replacing the pedal assist sensor on a Swytch bike

I put a Swytch electric conversion kit on my bike last summer. It's very useful, though the claimed range is substantially greater than the 22 miles I actually managed on test (a ride from Bradnford on Avon to Bath and back). I was worried that two things would prove problematic for an electric bike on the towpath; mud everywhere, and getting adequate power from my solar panels to keep the battery charged.

Apart from a few gloomy weeks in the depths of winter, I've managed quite well at keeping the battery charged. And the electrics have proved robust in a hostile environment.

All except for the pedal notion sensor. This has clogged up several times, stopping it from working; which meant I've had to strip it down and clean it. 

Swytch do have a few different sensors, but they're all out of stock at the moment, so I decided to put an unbranded sensor on in place of the faulty one. This one came from Amazon and cost me £20. 

Its plug is compatible with the original connector, and now the motor's working as it should!

St Brigid's Eve; celandines and mistle thrushes

Happy St Brigid's Day! Here she is with some oystercatchers, known in Gaelic and Irish as 'Brigid's servants' - Gille-Brìde, or Giolla Brighde, depending on which side of the water you're on. They saved her life once, by concealing her in seaweed when she was being pursued by blokes with evil intent. We don't get oystercatchers on the canal, though we do see the occasional sandpiper and egret. But yesterday's bird, on our walk in the woods, was the mistle thrush calling at Smelly Bridge.

very velvety new antlers on this roebuck

a dormouse box

King Alfred's Cakes, because they look burned. They make good firelighters.

coming out of the woods, there's Eve!

 

the first celandine!