Still waiting to be fixed - over six weeks now

I find it hard to believe what has been happening since my breakdown. Engine has been in pieces since 4th July. I was referred to a boatyard and finally got a job logged with them through Canal Contracting on 20th July. However, the engineer who was supposed to look at the engine kept putting off my job. Don't forget I was moored on a public 24hour mooring which I felt bad about BUT also I had no access to any facilities and no power (as no method of charging batteries. In the end I trawled around other boatyards and found a couple who thought they could help. I went with the second one because he said he could tow me that evening (27th July)to a safer place. This being FOUR weeks since the breakdown and following many excuses from those involved, at last I was on a wharf with some facilities. I could once again charge my phone and get water and there was a shower. Another week passed and they were able to get the cylinder head off. Time continued to pass with not much happening so I put a message on social media asking if there was a BMC engineer around who could help. I spoke to several people who all suggested that the head be pressure tested and possibly skimmed so I took it off to a specialist company on Thursday to get that job done. It should be back on Monday. In the meantime my engineering pals told me that they were struggling to source the head studs and thermostat studs so off I drove to Calcutt Boats (96 miles away) to fetch those parts. Hopefully, on Monday we will have all the parts needed and someone will put it all together for me. Fingers crossed then that she will start and run smoothly. I feel as if I have been totally abandoned by those who are supposed to get me moving or get me to a boatyard who can help.

In the meantime, there are several of my boaty friends on the Thames so I have had a couple of cruises with them as well as some meals out and visits to Dorney Court, Stanley Spencer gallery at Cookham, a screening of the BFG (child not necessary) and Woking Canal festival.