Bradford on Avon

Map reference  ST 81199  60218

       

Distance 6.1 miles

Total 210 Locks 7 Tunnels

Running total mileage 190.9

We have now moved on from Semington to (and through) Bradford on Avon and on towards the Avoncliff Aqueduct, currently moored on the 14 day mooring before the Cross Guns public house. Bradford is a pleasant two built using the same stone that is used in Bath. It's claim to fame in recent years is that it is where the iconic 'Moulton' cycles are made.

 Whilst at Bradford on Avon undertook a bit of maintenance on the boat, checking the water trap in the fuel line (fortunately clear) and servicing the air filter. This should have been just cleaned out and re-oiled however when the old filter was put into a cleaning solvent it disintegrated and so had to be replace. I suspect that it wasn’t doing much of a job of filtering the air entering the engine since the element was rattling about loose inside its housing which would suggest that air would just pass through without going through the filter element. Changing the filter does seem to have made the engine smoke slightly more than previously, hoping it will clear as the filter settles down.

Not sure how long we will be staying here at Avoncliff but when we do move off the next stop will be Bath.