We moored at the bottom of Foxton for the night after taking just 40 minutes to reach the bottom. We had a visit from Dennis and Margaret and we ended up in the pub having a meal. During there visit our carbon monoxide detector went of. I must admit we had been having some trouble in trying to keep our fire going and every time we opened the door smoke would pour into the cabin. After deciding that it would be best to let the fire go out and investigate, we found our fires throat plate to be covered in a mound of hard baked on glue like substance. All Ian could think of was that we had burned a lot of painted wood and presumed the "substance" was an accumulation of wood glue and paint. Ian had to take chisel and hammer to the mound to remove it all. Since then the fire has been brilliant. No more smoke in the cabins. It only goes to show that without our detector we may have gone to bed none the wiser and have died in our sleep!! Message to all:- GET A DETECTOR!
Next stop will be at Market Harborough where we hope to stop for 5 days if BW will allow it.
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