Sunday 7th March 2010
Another cold start to the day. This time minus 9.5 and enough to freeze the canal yet again.  I certainly broke some miles of ice today!
Not much to say about the journey though, as it all went like clockwork. I started very early and arrived at Long Itchington about 9am, just in [...]
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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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 [...]
Continue Reading →Tuesday 12th January 2010
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No progress.
Today I took a drive up to Brewood just to check that Zulu was OK in the cold. Inside the cabin it had been minus 4 degrees and the water in the kettle was frozen solid. What a good job I drained the water system down [...]
Continue Reading →The forecasters must be congratulating themselves this week, as certainly here in Berkshire we have had a good covering of snow – some 5 inches as at 9am on Wednesday, followed by three beautiful wintery days with a night time temperature reaching minus 9.5 and daytime not much over freezing.
But I knew the snow [...]
Continue Reading →Sunday 3rd January 2010
I left Zulu in Brewood on Friday night, hoping somehow that this cold weather would be over within a couple of days, but it rather looks like it could be well over a week before the trip can be resumed with the weather still getting worse in places.
Sadly this means [...]
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