Still Frozen In

Despite a few days of above freezing temperatures Naughty-Cal is still well and truely iced in. Slowly but surely the ice around her is giving up its grip and she is now gently moving around in her own private pool of water.

We have had a lucky escape this week. Our heater in the engine bay has been turned off all week due to a faulty thermostatic switch which has led to no heat in the engine bay. Luckily all that has suffered is the domestic water pump. The engine and raw water cooling system have thankfully survived with no obvious ill effects. Needless to say the heater is now plugged in permenantly to reduce the risk of any further problems.

The Fossdyke is still frozen over with no sign of an immenant thaw, as you can see from the pictures below:

The ice in the marina is now thick enough to walk over, although this is not adviced people were gingerly testing the thickness. We decided against it, you never can tell. The far reaches of the lakes have ice in the region of 4 or 5 inches thick and with the weather forecast to take a turn for the colder again later in the week, there is no chance of a total thaw just yet.