The wind's gone round to the North, the sky has clouded over, it's as if that faint promise of Spring never happened. Heigh ho, we didn't have any plans for today, so were able to loaf in bed for a while, then get up and amble gently about, restricting our morning trips to visiting the facilities block and going to the shop.
On my way back from this last, I met Stephen Piggot taking an empty gas cylinder for a walk (they don't have a dog) and whilst chatting to him who should come by but Trev and Rachael from Takt Up, which is now moored on Quail, somewhere near where Dolce was last year. They were accompanied by their third son (sorry, I didn't catch your name, doh!). We all managed to have a brief chat before the icy blast got too much and walking on was necessary.
Things were just a bit better after lunch; Sheila and I took a constitutional round the marina, calling in at Midland Chandlers as we went. I'd not managed to get the gas leak detector spray from ScrewFix the other day, so was pleased to find that MC had an even better product, though just a bit more expensive.
In any event, the smell of gas has completely dispersed from the gas locker, a very good sign. I've not turned on the new cylinder yet; when it's a bit warmer, I'll do that and check the connector with the spray. It seems most likely that we'd had a duff valve on the old cylinder, but you can't be too careful. Since 13kg of propane now costs around £25, losing half of it to a megaslow leak, even if it safely dispersed itself, is highly undesirable.
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