Captain Fizz

That's all good news and the correct time of year for a resurrection! Enjoy your journey, I assume you are travelling up the Oxford canal to Coventry which is a great trip, plenty of interesting places and pubs to visit.

If you are going onto the tidal Thames, put it on the beach at high water.

But that is just typical of their attitude, rip off the canal boating community to the tune of £180000 and then act as if nothing has happened.

I have made an expansion tank for the cooling water on my Thorneycroft engine. The engine employs the usual skin tank with a header tank forming part of the exhaust manifold. The only available expansion on the system is via the radiator cap on the header tank. This vents to the bilge and therefore any coolant expansion is lost. I shall install the expansion tank above the engine and connect to the overflow pipe on the header tank. Fit the pressure cap to the expansion tank and a blanking cap to the header tank. This should ensure that the header tank remains completely filled with coolant and the bilge remains dry. Pictures available in the gallery.

Sumps are ok, you just need to do a bit of maintenance and cleaning occasionally.

Not a totally wasted effort then.

Ah! Mainlining Meths, now that is hardcore!

Is it illegal to eat carp and perch then?

Well done Richard,good to hear it was nothing major.it is a nice engine. Now, stop mucking about Martin and get on with it!

Watching and awaiting developments. Boating aboard Albion is never boring!

An adaptor to hold the rotary washing line to the cycle rack on Bettie's Blessing. Machining the components for an expansion tank for my engine.

It must be the less than great weather, everyone is grumpy. Where is Bettie Boo with her fine selection of restorative cakes!!

Le Crueset for us too, good flat bottom works well on the boat stove.

Seat upholstery completed, pic in gallery.

Painted the hatch seat frame, will upholster the seat pad tomorrow. Turned a new brass knob for the MkII stove closure.

Cynic!