Good the bad and the ugly...

First the good (via the medium of photograph)

Not sure what this man was doing rowing a childs toy down the river, but hey...

Ken and Toffee on Halcyon leaving a lock

Ken and Toffee again

More Ken and Toffee

Halcyon and Jasmine in a lock

Ken and Toffee will probably be a feature in my blog for a while, as we're been cruising the same waters together for several week, and hopefully for a lot longer. I met the travelling pair at Little Venice, I was having engine trouble and whilst my back was turned for a couple of seconds Ken dived into my engine compartment and got to work on my engine. Over the short time I've known Ken I've seen that unconditional offer of help continually given to all. Ken, you are a Legend.

Toffee has also helped by licking the dirt from my ever hairier face (Toffee is a hairy terrier type dog BTW).

Now to the bad, I might need some steelwork done on Jasmine. It appears that one of my skin tanks (which is like a radiator on a car, but also part of the boats structure) has corroded so badly that it's leaking coolant into the cabin bilges. In laymans term, BAD!

And the ugly? Well there is no ugly, even the bad is not that bad.

So I might run out of money sooner and have to get a job before I'd planned, so what, I'm still living the dream...

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More explosives

Couldn't crop these unfortunately, on my 'other' laptop...

DIY and Explosives

A slightly misleading title, but here's a pic of Jasmines internals.

And here's some pics of fireworks.

Watham Abbey

Took a walk into Waltham Abbey tonight, the church in the town square is rather nice.

As was the beer (not in the church, in the pub(which is my church))

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Work begins!

Today was a very productive day for me, I actually started work on Jasmines interior :O)

After four months of putting up with the chintzy caravan style curtains I've started on making some nice contemporary shutters.

I've surprised myself with my woodwork skills, in the past I'd spend ages fashioning a piece of perfectly good wood into something only fit for the fire, or perhaps the Turner prize, but this time my work actually vaguely resembles what I had in mind!

Before

After

During

Obviously it's not finished, but I've started. And that can only be a good thing.

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Where's mine?

All of the birds flock to my boat for breakfast.

Pics are back!!!!!

Well I went out and bought a new camera today, which means that I'll be posting pictures again!

I am now the proud owner of a Canon Powershot SX200, I went slightly over budget, but it's a great camera. I gotta work out how to use it properly, but here is a shot of Jasmine taken in auto (idiot) mode ;o)

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