Weekend in Gargrave

Moored at Gargrave, Leeds & Liverpool Canal

We had a lazy weekend, I was tired after my trip and adrenalin run of the days previously. One of the hoses in the engine has split, and although it hasn't been too bad, it had become worse over the weekend, and everytime we started the engine we could only run it for about 20 minutes before it was almost out of water, so we were dreading our trip up to Skipton, some 3 hours away to get it fixed. We decided to go out for lunch today at the Old Swan in Gargrave, and we were surprised that it wasn't pack out, and we had a really tastey roast while watching the F1 from France.......... but after Schumacher overtook Alonso we knew it was all over and left the pub before it finished!!

On Monday, my brain suddenly came into gear for once, and I remembered I had taken out a Breakdown Insurance for £25 when I renewed the insurance for the boat last year. So we called them and told them of our plight of the broken hose, and they agreed to pay the labour and travelling for a mechanic to come to the boat from Pennine Cruisers in Skipton. I fished for most of the day, and Vic was enjoying reading John Grisham's new book 'The Last Juror'.

The mechanic turned up at about 2pm and fetched the right hose, phew, ah but we did measure it, pleased of course that we got it right!

We decided to stay another night at Gargrave, the weather was really nice for a change this week, and time was spent between fishing and reading.