Room with a view

Oh such a brisk windy day! The river was full-flow with waves breezing by our boat. Leigh and I have spent the afternoon painting, from pink to purple, the internal walls.


Delia has been nowhere but curled up on the woolen blanked inside.


Winter days on our life afloat are beginning.

QPR convention - Buildathon

Here I am at the Rishworth Radio Rally, in the process of the Buildathon in October (see earlier posting), constructing the 40mtr radio receiver ugly style.


As this was geared to beginners in construction, participants were given the circuit diagram as well as a scanned image of the finished circuit to copy from.


Under the guidance of the pro's i.e. John, my radio started to come together.


This is the finished article, wired up and tuned in!



Lovely stuff!

Pontoon on the river

Our boat is set alongside a pontoon which runs the length of several fields and has about 9 narrow boats floating along side it nose to nose. Fortunately we are sheltered from the power station by trees one side and face an expanse of low lying fields the other, ideal for watching the sun set in the evening.





We have an access point at the end of our boat but mind you it is rather slippery stepping down a muddy bank to it!

We are in the process of 'breaking in' the woodburner with small regular fires to allow the material to expand and set into place. Ooh it is so magic.

Bitumen Live at Chameleon

Bitumen at work



Jude strutting her stuff



and so it goes on...