7th May
Was I one very lucky girl this morning! My phone, which had been resting on a bed of rice drying out, was put back together, and at first nothing happened. Plugged it in and the screen sprang to life. Kept it on charge for half an hour, and it's now working perfectly. I'm still a believer in things happening in threes, but I do hope this time I'm wrong cos the next time this phone gets wet, no doubt that will be the end of it!
We were only about an hour from Fenny Compton, no point in leaving early because the marina there didn't open until 10 am and this was still the cheapest place to get diesel around here, although at £1.35 a ltr that's hardly cheap! We were told £1.55 at Enslow Mill Wharf, extortionate! How can the price be so different from one boatyard to another! Anyway, by 9 am we were on our way
Passing that crane boat and pan again, two weeks ago, nothing had been started. Today a long line of piling has been completed, although some back filling still needs to be done.
Fenny Compton tunnel had a boat coming through. I know, I know, the photo below just shows a narrow cutting. Well in days gone by, subsidence caused the canal company to remove the roof. This excerpt from Waymarking
Fenny Compton tunnel was opened in 1776. The tunnel wasn’t very long – about a kilometre and suffered from subsidence as it wasn’t very far underground. In 1838 the canal company bought the land above the tunnel and work began to open up the tunnel. It was done in several stages; by 1840 the tunnel roof had been removed at both ends and in the middle thus creating two separate tunnels. The southern tunnel had its roof removed by 1858 and the second in 1860 leaving the cutting boaters see today.
Back in April, our two boats travelled down the Erewash together. With FS in the narrows, it was easy to offer her a lift back. And then just as we arrived at Fenny Compton Marina, her hubby Jim was purchasing a gas cylinder. The plan now was to get diesel and try to find a mooring near to their boat. Space was found, chairs came out, coffee and biscuits produced by Jenn and a wonderful catch-up in the sun. Gosh, I've just realised, we left together 31st March Click here and its taken them 37 days to get to this point. Wow now thats what I call going slow!
Went fishing in the afternoon, first cast and out came a Bream. second cast another Bream. From then on, and I sat for a good two hours, not even a nibble.
The plan was for the four of us to have a meal at the Wharf Inn, so tonight I might put on a few glad rags!
And wildlife
2 comments:
The price that a marina pays for its diesel depends on several factors but, at the moment, two are significant (as I understand it)
Firstly, and has long been the case, it will depend on the amount sold. I have see cases where two marinas, jointly owned, and not far apart but with very different sized tanks, are charged significantly different amounts by their supplier and their end user prices accordingly are different.
Secondly, and much more recently, the rapidly escalating prices mean that the retail price will depend very much on exactly when the last delivery was made - most suppliers of all fuels are charging only on the day of delivery. Marinas with lower rates of usage, or perhaps coming to the end of a tank, will be able to charge a retail price lower that someone who has just had a delivery.
Of course there are differences depending on the business model of each marina or boatyard. Some are well known for either charging at a high level because most of their fuel goes into hire boats or charging a low level, because it is an offshoot of a non-canal based business.
The good thing is that the towpath seems to have good communication about what is charged where but I am not sure that the voluntary scheme is able to keep up with current fluctuations! In any event, we find that we do not often have much of a choice as it depends on where we are. We like to support fuel boats but are not always able to do so at the right time.
Thanks, Mike. I will try not to moan too much about the price difference. That was a very detailed explanation.
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