Cotswolds

We enjoyed a few days travelling in the Cotswolds. We based ourselves in Cheltenham and enjoyed the whole area around. Painwick is just wonderful. . The church has 99 Yew trees in the grounds. 

Painswick Church.

Yew Trees.

"The Stocks" below by Stocks Cottage.

The Stocks.

There is a lovely little shop run by an American Lady. Very friendly.

Donkey Door.

 We ambled about checking which houses had "Donkey Doors"

Husky.

There was a couple exercising their husky dogs with wheeled sled. They travel quite fast and can run for miles. The dogs were excited as they came out and enjoyed the run. It was getting dark so the photos of the sled could not be enhanced to show up, but this is one of the dogs. The chap has eight and the lady three. They live for around sixteen years. It is the end of the racing season.

Bridge 23 GULS.

Rabbit thro' galley

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Winding Point

Bridge 28

Scraped

Geese

Rabbit through the galley windows and on the towpath, geese and goslings. Peace and quiet on the Grand Union Leicester Arm. What a super cruising experience in fine weather in April. Lots of other boats too.   

Polished and painted.

What a shame. We have had to return home for a hospital appointment for a short period. At least the boat looks better. We shall contact John the joiner to get some more work done and leave Jubilee to his care. Soon we will be setting off for the summer. The webasto is still playing up and needs attention.

Cruising and painting.

 We ambled along the canal to bridge 23 where we stayed a couple of days. We have been cleaning and polishing Jubilee a little. We scraped the rust, sanded the woodwork. Rust remover and primer applied, followed by top coat. Woodwork was stained and varnished.
Varoius bloggers have passed or been passed. Chas and Ann of Moore2Life , The Herbies, Wanderin Bark Calf Heath. We played with the sat nav and Water Explorer. We cannot work it properly yet. The location is supposed to automatically update but has stayed as the 2009 post location. My current location and journey stays the same too.

CB Boats

Colin fixed the Webasto today. He had to pull the  fuses a few times to get the control unit to light up. He also drained the burner pot and removed some water from the separator on the fuel line. It stopped again a couple of times before it cleared and ran for a couple of hours. Now switched off. We shall try again tomorrow.

Bridge 27 Yelvertoft Fieldside Covert.

A short three hour cruise today. We took the opportunity to wash the boat down and clean her up a little. Looks better, Need Jo to come and repaint her like Hadar!
Moored in a peaceful spot by Bridge 27.