tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7014287368622168232024-03-18T03:02:43.365+00:00Percy A chronicle of ownership of NB Percy and life in general. For the boater and the gongoozler alike. Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.comBlogger789125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-27033031933336526322024-02-20T18:31:00.003+00:002024-02-20T18:31:28.886+00:00More delays to Percy<p>We should have been on Percy for our 39th Wedding anniversary - in fact it's one of the few years lately we've not been aboard. All was planned then v2 of this covid type cold virus hit me so I wanted to be near a bath instant hot water and stable heat - yep a complete wuss ! </p><p>We have so much 'on' at the moment it's hard to get the time to give Percy our full attention. It'll get easier as we progress into spring as odd overnights arn't so bad as temps make overnighting easier. Many years ago I blogged about big decisions and we need to make one soon, we need to be able to get to Percy more often and make Percy a priority rather than a standby.... that's on us. </p><p>I've just watched one of the you tube channels I follow - Gone with the Wynns - they have just taken their new catamaran over and have sailed away from China. The reason for the mention is that they were on the Llangollen canal I think last year while the boat was being built... small world. </p><p>Their channel and others inspired us to get a sailing holiday ( tick) for two weeks around the Ionia seas.... truly fantastic but not for me long tern, there was a time I thought it might be but heat and other things put me off... but a great thing to say we've done.</p><p>Anyhow Percy is booked for a blacking in May at Overwater - I'm discouraged from doing it as it wasn't pleasant last time with nearly being overcome by fumes in the dock.... so we will have to be there and ensure its done properly.... </p><p>Some random photos to make this blog make sense; </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpiumVzOMSXn5rwPPOakf58Wzn8R0U3j36Nd1Qe4aJ10MoxG7lw0XhNYTKXT1gNG5NNcxf0HfAvbHDHQsfq2abPUzQeqUYeaOhaZjQnHwg2Btl02GxY1-j1kHMMXNJdRqItSTD2FXbYc1DB-qoi5hTlhWnrWjuvjjOw9FCfmVINdOOdLbJX_WKhTTc0uI/s4032/IMG_4534.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Cleaned out the pond snd filters - Ok, last job just move that 20kg bag of top soil - hinged and twisted and pop went my back !! </p><p>So two weeks later I was able to get in to the garage and get the wheels off one of my bikes - Honda NC750x and on picking Rachel up from a nice brrak in Bath with her long time friend we called and had two new tired on my 'loose wheels' £304 lighter they sat in the garage waiting for me to fit the wheels back on the bike.</p><p>In the mean time I had a rare dry day that coincided with a trip to my lads house in Chinley to meet a contractor. I went the long way via Millers Dale and Peak Forest. After a meeting and a tea in the local cafe i headed off to Bollington for another tea stop at Clarence mills on the Macclesfield canal. </p><p>I finished the day with a trip into Macc to the Superbike warehouse massive place with so many bits of temptation for me as a 45 year + riding bikes.</p><p>A good day and I saw a canal - hopefully more on canals and Percy next week ! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpYzOBI4i5E2mHU7ntbh4e4C8qHnG_ryugfafUXCjHBxzTb8iNTAKQCMBC8UcQUDBZywo8OHHV53rwWcK4-c-5ScSwRbfjdGWO84NAyIgmNvW41S8Sh_CNUylA-olp4IvGQQYKAsJvvFy5MX8xpDE-VaIiPB25qWgVjS2Zf4SyIheiuWRqSuJ_ZbcWGPA/s4032/IMG_5359.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpYzOBI4i5E2mHU7ntbh4e4C8qHnG_ryugfafUXCjHBxzTb8iNTAKQCMBC8UcQUDBZywo8OHHV53rwWcK4-c-5ScSwRbfjdGWO84NAyIgmNvW41S8Sh_CNUylA-olp4IvGQQYKAsJvvFy5MX8xpDE-VaIiPB25qWgVjS2Zf4SyIheiuWRqSuJ_ZbcWGPA/w400-h300/IMG_5359.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I have an adventure bike that was designed and built and tested in the Himalayas and the mountains of Wales. It is a belter and those of you who have found my YouTube channel will have seen some of its adventures. </p><p>Anyhow a week before Christmas when I was feeling $hit with the man flu I got a call from the bike dealer I brought the bike from inviting me for a day of Green Lane'ing in early January. I wasn't sure it was for me but I said put me down as a maybe. On Saturday I was frosty and 1 degree and I had doubts but it is times like that you have to push yourself or really start a rapid decline. So I layered up and set off in foggy 'cool' temps but was rewarded within 5 minutes of view of cloud inversions along the early part of the route.... I should have taken photos !</p><p>Got to Bob Minions in Derby and was offered coffee and a warm welcome before we ( 6 bikes - all Himalayans ) headed off to meet other like minded souls at the Square and Compass pub in Darley Dale. </p><p>We were told it was gentle green lanes - bit of gravel etc but we got mud, rocks 30 feet of 1 foot deep water filled trenches - a few fell off, pleasingly I didn't but we all had fun and on the return to the pub we were fed and watered - an excellent day.</p><p>Note to self live each day and take as many opportunities as you can....</p><p>A couple of pics </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUX0TQqKJAK9a7cdcSLqmObipMMe3eJDHt27KlvSs2s6zjH_d7NoyVwR9JGVuS_YQwG4asip6hKfqJ01MyRehBV2wD_j1tfo3eIVcXdF6pJR1lAQ89Nq7Wv2w9lNfBBifcTUGUAF21F0eGypEegINHxMBdQEk7xwjSk4jFTFCUHS3nJtmXMcCdh-82ulk/s4032/IMG_5216.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUX0TQqKJAK9a7cdcSLqmObipMMe3eJDHt27KlvSs2s6zjH_d7NoyVwR9JGVuS_YQwG4asip6hKfqJ01MyRehBV2wD_j1tfo3eIVcXdF6pJR1lAQ89Nq7Wv2w9lNfBBifcTUGUAF21F0eGypEegINHxMBdQEk7xwjSk4jFTFCUHS3nJtmXMcCdh-82ulk/w400-h300/IMG_5216.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Today was the first day when I got the chance to turn a wheel. It was a Screwfix visit to buy another angle grinder and disk to remove the old mortar on one of my chimneys as its got a leak !! Normally a 20 minute run to Ashbourne ( or Leek) but todays was Ashbourne but it gave me the opportunity to go the longer way via Ilam and Dovedale. As to be expected there was a lot of surface water on the lanes and a lot of mud. Tools acquired then a slight reverse but I added in Wetton the Manifold valley Grindleford then Foxt to home. </span></p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 25px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Descending into the Manifold valley the mist dropped the temp to about 3c. Back home just after sunset. Felt a bit bad the Himmy was a bit messy but I'm due a ride on Saturday with the Royal Enfield peeps with a couple of the new 452's. Set up by the dealer who I've got a reservation on the 452 with and the run on Saturday has some light green lanes to a pub in the peaks where RE are providing lunch. Not done such before so subject to frost looking forward to it. Then the Himmy will get a clean!</p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 25px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">One thing the 452 has to be a good step change and more better than my humble 411 as today it was the perfect bike to be out and about on. O and yes when getting fuel in Ashbourne got two fellas talking to me about their bikes when they saw the Himmy..... </p><p class="p2" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 20px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 25px;"><b></b><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;">Did you get out today boat or bike ? </p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center;">Ilam</p><p class="p1" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue"; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 13px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHFdHaTBuOlsXIX2pIDrysrwjBvtyejqt3zmIMyJMx_7y0_ZpjXBOW8mSUTAZmIfLwnkt737MqG7N40kgTagTbvSkfAfHOjYsVO3u4O3uXebln3H38upahCEiQpyvknw54K1C_2FznvvVb5pVEaFZznK2sUunhHbcNpJbi3qg317cGO5ZtBFrYJW2hKw/s4032/IMG_5210.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCHFdHaTBuOlsXIX2pIDrysrwjBvtyejqt3zmIMyJMx_7y0_ZpjXBOW8mSUTAZmIfLwnkt737MqG7N40kgTagTbvSkfAfHOjYsVO3u4O3uXebln3H38upahCEiQpyvknw54K1C_2FznvvVb5pVEaFZznK2sUunhHbcNpJbi3qg317cGO5ZtBFrYJW2hKw/w400-h300/IMG_5210.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-87413170140748107682023-12-30T07:00:00.001+00:002023-12-30T07:00:00.131+00:00Licence fees and 2024 costs<p>Short post to record the costs for boating into next year. It was triggered by my licence renewal that followed my insurance renewal which both were before us trying to book a blacking slot. Our mooring fees are now paid monthly with no additional charge for the monthly payments - thanks Emma. </p><p>So out 2024 license fee is described as this ...</p><p style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; text-align: left;"><span face="sans-serif" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Further to the announcement made by the Trust on 2nd August 2022 regarding an interim price increase of 4% for all leisure and business licenses effective from 1st October 2022, please note that the annual price increase of 9% will also apply from 1<sup>st</sup> April 2023.<span class="ui-provider vv b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z ab ac ae af ag ah ai aj ak" dir="ltr"> </span><em>We’re having to increase licence fees to secure the maintenance and repair programme required to help keep the waterways safe and navigable in the face of soaring inflation across the economy. The rapid growth in inflation has led to even greater increases in prices for energy, fuel and materials, leading to a projected shortfall in our finances. Unless measures are taken urgently to address the budget gap, works would be affected, and we would have to cancel some planned jobs and scale back non-essential maintenance’</em><em>We will do all we can to support those who may be struggling with the nationwide cost of living crisis.<br /></em></span>The amount that you will need to pay for your next licence depends on when and how we receive your correctly completed application. The lowest price available is when you<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>pay in full before the start date using our website:</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><table border="1" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="4" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: sans-serif; width: 574px;"><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>When and how you pay</strong></p></td><td><strong>Standard Renewal Price (including Surcharge*)</strong></td><td><strong>Discounts/Charges applied</strong></td><td><p><strong>Amount you will pay</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>If you pay in full by card or direct debit before the start date of the licence using our website<strong>**</strong></p></td><td>£1,258.52</td><td>Online Prompt Payment (5%)<br /></td><td><p>£1,195.60</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>If you pay in full by card or direct debit before the start date of the licence but don’t use our website<strong>**</strong></p></td><td>£1,258.52</td><td>Prompt Payment (2.5%)<br /></td><td><p>£1,227.06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>If you pay after the start date of the licence using our website<strong>***</strong></p></td><td>£1,258.52</td><td>Online (2.5%)<br /></td><td><p>£1,227.06</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>If you pay after the start date of the licence but don’t use our website<strong>***</strong></p></td><td>£1,258.52</td><td></td><td><p>£1,258.5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p><span style="color: red;">Costs are therefore;</span></p><p><span style="color: red;">Licence - £1,195</span></p><p><span style="color: red;">Insurance - £242</span></p><p><span style="color: red;">Mooring - £152.50 x 12 = £1830 ( C&RT get half of that )</span></p><p><span style="color: red;">Blacking - £14 per foot = £840 (maybe plus slipway another £260 if so )</span></p><p><span style="color: red;">Total a massive £4107 ( not including slipway or any repairs while the boat is out of the water ) </span></p><p style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-weight: normal;">As a reference re the mooring it would have been £889 a quarter at Great Haywood making it £3556 a year !! </span></p><p style="text-align: left;">We (I) often ruminate over selling Percy as she does not get the use we have put her to in previous years. ironic really as we now have the best mooring and the most time - well I have, it just seems life gets in the way. It really is true what they say when you retire you have less time to do all the things you did when working!! </p><p style="text-align: left;">Hopefully we will have the blacking booked and that will springboard up to getting up the Macclesfield fully and onto the Peak Forest .... time will tell ! </p>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-44165445667101976032023-12-26T07:00:00.001+00:002023-12-26T07:00:00.135+00:00December family big push <p>My eldest son and family have had a difficult time in trying to live post pandemic. The banks really stitched him up with arbitrary rule changes about loaning against property that abuts industrial estates. He has/had a lovely cottage with land and planning permission on the Erewash canal in Ilkeston that due to the changes noted above resulted in it being difficult to sell normally. It's really his story to tell but the result is they sold it and had a short window of moving opportunity. I was asked to help and hired a van and did some prep work on the new place - very nice it is and they have done well in sorting it and getting in before Christmas. We are very proud of our two sons and their wives. </p><p>It's been a long week with some 14 hour days and early starts late finishes and lots of weight being moved. Nearly all done and completed house sales in what is in my estimation record time. A good job. </p><p>As I said their stories to tell but a couple of photos for posterity. </p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfpVoZIur0YrZdwcGeUmx76_1h3hnhXsWVD7SIDL3zWCbQTkv37dlMfqNsCNQT4R_rn-UT7OG8kcWDCNLTSPS8NQVbd6zuMTS_JOzymWZ8FuSFtUBFf0JSq8ean85ZZJyA6OKDpa5G1c3xXoBZ60LCfZV5OyTVlCUevUBqXGLjDToMdjVvE3G1gCeYcQ/s4032/IMG_5131.