The man on the bike comes for tea
Moored Widmead Lock, Kennet & Avon Canal
Well thanks to those with advice on the radio which I reported playing up in yesterday’s blog. I did as you said and cleaned the contacts on the off/on button, and hey presto it worked! It didn’t switch itself back on again. But now it is swapping programs without being told! 
One minute we had the football on, then it swapped to Classical radio, then Radio 1.. After that Newbury News, Radio Berkshire. And more! Gawd! Time spent on each was about 3 minutes. Actually we quite enjoyed it and all we kept doing was giggling!
I don’t know what is going on, it seems to me that it will probably cost me more to get it fixed than to purchase a new one. There are some really nice ones around like the Sony from Halfords going for a good price too. I can also use my ipod on that, and it has a CD player as well. Yes I still have a few of those, but most are now on my ipod.
You got the Wassat? last night, here you go..
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Yes, its a pigeon box. which is used to vent the engine room normally. Well done to Mike and Keith, the only two to guess correctly, so 3 and 2 points to them.
A visitor today, Paul Balmer on his way along the Kennet & Avon doing his mapping notes. I am very impressed indeed with what he is doing, it is going to be so easy to update the maps, and I know that I can just send him any changes to the maps and I will get an update almost straight away.
We chatted for a couple of hours non stop! Sorry Paul, hope I didn’t drown you in words!
It was good to see Paul, not seen him for about 18 months. In fact I was so enjoying that I forgot to take a pic.. well almost..
There he goes on his trusty bike. He started in Reading this morning and is going on to Newbury mapping and measuring lock depths etc before catching the train home.
That’s it for tonight, wanna watch the rest of the footie, it’s good! Will put on another Wassat? tomorrow. 
Sue
Updated 24th April 2012
January 21st, 2012 at 11:26 pm
Well you got me on that Wassat… I didn’t know that NP had a pigeon box, guess I’ll have to look harder at your photos
January 21st, 2012 at 11:37 pm
Sprocky,
NP doesn’t have a pigeon box! You are right, wrong colour paint for THIS boat!
January 22nd, 2012 at 8:13 am
At last!! I got your wassat tonight, its a bloke on a bike!!
January 22nd, 2012 at 9:33 am
Re the Radio.
” … it is swapping programs without being told!
One minute we had the football on, then it swapped to Classical radio, then Radio 1.. After that Newbury News, Radio Berkshire. And more! Gawd! Time spent on each was about 3 minutes.”
I think I’ve read that you have a car radio, although I can’t find that comment just now.
Sampling of the stations is a facility designed into some car radios. I believe it is supposed to be a way easily choosing which stations you want to set the presets to, especially if you have moved a long way from your home area and don’t know the local stations. If you like a station you set the next preset while the station is playing – the standard mode of operation to allocate presets.
So, in your fiddling with the controls, multiple switch on / switch off, etc, I guess you have put it into sampling mode.
January 22nd, 2012 at 12:03 pm
Hi Sue, if I were you I’d just leave the radio as it is – it sounds a scream and it’s keeping you laughing – what more do you want?
January 22nd, 2012 at 2:05 pm
Paul puts a lot of work into his DVDs
Brian
January 22nd, 2012 at 9:11 pm
Cheeper here. http://www.argos.co.uk/static/Product/partNumber/9049433/Trail/searchtext%3ESONY+CAR+RADIO.htm
I have a Sony in the motor home with Bluetooth conection to the iPod. It was £130. But I have seen it around now for about half that. Very impressed with it I am even at £130.00
A quick search and Amazon have cheeper I could find http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-MEX-BT2900-Bluetooth-Stereo-Front/dp/B004I1JMTW
Kev.
January 22nd, 2012 at 11:47 pm
Mark & Angie,
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David,
I think you have hit the nail on the head! Vic did press the preset button on Radio 2 and there it has set since! I didn’t know that there was a sampling mode. I’ll do a station search tomorrow and see if I can set some of the other stations. Thanks for the comment, very helpful.
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Carol,
Yes I am very tempted to keep it as it was! It was very entertaining keep swip swapping, and yes we are still smiling here!
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Brian,
He sure does, he is looking very fit too!
January 22nd, 2012 at 11:51 pm
Kevin,
Sorry, your comment got stuck in pending probably because of the two links.. But it is there now. Yes that is a good find, although having another look around I found it on Pixmania for £34.99, but a delivery charge of £7.50 takes it close to the Argos price, and I can get some cash back from them from Quidco too.
Might wait and see if the radio we have settles down and starts to behave. Thanks for the links