This is it

Tomorrow I will be setting off for the Summit and the Tunnel Entrance.  22 Locks and Beyond.

An unwell small boy is now my only helper (at least for the first part).  Hopefully someone will turn up to assist with the last few.

Wish me luck.

Another day of bits and bobs

A little shelf in the bathroom cabinet.

A bathroom door

Rubber treads to the side steps.

Catches to hold the windows open to name but a few.

He also cut the corners off the table and hopefully the support shelf.  My head still hurts!.  Fitted the hanging rail in the engine room, various labels, the fire blanket, checked all things that open and close do so properly.

He is ticking off the list of things to do but still has two days to do them in and remove the 'workshop'.

Why do I have to go to work on a Friday?  It is really inconvenient.  I can't move too much stuff on board on Thursday as it will get in the way.  I need to make several lists of the minimum of stuff I need to move on board for the weekend trip to the tunnel what needs to come off and fit in a clean inbetween,  fill tank with water, crockery, cutlery, bedding, towels, food drink etc.  Now my head really hurts - going for a lie down.

Three little ...

coat hooks all are we

this picture was very painful.  I was trying to get the little vent and the gas strut in one picture and knocked my head on the little shelf that supports the desk flap.

Himself is sooo right that corner really does need rounding off ...

Now you see it, now you don't

Little catch to hold the table in place.

Engine room door in place.

and the last fire extinguisher finds a home.

Can you tell today has been a sort of bits and pieces day?

Yesterday I ordered the foam for the dinette complete with dacron and stockingette.  I pick them up Friday. I also visited IKEA for pillows and other bits and bobs.

Today I chose the fabric to cover the cushions and will take them to the upholsterers on Tuesday.  Don't know yet when they will be ready so can't set off on the summer cruise until they are.

I fired up the Mikuni all by myself this evening to test if it is okay.  I stuck my head in the front locker as it was starting trying to find the box with the light that flashes in order to count them.  I didn't feel safe in there with it ticking away.  I had visions of my head being blown off and all that would be left of me was a body draped over the tug deck.  At least I was wearing summer clothes.

I couldn't find any box with lights but the Mikuni worked fine anyway so the problem was obviously not the pressure but the lack of fuel.  Relief I do not have to dismantle the bed any time soon!  However Mikuni Man has told me what needs to be done any time I do need to do the dreaded deed.  Simples.

I have also been doing Vat Returns in the meantime.  Last one should be finished tomorrow - just in time.

Phew

Bath screens

So today was bath day.  Andy says they were a pain in the butt to install but they are up!  They have 180 degree hinges so lock in three positions.  In their current position (obviously) then either one panel open across the corridor and the other against the sink cupboard for use as a bath or both across the bath out of the way.  Not that they are in the way where they are I have discovered but you never know when you want to pass through the bathroom with a large object!

To support the fixed panels there are corner braces that come off the top of the panels.  However because the sides of the boat come in (tumblehome) the panel people have put a notch in the top of the glass panel on that side.  Neat huh?

Dinette day five

View down the boat towards the dinette.  Spoiled slightly by the pile of wood etc that Andy has tidied onto it for me to remove tomorrow.  I know that anything on there he no longer has a use for!  The table as you can see is stored neatly by the side.  On Monday we are discussing the best way of stopping it from falling over.  I think a nice wooden swing thing under the nub will do the job and not look unsightly.

Looks like only room for one Captains Chair in the saloon.  I guess not a problem if predominantly I am going to be alone on board and I find the camping chairs quite comfortable anyway if himself takes over the bosses seat!  I need to get a wiggle on and workout my cushion requirements for the dinette I suppose.

Nightboy came last night and did some more to the solar panel wiring and installed the TV aerial point but not the satellite point as he knew I didn't have a satellite dish yet!

Apart from tidying up Andy has been doing some of the little jobs that needed doing.  Such as my little shelf for the galley fire extinguisher which will languish unseen in the daytime behind the porthole shutter.

Dinette day four

This is what I call my 'nubbin' as in small and underdeveloped coffee table   Room for two cups on top and  a book can slide under out of the way as well.

 

This in turn acts as a support for the main table which slips just under the gunwale for extra bracing.

The legs fold away 'comme ca' and there will be a small third leg going across to support one corner (top right in picture) for when it is supporting the bed end.  The top left corner in the picture will be supported by the little shelf running along the side of the boat that also supports the pull out section.  See previous post.

The sticky out legs at this end then support the extra piece to extend the tablelength to the desired 3'9" width of bed.

For hinges on the legs we have used kitchen cabinet ones that normally hold the door shut at 90 degrees and now hold the legs open at 90 degrees instead.

Dinette day three

I can't show you the final touches to the dinette seat itself as it is covered over to protect it a little from the fact the room is once again a workshop.  So instead here is a picture of the Ash being glued together to make up the table.  It is in approximately the right place!

So that was last night.  Today Andy is working away at making supports, legs, and storage clips for something that of course has to work in three locations.  a) as a table, b) as the bed base end and c) against the wall out of the way!

On a different note I got fed up waiting for the job to be done properly so small boy and I 'finished' the front garden.  I still need some more stones as the fabric is showing through.  But it is DONE.

Dearly beloved might wince a lot at the fact that all his lovely neat joints on the wooden separators are now all higgledy piggledy but he had his chance.

Interestingly (or not) the lovely dark purple slate when it dries out goes very pale (you can see the bits that have started to dry out) so it isn't going to be as stark a contrast to the limestone chippings as I had hoped.  Hey ho.