BOATDATE: 05082019
CANAL: Birmingham and Fazeley
HEADING: To Fazeley Junction
WEATHER: Hot and Sticky
GAS STATUS: One empty, one full
We continued on through the rest of the Curdworth locks in somewhat steamy heat. Only one paddle working on the upside gate so slow going. Stopped for a rest and some lunch overlooking Kingsbury Water Park. A line of 15 Canada geese crossed from the edge of the lake to the island in the middle in a perfectly straight line and an exactly spaced distance apart: almost like they had been trained at Sandhurst. They climbed up onto the island and sat sunbathing. It was tempting to rip all my clothes off and swim over to the island to join them. I opted for the hot shower instead, what a whimp!
Refreshed we sailed on to Fazeley Junction and stopped ostensibly to pick up a new gas bottle and ended up there for an hour or two with Mark, a marine engineer and a total gent. We went through the problem with our stern gland leak and as it turned out it was because the flange that seats up to the stern gland packing wasn't seated properly and this was because the engine alignment was out. Mark adjusted the alignment and also rotated the flange 180 degrees to get it to fit correctly. We also changed the engine oil and the gearbox oil because we were not sure when this had last been done. No harm anyway. and to my ears the engine sounds better. Also we might have less soggy bilges tomorrow. That would be nice.
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