Mike had a good sleep after the 3 am break - Christine not so and she spent a bit of time working out a possible Plan B on the basis that Mike would need to go to hospital straight away and that we would not be able to navigate the boat very far on our own.
When he awoke Mike was most surprised to find that his ankle was very much better (but not 'better') The wrist was on the mend but the calf muscle was still being uncomfortable. The main thing was that none of the injuries was actively painful, only was put to work. That was definitely not the case at bedtime yesterday.
Our trip plan does have several spare days in it and we quickly decided that this was one of them! We had a very restful morning and Mike could feel things working on mending themselves. In the circumstances we did not think it worth pushing the Go button on Plan B - yet!
After lunch we set a target of getting at least as far as Kilby Bridge Wharf to do the regular servicing. Going any further, two locks max, would depend on how well that exercise went.
Just after 2.30 we prepared to cast off and we were on our way - at least 0.7 miles. That process went well although we did use both of us to minimise the walking to and fro for Mike. It was by now a very pleasant afternoon - only the very occasional shower AND NO HAIL!.
Twenty minutes later we arrived at the wharf and tied up. On with the hosepipe, where is the elsan facility, Oh, round the back with no direction sign. two cassettes done. In the meantime Christine had put on a load of laundry - which meant that at one stage the level was not increasing at all but eventually the tank was full to overflowing. She also helped to fill up the refuse bins - late afternoon we could watch them being emptied!
Also, by now we had decided to go no further today. Discretion the better option, quit while you are ahead etc etc (choose your own saying/cliche) Not that we could actually stay on the wharf but there is an excellent long visitor mooring directly opposite with bollards. There was a slight delay as Mike stopped to chat to a member of CaRT staff who looks after the section from here down hill and also three reservoirs.
Although it was a bit tiring, Mike was very pleased that he was able to complete at least this target for the day without undue discomfort - only rather slowly.
Understandably there are very few photos today and it was only when we came to preparing this blog that we realised that we had not taken any of the wharf itself. Alas by then the sunshine had disappeared so hopefully we will be ab;e to rectify the omission before we leave tomorrow.
0.7 Miles - 0 Locks
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