The weather has continued over the last couple of days as it seems to be intent to go on for the foreseeable future. We had heavy snow the night before last and there’s about six inches now lying where it’s undisturbed. I nipped out immediately after breakfast and took some pictures:
In the middle of the morning we walked over to the yard to see if we could beg a shower apiece, but Peter Mason hadn’t made it in and the bungalow was all closed up. A handful of the men had arrived so some work was going on.
During the morning I had an email from Austin Siviter with a scan of the manual for his Webasto timer attached. This was very helpful, and I forwarded it on to Susan Mason. To my surprise the email bounced with an error message, as did a copy sent to Peter.
I gave Peter a ring on his mobile to let him know that this was happening, and he called back just after lunch to say that they had been having the problem which I described in my last post here. He had made it in to the yard, and was happy for us to come and use the ablutions.
When we got there he was investigating the problem with their web host and I was able to give him some advice and support as he did so. In the event, he’s been able to get everything back up and running today and emails are once more getting through.
The moral is to use large and well found operations for web hosting if your business depends on it. Third party resellers may appear to offer simple and attractive deals but you are always vulnerable to them just disappearing overnight and leaving your customers wondering why you are not replying to their emails.
We had planned to go shopping today, but it is still very treacherous underfoot, so we have spent the day in and around the moorings instead. It has meant baking bread from one of the kits we have in store, but then that is why we keep them.
By the end of the week we will need to do something about fresh bread, fruit and veg, but for the moment we are just going to sit tight.
Using the two 8 litre water carriers to top up the tank every day means that we are almost keeping pace with our usage, so apart from the fresh food problem we can last out for several weeks like this; it looks as if we may have to.
I gather this is now being described as the coldest winter for thirty years, but I haven’t seen that on any official website yet.
2 comments:
Hello Bruce -
First a very Happy New Year to you and Sheila and we hope you both keep warm, well fed and watered. In water saving mode Red Wine is a good substitute to slake the thirst. It all looks a tad challenging but I guess that’s what continuous cruising is all about. Not of course that you’re doing much at the moment!
Obviously it’s all a bit frustrating with Braidbar 121 at present. Was due to come up tomorrow for first view at LVW and another session with Peter. However….we’ll see how things develop, but not too soon I suspect. I guess the ice up there needs several days above zero to melt substantially. On your comment on coldest winters, I remember 1962/63 which was I saw referenced yesterday. Apparently the temperature fell below zero on Boxing Day and remained below until March 16! Folk memory I think has it that that was the final death of freight on the canals as it all moved onto the new motorways.
Hope to see you at LVW before too long…
Best regards,
Dave Ballinger
It must be so frustrating for you! We are up to around six inches of ice now, I reckon; striking it with the wrecking bar just chips a little bit off, just as if it were concrete.
At least it means that Sanity Again will be coming on faster, so when we do get your shell here, they'll all pile into it to catch up.
I'm hoping it's not going to be like '62/'63; that would be very tedious.
All the best
Bruce
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