Day 2 of the journey home

The rain was worse than yesterday. The cold was worse than yesterday.

But we made it through Birmingham and are now moored next to a nice pub just south of Knowle. Time for a couple of drinks in front of an open fire I think :-)

I forgot to say that yesterday we also had to change the fan belt. That means that the batteries are charging much better. Today's little setbacks included having to stop 3 times to untangle plastic bags and other detritus from the propeller and the rudder coming out of its skeg cup (don't ask me). Fortunately the rudder is easily fixed (if a little heavy) and wasn't a big problem. The plastic bags wrap around the prop and become very difficult to cope with because the make the steering all funny and the engine labours trying to push us forward whilst shredding plastic into little bits!

On the plus side we have the fridge working and lots of tidying up done so one can actually move around without falling over stuff! Oh, and somehow we've managed to eat three cooked meals on both days

For the incurable romantics amongst you who have travelled up the M6 and, whilst passing through Spaghetti Junction, thought "I wonder what this looks like from below?" here is your answer:
The totals for today were: 19 miles and 29 locks which gives makes total progress so far about 23%

Time for the pub.

'till tomorrow.