We're now into our last 2 weeks here in UK. The boat leaves Bristol on a wagon on Monday 5th June and we get it back again in Belgium on Wednesday 7th. We'll be homeless for 2 days!!!! Scary or what?
In the meantime, we've been having beautiful warm, calm evenings so Roger started painting the outside of the boat.
By doing some clever maneuvering along the end pontoon in the docks he managed to paint half of the bow and one side under the gunwales with matt black. We used a matt black on Fizzi last time we dry docked it using "proper boat paint" but it was quite expensive and still had a bit of a sheen to it. We wanted a really matt finish this time and I found the perfect paint in Wilko. At only £7.95 a litre it's really good value, is touch dry in 30 minutes and is totally matt. It doesn't smell either.
The paintwork on Bluey has always been pretty dreadful. Having never been polished by the original owner it was very faded and patchy.
You can see how much better it looks in matt, with the added advantage that any scuffs and scrapes can easily be touched up at a later date.
Last night we managed to reverse up to a pontoon adjacent to the water point at Purton so that we could wash and paint half of the stern while the water tank was filling. I even managed to clean the back windows for the first time!
It was such a beautiful morning today that we were both up at 7.00 and as soon as the dew had dried Roger started putting the shiny paint on. NOW it's starting to really look like our boat!
Tomorrow we're going to turn round and do the other side. David's come to stay for a couple of days so I told him to bring his old clothes. Well there's no reason I should have to get mucky when he can do it instead now is there?
Bye for now, please come back soon.
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