Tuesday 18th August 2020
Planned Blood bike duties performed, we arrived in Berkhamsted from home and moved back on board at about 4pm. Brenda to do housekeeping while Graham went off back home in the car to leave it there. After-all we will be nearer home at the end of our planned trip than we are now.
On the return run from Thame aboard the Di Blasi, a combination of a very hot day and lots of Buckinghamshire hills caused the clutch to overheat and seize up. Graham managed to free it and make it all the way back to Jannock OK.
Meanwhile, catering department set off to the chippie at Berko station. Bemasked, the customers queued patiently outside. “ one haddock, one rock and medium chips please” – it’s so rare to find rock salmon on offer she had to order it for very old-times sake, uni days in Brighton. She offered her contactless card to be told “ we only take cash” of which she had insufficient. She plodded back to Jannock ‘fish & chipless’
Cap’n Jannock hold the boats treasure chest and so, on his return from the car shuffle, he walked up to the chippie and fetched dinner while the table was laid.
Then he noticed how little juice was left in the batteries so at 8pm we set off south down the Grand Union and continued on to below Bottom Side Lock. It was dark when we moored for the night. All in all not the most positive start to our holiday.
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