7th July 2017
Back on board for another Thames trip. Baking hot day. Loaded boat with all the stuff we need for a long cruise. Pete booked Ani in for bottom blacking in October. Had a little concern over our 17 year old fridge which seemed to be struggling to get to temperature.. we have new domestic batteries so were worried they weren't man enough to keep the fridge going when the engine wasn't running. However all looks good this morning as we still have cold milk etc. So panic over for now.
When Pete checked date of our last change of batteries thinking it to be only a couple of years ago, to his astonishment he discovered it was 2012. Same with the bottom blacking which should be done every 3 - 4 years but was last done in 2012! Time flies and it proves to us that it is so important to log these things.
Saturday 8th, baking hot again! Off down towards Oxford.
We moored at Cropredy in a row of boats (popular mooring and village) and had dinner at The Brasenose. A rowdy gang of young cyclists were in the garden with us - their 20 mile bike ride seemed to have taken in quite a few pubs on route. How they got back on their bikes I will never know.
No TV signal here, so a cooling off on the towpath after this hot day then an early night. Our neighbours were still on the bank, playing scrabble after having a barbecue when we locked up, a good alternative to watching TV.
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