Off Again

Work started on the engine again this morning, with the required seal arriving at exactly the right time. It was fitted and the issue resolved. The oil is now staying safely in the sump. Stowe Hill Workshop kindly gave us use of a landline overnight so we could cook our evening meal and charge our batteries. I had to take the toilet cassettes off-site to empty them. We set off at about four in the afternoon and stopped near Buckby top lock, almost outside the shop.

Somebody on board seems to be filling up the Vacuflush toilet cassettes very quickly as we've filled two in the last 24 hours and the little red light will stay lit until tomorrow morning when I can empty them. I suspect Ewan is not able to reliably close the valve when flushing and the flush dribbles until the valve is closed properly. More on the toilet: it blocked for the second time since new today. Last time it blocked somebody had put baby wipes down the pan and the macerator blade go stuck and I had to fish them out. This time a poke with a stick was enough to clear the blockage (phew! No fishing around down there required).


Moored at buckby top lock shop.
Total distance is 5 miles, 5¾ flg and 6 locks.