Saturday 14th
A late morning and a day working on the boat, I still haven't done all of the jobs required to pass the Safety Certificate and get the boat liscenced so we can take it out of the basin.
Today after a lie in , dog walking and doing the washimg, all the usual chores and a late breakfast we decided to get on with it and looking at the weather the rain was going to hold off.
I wanted to get the gas locker finished so pulled out one of the bottles and with the drill, tried to drill a new vent hole through the side of the locker to vent the gas out if ever thre was a leak, me being a rather large bloke struggled to get my arms and head in at the same time and lying across the jetty and side of the boat was rather painfull even with a cushion to rest on , I couldn't get the bit to bite into the steel, got very frustrated, and gave up.
Mrs Bargee then tried and, fairplay to her, she got a pilot hole drilled and was starting on the 20mm bit when her mother wandered up the jetty and asked whether she was ok, they could here the drilling as it was echoing across the basin, we asked for the father in law's help and when he came round, he manged to squeeze himself INTO the locker, it was crazy, all went well and we had 3 out of 4 holes drilled when the drill's clutch burnt out. Off goes Mrs Bargee to B&Q for a new drill, there was one on offer so only 20 quid and with a laser tape measure too.
SO one job complete only 2 more to do then can get the BSS examiner back to finish the exam and hopefully issue the certificate.
Jools came round in the evening and we went off to the Tip ( the Stanley Arms, I might explain the nickname another time).
She had her new man with her and seemed very happy after recent events, he seems to be a climber and is game for doing all the mad things i only read about in Trail walker. They tell me they were up on Blencathra 2 weeks ago and climbed via Sharp edge, quite a bit of exposure there,
A Pleasant evening with 3 pints of IPA to wash it down.
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