Here I am Rune
Distance 4.8miles
Total 757 Locks 28 Tunnels
Running total mileage 1134.7 miles
Bit of a slow day for one reason or another. Firstly we have
developed a problem with the oven on the boat so I started the day ringing
around various places to see how I would be able to go about getting it
repaired. Since it is a Calor gas system none of the gas fitters I rang was
interested. A boatbuilder that I tried doesn’t do fitting out so couldn’t
recommend anyone and a caravan place I tried that sells such ovens (for
caravans) don’t do repairs and directed me to the main Calor depot in
Birmingham from whom I am still awaiting a reply. The problem is that you are
not supposed to touch gas equipment unless you have a Gas Safe Certificate
therefore I can’t disconnect the oven to take it anywhere for repair and will
have to rely on a fitter coming to me.
After spending half the morning trying to arrange a gas
fitter it was therefore quite late before we set off for the day (about
12.30pm) so we didn’t really get very far, particularly since the canal is
quite shallow which makes progress slower. The final nail in the coffin for the
day was the fact that when I checked the noticeboard at Walsall Top Lock I
spotted a canal closure that I wasn’t aware of and that one prevents us from
getting to our Christmas mooring destination, so I’ve spent the latter part of
the day trying to rejig our route. The one bonus is that tonight’s mooring is
in a pleasant rural location rather than the semi industrial of Walsall.
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