Posted by clivenmel on October 10, 2008 at 11:10 AM
Don't get too excited, we haven't really got anything new to report at the moment except that the stove fitting is moving along very nicely, the plinth has been made and tiled with slate and the surround has also been tiled and is just waiting to be grouted. We also have a hole in the roof now ready for the flue and chimney to be fitted. All being well the whole thing should be finished by close of play on Saturday - we are in trouble if it isn't cos we are leaving on Sunday!
Posted by clivenmel on September 19, 2008 at 4:53 AM
Well, what a super day we had. The weather was absolutely gorgeous from the minute we got up. We had a leisurely breakfast and then, as we had picked our mooring very carefully, between a marina and a 70' turning circle, we turned Lady Arwen around and went back to the marina, which was on the opposite side to the towpath, to fill up with water and also to buy some new fenders and a small lifejacket for our granddaughter, Indeia, who is coming to visit us this weekend with her daddy ...Read Full Post »
Posted by clivenmel on September 18, 2008 at 4:17 AM
Right, first of all we have decided to do the blog and update the photos etc mostly in the mornings - our website provider is based in the USA and when we update in the evenings our colonial cousins are all awake and on the web and our site is soooooooooooooooooooo slow! However, in the mornings they are all in bed and the website responds very quickly so from now on we may be a day behind.
So we stayed put for most of yesterday and finally got the laundry finished! We got cha...Read Full Post »