A very mild and sunny day cutting back saplings and trees overhanging my boat dock and roadway and then discovering the filters on my 2HP motor were blocked and needed professional attention. I made my first link call on the VHF today and spoke to Daniel at home.
I took the bow saw and pruning saw out of the car today and made a start on cutting back the saplings overhanging my boat dock and then the tree branches over the roadway. Jack came by again and offered to bring his chain saw down the following day so that we could cut away the willow trees from the garden. It was a very mild and sunny day today and an ideal day by the Broads and I was surprised that more of my new neighbours had not come down.
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I also took the covers off of the 2 HP Mariner outboard and found that the integral fuel tank was full of muck and fluff, from being topped up without a filtered fuel funnel. The engine was acting as if starved of fuel and this is obviously the reason why. It was a much bigger job than I could do then and so I left it. I made my first link call on the VHF today and spoke to Daniel at home.