Cooler today.

Hopefully this will be the last day here as we have no bread and yesterday I put the milk in the t cups and it came out of the container in a lump thank goodness for UHT is all I can say. We were so busy yesterday that I didn't get time to write my blog, so that proves we were BUSY.


Paul carried on with the painting and as you can see by the photos everything now looks so much better.

While the hatch was sitting in the sun with the paint hardening off I was expecting there to be a lull on the work front but no, one of the side hatch doors was removed. These doors had scumble on them and where they don't fit too well at the bottom, water had started to lift the varnish and they needed sorting out, well they are well and truly sorted now. The scumble has been sanded off and the doors re done with a very nice shade of sage green emulsion called camouflage the two panels are going to be done in cream and I think they will look very nice when they are finished.

We got a call yesterday afternoon from our friends Carol and Pete who left us at Brewood 13 days ago. We have managed to do 31 miles and they have done all of The Llangollen and are now on their way back, just proves we travel at a snails pace. Was nice to spend the evening on the tow path having a few drinks with our friends and their son. Poor old Carol has back problems so she has enjoyed having Ryan with them to do the locks for her. They left us this morning, and are on their way to Birmingham now.

Today is better for painting as it is considerably cooler the second hatch door has its first coat of emulsion and who knows the first one may even get its panels painted cream.

Here is the workman taking a well earned rest after a very busy day yesterday. Ahhhhhhh bless!