Pizzled Down

It really heaved it down. All day. So I took the opportunity to light up a small fire, and dry the boat out. Sumo hogged it all evening. It got unbearably hot, and we had to have all the windows and doors open. Next morning, there was an inch of rainwater in the bilge. As we still have the luxury of shorepower, I managed to suck it all out with Steve's bilge hoover. Advice from online narrow boaters is.. "live with it".