One of those days not really looking forward to but happy to look back on....
Up early'ish another night of strange dreams for me. Breakfasted and some lazy social media'ing then the polish came out to give the side and front of the boat some proper polish. Giving her a wash with 'wash and wax type polish is no replacement for actually adding sacrificial layers of polish.
Before shot still looks tidy
We got it done then headed for the soup I'd made the other day which was pleasing nice and nourishing. Rachel then knitted while I used the space and water to give the car a good vac out and wash ( no polish )
Then we sent off to wind the boat at the Shebdon winding hole that you will see is quite populated but as it seems it's owned not by C&RT we have to be pleased the owners give permission. The owner of the boat in the winding hole helped with a little bit of fending off and advice and with me on the stern rope we pulled Percy around. The west wind was only helping crab Percy back the way we came so the stern rope was needed.
Not much to aim at and it's not the point where the armco comes together so the boat can still push sideways - not ideal and next time I'll be at the front to better see what is needed at the stern .... Better to use this winding hole if you don't fancy the hour and twenty round trip up to the next....
Really really pleasingly Percy came into our mooring quite easily so the hard work last year ( Tyre and spade as well as a load of hard sediment dislodged has now paid dividends. ) I prefer Percy pointing this way, not such a nice kitchen outlook but as the neighbours on our now stern spend a lot of time on their boat and have a large raised deck and gazebo it's more private for them and us to have our bow pointing east. We also get the morning sun.
Small downside is the solar panel and container that holds the Ecoflow is at the wrong end meaning our old marina hook up cable is needed .... I might look to make that a more permanent fixture if we end up having this mooring orientation as out preference. However as said in the earlier blog it's good to alternated the side that gets the full sun as we are on an east/west mooring, great for solar.
Did the final job of the day by cutting the grass on the mooring - the Ecoflow having been charged by the stand alone solar panel - an install that works well.
Had a beer, then went for the 'village' walk to ease my back. On returning while Rachel makes the tea I vacuumed the boat through.
Always a nice view to our moorings from bridge 44
We need to be away early as I've an appointment with a new bike hopefully before the weather changes for wet and windy into Easter !
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