Even when we were waiting for Glen to deliver the boat to Gayton, we discussed the need for the boat to be repainted. There were some very rusty looking bits between the waterline and gunwales and the front and side panels have been painted a pale but dirty looking yellow to cover up the Canaltime […]
Midnight Star’s batteries were shot, to be honest. Despite six hours cruising days on the way from Gayton to Aylesbury, the inverter and fridge kept giving up the ghost if we stayed up too late. There was a new starter battery with it’s own 35 amp alternator, and 4 110aH leisure batteies which were by
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Midnight Star’s BSS certificate was valid until January 2022, and there was one item that worried me – the state of the Gas Locker. Glen had be honest about it’s condition, saying it would probably need a bit of work, and I’d also been advised that our particular design of boat was prone to trapping
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We had a couple of trips to the boat in the weeks after it arrived – to take our daughter and partner to have a look and a pootle to the nearest winding hole and back, and to do some preparation for out first trip and to start on the Odd Jobs list. Saturday 7th
At 11am on Saturday 17th July 2021 we pulled into the moorer’s car park at Gayton Marina to be greeted by Glenn’s wife Laura. They had filled their large car to the brim with the stuff they needed to take home, but by no means were they stripping to boat of anything needed to stay
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On Tuesday 22nd June I was travelling up to Leeds for work, and Midnight Star II was moored on the River Witham, so we both travelled up, with Fiona planning to return by train. The owner of the boat, Glenn was very welcoming, and very happy with his boat, only selling it reluctantly because he
In 2003 we sold our Narrowboat Pollyanna, the story of which is told HERE. It’s now 2021 and in May we enjoyed a successful holiday on the Leeds and Liverpool summit aboard a Shire Cruisers 45 foot boat called Cambridge, details of which are HERE. The main lesson we learnt was that for two people,
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