Monday 21st May 2018



This was the day we had decided on for us officially moving on board Bridge Street for good. We duly woke at 8am, had breakfast, walked Harvey, put on the dishwasher and washing machine and left the house.

On arrival at the boat we unloaded the boxes and I went off on my errands leaving Brenda again to unpack and start homebuilding.

I first went to Winsford to pick up the cratch boards then B&Qs in Northwich before heading to Wigan to drop off the stained glass porthole again.

On the way back I called into the house to pick up yet more gear. It is incredible how much can be stored on the boat, you wonder where it all goes.

Brenda had Graeme Cunliffe’s mother and sister visit to drop off the boat’s documentation. So now she can be licensed. While they were here Brenda told of some of our troubles with the boat and the lack of any visit from Graeme.

Arriving back at 2pm, Brenda had done a lovely job of decorating the boat ready for our first guests to be entertained, Peter and Barbara for an afternoon tea and Prosecco.

After they had left Brenda tidied up and we tinkered about. We walked the dog and met with Dorian and a couple more people in the marina. A friendly lot.      

We managed to get the toilet working after reading the manual, it was just a case of operating a lever to open the flap valve to drop the contents into the waste tank. Also took the opportunity to add treatment to the tank.

Managed to get hot water by running the Webasto with the thermostat turned up but all except the wet locker and bathroom radiators turned off. It maybe won’t do the heater much good but without shore power or running the engine there was not a lot of option.

We had meant to go food shopping but the day just passed. Brenda managed to turn out a respectable meal of pasta, chicken, cauliflower and a Thai curry sauce.

After dinner I managed to connect the tunnel light and started fitting hooks for various keys.

With the batteries running low the engine will have to be run tomorrow, roll on when Graeme visits and we get the shore power connected. But we have run for 4 days in glorious weather just on the solar panels.    






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