It's a bit blowy, a day inside at Hillmorton

27th - Moored Hillmorton

A really lazy day today, in fact I nearly missed today altogether, it was a good job eldest alien phoned this evening and had to really convince me that it was Wednesday today and not Tuesday!

The storm today has not been too bad, a bit windy but nothing like we thought it would be, we will decide tomorrow whether to move or not, but I want to go to the post office in Hillmorton in the morning first. We have decided to pop back and see Roger at Calcutt Boats just to get him to take a look at the new engine, the fan belt seems a bit loose, and no matter how much Vic tried to adjust the alternator, it didn't seem to make much difference, also there is a slight vibration on just over tick over, I expect those mountings could do with a tighten up.

I had a good ol' browse round the internet today, the connection here is great, and caught up with a few friends on various forums. It was nice to see Canal World Forum move to a better interface, Jon sure has made that much more inviting, and it loads much quicker too.

I was surprised how many boats were on the move today, still I suppose it is half term, even when I took Lucy out walking at gone 4pm this afternoon there were 6 or 7 boats locking through the three locks here. I was surprised that Lock Stop Bistro was closed this week it's very busy on the cut. We had a georgous Sunday lunch here not long ago, and was hoping for the same again, but I see on the notice that they won't be reopening until the middle of November. By that time we will be well down the Grand Union southbound I think.