Wednesday 3 rd June 2020 It rained heavily during the night, the first heavy rain in a long time. It was good to see the chimney flue not leaking. We are taking steps to replace the flue arrangement with a cast iron, integral roof collar. Sue had ordered one from Midland Chandlers, but it is an angled type so not suitable, although it did not state this in the details online. A flat type has been sourced from a foundry in Oswestry but this will have to wait until we are on the Llangollen Canal and able to pick it up. The rain continued until into the afternoon and so the morning was spent quietly on the boat. The first day of its type in a long time. Whenever we moor in the countryside, we always put out a bird feeder full of seed. The seed level had not changed for weeks but all of a sudden it emptied twice in as many days. This morning, while having breakfast, we watched two Jays that have learnt to balance on the stake and feed from the feeder, whilst the other coll...
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