Ellesmere.

A bit more of the same today.

Blackwater Meadow Marina, with nobody going anyhere very quickly.

This morning started off badly with us having no water whatsoever at any of the taps aboard. This turned out to be the domestic water pump freezing solid, bearing in mind it is not all that far from the stove and has never frozen before... that must have been cold last night very very cold.

D has just called me to the window to look at a duck that had got itself stuck to the ice, they tend to lay on their front and this ones feathers stuck fast. Lots of struggling later and there is now a lump of down where the bird was. 

We walked into Ellesmere via the road today as the towpath along the arm was all but impassable, just a solid sheet of ice in places.

Still, It gave me the chance for a few more pictures.

Thanks for the recent comments by the way, it is always nice to know people are looking at the Blog.

The water situation has been eased at the moment as BW have revealed that they have a working tap behind a door set into their building that is accessible to all.

News like that spreads very quickly indeed and there seems to have been an almost constant stream of boaters with water cans on trolleys finding their way to it.

The sun was out this afternoon and the temperature actually got above freezing, ( I nearly got my shorts out ) the frost was falling from the trees like snow as there was so much of it on the branches.

Thanks again.

Until next time.......................

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