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWfpVoZIur0YrZdwcGeUmx76_1h3hnhXsWVD7SIDL3zWCbQTkv37dlMfqNsCNQT4R_rn-UT7OG8kcWDCNLTSPS8NQVbd6zuMTS_JOzymWZ8FuSFtUBFf0JSq8ean85ZZJyA6OKDpa5G1c3xXoBZ60LCfZV5OyTVlCUevUBqXGLjDToMdjVvE3G1gCeYcQ/w300-h400/IMG_5131.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWC7-3FkPqcnxqaqwuqu5RRAlhklkVHIq0P2_fHhPxXBEXt2T59BOFnwQLFIehRMqhYT6seZuLtB2Ph8PH5wn58NDB1jbR1bXA5jeN4Jx7jMZgpXtXfl3MF2y1Pq5wwdssvABpLS7LkEDkW03fbLbJ2KmJ6IGw5OLCbVS4r9ZZGxNPtgtuCGNctJKpyyw/s4032/IMG_5134.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWC7-3FkPqcnxqaqwuqu5RRAlhklkVHIq0P2_fHhPxXBEXt2T59BOFnwQLFIehRMqhYT6seZuLtB2Ph8PH5wn58NDB1jbR1bXA5jeN4Jx7jMZgpXtXfl3MF2y1Pq5wwdssvABpLS7LkEDkW03fbLbJ2KmJ6IGw5OLCbVS4r9ZZGxNPtgtuCGNctJKpyyw/w300-h400/IMG_5134.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipS1ba_pSIYIVbRd1ko0F8MmgIguX7bPVE5lVN9q5nkV8ebRed3rWMiBavdK1mKiY0FDJHDnZeCPaAEuqmrqtPSA3yTAsPjAiCUSJ0GGjK-iVMyc8WAuAyPy-cPFGt2ksjFuI6ezzGadQ6g91OBS2Q5GjzLnMISL8URczhvTokz1XKd55URv-cnlBj7LI/s4032/IMG_5138.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipS1ba_pSIYIVbRd1ko0F8MmgIguX7bPVE5lVN9q5nkV8ebRed3rWMiBavdK1mKiY0FDJHDnZeCPaAEuqmrqtPSA3yTAsPjAiCUSJ0GGjK-iVMyc8WAuAyPy-cPFGt2ksjFuI6ezzGadQ6g91OBS2Q5GjzLnMISL8URczhvTokz1XKd55URv-cnlBj7LI/w400-h300/IMG_5138.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div>To get up to date we had a nice siblings get together at the weekend before Chrsitmas. Good to met up and look back on life and forward also. <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQZR8phBvCxkKYl8d3kPXo-auxHqtzG8cDtKhyphenhyphenudR4zYFkLJfpCWruTgj8J1MdDsajOeOlRiiulN8fBR86AIICJ5tDveGt_LM5-Bb1h0P_7ilbM-tn0beF-r86vmOaUiNvuJ_Bo_68DCyjPqb004y_ZFah7c_s9xhv1h8v7hQ3S1VebNSUplQKGJd9pc/s3166/IMG_5118.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3166" data-original-width="2480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitQZR8phBvCxkKYl8d3kPXo-auxHqtzG8cDtKhyphenhyphenudR4zYFkLJfpCWruTgj8J1MdDsajOeOlRiiulN8fBR86AIICJ5tDveGt_LM5-Bb1h0P_7ilbM-tn0beF-r86vmOaUiNvuJ_Bo_68DCyjPqb004y_ZFah7c_s9xhv1h8v7hQ3S1VebNSUplQKGJd9pc/w314-h400/IMG_5118.jpeg" width="314" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHkl5u1HURcpC9K4tSoeGethMxX6n20YLcQCWxwn8MI5FmQNOih8US3MfWRo96sHqdptNBllXzyIa91dhclNrEL-g83pFPmbxoLbcurIylHM-2w1PofZsLIKQWEHci2BeRAxl_gx6fhNV6d-dvqapjJPSSfhXh5yaUYeiiSGuJEXy1KRHBXTMVBbMlWPQ/s4032/IMG_5120.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHkl5u1HURcpC9K4tSoeGethMxX6n20YLcQCWxwn8MI5FmQNOih8US3MfWRo96sHqdptNBllXzyIa91dhclNrEL-g83pFPmbxoLbcurIylHM-2w1PofZsLIKQWEHci2BeRAxl_gx6fhNV6d-dvqapjJPSSfhXh5yaUYeiiSGuJEXy1KRHBXTMVBbMlWPQ/w400-h300/IMG_5120.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">All still smiling that's all that counts ! </p><p style="text-align: left;">Only downside is we all seem to have succumbed to a cold virus doing the rounds. One of us brought it to the party ! Such viruses always flair up the fibromyalgia I am blessed with but its not too bad and there are many many people who suffer much much more so nothing for me to moan about. </p><p> </p><p><br /></p>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-58722595687485380492023-12-23T07:00:00.001+00:002023-12-23T07:00:00.129+00:00My latter year catch up <p>I was out on the tools some of them my old dads bricklaying tools that always make me feel he's sitting on my shoulder watching !!</p><p>When we had the oil boiler serviced the local plumber suggested more support for the oil tank. It was on my to do list but got brought forward. It's been as it was for a good year or two and was never picked up before but for my peace of mind I set a small strip foundation to build up some high density blocks on. Not the prettiest but very functional and in the spring I intend boxing it in with trellis to also cloak my amateurish bricklaying where I removed the window that was part covered by the oil tank. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_lc-Lg7lXE5EVFU3Ob2g3bXF9MY59sUX6S3qKPqsy6FRFAZ6SCXa03ZbZgN4_UbPYiX7fOUJ7n29ZnUyJDe0Dji2Tt9VMGhyphenhyphengo8mhhrvvDM95HTQAAkMtLpKq1jcO8xSNE2rcWiSpY-_Ry_yGsnPOmlsSmDxGgW141rvk2dX7KJmx1g4aI0p2M2cZXg/s4032/IMG_4994.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt_lc-Lg7lXE5EVFU3Ob2g3bXF9MY59sUX6S3qKPqsy6FRFAZ6SCXa03ZbZgN4_UbPYiX7fOUJ7n29ZnUyJDe0Dji2Tt9VMGhyphenhyphengo8mhhrvvDM95HTQAAkMtLpKq1jcO8xSNE2rcWiSpY-_Ry_yGsnPOmlsSmDxGgW141rvk2dX7KJmx1g4aI0p2M2cZXg/w300-h400/IMG_4994.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_LG7_DTwX1F0345fz_D4FaJS8t0AWZOfDxwU_aDSZeU_ZKV3nikj6CSR-GtV4A8cBsUElcxQmSBcBSXIdRuitHi2UYUIYHhWMNWSzD2AG_3fuE-G2EruKLdhxiwRFEXoSWMvYl31o72XARt7zQT-KIhll-BdYNNyPy-gXe2X7oszCvarT0zOaqXDpN8k/w400-h300/IMG_5150%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Overall quite pleased with the work and outcome </p><p style="text-align: left;">We have a sump pump I installed a while back to take ground water from the fields that rises near the garage foundations and in the past this water has penetrated the garage. the sump collects it now and the pump puts in into the drains - a simple but effective solution. However it was running excessively a few weeks ago and I tracked it back to a blocked inspection pit on the road outside out back gate. Luckily Severn Trent have this on their system as one of theirs to maintain as the cover got broken by a tractor pulling a 14 tons tank full of silage the other year.... they came out within 24 hours of me reporting it - well done Severn Trent.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_R9ZqaZZ57oZnuD_K8xrTOxVXJPtypshbMC2W22jDrd2ZOJHjihSXrz8cURHwPp2Tm1_byupXO1P4c4vAubdGpP8kgJ_OsqIhaMwCqQqx0nkejqG3O7Fy-c3Iz3AI-gkiJ56lHRMlwph1kVDeYlypsW57iTvaBpE3h1cgRV_-Bfu2kVR4lENKESQbL5o/s4032/IMG_5028.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_R9ZqaZZ57oZnuD_K8xrTOxVXJPtypshbMC2W22jDrd2ZOJHjihSXrz8cURHwPp2Tm1_byupXO1P4c4vAubdGpP8kgJ_OsqIhaMwCqQqx0nkejqG3O7Fy-c3Iz3AI-gkiJ56lHRMlwph1kVDeYlypsW57iTvaBpE3h1cgRV_-Bfu2kVR4lENKESQbL5o/w400-h300/IMG_5028.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">More afternoon blood bike shifts also on the 28th November. Picked this BMW RS1250 from County Hospital in Stafford. Rode to Stoke for path lab stuff to go into Birmingham and also picked up a Heart tape from Birmingham Children's hospital that went to the open hand of a doctor back in Stoke Royal University hospital about 6.30 pm then back to Stafford then home - a long day.</p><p style="text-align: left;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLOTgG7j82gJAkFe9RKxsKNYKh8bMRpobC5-X8TogdGArgEBFn6_5rE8esuIDthGawEpjtgkYXERHRZbv5yzCA2glYlacXhMbyWSWFazP9i32TZ3VxWiejXgpeeO_MuDKyjPW1zau5cIit4ktuJRUhHoHqAUPAJKAKPcYA0P8_5lNzvd6a5FllXX9dfO8/s4032/IMG_5037.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLOTgG7j82gJAkFe9RKxsKNYKh8bMRpobC5-X8TogdGArgEBFn6_5rE8esuIDthGawEpjtgkYXERHRZbv5yzCA2glYlacXhMbyWSWFazP9i32TZ3VxWiejXgpeeO_MuDKyjPW1zau5cIit4ktuJRUhHoHqAUPAJKAKPcYA0P8_5lNzvd6a5FllXX9dfO8/w400-h300/IMG_5037.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br />Back to Callum's in Chinley to fill his central heating and pressure test our joints... a few weeps that were nipped up and we ran it for a few hours to check it all - so far so good. Just three more rads to add now his floor has been laid downstairs and when we install the bath and sink toilet etc in the bathroom two up there. <div><br /></div><div>It was Rachels works Christmas party same day but the weather forecast was for lots of snow so at the last minute we booked a room in the lovely hotel the party was being held at in Chesterfield. A good time was had by all and I got a restful evening in the room !</div><div><br /></div><div>On our return the fires were lit at home including the big bugger that heats much of the house ! <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcIe2yhII1iXjqSYNQFF0C3BW0nbJ9gYrs0drfTyTaOuC6benu3GQuIQnIcm5L_ylWlT9Qq3Wa0jlKHi1fKNuiCBl1v8qVuDg1YDgLZHgptnxAy11ldLvuuKunwTi-yoQlQWWHNPGqdDPG3wB5MdH39bvmzG3IVE5MQsXM1M_folzJb06i9dWBSXYAiY/s4032/IMG_5050.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOcIe2yhII1iXjqSYNQFF0C3BW0nbJ9gYrs0drfTyTaOuC6benu3GQuIQnIcm5L_ylWlT9Qq3Wa0jlKHi1fKNuiCBl1v8qVuDg1YDgLZHgptnxAy11ldLvuuKunwTi-yoQlQWWHNPGqdDPG3wB5MdH39bvmzG3IVE5MQsXM1M_folzJb06i9dWBSXYAiY/w400-h300/IMG_5050.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihE8WC-3E5KmgpQpWH8rxZznHkccdxHsNzYGMHtgtTvaQZRaHafS43hKqY6TXYTt1tEdtPvGCGD8AlwFNit-jsP7_yeOpEShHFnW5BBbRr5iMdwes6mm7R6XnbACi-zwU3ICzor1g7KjHxwBrxjeVxxYnQgZ8mgUrkALlsC0IXeSL8KVZupSsnntkktys/s4032/IMG_5052.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihE8WC-3E5KmgpQpWH8rxZznHkccdxHsNzYGMHtgtTvaQZRaHafS43hKqY6TXYTt1tEdtPvGCGD8AlwFNit-jsP7_yeOpEShHFnW5BBbRr5iMdwes6mm7R6XnbACi-zwU3ICzor1g7KjHxwBrxjeVxxYnQgZ8mgUrkALlsC0IXeSL8KVZupSsnntkktys/w300-h400/IMG_5052.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;"><br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10DjjTUeaNuBJyCzXOjtRykaKN3LhsNGVan-pArtI53P1kUU0PBTxmaZoh10sh6Aa4la3x-uSE5i-owqwwMzwQN8wTHZPzDGf29s8xbP-OPyCbPZJDS1Cb3VilgBkEzzDg5aaMJ6rqN2FCnYqWDKaoYn0bRzXbY7Qum4jR6O2lhtnnhZeUip1SNXnAy8/s2048/IMG_0595.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10DjjTUeaNuBJyCzXOjtRykaKN3LhsNGVan-pArtI53P1kUU0PBTxmaZoh10sh6Aa4la3x-uSE5i-owqwwMzwQN8wTHZPzDGf29s8xbP-OPyCbPZJDS1Cb3VilgBkEzzDg5aaMJ6rqN2FCnYqWDKaoYn0bRzXbY7Qum4jR6O2lhtnnhZeUip1SNXnAy8/s320/IMG_0595.PNG" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAK2b7hoh31TTZLxhctz8ARipn_6WlD8roLTX3pZICbejgWaB-1hllGLlCfw-16XkLpLF6zJNH7WwykeRiQRu8E82Fdgwb72JYHJyKRo4Id5OzmrvE39cGSGnD4HM44hQPw47SJHXg8hT50-jXTAnMiX07Xdo0sh4g8ijHOrDJU2pcoUAzcwaWeTd5bL8/s4032/IMG_5025.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAK2b7hoh31TTZLxhctz8ARipn_6WlD8roLTX3pZICbejgWaB-1hllGLlCfw-16XkLpLF6zJNH7WwykeRiQRu8E82Fdgwb72JYHJyKRo4Id5OzmrvE39cGSGnD4HM44hQPw47SJHXg8hT50-jXTAnMiX07Xdo0sh4g8ijHOrDJU2pcoUAzcwaWeTd5bL8/s320/IMG_5025.jpeg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Mandy our good boaty friend sent us a picture of Percy waiting in the snow for us </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RDxDRkRoUgwcvEx8KbhhyphenhyphenpKWBWuuAMCoaXZnyjl5KFTpDznruINSTDo9BOePsAuGF96UPy8UgMgHuKMBWVPTdvkV24393gElZjg_RBS8Gyb6k7UpA6VFyKYPVFscUHb-Mv1YwHZ1DCJAwVetKYPwfp29dfE2XNmO26bam0D7Gnrynt1XTgKvTOf4Yog/s1734/IMG_5051.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1301" data-original-width="1734" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1RDxDRkRoUgwcvEx8KbhhyphenhyphenpKWBWuuAMCoaXZnyjl5KFTpDznruINSTDo9BOePsAuGF96UPy8UgMgHuKMBWVPTdvkV24393gElZjg_RBS8Gyb6k7UpA6VFyKYPVFscUHb-Mv1YwHZ1DCJAwVetKYPwfp29dfE2XNmO26bam0D7Gnrynt1XTgKvTOf4Yog/s320/IMG_5051.JPG" width="320" /></a></div></div><p style="text-align: left;">The cold brought an unforeseen problem in that my 11.6kw of house batteries were restricting their charge as they protect themselves in the cold. So a trip to B&Q in Derby while Rachel was at her choir got me the required insulation board a small greenhouse heater connected to a smart plug and some ply to make the install saveable for next year ! All works and the batteries are working away in their little hibernation space very efficiently. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUhLDOl5PvbJ7L1HbzEcJzEMPAHJBFMIQd0RZmts1OfcEoA85FyyXb5OoEP4X6O2K9mnpGApt6Sq8kuGHsEltSrCdBlwF81rin4nrpIj29zrU-DKb5K_u7q-ZWOUgxpLa5aMUTnUXtrMKPY0EG6HXL7kzBiTyPFmy1EcVJVPoqAUF04Gc71OKEJHpyKz4/s4032/IMG_5073.