Sunday morning at Willington. The sun was out and we felt refreshed. We hit a three boat queue at the Dallow Lock and were just cruising past Shobnell Fields when an old familiar face appeared out of the side hatch of a moored boat. It was Steve and Ang. We had spoken to them some years ago when they were thinking of having a boat built and becoming liveaboards. We kept in touch as both me and Ang had out hips replaced in Derby at the same time. They were waiting for RCR as they had a engine water pump fail.
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We moored for a chat and a cuppa and finally decided to stop for the night. Had a great catchup and were in bed by 9pm. Still tired from Saturday so just managed to cook beans on toast for tea.
Jan slept for almost 12 hours so it was gone 10am by the time we had said our goodbyes to Steve and Ang and headed off to Fradley. Alas we managed only 100 yards before the engine started to make a horrible sound so we limped to Shobnel Marina to try and source a replacement alternator belt. I have to say that Steve and Mat at Shobnel Marina looked after us very well.
We finally stopped at Branston and had a very nice meal at the Bridge Inn.
Finally you can see the state of Tilly May. She needs some long turn TLC.
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