Yesterday our tenant informed us that the water heater in the bathroom wasn't working. Ian high tailed it back to our bungalow this morning in the hope that he could get it repaired. Well he couldn't!!! The thermostat had given out and when he phoned the supplier he was told that this particular make was no longer available and there were no spare parts to be had. So now what!!! Ian frantically phoned round various companies to see if there was a suitable replacement and he struck it lucky with one supplier when they said they had one very similar and could get it delivered by Monday. We have a bit of a dilemma now. The heater will be delivered to Christine. Ian sees the consultant Monday at 2pm and we were going to drop the car back to our garage in readiness for the off on Tuesday. We may have to delay leaving Tuesday morning until Ian can fit the heater. He can then garage the car and catch a bus back to Trent lock and if we are lucky could still be on our way by Tuesday afternoon. We will wait and see!!
While Ian was off to Sandiacre I washed the boat in readiness for a good polish tomorrow. Then it rained or rather it hailed. I should have realised we were in for a soaking because the sky turned very black.
We need this rain to fill up the reservoir that feeds the Leicester section. Only downside is if the river rises then it wont matter what we do on Tuesday as we will be stuck here until the river falls! Ian gave BW a ring today to see if there are still restrictions between Kings Lock and Kilby. Unfortunately there is. They are only allowing boats through between 10am and 2pm. If we are delayed we will have to change our plans again. We don't want to be stuck in Leicester!!
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