We had a really nice evening last night. We’d walked up to our friends, Sheila and Bill, for a chat and ended up staying for a Chinese takeaway with them. Of the many things we talked about, one was the problem with our hob, and Billy suggested a gas engineer in Nantwich to give us a second opinion. We contacted him first thing this morning and he said he’d be free to come and have a look when we got to Nantwich. We set off about 9, and did the couple of familiar miles down to the water point. The fuel boat, Mountbatten, was just about to leave when we got there, so we were soon filling our tank. Setting off again, we passed the fuel boat serving a customer, and scouted out the mooring situation. There was nothing right by the aqueduct but plenty further round, so we decided to go and turn around at the winding hole and come back. As we returned, we passed Mountbatten again.
We tied up on the embankment and I sent Mike the gas man our location. He arrived about an hour later, first checking that our regulator was working properly, and that our pressure was correct. Then he took all four jets out of the hob burners and gave them a thorough clean. Lo and behold, every one now works properly again — in fact it’s probably the best it’s ever been. So if you’re in the Nantwich area and need any gas work done, or a BSS carried out, we can recommend Mike Bickley of MTB Boat Safety Solutions. I then cancelled the new hob that had been ordered.
This afternoon, we waited for a sharp shower to pass over, then walked into Nantwich where there’s the annual food festival on. It was much bigger than we expected, in three different parts of town. We could have spent a fortune — but didn’t.
As well as stalls on some of the streets, there are two big marquees, there’s live music, and another tent for cookery demonstrations. It goes on all weekend.
3 miles, 0 locks. (104 miles, 23 locks)
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