Our plan to replace the dead engine starter battery with one of the domestic batteries was thwarted by our inability to extract one of the heavy domestic batteries from where they are installed close together in a restricted space. So for the second time time since we started boating 13 years ago we called out RCR, the AA/RAC of the waterways.
The engineer duly arrived 2 hours later and restarted the engine using a portable battery pack. He confirmed that our electrics were safe for us to continue our journey to Buckden marina provided we did not turn off the engine. Once there were bought a new battery and installed it. Everything worked!
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| On the Great Ouse near Paxton |
Leaving Buckden at 15:10 we cruised onwards another 2 miles and 1 lock through pretty but isolated countryside to arrive at Paxton Lakes Nature Reserve where there is a mooring only a little longer than Densie. Fortunately it was unoccupied so we will stay here the night and perhaps look around the reserve in the morning.
4.83 miles 2 locks 2hours 40 mins cruising.
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