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUhLDOl5PvbJ7L1HbzEcJzEMPAHJBFMIQd0RZmts1OfcEoA85FyyXb5OoEP4X6O2K9mnpGApt6Sq8kuGHsEltSrCdBlwF81rin4nrpIj29zrU-DKb5K_u7q-ZWOUgxpLa5aMUTnUXtrMKPY0EG6HXL7kzBiTyPFmy1EcVJVPoqAUF04Gc71OKEJHpyKz4/w300-h400/IMG_5073.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">We were still getting out for walks essential for our health the Caldon canal is always picturesque in the cold especially with the steam trains running the Santa specials in the valley. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ViZee5Qujo-pliUsJ6OF8M3n63OM3wTrfIfmtX-C6nfbH1OHO-pBhnmvbJ8To6LI0shOXGvjNOKrPJDhVL_cL0JYOpWIZ2kHBHKVKFe_J8TUfu9jc9n8w7yRFuQUvndGkSS8gGta3pAo3O_iZQtWpfYfoxOqnQk7lnBvbjv5x1Vvr9rHdaQQayD3C-A/s4032/IMG_5083.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-ViZee5Qujo-pliUsJ6OF8M3n63OM3wTrfIfmtX-C6nfbH1OHO-pBhnmvbJ8To6LI0shOXGvjNOKrPJDhVL_cL0JYOpWIZ2kHBHKVKFe_J8TUfu9jc9n8w7yRFuQUvndGkSS8gGta3pAo3O_iZQtWpfYfoxOqnQk7lnBvbjv5x1Vvr9rHdaQQayD3C-A/w400-h300/IMG_5083.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZVK6dW3wA2V_hOBnwcjzuKvj4S21qZJNMAeiUxTLo-D3vElp8Y7n4UBtkpI981kL1aZKABtqvZ44KJkTLo_hkEM4YxY5jrIGrS-jdPoBS1rYiw0AGJKIokq0DS5FR4DKM3ncikbcts31_0I_jO-vRsHGyV7TZB_hm-4UB8XkcR04vGAJ18DBR2ZzKQE/s4032/IMG_5084.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeZVK6dW3wA2V_hOBnwcjzuKvj4S21qZJNMAeiUxTLo-D3vElp8Y7n4UBtkpI981kL1aZKABtqvZ44KJkTLo_hkEM4YxY5jrIGrS-jdPoBS1rYiw0AGJKIokq0DS5FR4DKM3ncikbcts31_0I_jO-vRsHGyV7TZB_hm-4UB8XkcR04vGAJ18DBR2ZzKQE/w400-h300/IMG_5084.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: left;">Percy got a check visit early December. I tried to run the genny but I think it needs a tad more oil as it kept cutting out despite fresh fuel with stabiliser in it. My thinking is there is low oil pressure being detected?</p><p style="text-align: left;">We have half a plan to get on board over Christmas ....but family stuff might get in the way again. </p><p style="text-align: left;">I have mentioned in the past about our batteries and solar. I am ever more aware of the need now not only to keep physically fit but also mentally fit. I challenged myself to get a Home assistant server running on a Raspberry PI to show all the inverter and solar detail. This included making a serial link to my home network.... I enjoyed the challenge and got it working. It is a bit of a rabbit hole project as I now want to add all the other smart home stuff Ivy Cottage is blessed with ! </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAV4zBp-HvzhxvQ182zh30q2DlzvU_2HzlcDvGgbN1gPZb2_XYER1QSTZhT2gp2UKXVgEOvI-bk2WAq0g9l5Ff1ncskuGZsYOKyf-h0LI8Lh9aV6kV4XAjOUNxeS9QqtxIV4ICbaQEcG32d99mZ2X0Vgu4hilsmFK2_RvU2OZ7dFsq0IgBGWAGPCCCxVA/s2048/IMG_0599.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAV4zBp-HvzhxvQ182zh30q2DlzvU_2HzlcDvGgbN1gPZb2_XYER1QSTZhT2gp2UKXVgEOvI-bk2WAq0g9l5Ff1ncskuGZsYOKyf-h0LI8Lh9aV6kV4XAjOUNxeS9QqtxIV4ICbaQEcG32d99mZ2X0Vgu4hilsmFK2_RvU2OZ7dFsq0IgBGWAGPCCCxVA/w400-h300/IMG_0599.PNG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: left;">Its a good way to spend these darker winter months while stretching my metal capability. </p></div>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-31693706755901283782023-12-21T13:18:00.004+00:002023-12-21T13:18:53.399+00:00Mid October - Wales & more catching up <p>We love Wales - Rachel grew up there so a family holiday at Red Wharf Bay was sorted for Rachel's family in a large ex pub. Good food good company good walks. It did start off with another long day that saw us over at Ilkeston with the grandkids, back to Derby to pick a sister and nephew up then a drive to Anglesey... arriving after 9pm.</p><p>We were there three days and apart from a long return journey where I dropped Rachel off at Ivy Cottage then drove another two hours to take said family back to their Derby flat all was good. </p><p>Pictures work better than my words...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjch08F5HTrPGtP1Zqs6NfXMKLFciLVseKVT6_0rIyg9tMLHZ6WeH4qBaO1d8JYCLJNGsrDpsRLRH3rEIOJgKyNhx8_YmkAgFHdfTTbfT4I7faNHQUOMgIfVsB9ojoSiJULq0LinG5ucPOBjwI8p1nsQcXFIZTnUTao5ikzNyeC52ORfQsKaErAc9GwFc0/s3088/IMG_4806.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjch08F5HTrPGtP1Zqs6NfXMKLFciLVseKVT6_0rIyg9tMLHZ6WeH4qBaO1d8JYCLJNGsrDpsRLRH3rEIOJgKyNhx8_YmkAgFHdfTTbfT4I7faNHQUOMgIfVsB9ojoSiJULq0LinG5ucPOBjwI8p1nsQcXFIZTnUTao5ikzNyeC52ORfQsKaErAc9GwFc0/w400-h300/IMG_4806.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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I make every effort (when not full of germs from the grandkids) to visit and I always take her out. 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But if I can I get on a shift. They are harder work in the winter as its much colder and a lot less daylight. The afternoon shifts mean returning in the dark and low temps but its a small price to pay to help random strangers out. <div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0l_CI4RWxWz5Z2wbpzKenBsWqAgxidh4bUhyphenhyphenhyphenhyphen0UjZyWIkhbVscwIglNkHvzw8MQIUvDsh5tWOfxA-enP-TBCLssiosPSa4VYs3fVfcR0rtL0Nk_dXu7-f4sUEXevpy1AbxA3aek8AzZpQf7Sf4Kqk8rMk8cx6iAYvby0ypNVeYP_9co6ptMKbgDdiDY/s4032/IMG_4874%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0l_CI4RWxWz5Z2wbpzKenBsWqAgxidh4bUhyphenhyphenhyphenhyphen0UjZyWIkhbVscwIglNkHvzw8MQIUvDsh5tWOfxA-enP-TBCLssiosPSa4VYs3fVfcR0rtL0Nk_dXu7-f4sUEXevpy1AbxA3aek8AzZpQf7Sf4Kqk8rMk8cx6iAYvby0ypNVeYP_9co6ptMKbgDdiDY/w300-h400/IMG_4874%202.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWPeNEzMbA670y8iEGOaSFWfNKOTmK2hbh3kUc8YaiF_TaEwv68mMuqIYl994zuRPsLkyFYlNLiy-86Y6L6uaRPXPeY7siuHXafMIYYeFZZGf052wSV6HtEVOS7VnMHnerxBX2YVBhod8OZsKJ-JiChvSwmXD7cxXmvWxvJrw8KH4c4-CZe4UuSpLvVPs/s4032/IMG_4877%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWPeNEzMbA670y8iEGOaSFWfNKOTmK2hbh3kUc8YaiF_TaEwv68mMuqIYl994zuRPsLkyFYlNLiy-86Y6L6uaRPXPeY7siuHXafMIYYeFZZGf052wSV6HtEVOS7VnMHnerxBX2YVBhod8OZsKJ-JiChvSwmXD7cxXmvWxvJrw8KH4c4-CZe4UuSpLvVPs/w400-h300/IMG_4877%202.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div>More work at my lads in Chinley - central heating we were installing. Walks in the Valley which I will do more of in the New Year, bit of baking, furniture stripping and a leaking chimney stack to repoint in the spring ! I even made a wood trolly for my spare wood for the workshop as I need to clear it from its resting place in what will be the home office.</div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZcru84io3chyphenhyphenMRf85nl5FJxl-pjvkIvrw-SGb1MkGdm3LBBd_w5iQvo_fzA9afCYx-Z5dWgObiSnxU5ByDMqvKPynNmf8TKi4qGVvLjSnYL8LoSI4w_raOKRdzBv6NqpaRYCtN6G3QDRh3HvLKAh4jI5N8wa0CHR_iaWiPKV5TWc77X-xB8FPgXENu4/s4032/IMG_4894.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinZcru84io3chyphenhyphenMRf85nl5FJxl-pjvkIvrw-SGb1MkGdm3LBBd_w5iQvo_fzA9afCYx-Z5dWgObiSnxU5ByDMqvKPynNmf8TKi4qGVvLjSnYL8LoSI4w_raOKRdzBv6NqpaRYCtN6G3QDRh3HvLKAh4jI5N8wa0CHR_iaWiPKV5TWc77X-xB8FPgXENu4/w400-h300/IMG_4894.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Really to look at three bikes the two new Triumphs ( 400cc) and the new Himalayan ( 450cc) the latter I have pre ordered as my 411cc air cooled is a great bike !! </div><div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQ4ZDpoY7FJZmvBrVNnG1duZf6GRAj1jffIlC6g6tBmv08gnbQz6aa9GLe6a6umThqlzq6YU4UjhNEPFaSVyDELsFCDzkdhA4luSdxdPK2ycEc6XvhSOQnrXYKl9fO-xbN5lnh9_LUUcZYGfbDTNuP0mpy2ZniOOFZkI3WBw8h7Aa8DNlqj9XA_JoNoI/s4032/IMG_4979%202.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinQ4ZDpoY7FJZmvBrVNnG1duZf6GRAj1jffIlC6g6tBmv08gnbQz6aa9GLe6a6umThqlzq6YU4UjhNEPFaSVyDELsFCDzkdhA4luSdxdPK2ycEc6XvhSOQnrXYKl9fO-xbN5lnh9_LUUcZYGfbDTNuP0mpy2ZniOOFZkI3WBw8h7Aa8DNlqj9XA_JoNoI/w300-h400/IMG_4979%202.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggc0NIIlD0ymcTm5SWgN1LOaL48_ASvT4v4lc5vsWZ40XmYBr3vkz0p6FtTyldzJLEI78B9kwh5qJJQmJKqqHFAd5dDKxTaQj3nKrtGrYXfZFfAcBs3hzvA2WPH7rV6bbt86yQbXdlKPN4gHSCL6UU0p-mPwcKfo-T1riYcMfgEOBuBStFiRkWo7C5qTY/s4032/IMG_4989.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggc0NIIlD0ymcTm5SWgN1LOaL48_ASvT4v4lc5vsWZ40XmYBr3vkz0p6FtTyldzJLEI78B9kwh5qJJQmJKqqHFAd5dDKxTaQj3nKrtGrYXfZFfAcBs3hzvA2WPH7rV6bbt86yQbXdlKPN4gHSCL6UU0p-mPwcKfo-T1riYcMfgEOBuBStFiRkWo7C5qTY/w400-h300/IMG_4989.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdvwfm6KxAiegST-YKKqtCmE_5ahuipcGgIcOc21rijmZ_dRRav58SvIYDPf0dQymrt3VDK71NmSZWvZOSJBjvendZiA3RXocpdJXZ53zLvfo8rWEBvjhqwYNaT2btSo8CwworVE9_g0jqHHrU_G_EIW9cSntnUSP0qgiWp96l6RbaLg8HehFG1qQTc4/s4032/IMG_4990.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUdvwfm6KxAiegST-YKKqtCmE_5ahuipcGgIcOc21rijmZ_dRRav58SvIYDPf0dQymrt3VDK71NmSZWvZOSJBjvendZiA3RXocpdJXZ53zLvfo8rWEBvjhqwYNaT2btSo8CwworVE9_g0jqHHrU_G_EIW9cSntnUSP0qgiWp96l6RbaLg8HehFG1qQTc4/w400-h300/IMG_4990.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div><br /></div><div>That gets me towards the end of November ..... one more to come for a complete diary catch up </div>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-79632574411302756372023-12-19T17:38:00.002+00:002023-12-19T17:38:21.681+00:00So where have I been since the boat polishing ( and my rant ) Part 1 <p>For me over to my photo library as a reminder of what I've been up to that has kept me/us away from Percy. Typing is an issue right now as I removed the tip of my middle finger ...luckily it did not make it as extra protein into the meal I was making.</p><p>It was the 9th October when we were on Percy Polishing and having a little trip out. Then that joy was offset by the totally ineptitude of the decorator who tried to tell us he'd done two coats on most of the job when in some places he'd done non. We sacked the useless sod off and finished or in some places started it ourselves. </p><p style="text-align: center;">Two coats here he said !!</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewtdQY_cjn6w3bbIqg1LbaAA_y2Znj2IbD2sLGC9t13487qHCxsK-o6BZit9DV7yERivaM9mZNfzBAjIXqp6X1oZ3O2R_9ach-uKp70L0KIThsVTvQE5H_uijYs-kQ4LDICfKaXmNBx9UWKoRo3dybdieD_iBGiVIkLSzi-evemK3eCcMeZhyphenhyphen7nz-3o4/s4032/IMG_4712.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiewtdQY_cjn6w3bbIqg1LbaAA_y2Znj2IbD2sLGC9t13487qHCxsK-o6BZit9DV7yERivaM9mZNfzBAjIXqp6X1oZ3O2R_9ach-uKp70L0KIThsVTvQE5H_uijYs-kQ4LDICfKaXmNBx9UWKoRo3dybdieD_iBGiVIkLSzi-evemK3eCcMeZhyphenhyphen7nz-3o4/w300-h400/IMG_4712.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>Anyhow thats done now to our standard as we did it ourselves - should have done so in the first place - lesson learnt. </p><p>We were back to be about while we got a new workshop door fitted as part of my on going fit out of the workshop to make it a proper home office/workshop/laundry room/ external to internal loo.... I waited until the <strike>workmen </strike> clowns used the drill so I knew they were happy the door fitted ( I'd removed the old door and frame for them ) as I was off to no2 sons house in Chinley as part of his /our year long strip and refurbishment some job that. When I returned they had gone without any asking for Rachel to clerk the works. Turns out we had an auto closing door as they'd fitted it not level and where there was a drip strip end cap ( missing they'd filled it with silicon and bogged off. No pride no respect no class. It took them another maybe 6 weeks to get it sorted but it still is a half closer. I will learn my lesson one day.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmklBSHrvar1NDoJsqUuuiJC4ri4VnQrBYZ1i92GKYd7dFU31UOvv-G_t3t1IpCvpsjX2-DDWi9CoHnN9iVyJwn4EVV7pPuqpmD1I2rnUWd2PdlZ3rr_B7qosfOhumFI0lwCExkOIg4PWgW28lAbRWZ9HWetYGpIZQtUQzvzcuQi1zAE0DtILO2vo680/w300-h400/IMG_4744.jpeg" width="300" /></span><span style="clear: right; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwtTLeWYZtx9f59BhtyWWIRHJ-izFCM1wcimydmfIkII0CCJwIvsh53bIRHLuX5xlbBx1ijbeO23_G1HFscVXHUEnqAsfGRY2s8F2aikR67OtOw-VEUbzEyWqqhh1F-TA3n0_AHT8lKtBXUfQEiWY_YWsoowBCxqDVke-2tva861ZUUMA5pckPkXAwntk/w300-h400/IMG_4749.jpeg" width="300" /></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Some heavy lifting as I wanted to move a shed so I could brick up a window in the workshop. I made a quick base with a note to self to replace the retaining timbers in the summer - my fault building a raised bed in lockdown in front of the retaining timbers. Took the opportunity of tasking my good friend John who with his lovely family called in on his way back to Scotland - very remiss no photos of John Carrie and the girls. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmPtglD8oI17lGPQZmv7unQPW9ugP6YRt4NQ5-e40-_lrPWCFTOIdKaqp6wAQGLYq00_13YzYDEemZ8IbkIq0Dv5QwmXeSvii6s6N1ySTRmjjAYetEVokUCER0B-Q7ibBPbu6TXXXXOljKuNsWZFaS_F-vrpklhSiK42IAx4SknF6QebbPnTnsEm0xeY/s4032/IMG_4766.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmPtglD8oI17lGPQZmv7unQPW9ugP6YRt4NQ5-e40-_lrPWCFTOIdKaqp6wAQGLYq00_13YzYDEemZ8IbkIq0Dv5QwmXeSvii6s6N1ySTRmjjAYetEVokUCER0B-Q7ibBPbu6TXXXXOljKuNsWZFaS_F-vrpklhSiK42IAx4SknF6QebbPnTnsEm0xeY/w400-h300/IMG_4766.