The ins and outs of first time buying, blacking, moving, repairing, modifying and personalising a narrowboat pair, with a view to being able to live on them and be as self-sufficient and eco-friendly as limited funds allow.
The A-frame folded down, the cratch board hinges have been freed off and a new (possibly glazed) cratch board will be made and new carved hardwood upstands for the hinges. the top planks will be replaced with wider and thicker green oak planks.