Boat cleaning again

After Paul had applied a second pre-coat to his repair work on the yellow paint we set off towards the marina. The morning started fine and sunny but as we cruised towards Rugely it deteriorated. The fluffy clouds blocking the sun built and mingled with the white water vapour rising from the cooling towers at Rugely’s power station. Paul hurried to paint the yellow before the weather worsened as it looked as if rain was on the way. Job done he came inside for lunch.
The rain did not materialise so we cruised back to Handacre less than an hour from base. I noticed a disturbing trend here amongst the invisible dog owners. Who else could have carefully put their dog waste in a bag then twirled it through the air so that the bags caught on branches of overhanging trees or flew over the fence into the land next to the towpath. What a filthy habit, hardly friendly to the environment. Perhaps it is the act of one local dog owner, but over weeks the bags add up.
Once safely moored at Handacre Paul drank a cup of tea to fortify him for the task ahead. Here the towpath was on the other side so he dug out his shampoo and washed the other side of the boat, so that it is clean from front to back.