Fire & Ice

It's bloody brass monkeys out there!

Thankfully I have my crap stove to keep me warm.

It's a pretty rubbish stove, but better than nothing!

Stoppage on the Lee navigation

Here's a few pics of a lock that being refurbished.

Very geeky in a Fred Dibnah kind of way, but hey...

I got my (M)TV

I now have a TV again! After just finishing a 12 year stint of working 'in tv' the last thing I should want to do is watch the damn thing, but after spending the last month living in a stripped out steel tube, in a ditch, getting my TV back is the light at the end of the tunnel (or steel tube).

I've also made my desk, a rather nifty fold up one that virtually disappears when folded, which is pretty handy on a narrowboat.

Galley, highwire and haggis

The galley is nearly finished! All of the woodwork has been done (except the floor) and i've just got the cooker to connect and some (more) painting to do.

Saw some engineers working from a cradle attached to electricity lines, these things were really high! Rather them than me...

And onto the haggis!

Marc, the man with the knife, is Scottish and invited me round for a St Andrews Day meal, which was rather nice!

I think it was just a meal to him though, I'm sure it's haggis at every meal, washed down with buckfast.

A lil' more progress

The galley is progressing, oak has been cut and sink is in!

Still got plumbing to sort in the morning but thats the easy part.

I still have to install the cupboard in the starboard (right) side but that has no plumbing or holecutting so it should be easier.

My engine has also decided to stop working again, which is nice.

I think its crap in the fuel tank, so galley work might be halted to fix that.

Aquanomad :O)

Got paint.

It's been a bloody long day for me today, got woken up at 4 AM with some really heavy rain. Rain on a steel roof is quite loud, no, actually very loud.

Jasmine now has a bit less 'antique pine' on show, took bloody 3 coats of undercoat to cover the damn stuff up though!

The ceiling is 'Old English White', and I rather like it. Still got the walls to do though, along with about a million other jobs.

Oh and thats my new stainless steel cooker in the middle of the room, should have the galley (kitchen to you land lubbers) finished by next Friday all being well

I have a floor!

Well almost!

The front half of the bilges are nearly done and I am rather happy with the results.

All of the rust has been converted with the help of Jenolite and then covered in 2 coats of zinc primer.

Still got a bit of floor left to do tomorrow then it's onto painting the ceiling and walls.

I'm looking forward to seeing a lot less 'antique pine' in the future!

Here's Ken again, grafting with a roller in his hand.