It is rather reassuring that TV licencing write to us to confirm the change of bank account details for paying for our licence from our new bank account.
This afternoon I touched up the shadowing on the sign writing on the starboard side of the cabin.
With the painting on this side of the boat completed we turned her around again and then had a visit from the small family of new ducklings.
Time for coffee.
Keith
Today Jo and I (mostly Jo) finished off the new steps in our garden.
Newly laid 3 pieces of crazy paving above the 5th step.
Having spent the last week or so working around the site, this morning Jo and I returned to working on the new steps alongside our bunkers.
We were not happy with the 4th step where we had previously put it straight up above the 3rd step, so we have moved it to the side of the 3rd step and added a 5th step above the 4th.
Third step installed this morning.
After lunch we helped with digging out the new rose bed and hadn't tidied up after fitting the new step, so I have just cleaned up around the new step and filled in the gap below the bottom step with some gravel.
Keith
Busy afternoon, Jo and I constructed the 1st two stone steps alongside our bunkers up to where the new staging will be, using recycled materials.
Keith
Today Jo and recovered the old timber that had been removed from the offside non-residential moorings opposite us which was replaced as the original was collapsing.
This photo is an old photo but the timber is all on the bank behind the new pontoon, but since this photo the fence had been replaced which made recovery more interesting.
I used a boat hook to pull the timber towards us and Jo grabbed and put it into the workboat.
This is what is left of the collapsing staging, which Jo removed the footway from, to expose what was underneath for Simon to see in preparation for replacing it.
It needs replacing for 2 reasons, it had started to collapse at the front edge and the footway was sloping, and most of the footway timbers were rotten and a few had already broken due to the rot, due to these 2 reasons it was no longer safe to walk on.
The staging is to give easy access to our hedge at the back of our garden, which without the staging would be impossible get to due to the slope of the garden, especially when wielding hedge trimmers!
In this photo the hedge is on the left.
My narrow gauge model railway Hadarford is in the October issue of Railway Modeller.
Ever since I purchased my 1st issue over 50 years ago, I have always wanted to get a layout of mine within its pages.
Keith