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhux4TdtELtgv9KC_2ntuSgd4xFR8WjsoWKPlP7IZYg-jNf1nuNjeew6mgY3t9VFz6b_4J4O3f5AmPxOHf5R5RcFHrH4xuiPSwFe3-YKTrYVgVE2UR8z8YzDh_v4QfcIx-ZQDg4aE4h5Gb6Oa8_tgJzhnRUJ_eXZM6z9Jrl39IUdGpImIlssPmS0oNNEBA/s4032/IMG_4856.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhux4TdtELtgv9KC_2ntuSgd4xFR8WjsoWKPlP7IZYg-jNf1nuNjeew6mgY3t9VFz6b_4J4O3f5AmPxOHf5R5RcFHrH4xuiPSwFe3-YKTrYVgVE2UR8z8YzDh_v4QfcIx-ZQDg4aE4h5Gb6Oa8_tgJzhnRUJ_eXZM6z9Jrl39IUdGpImIlssPmS0oNNEBA/w400-h300/IMG_4856.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Then it was bike maintenance time. The loyal Himalayan was due a valve check as well as steering head bearings greasing and adjustment and some paint on a scabby fork leg where the lovely salt had got to it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwadSLLcGf228e4qVJGlN1IauewJVnZPMf8PcXssjpNG88lJekfBx-XpdOk6OOmfIf6-SVCR5_81VUA_hrd58qaHK3wy05foem0B05_RuSxPemAUUEF-2mASzlTCBmcqaDB7zsseC9X0ACvpYOUmf7SSYv6oC8opE44yLHuZ7g1KaxCSLW1G4-9JlrTno/s4032/IMG_4779.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwadSLLcGf228e4qVJGlN1IauewJVnZPMf8PcXssjpNG88lJekfBx-XpdOk6OOmfIf6-SVCR5_81VUA_hrd58qaHK3wy05foem0B05_RuSxPemAUUEF-2mASzlTCBmcqaDB7zsseC9X0ACvpYOUmf7SSYv6oC8opE44yLHuZ7g1KaxCSLW1G4-9JlrTno/w400-h300/IMG_4779.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Put some new tyres on while the wheels were out. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwod5Hn2bPuFlj3RplmIApKPBqWcsRtDLIUvMZNLh53HnGdvPQCxgHYNWIh2OT1Cr-oKJNNcWAGPcqJUkaRuBhd_WLvt1LtveyTl1lhKYVvxKOG8v178AJMVUaWD6esIbTq_hbRO-4v4eDKZcYP7MJrqzds4Q2BLzwcoZa3_flboLaEZT4zPjecoBbjVY/s4032/IMG_4772.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwod5Hn2bPuFlj3RplmIApKPBqWcsRtDLIUvMZNLh53HnGdvPQCxgHYNWIh2OT1Cr-oKJNNcWAGPcqJUkaRuBhd_WLvt1LtveyTl1lhKYVvxKOG8v178AJMVUaWD6esIbTq_hbRO-4v4eDKZcYP7MJrqzds4Q2BLzwcoZa3_flboLaEZT4zPjecoBbjVY/w300-h400/IMG_4772.jpeg" width="300" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWegw4utJoA4ojucMVKv4RV8PCZgWPW7kswLTRzl3UDDJMknxdVfBYRYqqg5XCRGFThxuJIzGfSjdMmAZzrlWVXQkFYqQJLmKKUimGvpNnCJLZ0hkvxAa1CUet-ib2eHq8qo1B8DifJVeXqjephj6-T6jnEbvzsgfOISOVFvv9QcQPUGPsnwMkeWSbPfE/s4032/IMG_4778.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">During this time we were visiting our lads and grandkids always fun but they seemingly always give me a</div>bug to remember them with! Currently sporting a streaming nose and sore throat from a long week of house moves... more on that later. <div><br /></div><div>So that gets me to about Mid October ....Part 2 to follow <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></div>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-71425514602774774962023-12-01T10:59:00.001+00:002023-12-01T10:59:21.786+00:0011 years of ownership <p>Poor Percy is sitting patiently waiting on a frozen Shroppie. In years past when living aboard with lovely much missed Leia Percy was a warm haven in a cold frozen landscape. Life moves on and we are in a cold frozen landscape in the moorlands of Staffordshire, albeit in a warm cottage . Life would be boring if it was the same all the time.</p><p>So as the blog says we've owned Percy for 11 years. I remember collecting Percy from Tony and his wistful watching expression as I chugged away with his pride and joy. That trip was a challenge with frozen canals only being saved by Callisto the coal boat who broke the ice for us as we followed through Nuneaton. Rachel and son no2 Callum came to help me get Percy back to Fradley. </p><p>I look back and reflect on how active I was and how ambitious I was also, and I was still working full on ... no retirement on the horizon in 2012 ! We had two boats when Percy came back so still had to get all the stuff moved across and Waterlily cleaned and polished ready for brokerage.</p><p>I should look back at photos more ..... another blog about that soon</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiboXjCOQSMwyLIMECvC_lIvjZQJY6YwfpsZdRF1mwrNySSGQR8qjvys___Eu0D9QfW1Zx9E1rFBx6jL98T9U9jTPywAfB7GqZpG64kg_EVl3KP1Mte5lVJCutAwV2XTq74d46nKpEUT3W6gG2itDtB0CKJXhpu1C6eKBxToNn6yFx09DKbKRv0KTu2ltI/s4000/P1030542.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiboXjCOQSMwyLIMECvC_lIvjZQJY6YwfpsZdRF1mwrNySSGQR8qjvys___Eu0D9QfW1Zx9E1rFBx6jL98T9U9jTPywAfB7GqZpG64kg_EVl3KP1Mte5lVJCutAwV2XTq74d46nKpEUT3W6gG2itDtB0CKJXhpu1C6eKBxToNn6yFx09DKbKRv0KTu2ltI/w400-h225/P1030542.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2248" data-original-width="4000" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinNEYPA8ZcA2vCjvePlwbwgrWfrb-higmUBiLNUrrA-CEN1bWk5FhBN5YFBufhCnHxfOcBca1n11XSDiZ6zZE2P92UT3eiKCQn25z-uJcjnAq6hvLfH87a5eNsQ7jfyS0W4LnuX0UrfYzF1dZ7XSEL6u_CGourHlVaHLBjIkSwDwgp_wxOHRrruBo9_cc/w400-h225/P1030593.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>Final photo of no 1 son Tom and his now wife Courtney with Leia on Percy at Fradley all very very happy memories. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqtFwDs-bl3KrtJMZHEpGaq61z5iWhAeMfJIpjM9uTfd7rZEf5bIQWtUJ7qHDwYFEInZ-AvxXl6HkTlHe85z3Joj4iqWk5ECETtKa3R7Sf4gUXl4d-ONGlnLqd2yW3jUJaSgQQnIh_WoeXvVeEq2KLPFcOLkWBtzeAbkexQqxfyWhlG1atyZ1zataVhs/s2592/IMG_0071.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1936" data-original-width="2592" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEqtFwDs-bl3KrtJMZHEpGaq61z5iWhAeMfJIpjM9uTfd7rZEf5bIQWtUJ7qHDwYFEInZ-AvxXl6HkTlHe85z3Joj4iqWk5ECETtKa3R7Sf4gUXl4d-ONGlnLqd2yW3jUJaSgQQnIh_WoeXvVeEq2KLPFcOLkWBtzeAbkexQqxfyWhlG1atyZ1zataVhs/w400-h299/IMG_0071.JPG" width="400" /></a></div>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-32482720502818790482023-11-24T18:20:00.000+00:002023-11-24T18:20:49.488+00:00Is it just me ?<p>More of a reflective post but something for me to look back on at some point. </p><p>The world is a shit place at the moment and getting shittier. Nature gets on with it despite us, humans are working really hard to destroy everything we are gifted with. It's at all levels as well. Politicians and world leaders (sic) seem ever more focussed on negativity than common progress. Our leaders are as ever taking those easy short term decisions based on popularity banking on anonymity and wealth in their future as their plans and promises dissolve in the wind of conflict and inherited challenges and change. </p><p>* Some/most people I interact with I don't really like, I put up with them as I expect they put up with me. They can't say why they don't like me and I can't them because no doubt some of it would fall into the arena of the politically incorrect agenda police - or rather anonymous outrage. It's a shame as maybe if we could be open and honest and listen to each other before reacting and take in the other persons views and maybe the influencing factors that affect and drive their personalities and behaviours I could be educated and could educate others to be better people. I'd like to be a better person. </p><p>Then there is this country with its petty bureaucratic policies and procedures seemingly invented to hide poor performance and inability to act. It gets down to the individual trades who seem to have little or no pride in their interactions with customers certainly no pride in their work. I'm sure there are some out there who do go the extra inch or two but they are in my exposure few and far between. </p><p>The common denominator in all of this is money and wealth. It drives all the actions and inactions that are counter productive to a safe world in all aspects peace, environmental, religious and well being in general of those that live on this lump of rock. </p><p>I've no god or religion. I do often hope it is like how I imagined the Greek Gods where we are just a game for them to explore actions and reactions. If it is at some point they may play their hand to turn our world from one that judges and categorises people by their ability to earn and what they own to a world where compassion and love is the currency of progress. They may have given us too much freedom to destroy our world and our communities..... shame the world was a nice place for part of my life. </p><p>End of rant .... I can't see normal service being resumed, well not in my head - see above * </p><p><br /></p><p> </p>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-31798986625934926472023-10-09T07:00:00.001+01:002023-10-09T07:00:00.135+01:00Hard work pub treat <p>We are supposed to be having the house decorated this last week. We came to the boat to be out of the way as we have not furniture downstairs. The decorators has been a bit hit and miss more miss than hit as he's gone down with some bug ! So we have stayed longer on the boat - no hardship as the weather has been globally warming hot for October. </p><p>We winded last night after doing the majority of the boat. We also took a nice 4 mile walk up the canal last night also. </p><p>Super shiny with that sacrificial gloss layer for the winter months as advised to us by John the boat painter (2015) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGc5Gd5R09pbC2qN9VZLITZMrKDeo7v0vobao6BZDEj4ZU605nN9FAdkHbpP0ClgpeRWcqfhOectdqWn55ztHUYfBf_s94TuJOfv-qNJ_HxKjpFC3xNBYj95KZ0kkv7x9eVGCKneS6_iRIv4XfX1uxkfKZyNRqCWqomphRUjJ9nJdp-J-6VgD7goXhuc0/s4032/IMG_4677.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGc5Gd5R09pbC2qN9VZLITZMrKDeo7v0vobao6BZDEj4ZU605nN9FAdkHbpP0ClgpeRWcqfhOectdqWn55ztHUYfBf_s94TuJOfv-qNJ_HxKjpFC3xNBYj95KZ0kkv7x9eVGCKneS6_iRIv4XfX1uxkfKZyNRqCWqomphRUjJ9nJdp-J-6VgD7goXhuc0/w300-h400/IMG_4677.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9G_YFf3zIMSfS7dk4_XR4PzK_6Zw-1eeoFzTESwvKCSBZaG5DcUDLLdFqK8o5FMibnpVwkazAervKhNqN04Ug1Ez-HovqGyDwFyyPSJ3XqfGj5N7yAxh9ekDX3YQutBELFC9s5i-142OGe0PlOFBPr9Z_0hyphenhyphenO1c6CKWsATWS4vQI38H26wEYy_QXFEew/s4032/IMG_4675.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9G_YFf3zIMSfS7dk4_XR4PzK_6Zw-1eeoFzTESwvKCSBZaG5DcUDLLdFqK8o5FMibnpVwkazAervKhNqN04Ug1Ez-HovqGyDwFyyPSJ3XqfGj5N7yAxh9ekDX3YQutBELFC9s5i-142OGe0PlOFBPr9Z_0hyphenhyphenO1c6CKWsATWS4vQI38H26wEYy_QXFEew/w300-h400/IMG_4675.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>But you will see that gap it back.... the silt that we shifted for the stern last time helped the bow but the stern was again helf by the silt when coming in the other way....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOuons6s1mUsCqXW64J1WNFOCcjIVKCsnp27qtcpP7DoIsCx3JuT8hiUnbInF9k3eYRiZtJXpqLkqchGtSPcZNSb1tKjUj8sS_ysKeKHKswK-cFeQEdhOfJajjEZZzrjWMy1DUjUxcqYlApk47zLrvjIbLbjvSgFsh5LOMhC4CPzVYOAEjRx95hCHMU0/s4032/IMG_4674.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFOuons6s1mUsCqXW64J1WNFOCcjIVKCsnp27qtcpP7DoIsCx3JuT8hiUnbInF9k3eYRiZtJXpqLkqchGtSPcZNSb1tKjUj8sS_ysKeKHKswK-cFeQEdhOfJajjEZZzrjWMy1DUjUxcqYlApk47zLrvjIbLbjvSgFsh5LOMhC4CPzVYOAEjRx95hCHMU0/w400-h300/IMG_4674.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYyVk61Z3jco3IMuYeak9nnydTXp56uRYmmtNZFpGQ0KUp2zy3AvlwLv5e_QLt7VLdwaIKzE0pZkrq2-QMkxMemmUURkOCZZ33heLp-1O1OxnQzXtfm5PaUik0UrgIk3ho_NBNADC9jVuH3Q56-4FaZ2Dr-2QO7yuVO2zKgbzd5cUn6f3Wo0F0GqlOsAA/s4032/IMG_4681.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYyVk61Z3jco3IMuYeak9nnydTXp56uRYmmtNZFpGQ0KUp2zy3AvlwLv5e_QLt7VLdwaIKzE0pZkrq2-QMkxMemmUURkOCZZ33heLp-1O1OxnQzXtfm5PaUik0UrgIk3ho_NBNADC9jVuH3Q56-4FaZ2Dr-2QO7yuVO2zKgbzd5cUn6f3Wo0F0GqlOsAA/w400-h300/IMG_4681.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>We set to this morning washing and polishing the starboard side now just about accessible. We showboated by washing the car while we had the stuff out. After welcoming our neighbours back with some rope help we set off ourselves to wind in Grub Street.</p><p>On the way back we decided to frequent the Anchor. A pub I've never been in despite cruising up and down the Shroppie many times and more than once with some seriously capable drinkers on board.... iirc it was the Wharf at Shebdon, now closed we went to as it did food. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Ww8YJ1uMWllSB3ZiDyxdaUu0YDjFjyfp_w1CmHBI_ibXNbiacFJ7Oms-5jlVN4uMOX7XL9AD5ZYAzEX_skxHNC236WLEMLw4OHpMD5Mn9ZZE9pD96ZTJY_hPFdwPPyvgosKle-WbT0h5QtfqwHUhfi6SAgUDWA9dziYrJAoXc2RhVMnt0a1MRcdpMe8/s4032/IMG_4685.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8Ww8YJ1uMWllSB3ZiDyxdaUu0YDjFjyfp_w1CmHBI_ibXNbiacFJ7Oms-5jlVN4uMOX7XL9AD5ZYAzEX_skxHNC236WLEMLw4OHpMD5Mn9ZZE9pD96ZTJY_hPFdwPPyvgosKle-WbT0h5QtfqwHUhfi6SAgUDWA9dziYrJAoXc2RhVMnt0a1MRcdpMe8/w400-h300/IMG_4685.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVjXos_qUeFISVWFqx4YBrKBO87RiCwtTrNuugbS-iuGjRLo_Jfp2YPT2FHpW7poO7Y4gZT2bp8zoGfvXKLx4VR47JcnubA35L4Gxa9rHmKxLlp6KhyqcTGjNEUI-CyWSiiJwgg3kgFBuS9EKNGzIHWJZQgDHFyEuxMJepGgzu1MEEqu9mP3iYDDNPD8/s4032/IMG_4686.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJVjXos_qUeFISVWFqx4YBrKBO87RiCwtTrNuugbS-iuGjRLo_Jfp2YPT2FHpW7poO7Y4gZT2bp8zoGfvXKLx4VR47JcnubA35L4Gxa9rHmKxLlp6KhyqcTGjNEUI-CyWSiiJwgg3kgFBuS9EKNGzIHWJZQgDHFyEuxMJepGgzu1MEEqu9mP3iYDDNPD8/w400-h300/IMG_4686.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPipSfNC2pRbpptIt3MdazeWR11deWigvENgsCQNxZ_OofGmuYHscDrQII35BjEwLAoUG9JQPkfKopj-mAqpcBpNFn9oS23mTJ_xZQ2asQZhSs30Item0oema1OSQ9OwmLjyRp-S98VV7zRFRkvMr8SyL9SNuWrF_EsKaJ57BT7OPN1HKlH04u9I38FFg/s4032/IMG_4687.