Living on a Narrowboat
Not a big move, but a move. Perhaps a mile or so.
Weedon has some CRT facilities!
Bins….
Wehey!
Here’s some pictures of my current moorings.
It’s not as low profile as Nether, as you can see, there are plenty of boats and boaters around.
It’s not far from both the village of Weedon, which is on the A5, or the Tesco Express which is walking distance.
Mobile signal is good. Continue reading “Nether Hayford -> Weedon Bec”
Just taking the old one out and putting the new one in.
Couldn’t be more straightforward really.
Old one looked plenty dirty. I think the water pump leaked when that broke, meaning the engine compartment was very humid. This is reflected by the black gunk coating the mounting, blades and inner workings of the old alternator.
Plenty dirty, and a bit smelly.
I’m sure the pump leaked a fair bit of water onto the belt as well, this has sprayed off in streaks around the various fitting and furniture of the engine compartment.
TBH, it was only a matter of time before it stopped working.
Started it up this morning. It appears to have made no difference whatsoever to the charging.
25th Sept – As an update – Did a 2 hour cruise, with reasonable engine speeds and it seems to have had a longer lasting charging effect on the batteries.
The voltmeter was showing this for around 3 hours. A two hour or so improvement on before the new alternator was fitted.
It indicates the battery bank is at between 12.5-13V.
It’s taken since December 2014. Today I finally got my first Patreon pledge!
$5.
Maybe it will take another 3 years to get another…
Who knows.
Here is my bio taken from the Patreon site:-
A patreon site to support my site which has been running for over 14 years as a personal and travel blog.
Recently, it’s images and stories have been removed from the Google index in the name of ‘hate speech’.
My site has never printed or published hate speech. Much of the content removed was unique pictures and articles picked up on my travels. Mostly how-to, and other articles, pictures and tips to help other travellers.
Also, it has printed articles underlining the lying hypocrisy of the mainstreammedia and the NWO/establishment in trying to paint that the garden is rosy, whilst sweeping the facts under the carpet.
This site stood against that. Now Google stands against it.
Patreon is a site that simply allows you to pledge money to people for ongoing projects in return for gifts and rewards.
The most basic gift at the moment, is a link, but obviously, I can write articles and stuff in the future if people keep pledging.
Every little helps now Google is trying to stamp me out!
My Wileyfox, that all UK mobile-phone brand, had a problem with the tethering – my access to the outside world, which ceased working last week.
I sent it back, and am writing this using my old Samsung Galaxy Prime.
It can’t take pictures, it can’t do video’s. For this reason, I’ve not been bothered to do the blog for a good few days now.
Currently located here, in Nether Hayford. Perhaps a five/ten minute walk from the village centre.
Before, I stayed down near the bridge.
The train noises really f*ck me off.
I stayed in the knowledge this was the case.
Luckily with a boat, you can move house any time you want.
I can’t hear the trains at all now.
I like it here. That’s nice.
I lol’d.
