Reading, Mapledurham and Goring

Another bright and sunny day, although a little colder than last week. After Sonning we soon passed Kennet Mouth (scene of two night's stay earlier in the trip!) and again passed Mapledurham. We made good progress until lunch time when the boat electrics started to play up again - this time the cabin services supply.



We checked that the nearest boatyard, at Moulsford, could assist but it was still a good distance away, above Goring and Cleeve locks.



We pressed on and reached there by 4:30 They proved very helpful and quickly confirmed that, as we suspected, the immediate problem lay in one of the battery isolations
switches (this was also highlighted by the engineer yesterday).

Although they were able to re-establish power, we also bought a possible replacement switch if we encountered further trouble. It was now quite late in the day so we moored by a field on the opposite bank. (Half in mind was the that we might need to return to the boatyard in
the morning!)

In fact, we did have further problems but by then it was dark and we left any switch replacement until the morning. In addition, the charging was suspicious! Ah! The joys of owning your own boat!