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPipSfNC2pRbpptIt3MdazeWR11deWigvENgsCQNxZ_OofGmuYHscDrQII35BjEwLAoUG9JQPkfKopj-mAqpcBpNFn9oS23mTJ_xZQ2asQZhSs30Item0oema1OSQ9OwmLjyRp-S98VV7zRFRkvMr8SyL9SNuWrF_EsKaJ57BT7OPN1HKlH04u9I38FFg/w300-h400/IMG_4687.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_z0GDdgIR4rB4Hc18pfW2kButpSfDVRo535XWUnJbuTeZWkO6HEf971on-uoTfqkc7nqVc1Td9lfsbs20gomRTm9MCANXbGURnD22zvsevnJ9-jSzyTwqaYy6kPgJjTZtpuuqxPLflDcVm_P3Gb-cp9Q2DUQvMFjrbcr07p80CIM6PQeaW9OsgNcUTjo/s3216/IMG_4690.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2505" data-original-width="3216" height="311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_z0GDdgIR4rB4Hc18pfW2kButpSfDVRo535XWUnJbuTeZWkO6HEf971on-uoTfqkc7nqVc1Td9lfsbs20gomRTm9MCANXbGURnD22zvsevnJ9-jSzyTwqaYy6kPgJjTZtpuuqxPLflDcVm_P3Gb-cp9Q2DUQvMFjrbcr07p80CIM6PQeaW9OsgNcUTjo/w400-h311/IMG_4690.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>It didn't disappoint - a proper little jewel of a drinkers pub. My late Dad would have loved it, pulled pints no food no kids in the pub no music just people talking and drinking. The gents was classic old pub basically an outside urinal which is a painted trough. Strange what smells and images bring back memories of being at the pub with my dad. </p><p>I took the obligatory pint of Wadworth 6x while Rachel had some old fashioned bottled Guinness. It was a lovely bonus afternoon in a canal pub with so much history and unspoilt by time long may it continue. </p><p>On our return Chris and Dee from NB Naomi returned the favour and helped on the ropes and Percy came it much better than the last time !!</p><p>A bit of fishing showers some TV then pack up tomorrow for a return to chaos...but the sun will be shining and I'm not going to work !</p>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-81746312100444989362023-10-07T19:11:00.001+01:002023-10-07T19:11:50.235+01:00Fed up of the top being too close to the bottom <p>We had a nice few days so far but boy am I sore tonight trying to get Percy to the bank on our mooring. I get that the dredging of the offside ( if any dredging is being done at all ?) is no priority for C&RT but even getting close to the mid channel is a challenge as is winding and we are not deep draughted. </p><p>I really do think I'm going to have to get some waders and get in with a spade to try and move some of the silt or we are going to have to visit every weekend and take Percy out wind and fight to get back in... better than the gym can't say it's cheaper however !</p><p style="text-align: center;">10th July we had a real fight ...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpVVt157DX6xhXswJ0BnbKlOD2yu1d0BPNT-AHynYSgYVrxk6SDE06UUa5e7Am-OL7YwBHBDGpT5TF5TLqbIgPlMzvCfN9VgkS4Pxny3Snc1B6zRVSfy7T6j29a87DbIDq1CKZKvqcvVqObJtPr65sFGH88_7MOuqeAGwl8u8Wz_yqa1aiIk8kEez148/s4032/IMG_4044.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZpVVt157DX6xhXswJ0BnbKlOD2yu1d0BPNT-AHynYSgYVrxk6SDE06UUa5e7Am-OL7YwBHBDGpT5TF5TLqbIgPlMzvCfN9VgkS4Pxny3Snc1B6zRVSfy7T6j29a87DbIDq1CKZKvqcvVqObJtPr65sFGH88_7MOuqeAGwl8u8Wz_yqa1aiIk8kEez148/w300-h400/IMG_4044.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: center;">7th October - Round two</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhODgHHUm9aYvgUZJBFhiHb3wxAyfMzY1nHXVApk_QG0HuCmnFnoyn1ku9114W80qkHRoNVJQRTOsPIFhdGAH4ndpqz_1_AOsT5BvRfMCrYJG8nS_XKG-QGRbUbHv97k8-YpQeA1Q4u2A5sYU3ryAtDPEQI8Dr8WD7g336N8TertpGgv5CQP0DoZJGyk-U/s4032/IMG_4678.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhODgHHUm9aYvgUZJBFhiHb3wxAyfMzY1nHXVApk_QG0HuCmnFnoyn1ku9114W80qkHRoNVJQRTOsPIFhdGAH4ndpqz_1_AOsT5BvRfMCrYJG8nS_XKG-QGRbUbHv97k8-YpQeA1Q4u2A5sYU3ryAtDPEQI8Dr8WD7g336N8TertpGgv5CQP0DoZJGyk-U/w300-h400/IMG_4678.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><p>We will leave Percy to settle in again.... the irony was we winded to clean and polish the port side from the bank !! More on that next post.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-21287509501050840952023-10-05T07:00:00.001+01:002023-10-05T07:00:00.144+01:00Wells to Wales <p>Last year it was Wells to Wells when our sons and daughters organised an old vicarage stay near Wells for us to enjoy as a family - We alternate minimal Christmas gifts but a family holiday. Memories are so much more important than tat IMHO. </p><p>This year it was our treat and our eldest grandsons wish was Wales with a hot tub and swimming pool - no small wish list but some autumnal Googling and we were booked into the Old Dairy near Aberystwyth. </p><p>Just a fine time doing the UK seaside thing for a change. I love a rock pool and went all in for the kids to get some crabs... then arcades swimming hot tubs ... you get the vibe. </p><p>A picture or three is worth a thousand or many more words of my drivel...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uC9oSEwuZf2L3HtS4qAdrJkwr0Dobj02qw_A_Wv2egQJljA6ATRxyqnN6BXmm2YFVivwU-fSrTt9ZlyTA2zzUnFuvdpkfckw35WyWN7WFVWlkDIkHvrv9PEBjyASl2mZ3lcvk-30RVRPMPk19FQvjjskMlL5nTNXgXcY377XHm6sHePsGokNDqYTIa0/s3088/IMG_4082.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2320" data-original-width="3088" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9uC9oSEwuZf2L3HtS4qAdrJkwr0Dobj02qw_A_Wv2egQJljA6ATRxyqnN6BXmm2YFVivwU-fSrTt9ZlyTA2zzUnFuvdpkfckw35WyWN7WFVWlkDIkHvrv9PEBjyASl2mZ3lcvk-30RVRPMPk19FQvjjskMlL5nTNXgXcY377XHm6sHePsGokNDqYTIa0/w400-h300/IMG_4082.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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There is so much I want to add for my record but never seem to have the time or inclination - and I'm retired ! </p><p>For my sins I take a lot of photos which helps me 'remember' and so it is the case with the last visit to Percy some 5 weeks ago on the 27th August. We've been resetting the mooring since our arrival and when I came back from my Wales passes motorcycle tour I stopped over and built the shed bringing the screws with me this time ! </p><p>In another post I'll explain why we had another love seat but it needed painting so this trip was for that reason and also to get some solar on the mooring fixed off the boat to charge the Ecoflow... which is working very well ( on the boat as I type this ) and the Ecoflow came charged and has run the vacuum as well as got the fridge cold all at the same time as charging the batteries - top kit. </p><p>I got a 390w panel from City Plumbing for a ridiculous £85 which included delivery. They certainly have dropped in price recently which is good for all especially the diy'er. </p><p>I'd brought wood from my sons old bathroom floor - another distraction from the boat to make a stand that can take the genny so if raining its protected. The genny can charge the Ecoflow so just over an hours running can give us a couple of days use.... better than running the genny for 100w demand for three or four hours when we can run it at for an hour and put 1 kilowatt into the Ecoflow... it makes a lot of sense. </p><p>So it got built and we painted the love seat one step closer to how we want this mooring. I'll play about with the angle but it is set more for winter sun than summer sun .... time will tell.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjX8WClvydzb9M1vYRJuXdvb0AzDFiIcwNOKvf71b4e8Yk_3HBU_2KyvScwroWx-qcTzm4HAVfOUmYV7w-_Givq_mrGWr2c-qtTC_3PVYj1cWcGOhUIKgZHFcG52NACIcbrSC_Z46eANUUxRJhVhlZ_UzDbFNjWfqeM0ADYM_DWkCRS0XPkwyt7WBJj8/s4032/IMG_4292.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJjX8WClvydzb9M1vYRJuXdvb0AzDFiIcwNOKvf71b4e8Yk_3HBU_2KyvScwroWx-qcTzm4HAVfOUmYV7w-_Givq_mrGWr2c-qtTC_3PVYj1cWcGOhUIKgZHFcG52NACIcbrSC_Z46eANUUxRJhVhlZ_UzDbFNjWfqeM0ADYM_DWkCRS0XPkwyt7WBJj8/w400-h300/IMG_4292.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyP4hkrnh5mmAIzIOwSPCAfd6RXP4ak76ZFNy_c1hHxbhctWF6Sog34Td3RncDZyHCJhtmeoIHRaDAluaJPfq9720yeAj60iLNQvXyWgtoOvrs2098aRAWMxih8Hg44h9sgf0fQrilFk_YJbhhHQ3fZ9cC8sLDjNkiteINXdzVuRYHRmoFq-fSlII1QA/s4032/IMG_4295.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEyP4hkrnh5mmAIzIOwSPCAfd6RXP4ak76ZFNy_c1hHxbhctWF6Sog34Td3RncDZyHCJhtmeoIHRaDAluaJPfq9720yeAj60iLNQvXyWgtoOvrs2098aRAWMxih8Hg44h9sgf0fQrilFk_YJbhhHQ3fZ9cC8sLDjNkiteINXdzVuRYHRmoFq-fSlII1QA/w400-h300/IMG_4295.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /> The build was hampered by another 'summers day' <p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpgSAkiQDhH95NgHgWARQiF-EbfooTeQHcu2kUrNGwB1v-HRHq8JFArCetptm47Z-KqOPngTGdp7wzOo30yHMARpasxv2w2SF8qD33lXRxkOIeIKvlTg0hdFWvb2aJpA_nomYQ7rEI1IFa_IVAar2uh7968UxYzyYbslqfSeYL2zqlVu2RmPcQjOQJdg/s4032/IMG_4290.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqpgSAkiQDhH95NgHgWARQiF-EbfooTeQHcu2kUrNGwB1v-HRHq8JFArCetptm47Z-KqOPngTGdp7wzOo30yHMARpasxv2w2SF8qD33lXRxkOIeIKvlTg0hdFWvb2aJpA_nomYQ7rEI1IFa_IVAar2uh7968UxYzyYbslqfSeYL2zqlVu2RmPcQjOQJdg/w300-h400/IMG_4290.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>We had an afternoon off and went for a decent walk to Norbury and had a pint of Guinness at the Junction... a 6 plus mile round trip walk to the pub and back. It was an expensive pint as I tipped half of it over me and Rachel lost her glasses ( £240 to replace!) on the way back. </p><p>A good test of my resolve to let life wash over me as much as I can... </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9XN2m_Uh4HnIpkE-fzKXna2yPHdJ_KZgHffDJANdJxkyRkKjxg5guiCH20dnB9miCvEFk5-FNEgXKGYw9d_sLz1P5M98KATK18yfwXiEh98QpLLF6ZtlnTXIQ309pUZ0_DzSe8_KXImbEwSf2POGAUquwZgvGRiBjQf2zjYJRliqtRr1w3AVKCK8bM4/s4032/IMG_4293.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie9XN2m_Uh4HnIpkE-fzKXna2yPHdJ_KZgHffDJANdJxkyRkKjxg5guiCH20dnB9miCvEFk5-FNEgXKGYw9d_sLz1P5M98KATK18yfwXiEh98QpLLF6ZtlnTXIQ309pUZ0_DzSe8_KXImbEwSf2POGAUquwZgvGRiBjQf2zjYJRliqtRr1w3AVKCK8bM4/w400-h300/IMG_4293.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkL1-aLk-gC-YAngj0xkGZZz_HiQDeQONTk8fgayLf7uFO1a0DuRTr1uEkE02LvXzdZkjufcOQExYdUm7Jig5RN6YiIWWn2vKntL2hpDcWtPdfqTEwbXL_-CPPSdDNq3eghem1VeQKG08O-eBFNmB57X9qwYrFyFXLuHm2v1Qkw94AxSLiFvH4-jNhzEM/s4032/IMG_4294.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkL1-aLk-gC-YAngj0xkGZZz_HiQDeQONTk8fgayLf7uFO1a0DuRTr1uEkE02LvXzdZkjufcOQExYdUm7Jig5RN6YiIWWn2vKntL2hpDcWtPdfqTEwbXL_-CPPSdDNq3eghem1VeQKG08O-eBFNmB57X9qwYrFyFXLuHm2v1Qkw94AxSLiFvH4-jNhzEM/w400-h300/IMG_4294.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>So a productive visit and being back aboard for a good few days we will hopefully get a good test of the panel and the mooring - might even get a few days cruising before the winter sets in and other projects take over. </p>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-80100779357105098502023-09-02T09:39:00.000+01:002023-09-02T09:39:00.036+01:00A nice milestone <p> I posted this a while back ...<a href="http://nbpercy.blogspot.com/2023/08/a-few-catch-up-posts-for-my-memories.html" target="_blank">Click me</a>. </p><p>Well today I checked the web page for our solar setup and was pleased to see we had produced our first MWh .. 1,000 kilo watts of electricity savings us just under 300 quid and the planet saving about 998kg of CO2 </p><p>Long may it continue to generate free ( after about 6 years on my calcs) electricity. </p><p><br /></p>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-13494223228811058122023-08-27T07:00:00.001+01:002023-08-27T07:00:00.139+01:00France and Ireland the figure of 8 tour<p>I've had three Honda NC750x's. I am also a member of a forum that is focussed on such bikes and motorbikes in general - they are a good bunch of people. I'm also a member of the Honda Deauville forum - same vibe, I've got life long friends all over the country from being a part of that group for well over 14 years now.</p><p>So a motorcycle tour that picked up two meetings of the above groups was conceived in the dark winter months of 2022 with a get together in Brittany with the NC riders and southern Ireland for the Deauville riders. The fact there were lady riders and pillions in both groups encouraged Rachel to come along.... a decent tour for her having not done too many pillion miles in the last couple of years. </p><p>So we booked the accommodation and four ferries and sat back and waited for May. As in life time seemed to pass slowly but on reflection it arrived so quickly we were off to catch the overnight ferry from Plymouth to Roscoff running late as always and the M6 was clear one minute then closed the next !! We made it with a couple of stop for leg stretches within the boarding time. Not done ferries for a few years but the guys on the Brittany ferry were very good at tying the Honda down and we headed for food and rest. </p><p>France is a lovely place to ride a motorbike. Nice food nice people nice roads nice everything really. We met up with a fella from Scotland who was joining the party and I lead him down stopping for a coffee as you do on the way. It was a great few days - Saturday to Thursday, new friends made, lovely rides nice accommodation. We even had a three course three apartment meal one night where on the ground floor we had aperitifs, top floor main meal and we hosted coffee and dessert in our mid floor apartment - a great night. 