A lovely day so we were up
and about early – well early for us anyway!
Muffin and I walked to Widmead Lock and set it. I have been having problems with my back for
a few weeks and realised that working locks is not conducive to having a bad
back so Richard will have to do them for the time being.
Down through Monkey Marsh
Lock, passed the mooring spaces at Thatcham and then Richard discovered that
the domestic alternator wasn’t working
We pulled over and up came the floor and he disappeared down into the
engine ‘ole. He sat puzzled for quite a
while and then decided that there was nothing he could do so phoned RCR. Of course domestic batteries aren’t covered
by our policy but it had to be done. A
nice young man was out to us in a couple of hours and confirmed that the
alternator was indeed dead – burnt out.
They can order us a new one but it will take a day or two.
Fortunately where we
pulled over is not under any trees so the solar panels have been doing their
work and keeping the fridge and freezer working, which is just as well as they
are both fully stocked up.
Richard put in new leisure
batteries this winter and very likely the alternator hadn’t been working
since. I did comment yesterday that the
voltage was quite low considering the batteries are new.
It was a very hot
afternoon and the towpath was so busy that I sat inside – not the best place
but it was too hot on the deck.
We have a field full of
sheep and their lambs next to us – they are forever baaing, I hope it doesn’t
go on all night!
We took ourselves off to
the pub, The Swan, for dinner. It was an
OK meal sitting outside as inside was very dreary. The only trouble was that the garden was full
of screaming children – however most of them had gone by the time we left.
1.38 miles
2 locks
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