work splendidly, not that we've needed the latter just yet but it has been tested.
Can't understand something; more or less as soon as the sun disappears, we start yawning and it's time for an early night! It could be that we haven't switched the TV on yet!
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