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Another sublime ride in the early cool French morning to the ferry port, a lovely smooth crossing where we got some sleep in our cabin - we pushed the boat out and had a cabin on all four ferry crossings. On arrival in Portsmouth we rode into the evening to a hotel and a friend meet up just outside Bristol via Cranborne chase another great ride. </p><p>Next morning we set off for Fishguard, again choosing a route via the Brecon Beacons, more gorgeous riding and again just made the ferry. The Irish ferry was the least appealing and oldest vessels we travelled on but it was a short crossing and before we knew it we were heading to our base of Clonmel via Rosslare. </p><p>Great catching up, Guinness drank, Irish stew eaten and the odd Jameson's imbibed. 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwLx0S36vbZ5P8r_u21_2M_1vmiSdoa2QrsWwL08BJcb8vckR3OgZBp_qqO8C-JaXEUx_K_YzO1Qe4QN-AAUwdO24UmbvWM_heTM7xvEHRmO378bbF9sMP-IBRz5ggCTFJ5MDi5nygPstCyyOwM9buooxXTa916KDVW42hhJUzCH9lo-v2a7Otl_GEnw/s4032/IMG_3667.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlwLx0S36vbZ5P8r_u21_2M_1vmiSdoa2QrsWwL08BJcb8vckR3OgZBp_qqO8C-JaXEUx_K_YzO1Qe4QN-AAUwdO24UmbvWM_heTM7xvEHRmO378bbF9sMP-IBRz5ggCTFJ5MDi5nygPstCyyOwM9buooxXTa916KDVW42hhJUzCH9lo-v2a7Otl_GEnw/w400-h300/IMG_3667.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Far too soon we were heading via Wateford to Dublin for the last ferry of the trip to Holyhead and home. Getting into Wales early evening it was a nice ride across north Wales - wed' have preferred the A5 but did the A55 for speed and before we knew it we were home a few thousand miles later, memories absorbed friends made and met and just happy to be able to undertake such a trip. Rachel did very well for saying she'd not done many bike miles in recent years..... where next ? </p>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-88394666485445952992023-08-25T07:00:00.001+01:002023-08-25T07:00:00.138+01:00Because family is so important <p>We had a lovely day with our little family all together at our cottage in Mid May. Family is so important as is making memories - another sadder post will follow on that point. </p><p>The two grandkids like nothing better than getting the two boxes of selected toys we kept back from Tom and Callums extensive collection from the loft to sort thru and play with. It always amazes me that Tom our oldest remembers every detail of the toys and his childhood while Callum has little specific recollection un the same way Tom does.</p><p>One thing for sure is growing up for kids is so different from my childhood and even for Tom and Callums.</p><p>Lovely memory Rachel shines when the sons daughters and grandkids are round.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wc3ssz8LDKVv-Y4nF0dYxw1cHm5Zpq11EcSrvi0WbjqXioHNPi4fJuoliEan8WKE0wqyHR6JJtU-q42kcxLI-1gUWAe2gOy70yT4TJl2cZWyh3wczR_EVhb2hybgAP6XQl1FFfPzxWU_CFfDnu2-dzYbVDOl_-2y-pVkEkx020xHTFTpO2wePIl6ouY/s4032/IMG_3529.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9wc3ssz8LDKVv-Y4nF0dYxw1cHm5Zpq11EcSrvi0WbjqXioHNPi4fJuoliEan8WKE0wqyHR6JJtU-q42kcxLI-1gUWAe2gOy70yT4TJl2cZWyh3wczR_EVhb2hybgAP6XQl1FFfPzxWU_CFfDnu2-dzYbVDOl_-2y-pVkEkx020xHTFTpO2wePIl6ouY/w400-h300/IMG_3529.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxihW93p_k5y6lDLp2CXEWtWwcrjbgQ5l27qrr5vOFA6cmR-B4rdGItUQ45pyhZqPZq9skfxm1H0tQavhOy-U4PR6CPpBIols2TDtubkkbDTLeAKMvGZHgIc8EB6TAVGP5xF3Fm2f6elBo6oBgtsbG3P7KiOlu9GuzS1-e8orCG1EBotpA3Vi2Px8-WA/s4032/IMG_3531.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHxihW93p_k5y6lDLp2CXEWtWwcrjbgQ5l27qrr5vOFA6cmR-B4rdGItUQ45pyhZqPZq9skfxm1H0tQavhOy-U4PR6CPpBIols2TDtubkkbDTLeAKMvGZHgIc8EB6TAVGP5xF3Fm2f6elBo6oBgtsbG3P7KiOlu9GuzS1-e8orCG1EBotpA3Vi2Px8-WA/w400-h300/IMG_3531.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p><br /></p>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-78727338471367663722023-08-22T18:09:00.002+01:002023-08-22T18:09:45.950+01:00A few catch up posts for my memories - Solar and shocks<p>For those here for boating these may not be of interest really they are all for my reflections as I like to see what I was doing when and where ....</p><p>10th May we were getting our house battery installed as well as a car charger - no car yet. I had installed a off grid system with Pylontech batteries and Growatt inverter that worked as I planned it but there were issues around G99 or more critically for the install I did G99 notification to the DNO - distribution network operator. </p><p>In the end not being happy with the questionable performance of the Growatt inverter and the legality of the install plus the limitations of the power it was providing I took it all out sold it on and had a professional company come in and hook up my solar to a decent inverter and battery. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xu8kh2--qsunf7M-tN24AUFUYBWIcQPfKmNBA2bL88dfduAi7162C-ibGoWSBRRJImkqVdGzFR5prjJl1uNNDWh2_HrHfoub29DS03h-lgrgZt-AOPkiYDtumbV4i1wRn6QQU5RgFpbSh8Yqlnp_C6JuuX_HfN32NmPGAoWOYzYlai0A054BlKiTOFo/s4032/IMG_4250.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8xu8kh2--qsunf7M-tN24AUFUYBWIcQPfKmNBA2bL88dfduAi7162C-ibGoWSBRRJImkqVdGzFR5prjJl1uNNDWh2_HrHfoub29DS03h-lgrgZt-AOPkiYDtumbV4i1wRn6QQU5RgFpbSh8Yqlnp_C6JuuX_HfN32NmPGAoWOYzYlai0A054BlKiTOFo/w300-h400/IMG_4250.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>It has exceeded my expectations to the point we had a second battery installed the other week and I added a bit more solar to get the morning sun. It's very much how most boater get and store their power albeit on a larger scale. The grand plan is to get rid of the oil and have electric heating .... but we have to run this system for a while and have our share in co-operative wind farm come on stream before we take that step. </p><p>I was also fitting a new shock absorber in preparation for a interesting motorcycle trip. The stock shock that comes with my Honda 750 bike is limited - ok for solo riders but 2 up with luggage it needs better.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMql-Taxm-WUwPa4adDXgRzeAABGtCWclYInqP-6PxVMpEX9-Lfd4FLhm9bQ-uM1KGLgbtLcOlR4X3OmHC0X8sP6XVk-dwAhbCjmheGe-HXjA-OSxkb2VMJ99bh67lBtpSzIyHEwIoIzNohpPhhwteQprJx-1DgxY-UR-I-Fgr97Xo11Oj1nXOSkcsHpg/s4032/IMG_3496.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMql-Taxm-WUwPa4adDXgRzeAABGtCWclYInqP-6PxVMpEX9-Lfd4FLhm9bQ-uM1KGLgbtLcOlR4X3OmHC0X8sP6XVk-dwAhbCjmheGe-HXjA-OSxkb2VMJ99bh67lBtpSzIyHEwIoIzNohpPhhwteQprJx-1DgxY-UR-I-Fgr97Xo11Oj1nXOSkcsHpg/w300-h400/IMG_3496.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">Next post our France and Ireland trip ...</p>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-52907240336698313692023-07-21T09:02:00.000+01:002023-07-21T09:02:04.475+01:00Time to enjoy <p>We left Percy on loose ropes knowing with the help of fellow boaters fast ( quit a few) and slow they would rock Percy into her new home.</p><p>We've been twice since once for a further attack on the mooring - bush cutting and further grass trimming to realise the concrete on the mooring . First visit was a day job and we've just come back from a couple of nights aboard.</p><p>The latter stay was a bit unplanned as Rachel is off work atm so we went to rest and recuperate which we did. I'd forgotten just how nice these moorings are of a summer evening or a early summer morning fishing. I was due an evening fishing session but there was a match that went on to 8pm. Now I'm a fisherman but I still find the pole inches from the bow very intrusive - especially when the angler makes no attempt to speak. </p><p>James one of the farmer family who own the moorings came by and took away all the 'Green' we had collected. We put a request out to the local village facebook group for a second hand Keter shed ( we did not want to buy new) and got a result of a nearly new one someone was moving out of the village. So that will be cited in the next week or so so I can once again empty the forcabin as well as build a solar frame for the 400w panel I have to charge up the Ecoflow Delta 2. A few pallets to make a compost heap and we will be about sorted. I might just re-lay the slabs to make a nice seating area. </p><p>When I did fish in the morning it was quite magical total peace just the noises of the countryside and it was a joy and privilege to experience the early morning dawn and waking of the area. </p><p>We had family priorities to attend to so we came home - more on that maybe in a future blog.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mxAS9HG3pdzbTfJfH11xQoWJQuDLmeKTsrqMrvtQFj4Gnu4ZIwS2NO0N6xvnT43LoM0fcg6zM86CCWXfSTCBj6YAtDaY0cwPNZinq2sILxKktmhecYzNvxV76SYuVi6Y_n1mWYnr4AHC1NpQly7O_CvpMPS7o7B5CDf9TIiTCtLYNtmPrts-RNNmUTM/s453/IMG_0557.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="426" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mxAS9HG3pdzbTfJfH11xQoWJQuDLmeKTsrqMrvtQFj4Gnu4ZIwS2NO0N6xvnT43LoM0fcg6zM86CCWXfSTCBj6YAtDaY0cwPNZinq2sILxKktmhecYzNvxV76SYuVi6Y_n1mWYnr4AHC1NpQly7O_CvpMPS7o7B5CDf9TIiTCtLYNtmPrts-RNNmUTM/w376-h400/IMG_0557.jpeg" width="376" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8R03KidSQNMK47UeRT2QN9vfbrEkcaEsfTcMWMG1-wCayauSpLXEDxTU0Ae37KCTd_wckSeuIFCsu09iqhHxPiGNCC72sfPIf-x4-RlCNWUGFxjgNWB869sOJMmGhE4rJKfTedPnMocWllcNKE5ybwY_ZwAdAydR9VOARWYLDf0MbT6zSTBu3MU3iNU/s4032/IMG_4049.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF8R03KidSQNMK47UeRT2QN9vfbrEkcaEsfTcMWMG1-wCayauSpLXEDxTU0Ae37KCTd_wckSeuIFCsu09iqhHxPiGNCC72sfPIf-x4-RlCNWUGFxjgNWB869sOJMmGhE4rJKfTedPnMocWllcNKE5ybwY_ZwAdAydR9VOARWYLDf0MbT6zSTBu3MU3iNU/w300-h400/IMG_4049.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7VyQ3kgY7ZFQoi0XyEkh36ZCFnfVGknn9tii8Vrw45mn0NBaJmgrWBqGKyEa_r1XMXhAZQv8GJtWx9TtMPZcXkIYHwdRKZ6DnisVMe8NjQjW2v_2VKwg3wDGPHIjNY0etGzljB8d1M8a3ISGqvnQX-YPbAKrZmQusS9CEDCkFWLdnUAx-M7_virgdas/s4032/IMG_4073.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ7VyQ3kgY7ZFQoi0XyEkh36ZCFnfVGknn9tii8Vrw45mn0NBaJmgrWBqGKyEa_r1XMXhAZQv8GJtWx9TtMPZcXkIYHwdRKZ6DnisVMe8NjQjW2v_2VKwg3wDGPHIjNY0etGzljB8d1M8a3ISGqvnQX-YPbAKrZmQusS9CEDCkFWLdnUAx-M7_virgdas/w300-h400/IMG_4073.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-51465778017929753012023-07-10T22:14:00.002+01:002023-07-10T22:14:25.578+01:00More mooring maneuvers put Percy through it <p>Why o why can't we be happy with what we have - or had. Ever since Percy's enforced jail term in Great HS2 marina we have been heading back to Shedbon, in our minds. As detailed previously we took a giant leap to the mooring's just past the Anchor pub - known locally as Bob's moorings. </p><p>We were promised one which did not become vacant - the fella who should have moved gave reasons not to...we were offered another that we didn't fit on - we camped on a friends mooring and then was offered one that we could not get a guarantee we'd not be moved again from - and we paid 65 feet for it and we are 60 foot ! We asked to be assured the mooring didn't have dogs next to it - our neighbour - a lovely fella but he did have four dogs ! </p><p>So it wasn't the easy move we expected and planned for. </p><p>A couple of weeks ago I woke to read of a 60 foot mooring at the moorings we were happy with and left for blacking from in late 2021 to which we could not return to due to a breakdown and stoppages. I was on the waiting list so contacted the farmer and was told yes it was ours if we wanted it..... what followed was a couple of weeks of to'ing and fro'ing all while dealing with some difficult personal stuff at home.</p><p>Yesterday we headed to Percy with a view to moving - a veritable bridge hop under bridge 44 back to Shebdon Farm moorings...... However the mooring had been unused but paid for (!) for the last 30 months so was well overgrown and very silty - very silty !</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioixgpPfKUZ9stZQZTspfUpKmqRbtN-NNNbQnLzCLDdjS0iFAyEK9ruxBIbNVfKeO4tkB4YXlAJuOwkVTsXlNdvk34fjCuTJI82zjqrTQlNBYGj0cSE4rs5amh0Bw-6mlID9IWbGpYDV_jZlZyseFGVN3a4T31IsXz6vmbF0xi_KCDGwLdEPYYwRuTi5U/s4032/IMG_4033.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioixgpPfKUZ9stZQZTspfUpKmqRbtN-NNNbQnLzCLDdjS0iFAyEK9ruxBIbNVfKeO4tkB4YXlAJuOwkVTsXlNdvk34fjCuTJI82zjqrTQlNBYGj0cSE4rs5amh0Bw-6mlID9IWbGpYDV_jZlZyseFGVN3a4T31IsXz6vmbF0xi_KCDGwLdEPYYwRuTi5U/w300-h400/IMG_4033.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiTtAw7x62RuHYmwVQbUQxBMmvxgqlBg4H-9W94K0p6uTiIgSbnFNZbTyiQuHCfQGbrWkB4JnX0j-2T2j9gmRb8TJ8NSU5TSjDYIvikd1eAKVUZh3jWpIiLtuWDFspuCQtHuzddLzkwcncPwuOhlbeF-dXeq6LcqTy0jGwg5w2al1Tc1Skr8BSUFaoLs0/s4032/IMG_4035.