Shackerstone in the sun

Moored at Shackerstone

Today really was a beautiful day, perfect conditions for a leisurely boat trip. But first things first...

A very cold night which our fire only just managed to survive. But as we the weather forecast had prewarned us about the cold we had programmed our central heating to come on at 7. So we were able to get up in the warm. And then breakfast: bacon and croissants, delicious. The bacon had nearly expired so we had to eat it.

Now progress on the batteries and their voltage. In the morning before the heating had kicked in we were down to about 12V. Once the boat had warmed up, the meter showed 12.2. It was the cold affecting the meter, nothing wrong with the batteries - hooray!

After breakfast we were on our way in beautiful sunshine. We were soon rewarded by another, better, sighting of a water vole. They really look odd in the water darting around like little electric toys . After half an hour we moored at Market Bosworth for a small amount of shopping.

After lunch we set off again up the canal with continuing perfect weather. At several points on the journey we had a good view of a steam train on the Battlefield line, which added to the interest and attractiveness of this canal. Just another short journey took us to the small village of Shackerstone. We have planned to eat in the local pub, so had no wish to go further.

Our early stop has enabled Denise to finish the repainting.

Before.......

After