Indian Summer!

What glorious weather we have been having these past few days although the nights have been a bit on the chilly side so I have had to unearth the duvets from under the bed suppose it wont be too long before the fire is alight on a regular basis. Talking of fires Iain and Alison came by today on Gosty Hill so we purchased 6 bags of Stoveglow in readiness for the fire lighting season. Had a nice chat to them they are a nice couple.
Paul has succeeded in painting the hatch doors and the back doors he just has to touch up the green paint now (using the mixed paint) and that job will be done. He also had a bit of a result yesterday, we have been trying for ages to source another Shoreline solar panel but they have discontinued the one we have so it meant finding another panel of the same size although the style would be different. We found a company in Towpath called Blue Sky Power, Paul gave them a call a week or so ago to discuss what we wanted and the chap he dealt with called Andrew was very helpful. Any way as we knew we would be in the marina next week Paul called and placed an order with Andrew for a 50 watt panel to go with the 80 watt we already have, Paul had hoped that the controller we already have would be man enough to run the two panels but Andrew did a quick calculation and said we would need another controller so the two things were ordered to be delivered to the marina on Tuesday with no postage charge. Paul could not believe how helpful Andrew was and his technical knowledge was first class. Paul had heard that there was a new panel due to come out that was half the size of the current ones but Andrew said these wouldn't be produced for another year or two and would be very expensive so that really made up Paul's mind to get another panel now. So it looks as if a trip to Wickes is in order to get the bits to link the two panels together. Another job to go on the list.
Paul has also changed the tap in the kitchen we found a nice one in the Argos catalogue and bought it while in Daventry. So all the faffing around a week or so ago with old one was really a waste of time. Strange though that since changing the tap and the pipe work the water pump has stopped "hunting" is this coincidence I wonder.
This really is a lovely spot and the dogs have had some good walks, so will prove to be one of many nice spots for the winter.