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiTtAw7x62RuHYmwVQbUQxBMmvxgqlBg4H-9W94K0p6uTiIgSbnFNZbTyiQuHCfQGbrWkB4JnX0j-2T2j9gmRb8TJ8NSU5TSjDYIvikd1eAKVUZh3jWpIiLtuWDFspuCQtHuzddLzkwcncPwuOhlbeF-dXeq6LcqTy0jGwg5w2al1Tc1Skr8BSUFaoLs0/w400-h300/IMG_4035.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Yesterday afternoon we set to removing all the vegetation - no small task and I ended up with a nasty sap burn from a Hemlock plant that Rachel identified but I forgot about in my gung ho approach to getting the job done. We did what was needed just before a great thunderstorm arrived and washed the rest of the day out.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezI2CKkyTMlH9RwSYV4-SBxUTsHRs4w-KYkb-SUfWdJQGr4bP9LsXXg-BOQzKH3sagMcgDamjOrFqycseScRh4Jf9vN7CP9znMeS-AodVCK02MRJ8zK90y-_EZR360nAk1zT494crIr4Bi9LPaOIb4y0_NtzATUaN0eNdOjVcQFkuGl3Z2bxrFkTYLvQ/s4032/IMG_4039.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiezI2CKkyTMlH9RwSYV4-SBxUTsHRs4w-KYkb-SUfWdJQGr4bP9LsXXg-BOQzKH3sagMcgDamjOrFqycseScRh4Jf9vN7CP9znMeS-AodVCK02MRJ8zK90y-_EZR360nAk1zT494crIr4Bi9LPaOIb4y0_NtzATUaN0eNdOjVcQFkuGl3Z2bxrFkTYLvQ/w300-h400/IMG_4039.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMpquf8VAQHPOGDrx0QoLNR5_otGnXD2SiQ4fqj6MkMYf_mTECx84x2zFfG8q3AJty8ottDQE_Y4_9lE5Tjd_gp3O027dD5FoSq34Gzbs65kE-U36eNmFIHBnzVrfothqzHUJynf6ySAEeUUccqJX4hUKgFj8lmrqtvefBLttoz-XIBCnQbaaiXm8zhU/s4032/IMG_4041.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLMpquf8VAQHPOGDrx0QoLNR5_otGnXD2SiQ4fqj6MkMYf_mTECx84x2zFfG8q3AJty8ottDQE_Y4_9lE5Tjd_gp3O027dD5FoSq34Gzbs65kE-U36eNmFIHBnzVrfothqzHUJynf6ySAEeUUccqJX4hUKgFj8lmrqtvefBLttoz-XIBCnQbaaiXm8zhU/w400-h300/IMG_4041.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMJ2Wd_T_P-Nx63T64MrfTRKvhQ2GTejOnYlWrCiNbjYsOT-MAdBmlHchD0kR5QMkjWnUgkLQEhvH6XbjvSTCSS-_66v9PoPG6N9lWrdOyLzakjs7oxIhDMoc066HP0oEBHDIJCHRD4D6zklPyEpDgjo4MOaE8g_2q3N0aPBSeDxBfMGYgRpHA5qfd7aU/s4032/IMG_4049.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMJ2Wd_T_P-Nx63T64MrfTRKvhQ2GTejOnYlWrCiNbjYsOT-MAdBmlHchD0kR5QMkjWnUgkLQEhvH6XbjvSTCSS-_66v9PoPG6N9lWrdOyLzakjs7oxIhDMoc066HP0oEBHDIJCHRD4D6zklPyEpDgjo4MOaE8g_2q3N0aPBSeDxBfMGYgRpHA5qfd7aU/w300-h400/IMG_4049.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>Today we looked at the weather forecast and set off to wind in Grub street only for the weather forecast to be very wrong so we got quite a soaking before we approached the silt. And boy was it silty.... up and down rev backwards and forwards, two other boater and Rachel on ropes, boat hooks digging at the silt to lift it. It took well over an hour to get anything like close enough but we were all wet and knackered so we left it to the speeding boaters (thankfully) to move Percy about over the next few weeks to dig her in. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDz88gDjQPCqaOJ6RmWPd0JB1ak25FPP3VCMZiNo25K_bY9oqLzfg37UjCjbAO19cOh9PRYrZjNEVVJjCpQaVJyYwB3r8VTrBOLyyWR47S5k6NC4PYMvVHJSOvhC_8_RSBv4ip2_D2oZoJn5YT3my59ui6PxQwf0yJUQhiuDPKz_UWWctnd61Ilowr2xg/s4032/IMG_4044.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDz88gDjQPCqaOJ6RmWPd0JB1ak25FPP3VCMZiNo25K_bY9oqLzfg37UjCjbAO19cOh9PRYrZjNEVVJjCpQaVJyYwB3r8VTrBOLyyWR47S5k6NC4PYMvVHJSOvhC_8_RSBv4ip2_D2oZoJn5YT3my59ui6PxQwf0yJUQhiuDPKz_UWWctnd61Ilowr2xg/w300-h400/IMG_4044.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBG2M7GDA4fZCYwj1JOk-JwB7-ngBZneLxe_zRUlrUUma87leY9lT4TFhB0eqOSnRFnOzz480e8iTg3V-TmxvhwTgECCMQWBhMGkbVDF4RSvtKke7cqZJzqm1K0VcqwVL7_q-TbHWLb5AzZzmyf-7pzsCU6WsAx_W_RJIJKwfzRQAPOJxIpIRiDV3EmN4/s4032/IMG_4045.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBG2M7GDA4fZCYwj1JOk-JwB7-ngBZneLxe_zRUlrUUma87leY9lT4TFhB0eqOSnRFnOzz480e8iTg3V-TmxvhwTgECCMQWBhMGkbVDF4RSvtKke7cqZJzqm1K0VcqwVL7_q-TbHWLb5AzZzmyf-7pzsCU6WsAx_W_RJIJKwfzRQAPOJxIpIRiDV3EmN4/w300-h400/IMG_4045.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dbLVOGk-BuazNqI6eOymJIS1fj9_mq78XOIARJTvYK7AIpfPZUavIzxYfJCn8hakXsiYyBQSvozm85aM7TrNLALQxauk4S7n9I6xrIFYvO3F48eFduGTJfYX5w25oY9-4oVJ4p1fj_gcXAUFoaJbo9055QOgCKZ0FdLo2am22lmO3MUq_MTCvVgyQGE/s4032/IMG_4046%202.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-dbLVOGk-BuazNqI6eOymJIS1fj9_mq78XOIARJTvYK7AIpfPZUavIzxYfJCn8hakXsiYyBQSvozm85aM7TrNLALQxauk4S7n9I6xrIFYvO3F48eFduGTJfYX5w25oY9-4oVJ4p1fj_gcXAUFoaJbo9055QOgCKZ0FdLo2am22lmO3MUq_MTCvVgyQGE/w300-h400/IMG_4046%202.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUOB711hIJSHlm3QeUzahAH2AVPRq1MACqXBimYpX-nyg1P5zZJQ6fLvZSp47wdpHEY8PfTVwXiLeUH1r3QT4HlEIECuQOJDY10SrYK6ET9xU0D26auc3MmzmKB9a2rebC5_OyjUx7W4wXJM-tZY3ttHEo_SVehetbkkiP_V4sDnCqfAtTqTuJTJ4k0A/s4032/IMG_4051.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHUOB711hIJSHlm3QeUzahAH2AVPRq1MACqXBimYpX-nyg1P5zZJQ6fLvZSp47wdpHEY8PfTVwXiLeUH1r3QT4HlEIECuQOJDY10SrYK6ET9xU0D26auc3MmzmKB9a2rebC5_OyjUx7W4wXJM-tZY3ttHEo_SVehetbkkiP_V4sDnCqfAtTqTuJTJ4k0A/w400-h300/IMG_4051.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>So we left tired but pleased with our planning communication and efforts. Shame we had to leave but Rachel is working tomorrow so I'll go back and have a take two on the veg on the mooring.</p><p>It's lovely. Dropped down so a bit private, protected from the wind, water close by, car by the boat good fishing and a view of the Wrekin. </p><p>We will take Percy out a few times to the two winding holes and dig her in and blow out the silt over the next few months. </p><p>Someone said all good things should have some difficulty in attaining - we certainly get that ! </p>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-34069652656878318792023-06-16T07:00:00.001+01:002023-06-16T07:00:00.139+01:00The Shroppie is a lovely canal <p>Our final day and another lazy start as it was Rachel's Birthday. We set no alarms and slept until just before 9am... letting your body wake you is a singular pleasure of retirement for sure !! </p><p>No boats until about 9.30 then a convoy of 6 went into the cutting - I'd not want to meet that convoy !</p><p>We set off back to the mooring in ever hotter temperatures arriving back after a lovely cruise about lunchtime. We pottered and read and relaxed until it was time to pack up and drive home.</p><p>One issue is C&RT's contractors random towpath vegetation management. Sometimes strimmed sometimes left but non of the canal edging cut making getting on and off a boat dangerous as you cannot see where you are stepping ?</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROnvhZIkpA3qpx4VRRnbitlBSCYbZ9H1gVAGJzKC_ZQ2rXDfnpWAan_nhRG7UxYSujOOM_2bnpqBdTKe9rl0QMkvHknYggsarmLKkKxkTCPX7bkHSyyDI3P2xFGSdlQW-FjeskdzkeytlrJajg8TwGzgHbedmOiG3cVZoUP7d2OaQ6E-ppPb2i-cH/s4032/IMG_3764.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhROnvhZIkpA3qpx4VRRnbitlBSCYbZ9H1gVAGJzKC_ZQ2rXDfnpWAan_nhRG7UxYSujOOM_2bnpqBdTKe9rl0QMkvHknYggsarmLKkKxkTCPX7bkHSyyDI3P2xFGSdlQW-FjeskdzkeytlrJajg8TwGzgHbedmOiG3cVZoUP7d2OaQ6E-ppPb2i-cH/w400-h300/IMG_3764.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSWaVGmlaHsAFO7qoFJfGatvv4Nqx-_yA4PNkcAKcHyMzduziV7tNP6nZUTJIvTb3M0RX-0v71s4q9A85MQIDChKcYY1r8dsit_zyX6-0U9tZ0iU5pxWxwN5BEulLi8Hk2tHqYeXgH0sD6cu55rTlMLn05iCiyImtT-gH03kuE_WU41YaHQnDDaX4k/s4032/IMG_3765.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEQRMa-av-1zXgXM2N2FLOc7H_dLfJZEJipOuEk6Tm4UzlaIVREe__H5f7g1A4O46YCCC4uTfmWmVIYnf326dNHbDblAqeTXWCIqR3zI4nX6_17fREqKwc-WqkaSnJj3rFRlBpdmdAtkWtPlvqSrtYMESSfjbyliZ3I-XGwLmyKSYWYGtmBfv_Tr7q/w300-h400/IMG_3771.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>Only 15 hours of engine running - the Ecoflow did a great job - see <a href="http://nbpercy.blogspot.com/2023/05/percy-gets-some-lithium.html">Here</a> for that info. We did 10 locks but walked another 36 ! </p><p>We need to get the new mooring more sorted and some boat jobs but we can do that during the really busy summer holidays when we can sit and watch the boats go by ! </p><p><br /></p>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-59344228259140234512023-06-13T07:00:00.001+01:002023-06-13T07:00:00.137+01:00That Tyrely bottom lock ....<p>Another lovely warm summer day and we set off quite late for a stop over for lunch in Market Drayton.</p><p>We initially stopped opposite Toms moorings a bridge before the services. Only on walking to town did we double check the notice to realise we could only moor overnight or Market days. I expect it is to allow the boats on Toms moorings ( in front of the new houses) to get off their pontoons? It was all very ambiguous. We hopped back on Percy and cruise to the other visitor moorings near the main road into Market Drayton.</p><p>We shopped ate and browsed a few shops. How can one town be so different to another only a few miles apart. Market Drayton is struggling compared to Audlam for sure. </p><p>We got back on the boat and set off for the Tyrley locks with a boat nipping out in front of us. We slowed as we knew they would be off up the flight before us but on getting to the lock landing their boat was pinned to the rock face opposite that horrible (now unbaffled) bywash. The fella on the stern was giving the engine everything to try and get off but no avail. Eventually the bywash eased just enough for him to scrape in. Fair to say he and his lady lock wheeler were a bit shaken up. </p><p>I tried to explain to him about the amount of water that can come down this flight and appears out of this one bywash - if one or up to four locks are emptied simultaneously all that water comes out via the one bottom bywash which is a lot of water ! Now when we ascend(ed) I asked Rachel to open one top paddle to put the pound water thru the lock not via the bywash - I explained this to him but I think he was a bit shaken up ( literally) </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhocORZ6KafINl3z6ugUcZfZ1u_JXzXCsCo-HsG2d7v_srIeCxmJ2ieiIpWas6ncrGs4bpgj4qqAFDTZwFFNh7loWNjLsS8dl3RTY6UcCH1DxZoDk-tJuGKoEwV92pqcZB2_QhvKyZnQ-ffXTxSmIsD9T14qjQn0ImTwgYUE0LBTQ6BSKsNB66jDbzI/s4032/IMG_3741.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhocORZ6KafINl3z6ugUcZfZ1u_JXzXCsCo-HsG2d7v_srIeCxmJ2ieiIpWas6ncrGs4bpgj4qqAFDTZwFFNh7loWNjLsS8dl3RTY6UcCH1DxZoDk-tJuGKoEwV92pqcZB2_QhvKyZnQ-ffXTxSmIsD9T14qjQn0ImTwgYUE0LBTQ6BSKsNB66jDbzI/w400-h300/IMG_3741.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">It certainly can look benign but in a few seconds becomes a raging torrent. It's a place I'll go to on the bike to do a bit of Gongoozling !</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7kkDKti9j-okOIRjedXGj1Mqjnzfi6d1FzmujDcCwXbiGomLwdZjalZcptJJBkF2Eq1dqtKHtomxBSIKAKr5LPy20dnkzHF3wBTi1TxQYFKLpat0cAoWcWb0QZW_X22IQKZJ2YmzYQSaa8MlNEa5U0U0ePPnoroBo9aDv4a5GJea38J29DkjKYEuc/s4032/IMG_3743.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7kkDKti9j-okOIRjedXGj1Mqjnzfi6d1FzmujDcCwXbiGomLwdZjalZcptJJBkF2Eq1dqtKHtomxBSIKAKr5LPy20dnkzHF3wBTi1TxQYFKLpat0cAoWcWb0QZW_X22IQKZJ2YmzYQSaa8MlNEa5U0U0ePPnoroBo9aDv4a5GJea38J29DkjKYEuc/w400-h300/IMG_3743.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We motored on into Woodseaves cutting and pleasingly did not meet another boat.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6aUfLCzPIiY77UB31ZOaoxiyqkH_f7SR3KcC4ech6nkl1w_nKQg_IcwxaK9sP-Vq50SYzhffVLz4pNXvOzFInRoxDifK1A3jEd7YMFpUjoP5ss8LEqS56f60pfBJhsudtmvtOyJlzVXPYqJXJtNwBNXi5nA_Mc_jN2NaHM1CP4OPJKKsd2rJvkfv8/s4032/IMG_3760.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6aUfLCzPIiY77UB31ZOaoxiyqkH_f7SR3KcC4ech6nkl1w_nKQg_IcwxaK9sP-Vq50SYzhffVLz4pNXvOzFInRoxDifK1A3jEd7YMFpUjoP5ss8LEqS56f60pfBJhsudtmvtOyJlzVXPYqJXJtNwBNXi5nA_Mc_jN2NaHM1CP4OPJKKsd2rJvkfv8/w300-h400/IMG_3760.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpIC4K98hS7u8wQn3TmV2T0F4wPkGhCe-fl0GJnW7H5xGYYY08m2L758xzwKLNoASnPTXH4DrsRpfN2XPsyf3EwvJ86AbkNLNYLQ_Tyw7LtwbtoA-5F3BmzWcpRGsKbXmTxnDknschwEE2mZP5x_dsiImQ_BDy2kZlynlIyO-6KdFOpIq0NBcQqxS/s4032/IMG_3761.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFpIC4K98hS7u8wQn3TmV2T0F4wPkGhCe-fl0GJnW7H5xGYYY08m2L758xzwKLNoASnPTXH4DrsRpfN2XPsyf3EwvJ86AbkNLNYLQ_Tyw7LtwbtoA-5F3BmzWcpRGsKbXmTxnDknschwEE2mZP5x_dsiImQ_BDy2kZlynlIyO-6KdFOpIq0NBcQqxS/w400-h300/IMG_3761.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3n-WXodyCPfasOPwfBZuXxorEUNy18calgP5Kb2vSadxBaf6qPyWi4wSbA5vTInoB4rQ3uIq_AUh67RFnu4eGEaiY6ou6s3UpC3Kz7XrIP-hPpSyzUlzgv29fS3k-I83Ikj8A3nBvickfmblNYjz69jOPmbIzPJIdDLFl-8JNLmMaGoSKnsFMWlsU/s4032/IMG_3762.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3n-WXodyCPfasOPwfBZuXxorEUNy18calgP5Kb2vSadxBaf6qPyWi4wSbA5vTInoB4rQ3uIq_AUh67RFnu4eGEaiY6ou6s3UpC3Kz7XrIP-hPpSyzUlzgv29fS3k-I83Ikj8A3nBvickfmblNYjz69jOPmbIzPJIdDLFl-8JNLmMaGoSKnsFMWlsU/w400-h300/IMG_3762.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmWbf3HSJqvT7dpJspbp1f8ePQW7I0B-crG7LASdxyIQ2M7WRAZL7DavDrl1-aPhcxQ3tKXq_Fe7UpnARNFXBuJiRA-v2_MCg2pnd-g7_Cks1Lv9H15S0tX2Rg6t4ayuDe_LKjbr0gI7T4AOpCM1anZxLOhxfFvHXthKBZxXYMtQ-oY61Iy6XCqT2/s4032/IMG_3763.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDmWbf3HSJqvT7dpJspbp1f8ePQW7I0B-crG7LASdxyIQ2M7WRAZL7DavDrl1-aPhcxQ3tKXq_Fe7UpnARNFXBuJiRA-v2_MCg2pnd-g7_Cks1Lv9H15S0tX2Rg6t4ayuDe_LKjbr0gI7T4AOpCM1anZxLOhxfFvHXthKBZxXYMtQ-oY61Iy6XCqT2/w300-h400/IMG_3763.