Friday 5th March 2010
Ah well it had to happen sooner or later. Â After 10 days at Lapworth Zulu has consumed every last bit of battery power and I really can’t work out why, as the isolator was off leaving only the bilge pump to drain them. Â The starter battery is also isolated from the [...]
Continue Reading →Last week we came down the 19 frozen and snow covered Lapworth locks from Birmingham and I meant to mention the notice pinned to the balance beams of lock 20, the bottom lock of the flight if arriving from the Grand Union. I knew it to be untrue, having just arrived from the other direction but [...]
Continue Reading →Sunday 21st February 2010
I looked out at 7am just in time to see the tail end of a snowstorm which had added at least another two inches of fresh snow overnight but at least this meant the temperature was on the rise after hitting minus 5.5 during the night.
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I therefore [...]
Saturday 20th February 2010
Woke up to a very cold Birmingham and all thoughts of a dawn departure vanished into duvet land.
Good old Zulu’s 37 year old engine was good enough to start first time after two weeks resting and we set off to Cambrian Wharf for water, and then to Sherbourne Wharf for [...]
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