Harefield to Cowley
The start of the new season! Well there's lots to do to get the boat into service again. It's been nearly 6 months! First is getting the water tank flushed out of over winter MPG solution. I run this off into plastic bottles, then flush through with a bit of bleach, before draining, flushing and filling. Takes a couple of hours. The stove collar had cracked again, so the hole was filled with fire cement. The batteries were in good condition with charge from the solar panaels, so no problem there. The boat is dirty of course, but we'll have to deal with that as we go. Finally, just as persistent rain got established, we set off.
nb Owl joined us out of Widewater Lock as we turned out of the marina, so worked the Denham Deep and Uxbridge Locks with us. Our aim is to attend a CUTWEB minigig at Willowtree tomorrow, but first to Uxbridge Boat Centre for a new chimney as the old one has lost its inner. Only then did the rain stop temporarily. However we found a clean mooring before the lock bridge at Cowley, perfect for the Malt Shovel tonight.
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