Day the Second

The red light has not gone away, and the water leak has become more obvious.

At the exhaust end of the engine the exhaust manifold heat exchanger (Polar 1800) is a rubber end cap with a spigot tube for the connection to the skin tank. This cap has split along a seam in the moulding. A temporary repair with gaffer tape has reduced the flow, and the possibility of getting a replacement will have to wait until the company who bought out Polar a few years ago returns from its Easter break on 12 April.

So we left Stewponey at about 9.00am heading for Kinver, where we wanted to take the opportunity to walk up to the rock houses on Holy Austin Rock, which is in the care of the National Trust. The lower level houses are opened at weekends and Bank Holidays.

We arrived safely at Kinver by 11.00am and did some shopping before climbing up to the Rock.

There are some superb views along Kinver Edge, although the wind was really blowing gustily from time to time as we walked.