Well the garden has now been marked out for the position of the boat and Paul has started work on preparing the ground – the weather is not helping with this as there is quite a bit of earth moving required to provide a level area. The sheds are currently being emptied and the contents either being stored elsewhere or disposed off as they need to be knocked down to make room for the boat. A friend of ours has very kindly provided some no parking signs that we can you use for the road closure – Paul has now submitted the necessary forms to the Highways Department and paid the sum of £325 for the privilege of the road closure, the sleepers and telegraph polls have arrived and at some point need to be put in place. Still loads to do and time is running out, at this rate Paul will be to exhausted to fit the boat out.

We are going to the boat on the 10th December to check it out prior to delivery – which was going to be a 500 mile round trip (got it wrong before ) but we are away this weekend at St Ives in Cornwall, so we are travelling from there to Widnes to visit the boat (its going to be a very long day) and delivery is planned for Tuesday 18th December.