Stoke Bruerne

Yesterday when we were ready to set off towards Stoke Bruerne Karl’s Glo-plug light was not working and his engine would not start, we had a look and found a loose nut holding the fuse assembly in place, I tightened that up and the light was still not illuminated but the boat started.

A short hop along to the outskirts of Stoke Bruerne and we stopped on the 48hr visitor moorings just before lock 20, no pictures of the trip as I had let my camera battery go flat but I took this one of the mooring once it was charged.

This morning I wanted to get closer to Stoke Bruerne the weather was very undecided going from dry and cloudy to light rain, anyway at about 11 we decided to do it and Karl’s engine would not start again, Karl had another look but couldn’t find anything obvious and after persisting to try it did eventually fire into life. We got moving about 11:15 and stopped at the services so we could both just top up with water, I got rid of my recycling as well. The short cruise, if you could call it that, through the flight of 5 locks took about 2 hours, it was miserable drizzle most of the time and the only real event was that Karl managed to drop his Vape thingy (imitation cigarette) into the cut, so he wasn’t happy about that £30 evidently. No pictures as the weather was dire and with locks so close to each other there was little time. I am now moored on the 7day visitor moorings just before lock 15 and within very easy walking of Stoke Bruerne itself.

I need to locate a blacksmith who is apparently here somewhere and see if he can flatten my stove grate for me and I want to have a look around, visit the Canal Museum, and partake of the two public houses. I will probably stay until at least Tuesday.

Views from the side hatch

Total both days:  2 Miles : 5 Locks

Yesterday when I was putting some bottles of beer into the fridge I found this one

That's not cricket is it, good job it wasn't the last bottle in the fridge and me desperate to quench my thirst, it's only got about three mouthfuls in it, a visit to Mr Tesco's complaints department will be happening.