Monday, 23 March 2020

Going South

On Sunday we sat tight at Great Haywood and let the new solar panel earn it's keep.  Arriving back at the boat after a two hour isolated walk the batteries were 100% charged.  We wanted to be able to moor up with no engine running and have solar power replace what we use to run the fridge, tv, shower, loo, water pump and phone/tablet charging in any given day and it does seem that we have got our wishes.

There were significantly less people about on Sunday than on Saturday so it seems the Government pleading for compliance is working and the closure of Shugborough Hall gardens switched off the pull factor.

Today we sauntered off at 7.15 turning on to the Staff's and Worcester canal wending our way south mooring up after four hours.

320 Watt solar panel

Great Haywood junction bridge golden in the morning sunshine


Passing the Anglowelsh hire boats

Tixall lock ready and awaiting Steadfast

No metrication here, miles and furlongs

Journey complete, our overnight mooring




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4 comments:

  1. Adam23 March 2020 at 11:20

    If the panel is working well in March, it’ll be fantastic in the summer! Ours has made a huge difference to us: yesterday we moored at 1pm, and the batteries were still of 100 per cent at 5pm. They really are worth their weight in gold.

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    1. Lesley K24 March 2020 at 12:51

      We are very impressed eith it's performance.

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  2. Andy Tidy23 March 2020 at 13:07

    I love ours - we run the fridge and freezer off them during 4 day festivals and only use the engine for hot water.

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  3. Lesley K24 March 2020 at 12:52

    We wanted not to move every day.

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