Going posh with a bottle of Becks

Today the task was to get more fuel, so we set out and it wasn't long before we came across a fallen tree after those winds we had. There are no photos due to the fact that this will be our secret stash. We got out the chainsaw and chopped the wood, so it fitted in the cratch for drying. The art is to take it off the roof, put it in the cratch and then sit it along side the fire, so by the time it goes on the fire...it's dry! Well it works fine for us!!!!!!

We then run the engine for a couple of hours today to top the batteries right up and Al did some hoovering and ironing (so we look posh tonight) while the generator was running, which all seemed to work well.

Del kept right out of it and went up to get more water (another 25 liters) which would allow us both to have showers without worrying, as we were going out to a Birthday party tonight.

The ice and snow here seemed to be melting today, but we think it was the snow melting on top of the ice. When that freezes it will make it even thicker. Oh well we're quite content, but sorry British Waterways it seems we will have to out stay our 14 day mooring, but well done Derwent6 for couping with it all.

A good tip is when it snows build a snowman, because that snow was the last to melt and we have been using it to flush the toilet, saving water.

In the evening we were picked up and taken to some friends Ann & Marcus. They both run a brass band called " Brass, Wind and Fire"and Ann had her Birthday meal at a local pub and another band had played for her. Marcus used to play the trombone with the Blues Brothers and is really good.....(Check out our link to his website) We all had a fantastic time, thanks Ann!!!!