Stone

An early start saw us packing and heading to Stone with an aim of being on the water by 10am. Despite meticulous packing, we forgot an alarming amount of stuff which we had to buy in Stone Morrison's.

At the marina, we got on the water with a surprising lack of faff... which wasn't to last. Less than an hour outside of Stone, Ben complained at the lack of responsiveness from the engine. Despite clearing the prop of a wealth of tangled weeds and cabling the engine still wouldnt rev. A call to the rental company quickly diagnosed a snapped throttle cable so we moored up and waited for them to fix it. They were mercifully swift to allow us to make progress towards Great Haywood.Read more