Date - 1 March 07 Day - Thursday Start - Cropredy 1200 End - bottom of Claydon Flight 1330
Just a short day today. First I winded as we had winded last night to moor so that the gales hammered the front doors and not the back where we sleep. I just got round and started under the bridge when bang, something heavy round the prop. This turned out to be a PVC coal sack, it was round the nut, through the blade and round the shaft, once I worked out where it was and cut it through with a Stanley knife on the nut it came away in one piece. Diana said she had seen a bag blow off one of the liveaboards on the off side and sink, so thank you fellow boater. We carried on north through some quite strong squalls and finally winded again just below the Claydon flight where we have stayed for the rest of the day. As we left a couple of locks the alternator belt protested a couple of times so I got the tools out and tightened it slightly this afternoon after we took Magic for a walk and play with a "frisby" I found in the cut. -- Brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Visit this site and help save our waterways http://www.savethewaterways.org.uk/
