Date - 16 /09/08 Day - Tuesday Start - 0800 End - 1400 Harnser's present position http://tinyurl.com/Harnser-s-route
Today started a bit like yesterday, backwards. We had to be at Terry Yates yard at 8am and we were moored on the opposite side of the canal and a bit nearer the road bridge. We had been warned not to moor to close to the bridge as the road was very noisy, it wasn't the road that caused the problem, it was the ducks before daylight this morning. I took the front and back hatches into the workshop and very soon there were two strips of metal welded on each to stop them being lifted and we were on the move by quarter to nine. We stopped in Rugby at Brownsover so Diana could visit Tesco and also get some paint to paint the inside of the hatches before they are replaced. The first coat was put on on the move. I gave the rear door bit of a looking at as there is quite a bit of rust between the cover strip and the door, this is welded top and bottom and then just tacked in between, most of the tacks had snapped so the best option was removal and cleaning before re welding. Once past Barby Straight we found a convenient mooring and I set to with the angle grinder and rust preventer. I will prime it tomorrow and then try to find someone to reweld it for me. -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Join SOW and help save our waterways http://www.saveourwaterways.org
