Hello! Happy Sunday :) It's been a GORGEOUS weekend and buoy have I done a little bit of boat work (it had to fit around the ringing, and hot air ballooning). It was the Midlands Air Festival, and on Friday I was fortunate to have one of my favourite
Hello! And happy April :) This was meant to be on Sunday, and then I forgot. So I'm switching to the last day of the month instead... currently writing from a Thames Clipper. We've reached that part of the year where my reliance on the grid disappears,
Hello! And happy March :) It's been 3 weeks since I last boated, and through every fault of my own there was meant to be a couple of days last week as well, but instead I'm heading back for a long Easter weekend. Since then I'
Hello! Happy Sunday, happy February :) On Thursday the 29th January, dismantling my piano and packing for London, I felt excited about the boat for the first time in months. Excited to work on it again!! To build a wardrobe, finish the bathroom & re-sand those shelves, finish the kitchen (my
Hello, and happy Sunday! And the final weekly update... it's been 97 weeks in a row that I haven't missed a beat (with 124 updates in total), and on Saturday I am moving to London for something different. I'm excited to move my stuff
Hello! Happy Sunday... :p It's been one of those "why the fuck am I on a boat" weeks (yes I'm excited to live on land), so honestly I haven't done much, besides work and hang out and ring church bells. Speaking of
Hello! Happy Sunday :) So I ordered a bunch of gas fittings, and one of them the bulkhead fitting... I deliberated awhile on how best to pass a gas line through a bulkhead, as I found various opinions — join the pipe on either side with a compression fitting, run the pipe
Hello! And happy 2026 :D Last month I hinted that I'd move down to monthly updates, which I'll do at the end of this month instead. Until then, there's plumbing to do. I finally got my shit together and ordered copper pipe, as trying
Hello! Happy Sunday, and end of 2025. So I'm not getting a wind turbine, it wouldn't do shit; wind speeds around here are consistently meh. I'd need a mahoosive one, far bigger than I could put up — power scales with the area it sweeps
Hello, and happy shortest day of the year! The switch towards longer, warmer, lighter days is so very welcome. While away last week I ignored the "low balance" emails for marina shore power, and on Tuesday it eventually hit £0.00, but I didn't find out
Hello! Happy Sunday :) I'm writing this from a cosy sofa in a centrally-heated home, and I was in Denmark for most of the week, so I hope the boat's afloat but on Monday I did re-seal the chimney for the 3rd time. This time I did
Hello! Happy 2nd Sunday of Advent. And we're in for a mild December..? I got back home on Monday evening after a long day. Sleeping on a train was excellent except for maybe the thing which mattered most: sleeping. It was old and rickety, and unlike the rolling
Hallo! Happy Sunday, and happy end of November. I am currently in Berlin, and boat? No, but on Tuesday I went to Evesham marina to move my neighbours boat from the river to the service dock for craning out. It's a wide beam, and after completely screwing up
Hello! Happy Sunday :) The chimney had been leaking, a smoky gunge running down inside, from the silicone seal up above. I put it off because that meant letting it cure for a day, i.e. no heating. But I spent Wednesday away so I could reseal it, and since then
Hello! Happy Sunday :) It's been one of those weeks (the boat looks identical). On Monday I did empty the engine drip tray, which left me with a load of oily water to dispose of. It still needs a clean and wipe down, then I'll do an
Hello! Happy Sunday :) The stove, while working, moved. The old door with a new front isn't snug, and it requires a little shove. So on Monday I cleaned 3 brackets for bolting it down, picked up the lower door and painted the lot, including another coat on the
Hello! And happy November :) The flue arrived on Monday, advertised at 125m overall diameter (OD) which I knew would be tight, but should fit. Anyways it arrived 125mm internal diameter (ID) with a 1.5mm wall. It in fact did not fit, but I tried. Alas. So I ordered the
Hello! Happy Sunday, it's feckin' cold. On Monday I started tiling the hearth, mixed the adhesive and realised you can't score and snap slate... I broke one tile, then picked up a wet tile cutter (thanks mum!) and acquired a new diamond blade. On Tuesday
Hello! Happy Sunday :) I got back to the boat late on Monday, and the next day was sink plumbing, connecting the tap and an inline water filter. It's a bit of a rube, and the u-bend is strictly unnecessary and the wrong way around, but I need it
Hello! Happy Sunday :) I am and have been in Budapest this weekend, which was a great mini deadline to get shit done. Monday I dropped off the stove for sand-blasting and bolted the worktops together, then on Tuesday sanded them down for oiling with a helping hand from the broski:
Hello! Happy Sunday :) "I'll make sure it has the illusion of a straight cut" I said, about the sink cutout. That was a lie, and I spent a long ol' while sanding the edges to make it nice, which I could not. It was a
Hello! It's reached that point of the year where I'm having cold showers to warm up; the difference between days with and without sunlight is huge. On the plus side they're excellent practice in surrendering to the present. The cold present... Anyway, you know
Hello, happy Sunday! I almost forgot about the boat today, I find myself in New Jersey seeing family this weekend, but I did make some progress on the kitchen! Firstly was to finish the end panels, cutting them to size and screwing them in. I started with the washing machine,
Hello! Happy Sunday :) I'm currently regretting not writing this as I went this week, it's time for bed. But! On Monday I went to help dad tape up part of his boat for insulating, and before leaving I finally re-filled the greaser for the stern tube: