I put the new leisure battery in the boat this morning. As the battery was a low height one 175mm - I made a wooden stand for it and now the heights are equal - around 235mm - this makes the wooden battery box cover sit well on top. I connected them in parallel i.e. + to + and - to -, taking the positive and negative feeds of each battery respectively. I ran the engine for half an hour to get a bit of charge in. I need to take the boat for a decent run - say Swarkeston to get a full charge in.
I had a walk down to Bridge 20 to see if any more progress had been made after the showbiz press launch the other day. A rubber cover has been fitted to the bridge floor - I presume that the floor will braced and concreted and be completed before the walls are rebuilt. Not sure if the Burton side wall will be rebuilt or just pointed, but, if left, it will look odd due to the various patching in different coloured bricks that has been done over the years. I seriously don't think the work will be done before late April at the earliest, which will be frustrating for the Stenson boaters. I spoke to a couple who have just had their boat painted at Stenson and they are unable to get back to their marina at Barton turns until the bridge re-opens - this could be a couple of months yet!
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