Banjo goes up in smoke!

Making new friends

A bright start this morning, and we celebrated it with a walk down the canal to.... Tescos!! We returned with bread (a loaf for us and another for Angela's friends above), wine and cheese and set off for the lock which lay a short distance away. We stopped there to fill up with water, and then headed north. After about 2 minutes, I noticed the temperature gauge was off the scale, followed by clouds of smoke from the engine compartment vents. We had lost our coolant and investigations, aided by a passing mechanic, revealved a small leak in a copper T piece. This was replaced by a collection of plumbing components and touch wood, we are now ok again.

Body building

We lost most of the day however, and so we pressed on in order to recharge the batteries and generate some hot water.

Lock buddies

We met up with Bob and Pat on The Andrew (above), and shared a number of locks with them which speeded things up. By 7pm we had a tank of hot water and so we (and The Andrew) are moored up just outside Abbots Langley. A meal of Cornish Pasties, peas and a bottle of wine, and the world looks rosy again....