It was very cold last night, quite a heavy frost this
morning but I didn’t realise until I looked outside, I think the boat is
finally drying and warming through, the wise mooring monitor at Brentford said to me “ I
light the stove in October and it does not go out until April” and I think he’s
got the right idea, even though some days are warm the evenings are not and
letting it go out and relighting it is really just a waste of effort, the boat
cools and takes longer to get warm again, so mine’s staying on now ‘til summer.
Today I had to move, I was on 24 hour moorings so I made the
effort and moved about 80 feet across the canal to the tow path side, I can
moor there for another 13 days (it’s 14 days normally but that’s in the same
“area” so technically I have 13 left).
I walked to Hayes Bridge retail estate to visit Halfords for
some bits, it’s about a 40 minute walk away, the 1st 10 minutes were
alongside the very busy A312, it was noisy and cold but then I went through
Minet Country Park, they’ve got a fantastic cycling facility there, Hillingdon Cycle Circuit, it’s
like a road track but for cycles only, quite challenging I would imagine, with
hills and fairly tight bends, it was very busy, all the young kids in their
lycra with expensive looking bikes ages probably started from as young as 3 up
to adults. I doubt many car drivers even know it’s there.
When I got back to the boat I did a more permanent repair on
the tunnel light and horn which I had previously done an emergency bodge on, I
also fitted an on/off switch to the little charging outlet I had previously
fitted, it has a blue LED to show it’s working which was lit all the time and
driving me mad, so now I can switch it off.
Time to start dinner, I am cooking a Lamb Pilau, should be
interesting.
Totals today : 0 Locks : about 80 feet J
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