Stormy weather

Saturday morning was spent changing the antifreeze in the central heating - ten or eleven litres or so, more than we thought - and rewiring the battery bank.  We had thoughts of a little trip out to Napton for the night, but the progressively more torrential showers put us off a bit so we just stayed in the marina.  Saturday night there were huge storms and a lightning strike somewhere in the marina.  There were some dead fish in the water, and lots of power supplies tripped on the jetties, but apparently no damage.

That was until we came to pay for a refill of diesel, when the computer in the office wouldn't work.  I was attached to this phone socket which looked as though it had taken a hit - the line comes into the office from a nearby telegraph pole.  So unfortunately we couldn't pay for the diesel right away as they can't take credit card payments without a phone line for verification.  This was at least a different problem than the one we thought we had when the engine stuttered and died after the short run from our mooring to the diesel pump.  It wouldn't restart, which was a disappointment to say the least after last week's work.  After a few moments of despair I remembered that I isolated the supply when we left the boat last week in case there were any leaks that I hadn't spotted.  Funny how engines work better with a fuel supply.