This was a trip of 178 miles, 7¼ furlongs and 120 locks

We were out for 22 days cruised 19 of them and did just short of 179 miles and 120 locks ! We ran the engine for 102 hours over those 22 days.

Percy developed a weep on the domestic water pump and a weep from the engine crankcase inspection door. The engine water pump must have a flat spot on the shaft seal as depending where the engine stopped sometimes that would weep a little too.  They will be winter jobs. I might have to replace the water pump as they are notoriously hard to refurb, tried before!  

Highlights  - 

• Getting to Buxworth and walking to my lads house for food. 
• Visiting the Upper Peak Forest canal. 
• Completing the Macclesfield end to end
• Cruising areas where I ride my motorbikes 
• Meeting Holly the canal boat couple at Bollington
• Seeing the Northern lights ( again this year) in Stone
• Covering those miles and locks together as a team
• Meeting so many nice people - the cut is a community 
• The reliability of Percy and its systems 

Not so highlights 

• The Peak Forest not as nice as I was expecting, it's still a nice canal
• The weather the wind !!
• The failing of the second inverter while trying to charge the Ecoflow

So many more positives than a few niggly bits. The biggest disappointment was the Upper Peak Forest, just how busy it was with boats. I think we'll walk it next time !

Percy is a great boat but the mid engine exhaust isn't great for Rachel now so we may have to consider that in the future. But my challenge is to not look too far forward savour the now the future will deal with itself and arrive when it needs to.