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Newly Blacked

New Anodes and a hull re-blacking. Looks pretty good At the same time they’ve fitted a new weed hatch and replaced the propshaft and stern tube plus fixed the rudder which was a bit wobbly.

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Gas and Electricity

We had another working weekend on the boat this last weekend and we were tackling two pretty big projects: 1) Replacing the gas cooker 2) Replacing the fridge. We had found a very good LPG cooker on line which has … Continue reading

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More painting

The Shroppie seems to have been plagued with closures this year and Wheaton Aston Lock No 2 seems to have now fallen to bits and could well need some major work on its gates. So maybe its a good thing … Continue reading

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Working Weekend

We had a very productive weekend working on the boat. The floor in the back cabin had become a bit bendy. Its a plywood floor and is 22 years old and its got damp over the years and had a … Continue reading

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Back at “Home”

Well the BSS work was finally complete (See Steve’s Blog for more info ) so today we headed up to Norbury Junction to pick up the boat and return it to its moorings at Market Drayton .It was nice to … Continue reading

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