Brimslade -> Wolf Hall

From the middle of no-where… further toward…. no-where.

The sounds of the trains have died away… there are no more owls….. replaced by cows.

Not flying that is…

So quite….

Things are very quite here, the broadband is quite good.

I’m on the allinone25 package from 3.

This gives me unlimited data on my phone for the month.

I’m connecting with that at the moment and it’s giving me this speed.

Speed in Wolfhall

More or less 1MB per second.

I’ve just been watching Martin Lewis money saving expert on it.

Nice home

I’m finding it a lot more comfortable.

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My first Zander

Was fishing yesterday in the deep basin behind my boat.

It’s quite a wide expanse of water, with a couple of piers for boats, then leading down to the lock.

After throwing a bit of groundbait out, I sat down, turned on the radio and cracked open my beer.

After a couple of minutes, the old float started bobbing around.

Fishing on bread.

Pulled this out.

It’s a perch-pike or Zander.

Baby zander

Tiny little chunk.

It’s like a Goby.

Tiny….

You can see it here on my coaster.

Put him back and he swam off.

Maybe one day he will grow up big and strong.

Wotton Rivers -> Brimslade

Tiny place, based around Brimslade farm.

Mostly in the woods in the middle of no-where.

Apart from the trains that come past and toot their horns, it’s all pretty quite.

Brimslade doesn’t even have it’s own road. That’s how rural it is.

Broadband signal is good.

Brimslade

  • Parking
  • Broadband

That’s about it.

Brimslade
Brimslade

There’s some private moorings on the left here as you can see. With some Dutch barges moored up.

It’s not far here to the next stop. Burbage.

Technically the next neighbourhood.

Communications here are quite good. Burbage is on a main road, which has cut journey times to work down significantly.

The only other thing to recommend it are the amount of pheasants wondering around on the roads, which make good roadkill.

ABS Review – Leisure batteries for a narrowboat

The story….

(**16/01/2025 Lasted 01/03/2017 – 16/01/2025 until this date. 8 Years)

(** 14/10/2022 I’ve now had the replacements provided for nearly 6 years**)

Purchased these batteries on the 1st May, 2016, most specifically because of their ‘3 year warranty’, (which has now risen to 4!).

Great deal for £70 each, you would think.

Here’s the bumf I read before buying the batteries for my narrowboat.

abs LP110 Leisure battery review
abs LP110 Leisure battery

A 4 year warranty!

abs LP110 Leisure battery usage

No ‘huge demand’ appliances, such as heater or large wattage equipment.

My 35w fridge and a few 20w lights and the occasional 32w TV would be fine, you’d think…..

It’s not the case.

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