{"id":2811,"date":"2019-06-18T21:24:34","date_gmt":"2019-06-18T20:24:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=2811"},"modified":"2019-06-19T20:24:27","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T19:24:27","slug":"day-38-in-the-land-of-the-yoghurt-pot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toby200.net\/oliver\/?p=2811","title":{"rendered":"Day 38 – In The Land Of The Yoghurt Pot"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This morning Toby decided to start the 750 hour engine service.  The oil filter was changed in a jiffy and all went well until the diesel fuel filter refused to budge.  It was extremely stubborn resisting everything, including Peter\u2019s previously irresistible device fabricated in the refinery workshops.  Leaving this for a future day Toby changed the air filter and then the engine oil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We eventually set off at 11:15.  We called in Moon Bridge Marina by Bridge 36 in the hope of buying a \u201cgripper\u201d for the filter but the chandlery was set up to support the armada of yoghurt pots moored there.  The \u201cstore\u201d was non existent and they said they had very little passing traffic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In fact our impression was that this is the land of the yoghurt pot.  Most of them were moored in marinas or along the banks but the majority of boats actually moving were narrow boats – strange.
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We stopped briefly at Bilsborrow, contemplated our plans for the rest of the day and opted to carry on to Garstang.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We also had a brief stop just after Bridge 49 for the Spar Shop attached to a Shell Petrol station.  This turned out to have a rather poor supply of fresh fruit and vegetables.  We were however able to replenish our supply of milk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The canal was very varied today.\u00a0 The first section was what we might have expected on any canal but after a while it became quite a bit wider than we had anticipated.\u00a0 There were stretches where the edges were quite overgrown with reeds, yellow iris and large clumps of cow parsley.\u00a0 There were however many opportunities for mooring.<\/p>\n\n\n\n