And now they're fitted.

Finished at last.

And loaded.

I didn't like the stainless steel socket counter sink head screws that were there before so I made some new ones from brass hexagon head screws.

They look much better.

Just waiting for the new gangplank to arrive, should be here a week on Friday.

We had a really good journey up the M5/6, no stoppages, just the occasional road works and although it took the usual three hours it seemed a lot quicker. Probably because we have a new car. I was saddened to see the Vauxhall Omega go, we'd had it for nineteen years, decided it was time for a change, and now we have a Mercedes C220d. It is very quick, I'll say no more...

Well, we're out of the marina, and heading up toward the Peak Forest Canal, at least that's the plan. Currently we're on the Trent and Mersey, we've not been over to this part of the world for about ten years, unbelievable how it's changed, new houses everywhere, and they're all the same.

More soon.