It has been a busy couple of weeks since we left Hunters Moon at Great Haywood Marina. With it being the school half term we had the delight of having our 6 year old, Emily to stay for a couple of days, then Emma and Kevin ' s wedding, then Sid had a hospital appointment, which resulted in us having to stay at home for an extra week for him to have a follow up appointment with the consultant. This gave us the opportunity to get down to the New Forest in order to catch up with our other two grandchildren. So, along with seeing middle son, Adam and making contact with youngest son, Simon we managed to fill our time at home quite nicely. Sid has been signed off so now it's on with summer cruising.
We returned to Great Haywood in beautiful sunshine, much as we left it. However our delight at being back on board was soon quashed as Sid was about to start his engine checks when he discovered the engine bilge full of oil and the engine registering no oil! We have yet another leak this time an oil leak. Sid discovered a split in the oil filter he had replaced when doing a engine service a few days before we left Hunters Moon to return home. Fortunately, he had bought a couple of new filters with him ( always prepared is Sid), so after a quick visit to a garage to get some oil a new filter was fitted, oil replaced and the engine was running once more. Crisis averted!
Since we are yet again in the vicinity of our good friends Dave and Val we arranged to meet up on Sunday. It was so good to see them and hear of their caravan exploits as well as to catch up with all their family news. We enjoyed very pleasant lunch with a very pleasant couple of beers in the Clifford Arms followed by a short walk for Dylan to stretch his legs back to the marina.
Sorry Val!
Dave, Val, Jenny and Dylan
Farewells said and promises of another get together, possibly very soon, on our return down the Trent and Mersey Canal Sid and Jenny decided to enjoy a late afternoon cruise to take us out of the marina and start our trip north towards the Macclesfield Canal and the Peak Forest .
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