7.30 a.m. on the road. Rush hour traffic slowed us down a bit, but time for a coffee at Cherwell Valley. At Great Haywood by 11.45. Ellie had all the paperwork ready, so everything was completed quickly.
Agreed terms with the marina for a mooring to the end of September '11. Saw the engineering guys who confirmed that work on the shower pump, the calorifier and the hose to the heat exchanger on the engine had been paid for by the previous owner and completed, along with a replacement water filter in the galley, which had burst with the freeze. They will let me have an estimate for fitting a washing machine. I need to get Peter Tindall to clarify which bit of the flue needs to be replaced and let them know.
Saw Bruce and Sheila on n.b. Sanity Again - quizzed them about washing machines and pump-out pumps!
Trip back through Stafford to avoid the toll road was a big mistake, with Stafford a crawl and the M6 congested. Ended up on the toll road anyway. Horrible wet driving conditions, but home safely by 7 p.m.
