Last stop now finished in Heyford. Upper Heyford to be exact.
I’ve been here before in this post
Cruised through Lower Heyford.
It has a terrible mobile signal amongst other things, not, to recommend it.
The Pub I went to a few times last time I was here, (Barley Mow), has gone downhill. Stopped serving food. A ‘wet’ pub nowadays.
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I’ve moved from Kidlington. I ended up being resident there for 9 months. 4 months of that was due to a gas leak and Bonnie not passing her Boat Safety Scheme examination.
This caused a couple of problems in that the engineer who I got from Blueglow in Whitney told me there was no leak, as identified by the BSS examiner, and that the boat was fine.
Once I’d got the BSS guy down for a second look, I discovered this was not the case and the boat failed again which left me feeling a bit confused.
One engineer said it was all fine, the other told me that the system was still leaking gas at 1 millibar per 2 minutes.
To add to this, I had to go on holiday in Turkey, which interrupted the repairs which needed to be done within three months of the first examination date.
Eventually, I got the work done. It cost me £300. I had one of these bubble testers put in.
It was fitted by the gas engineer from Blueglow. He needed to replace the old stop valve which was the source of the original leak and I asked that it be replaced by a bubble tester.
They cost about £60. If you live on your boat like I do, they need to be fitted by a gas safe engineer, otherwise, it can be fitted by a ‘competent person’.
Seeing as a lot of the pipework needed replacing anyhow, it was a job for an engineer rather than a competent person.
With a bubble tester fitted, future BSS cost less. This is because it negates the need for the BSS inspector to carry out a physical test on the gas called a ‘tightness test‘. Simply holding down the bubble tester for 2 minutes is adequate.
The second inspector, from High Wycombe, came around looked at the various bits and pieces like fire extinguishers, the cooker, the water heater and ventilation. Had a look in the engine room and passed it. Took about half an hour in total.
