Water in places not expected

 Feb 13th (gulp...it's a Friday)

It's raining...again! Started yesterday late afternoon and continued throughout the night. Of course, we know what that means, Trent will be rising with height predictions of nearly 3.00m by late evening of the 14th. A snow and ice warning has also been issued for this area, not until the 16th, mind, so could all change but arrggghhhhh 😧the only thing left to throw at us now is a hurricane! 

Chris and Sue arrived yesterday mid-afternoon. Tia gave us the warmest of welcomes, became the 'ships dog' by making FS her own and deciding we both hadn't done a decent enough job when showering by trying to lick clean faces and ears. It really did emphasize just how much we miss having a dog on board, she's a real gem.
 

Tia

 The New Inn once more showed how good they were by allowing Chris and Sue to overnight with their camper van in the car park. It's not an official motorhome stopover, the Navigation on London Road and the Clock Warehouse, both in Shardlow, are. We did have a meal there last night, lovely food, and a way to say thank you. 

After they left this morning, our plans had been to take the bus to Derby. Much too wet for us to venture out, the trip wasn't important, could be put off until fairer weather. Instead, it was decided to see why our water pump ran intermittently throughout the night. Taps had been checked for drips and leaks, but still nothing was found. The next move was to remove the drawers from under the bed and sure enough damp patches were found. Some head scratching as to where it had come from, obviously from one of the pipes either central heating or water pipe, so next step was take up part of the floor in the bathroom, where all the pipes leading to the washing machine and calorifier ran at the back. The floor was damp and growth of white fungi was present. This could have come from the shower, and feeling all the pipe joints, they all felt dry so didn't concern Ian at all. The washing machine was pulled out, that was dry underneath, so no leaks from there. The sink was checked, in fact everywhere a pipe that was positioned along the wall and still nothing was found. But a definite pool of water was found near the wardrobe in the bedroom. He is now convinced it has come from one of the fittings on the calorifier and is hoping it's not a joint that is almost impossible to get too without removing the whole thing! It's being left for now. Ian has ordered absorbent pads from screwfix to be collected, so moping up the water will be the first priority, and hopefully the problem will show itself after that. To be continued!

 

A tight squeeze.