Today is the day we leave Langley Mill and try our luck going back down the canal as we head for our 10 day stay at Mercia Marina. It’s been absolutely brilliant here and we have achieved so much. A few of the jobs like the painting of the stern and the bow have been… Continue reading Day 49 – Mon 4th Sept – WE ARE LEAVING!
Today was another day of jobs as I sorted out cleaning the tiles and varnished the wood above the fire as it was really dry. I also got the old Brasso out to clean up the brass ring around the top of the fire and ended up using a bit of wire wool to get… Continue reading Day 45 – Thursday 31st August – More boat jobs
It’s up early today and we have a recky around the boat and marvel at how fab it looks. It’s also one of those situations where you make one area look nice and so the rest looks terrible so we decide to tackle the painting of the stern. Vikky from the boatyard called them the… Continue reading Day 39 – Friday 25th August – Langley Mill Boatyard Dry Dock!
((Hey you’ve changed to numbers for the days and what’s with posting this late at night!)) I know, I needed to change the titles as they were getting too long so made more sense to have numbers and what with doing boat jobs and one thing and another I’ve only just had time to finish… Continue reading Day 28 to 35 – Isle of Man – Tuesday 15th August – Tuesday 22nd August
We’ve woken up to another drizzly day but boat jobs wait for no-one and it’s off to the Elsan and to fill up with water to do some washing. Tomorrow I’m off to visit mum and go on holiday to the Isle of Man so Chris is boat alone, so the blog will be having… Continue reading Day Twenty Seven – A little hiatus – Monday 14th August
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