Second weekend in December and, yipee, sunshine and blue skies again. It is a bit cold though. No need to mop up the water in the engine bay this time, I just had to pick it up and throw it out of the window. I suppose the cold has some advantages.
I managed to get the first coat of white bilge paint in the engine bay. Is this the light at the end of the tunnel ?VAT is going up at the end of the month, so I have ordered and paid for the engine. Isuzu 42 and a PRM 150 gearbox. This should arrive in the new year, so that gives me christmas to get the last coat of bilge paint on and get some doors built.
Handy Andy has never re-appeared with his price for the hardwood doors, so it is the usual case of, If you want a job doing, do it yourself.
Went to the timber yard and had a rummage through the hardwood sections to see what I could find. I will have a think over the next week about how to build the hatch and rear doors.
I read the instructions for the bilge paint (!) and it recommends that below 10 deg C allow at least five days between coats! Next weekend for the next coat then.
Sunday night went down to Telfords Warehouse on the canal at Chester to see the Family Mahone in Concert. Absolutely brilliant. They are by far the best band I have seen all week.
