It's very strange that after 10 years on our lovely narrowboat with just general maintenance, keeping her looking clean and tidy, a little facelift here and there, both inside and out, and the odd little hiccup, we have suddenly hit a patch when there seems to be one problem after another.
Our plan on arriving for this particular trip was to finish the polishing and continue to replace the window rubbers . Then, when Jenny's ankle was a bit better to venture out and see how we manage with a change of roles. As it turns out on Saturday morning our eberspacher diesel water heater stopped working. As it happens, we have a spare heater on board ( no surprise to anyone who knows Sid) so he set about removing the old heater ( to be taken home and serviced). That prooved harder than he thought - the exhaust was stuck - then he discovered the exhaust was seriously perished and would need replacing!
The Midland Chandlers website indicated that they had said part but on contacting their Braunston shop we discovered it is only available to order - 7 days to collect from the store or within 48hrs delivered, at a price! We need the exhaust so we ordered it to be delivered to Fenny.
So, since we are stuck here and since Jenny is supposed to be elevating her leg we spent the rest of the Jubilee Weekend enjoying the concert and the amazing Pageant in front of a cosy fire to ward off the damp and cold weather. Very lazy and most unlike us to be doing nothing.
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