3rd May
Plans never
quite work out as planned, do they? We
never made it past Lagarde yesterday. It
all started well, Ian was up early helping Shaun de-winterise Elle and they
soon discovered a problem. The
pressurised water system would not work. After many hours in the engine room
messing around with fuses, wires, volt metres, taking things apart and putting them
back together, Ian discovered the problem lay in the pressure switch. The
system would still work but had to be switched on and off manually at the
control panel. Not ideal but it would suffice
until Shaun could buy a new switch. It
was after 12.30 before we left for Lagarde.
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| 7kms, 3 locks |
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| A large flock of sheep with many lambs |
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| Careful, don't fall in! |
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| A charter boat waiting to enter the lock |
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| Sharing the lock with Elle |
The sunny
day darkened as huge black clouds gathered and thunder rumbled around us. As we entered the last lock before Lagarde the
rain started to fall. And the restaurant
where we were intending to have dinner instead of lunch as we had planned last
night, turned out to be closed on Wednesdays.
Back in the
land of internet, Ian spent some time with Mr Google finding out how to fix a
pressure switch. A couple more hours in
the engine room and hey presto, it worked!
Meanwhile Lynn rustled up a delicious Thai green curry from veg and
store cupboard standards. It really was
good.
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