Day 005

OK, so the phone says 5 bars of GPRS but the laptop refuses to have any of it! Last night I got 3 bars of signal and I was zipping along and this evening 5 bars and no pictures are uploading so I've given up and am writing a text only post! If the pictures decide to upload - you'll see them otherwise this will simply be waffle. Thanks Orange and can anyone please explain how this can happen!!

Nope - nothing, zilch, not a dicky bird - I give up! Text only it is.

Set off this morning towards Autherley Junction and the turn onto the Shroppie. This is why I love the Shroppie!

I have reduced the pictures to almost nothing and they seem to be uploading now!

A long water stop at the junction before heading towards Wheaton Aston for diesel - 46p per litre!!! I don't know how he does it but he's totally legit and has a very fancy computer system used for registering you and your boat details and declaring the percentage directly to whovere needs to know; and you can declare the genuine and legally acurate percentage split for your boat and usage.

Onwards and upwards and it wasn't long before Khayamanzi ground to a shuddering stop with warning alarms going off everywhere and zero steering - heading straight for a very large bush! It was obvious something was round the prop and whatever it was - it was extremely large and very tough!

This is what it was!

An entire re-enforced Travis Perkins builders bag. Boy it took some cutting and the frontof the boat took a serious pounding from the bush! The chimney fell off, the front tunnel light smashed and the boat was littered with bits of branch, leaves and buds. Hats off to AJ canopies though as the cratch cover took the brunt of the force and stood up with no more than a few scratches.

Our final mooring between bridges 30 and 31 opposite a field of sheep and lambs.
Only a few showers and only one was hard so not a bad day. The bonus was that the wind has eased. Tomorrow they say it will be good and fine weather over the weekend.