Unfortunately, Lady P's father is terminally ill, and she had to fly half way around the world to spend christmas with him. All she needed was a "volunteer" to luck after the five puppies...

So, instead of spending my few work free days on the boat, I spent the time feeding five "cute little darlings" and the rest of the time cleaning up the after effects of feeding the "**** little darlings".


Managed to get an afternoon on the boat, and took delivery of loads of sheets of marine ply. I should now have enough to finish off the floor with 18mm, and under the gunwhales with 10mm ply.
Scouser J bought himself a christmas present of a battery powered circular saw. After a quick measure, I borrowed this to slice all the sheets into the required width to make it easier to manhandle then in through the front doors.
Note to self: Measure up in advance next time and get the timber yard to chop the plywood up for you! Another hour spent pulling splinters out of my hands!
I've got a new phone, a waterproof Samsung, which is quite robust but horrible to use. Anyway, the upshot of this is that I need a new adapter to get photo's off the phone onto the computer - so no pictures for the next week or so...