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><p>I was very surprised to get a mooring at Goldstone Wharf - in fact there were only three boats there when we arrived. Another lovely quiet mooring. We arrived about 6.30 pm so late and pleased to get a mooring on this limited section of accessible morings between Tyrley and Norbury.</p><p style="text-align: center;">Another lovely cruising day albeit with a bit of excitement !!</p>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-90980732488230001052023-06-11T09:16:00.003+01:002023-06-11T09:16:36.377+01:00Friends meeting and as good as it gets cruising <p>We were away quite sharply at about 8.30am to get through Woodseaves cutting but still managed to encounter two boat, one holding back for us around the High Bridge 57 and the other as we came around the corner approaching bridge 56.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdMjiVCP_w4sEUXoXg7ATRIS4IKkYjpZaIcI08spM_XZBREWXFrLwZpTIbWYxd8HsYg9OCOquEvbvg6IyYv2wC9-Dh9OR4bvVu2sXx6sDJAIjYW8r8BTYZQmeLmmEebacMEqCMNxs9ab3YloP88bthK5Acx8qyqYZ0doXYg43rzhuF46vPPsssmXe8/s4032/IMG_3728.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0FQ2TQA1DfaayxjARVmUnqTp1-EqV5wCNkqvoeNdY1nPwmWrIEbaOji9UED3HD9QZhXWAerqo21XABUQDze1nQuAzL3uKxpedX2mYJX9GRmOkwT8MnSKoo-oiR4EQYTwj3zZkIhyfPb7LXMY2M1NF-VR4t4p7YN7Pj-9BIMWBvhgIOUCwjzB8BE55/w400-h300/IMG_3734.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>The only negative of the day was to see how the idiot who purchased the cottage at the top of the Tyrley flight has blocked the winding hole with his canal boat and put up a no winding sign ( on our return he had put a rope across the winding hole also) - what a twat. If we need to wind there we will use his gunnels as the pivot point. An email will be sent to C&RT asking how he can block the navigation in such a way. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gpjp96QWwJlmVShXEMZYpBS1TYvcVzboroH8u3gUUHuRCuR2lC35AkOyzuqh2-FoXuwXXuEOaUKym7n7On-owQyhM7_tiNWVd-j7AWVTuuFt5v0XQt-Tf-QhNBGOdsBpyDz0XOej01qy9ymnUVR66x6Z0uTaPZGwr9RMrtsf4ALN2GcLTrsw0yjG/s4032/IMG_3736.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9gpjp96QWwJlmVShXEMZYpBS1TYvcVzboroH8u3gUUHuRCuR2lC35AkOyzuqh2-FoXuwXXuEOaUKym7n7On-owQyhM7_tiNWVd-j7AWVTuuFt5v0XQt-Tf-QhNBGOdsBpyDz0XOej01qy9ymnUVR66x6Z0uTaPZGwr9RMrtsf4ALN2GcLTrsw0yjG/w400-h300/IMG_3736.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZU1GLwXRvNUfv6N5lVkXiIda27Cxva_X6JSZ0uGQ_1NdRe5GXLPeifBqPcidoUCHlNxd-184vqP-ZpEKZVPJj4y6mj0m4k2iozn8hUjuGxvYjFMW5XL0Jpgh-JNbAq_Zl9TARe2CJXJNVpMuB6uZCD-D-bJbZFQPdQYUjzguE7slFYpj21a76vIp/s4032/IMG_3737.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7ZU1GLwXRvNUfv6N5lVkXiIda27Cxva_X6JSZ0uGQ_1NdRe5GXLPeifBqPcidoUCHlNxd-184vqP-ZpEKZVPJj4y6mj0m4k2iozn8hUjuGxvYjFMW5XL0Jpgh-JNbAq_Zl9TARe2CJXJNVpMuB6uZCD-D-bJbZFQPdQYUjzguE7slFYpj21a76vIp/w400-h300/IMG_3737.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Anyhow we had a nice drop down the 5 locks and got a bit sad when we passed the bench where I've previously taken pictures of me and Leia .... sometimes the sadness catches you unexpectedly.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_sZuC4IhRLyUzjyNsJuuF1rKQcnhSTh5A6v0UUmkiyoy23IuD_TkryIEJUnGZOwJ1cTwgjzqU8s3jHaX3S1gEdy9_6FxXBzP-E6-eI15GfSx9gTHu4gyQLnbU_R-OQyN7SoObTsemJ-SnXK5ikszdEI_5c1h7fuKqY0T9vn33EbkPF2BXKBfGyZp/s2049/P1010377.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1537" data-original-width="2049" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJ_sZuC4IhRLyUzjyNsJuuF1rKQcnhSTh5A6v0UUmkiyoy23IuD_TkryIEJUnGZOwJ1cTwgjzqU8s3jHaX3S1gEdy9_6FxXBzP-E6-eI15GfSx9gTHu4gyQLnbU_R-OQyN7SoObTsemJ-SnXK5ikszdEI_5c1h7fuKqY0T9vn33EbkPF2BXKBfGyZp/w400-h300/P1010377.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><p>We cruised passed John and Jan's Boat Jubilee as we entered Market Drayton and we stopped and emptied the cassette at the services. We needed a shop so decided to stop at the top of the Adderley flight and walk the 6 plus miles into Audlam. We had been contacted by Carol ex of WB Still Rockin who had noted we were heading to her village. We met up at the Shroppie Fly for a drink and a good old natter. Lovely to meet you in person Carol and George, we will let you know when we are on Percy for a mini cruise from the mooring ....</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxql6qbVjwURuXPxqW8QGkl6z2rus7Clhi2ru7XqwKCDgQ5tKOOFGTK_AgvghpM_1pQD4RIHAD06RLDoAOsFzYFMdeeHvQuHV6vK-CmW8JdXlSctmzASqB7689qCbk-ekWjz47WGJ_rgmkVWbfow-AMFJ9XUrwzyKni_b7jrm0wRiFd4xK4MVD54f/s4032/IMG_3738.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipxql6qbVjwURuXPxqW8QGkl6z2rus7Clhi2ru7XqwKCDgQ5tKOOFGTK_AgvghpM_1pQD4RIHAD06RLDoAOsFzYFMdeeHvQuHV6vK-CmW8JdXlSctmzASqB7689qCbk-ekWjz47WGJ_rgmkVWbfow-AMFJ9XUrwzyKni_b7jrm0wRiFd4xK4MVD54f/w400-h300/IMG_3738.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4liWyqFdVuPhHh7Xhl-J_51yb6tLsvsGT6obqjCEwS9HOvKtpUiZsSeLR84JUI-CYFN7qs1P1yF_JLBGVurIthfYu4nn1616U10jE_PS-lEt2_jqluHuzF7HKHOG84PGxCpYQj96FhnKESSgwTEIxNwhdTSoOVKNnPxDeBxdU8J7DBkzYRlOwXwL/s4032/IMG_3754.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4liWyqFdVuPhHh7Xhl-J_51yb6tLsvsGT6obqjCEwS9HOvKtpUiZsSeLR84JUI-CYFN7qs1P1yF_JLBGVurIthfYu4nn1616U10jE_PS-lEt2_jqluHuzF7HKHOG84PGxCpYQj96FhnKESSgwTEIxNwhdTSoOVKNnPxDeBxdU8J7DBkzYRlOwXwL/w400-h300/IMG_3754.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">Lots of photos today as it was just so nice ....</span></div>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-701428736862216823.post-61034016534935242232023-06-06T17:45:00.001+01:002023-06-06T17:45:41.320+01:00New mooring first overnight and an oil change for the record at 1025 hours <p>Lots of things have kept us from Percy but in true form she was waiting for us at our new mooring along with a lot of very tall grass ! Rachel set to unpacking for our mini break aboard while I set to looking for lost Japanese soldiers in the jungle outside the boat. I decided the slope looked better uncut and if we stay here we will drop some wild flower seeds in for next year. I cut the top flat boat side and up to the boat as well as a car shaped section. If Bob the farmer wants to cut the rest happy days I suspect not. I prefer it to the manicured look of our new neighbours mooring.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyXT1zaXNcL2w9Y5fSTCax2Ct7CGi4AUaM2kTESB54mOvUCvvRn-3m0B1Qw4TGvj-gsyV_Lc1-OQzytX1Ay8ogSnMCjVVEFL3hznmzc3uFXXe6bRxm7nkNxYCiDHbHN0dZybDSvsJbXNsVijNzlVQFoOJ1Js2g0tEH74jn1qr_Jc6INg0FDyGgxU6/s1920/IMG_3709.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMyXT1zaXNcL2w9Y5fSTCax2Ct7CGi4AUaM2kTESB54mOvUCvvRn-3m0B1Qw4TGvj-gsyV_Lc1-OQzytX1Ay8ogSnMCjVVEFL3hznmzc3uFXXe6bRxm7nkNxYCiDHbHN0dZybDSvsJbXNsVijNzlVQFoOJ1Js2g0tEH74jn1qr_Jc6INg0FDyGgxU6/w225-h400/IMG_3709.jpeg" width="225" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBxSEYGAOCwncTe8G0svSrN6gTrhNg6RrLXhdHLK1V42Zq0OTP8SLFGrG_ea9-EoYg4iJrN8yO4GeaTRv_lmvL9p7UwXp0QrlQXP9gVAexhLWXmQVRIHxlqaTgI_9rOXZ493ZpOafIFh-sYy2MgNkoP2u3Yuv5-XYyX4uJSMuNTN3h3YHIDc0Hu_8/s4032/IMG_3710.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTBxSEYGAOCwncTe8G0svSrN6gTrhNg6RrLXhdHLK1V42Zq0OTP8SLFGrG_ea9-EoYg4iJrN8yO4GeaTRv_lmvL9p7UwXp0QrlQXP9gVAexhLWXmQVRIHxlqaTgI_9rOXZ493ZpOafIFh-sYy2MgNkoP2u3Yuv5-XYyX4uJSMuNTN3h3YHIDc0Hu_8/w400-h300/IMG_3710.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><p>This morning I started a new inverter install but missing wood to mount it on and time to do it were all missing so dropped that and did an oil change instead. For the record it was changed at 1025 engine hours, <a href="https://nbpercy.blogspot.com/2022/06/percy-is-moving-again-oil-changed-for.html" target="_blank">checking back to this time last year it was done at 917 hours</a> so just over 100 hours </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsE-f5imYdJrn68PxBP5osMFSu8Pq7D5IqGRrPsu-ZbfR-N_LuQHQ7KX1TSd-fq7jtsW8uS-EcKIiYn1TUoHLOBBZDgZQn51rJYRyu-USnINATM-tO7Hn42XIvQ1YtcfA9MDg7G3XsmJzLAPDL3An35kDifdi9Ap8Z5Mtw6frkKzyEM1nMzvPlfZ-8/s4032/IMG_3712.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsE-f5imYdJrn68PxBP5osMFSu8Pq7D5IqGRrPsu-ZbfR-N_LuQHQ7KX1TSd-fq7jtsW8uS-EcKIiYn1TUoHLOBBZDgZQn51rJYRyu-USnINATM-tO7Hn42XIvQ1YtcfA9MDg7G3XsmJzLAPDL3An35kDifdi9Ap8Z5Mtw6frkKzyEM1nMzvPlfZ-8/w400-h300/IMG_3712.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXXd0pkqweY2flubOym3PiZE6LpSgwOqGFKl3A772kjRmnit8hK3XC5IVwd0ue4Dkv3JNwaRoEWADcUd3QrCh22q-pePuUAYTpTqx4BFT001v6s9DGjOMr_9VUD8CTH6PnzfMRSSikbq8tt67yujDFZxPDT_hIKOnxmuLswxgwFpTtfFkzIlAF7Noh/s4032/IMG_3713.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXXd0pkqweY2flubOym3PiZE6LpSgwOqGFKl3A772kjRmnit8hK3XC5IVwd0ue4Dkv3JNwaRoEWADcUd3QrCh22q-pePuUAYTpTqx4BFT001v6s9DGjOMr_9VUD8CTH6PnzfMRSSikbq8tt67yujDFZxPDT_hIKOnxmuLswxgwFpTtfFkzIlAF7Noh/w400-h300/IMG_3713.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtlnw3SYo1VHNtPE1sc18GB790H5btxewVZK5PE85PgjwWsod92Wq5KplGm-_9lKW753XVD0KgDV9zNlKMPD9sDHWfCHlKKYOB-mykFRaZ06xIhL5DUCgkONPz8aotzjqENL3ac8FtucG0m3d6i_tLAFac_5zDVI6dnoQLoZjb8zSq717p8Q1TdJGW/s4032/IMG_3714.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtlnw3SYo1VHNtPE1sc18GB790H5btxewVZK5PE85PgjwWsod92Wq5KplGm-_9lKW753XVD0KgDV9zNlKMPD9sDHWfCHlKKYOB-mykFRaZ06xIhL5DUCgkONPz8aotzjqENL3ac8FtucG0m3d6i_tLAFac_5zDVI6dnoQLoZjb8zSq717p8Q1TdJGW/w400-h300/IMG_3714.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaeGwqcx_L_BVwJgNHFtI4JgLeDsB4RwKLSu5HS9L75F3FX7HLuKen5pIa702La2r4LGP3qjx9yAyQ48bOtMyRcsA-RH0AYqZoSwkB7mFXSYZN_qWcBduZ1ob5GhprYKYymc1wqyPApbEPUEKawiqPsBFxEA70FX5FIqNSgw2NGevC9nSSefWYFmK5/s4032/IMG_3716.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaeGwqcx_L_BVwJgNHFtI4JgLeDsB4RwKLSu5HS9L75F3FX7HLuKen5pIa702La2r4LGP3qjx9yAyQ48bOtMyRcsA-RH0AYqZoSwkB7mFXSYZN_qWcBduZ1ob5GhprYKYymc1wqyPApbEPUEKawiqPsBFxEA70FX5FIqNSgw2NGevC9nSSefWYFmK5/w300-h400/IMG_3716.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClXluigUeMywVNjh-xp8p_utiWrRma1qtIY-1vgOd5oZqABGe8zvKYZlrtdS1Yk1a1dB_aB6oSbN_ccM5jLDsX7faFp9jhCza71je54S_rj3lQaZzhbuquWRZy5pA4JS7X1FcjIYeq9daGaODliJ5mG-Dst070f8sC7ZX-b4kMXsES7ofJGFBNOFe/s4032/IMG_3717.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiClXluigUeMywVNjh-xp8p_utiWrRma1qtIY-1vgOd5oZqABGe8zvKYZlrtdS1Yk1a1dB_aB6oSbN_ccM5jLDsX7faFp9jhCza71je54S_rj3lQaZzhbuquWRZy5pA4JS7X1FcjIYeq9daGaODliJ5mG-Dst070f8sC7ZX-b4kMXsES7ofJGFBNOFe/w300-h400/IMG_3717.jpeg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">We set off just after 12.30 to wind in Grub street as we wanted to head north. We waved two boats past us so as to not hold them up/embarrass ourselves while winding ! Then it was a slow cruise to Goldstone Wharf which was plan A - got the end mooring and booked into the pub for food later. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;">If I'd ever had a new boat build this would have been its name </span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3SBQXjF562FJEfw3tNMKr32kEpK1TDqL_OYVSLW8bF5jctFoLbkDUMHlISrP32NWp_06k08n-RKDObRemjm4NPNFu1eMWU_u2d1WPzFscaElg_oBLDkcVsK_fJ_XNwWU4FTXjiCOEoVCf4oTxPDsEa22NmB_-4jCh6aMRIXXOCfy1shR1YAu1lZ8T/s4032/IMG_3724.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3SBQXjF562FJEfw3tNMKr32kEpK1TDqL_OYVSLW8bF5jctFoLbkDUMHlISrP32NWp_06k08n-RKDObRemjm4NPNFu1eMWU_u2d1WPzFscaElg_oBLDkcVsK_fJ_XNwWU4FTXjiCOEoVCf4oTxPDsEa22NmB_-4jCh6aMRIXXOCfy1shR1YAu1lZ8T/w400-h300/IMG_3724.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Thats some difference in either draft or ballast ! </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3R9W8GFYCmi0jouo5rGajyEAPRQi4uZQbSNhAI6Hb1WBAguNhAVihdGsDxB23BZrLvFoDYlDyolXPoE6IYsmHR4GKJP9jR3fFTMNUrq-8FtGRfEDrvwFIWORwnv4-A1ObBJFuRHfTbCWbuFZOpHbXrdeXJubow_ljlGPt9CtqDGrd3eoLuG7Al0_l/s4032/IMG_3725.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3R9W8GFYCmi0jouo5rGajyEAPRQi4uZQbSNhAI6Hb1WBAguNhAVihdGsDxB23BZrLvFoDYlDyolXPoE6IYsmHR4GKJP9jR3fFTMNUrq-8FtGRfEDrvwFIWORwnv4-A1ObBJFuRHfTbCWbuFZOpHbXrdeXJubow_ljlGPt9CtqDGrd3eoLuG7Al0_l/w400-h300/IMG_3725.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Rachel guiding Percy to the Goldstone wharf moorings. Last time we were here was the post de coke run back in February 2019 </div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTuxZ2VwUPD-MX_Ovv6HiozPYe0MBtwYgC7vEb3BpL6e18Sgae4X3p23hKZzbi75LsZLsYU4bis9FwUr7Ae9NwP1Cq5UQmWBXRulBtydiDjIJSTZoTbmSPxGZB_6ZnjxkjKYzGyQp0E7TnGYY6ghFuwAIkyl0mryRBJ1uCMR7lEQo7gfb87D9zbSK/s4032/IMG_3726.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOTuxZ2VwUPD-MX_Ovv6HiozPYe0MBtwYgC7vEb3BpL6e18Sgae4X3p23hKZzbi75LsZLsYU4bis9FwUr7Ae9NwP1Cq5UQmWBXRulBtydiDjIJSTZoTbmSPxGZB_6ZnjxkjKYzGyQp0E7TnGYY6ghFuwAIkyl0mryRBJ1uCMR7lEQo7gfb87D9zbSK/w400-h300/IMG_3726.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div></div><p>We are planning an early'ish start tomorrow as we need supplies in Market Drayton as well as trying to get a good road thru the Woodseaves cutting.</p>Nev Wellshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07047359519459723079noreply@blogger.com0