After a long, long week at work, I got the train back home. Getting off the Metro at Bury, I was really tired, but I had tickets to see Vin Garbut at The Met. I thought I would go in, and, if I was too tired, I could always disappear during the interval. Very, very funny. Although exhausted, I actually laughed myself awake. What a superb evening. I love the way he tells his jokes, but doesn't explain them, and doesn't bother with some punchlines. I found myself laughing, with loads of people around me wondering what I was laughing at. Just fit my sense of hunour perfectly!
"Thomas Moore, the Irish poet. His family were very big in Yorkshire, you know. You must have heard of them!" Brilliant!
Got back on the boat, and started laying the floor proper. Once the boards were cut, I treated the underside with a preservative called PK31 given to me by Scouser J. this soaks into the wood and gives maximum protection against any moisture that may get in.
While the boards were drying I fit the Stainless rails to the rear hatch runners by drilling and tapping for Stainless M4 countersunk bolts. Nice shiny Steel rails - much better than brass!I fit floorboards to the front third of the boat until the battery went flat in the DeWalt. Drilling the holes for the hatch runners took too much!
I tried fitting the water fill pipe, but it was so cold it was very difficult getting the (not very) flexible tube over the fittings. I will leave the other half until next time when I will remember to bring a kettle.
Had a look in J's boat, where he has built a very smart woodburner, with a stainless steel boiler on top. Very smart.
Walking through Radcliffe on Sunday, I took this photo of the Former Radcliffe Times building. It is such a shame that these buildings are allowed to deteriorate until they end up being demolished and replaced with the pre-fabricated monstrousities that are taking over Manchester these days.
