Our re-cycled vintage look light.

Our 'new' old headlight, made, mostly from scrap! Ingredients :- (a) One stainless steel dog bowl. (b) One old brass porthole. (c) One scrap shaving mirror bracket. (d) One 20c euro piece. (e) Three small pieces of brass rod. (f) One 12v LED headlight.                                                             

As it is fitted to the embedded shaving bracket, we can tilt it upwards for tunnel work.

I polished the 20 cent piece and stuck it to the centre of the porthole, then added the three lengths of brass rod for that vintage look! (yes, I know one is wonky, I will staighten it, when I've got a minute!)

The sound of Sabb music

We went over to Tony Redshaw Diesels to hear our Sabb 2JGR run for the first time. It had needed quite a bit of remedial work to get it running right. Sounded great, even without a silencer.

Quacktivity update :- Our Mallard has flown her nest.

A few ducklings had hatched and she was sitting on them

She's all puffed up, protecting her babies.

 Some of her ducklings have jumped out of the trug and onto the gunwales.

 One of her ducklings is now in the water and already being threatened by a coot.

Sabb engine update

Paul and Tony Redshaw have started preparing our Sabb. A nice new brass air-filter housing has replaced the naff black plastic tub that was fitted. They have also replaced some of the flexi-piping with solid copper.

We've now got a new, larger diameter double pulley on the flywheel and a new 105 amp alternator. The plastic breather pipes will also be replaced by copper piping.

Greenhouse is blooming lovely.

Glenda loves growing edibles and things are coming on nicely.

A good crop

Glenda moved some plants onto our pontoon and into boxes on the handrails.

More yummy strawberries

My Rock & Roll sleeper bus at our marina.

A different view than I'm used to from my driver's seat.

I brought my tourbus straight from the We Are Festival in Essex to our marina so that I could get it ready for Download Festival in Donington Park.

The downstairs lounge

Widescreen TV, kitchen, fridges and loo.

The upstairs lounge.

Second widescreen TV, fridge, tour manager's desk from the lounge.

14 bunks in the sleeping area, my bunk is behind the driver's seat.

A little trip downstream

The geese nursery were not impressed by our approach, not much traffic on the river.

Moored near Oundle Wharf and visiting The Nene Valley Brewing's Tap and Kitchen.

These are unofficial moorings, we intended to stay overnight, but we had been warned that work was finishing on Ashton wier and that the level would be rising about fourteen inches. Glenda didn't fancy getting up in the night to slacken the ropes, and anyway, the A605 Peterborough road crosses one of the two nearby bridges and is busy with trucks all night, so a tad noisy. We went for a beer or two and returned to find that the level had DROPPED about twelve inches and we were aground and listing! We managed to get her off and returned above Ashton lock and moored at Oundle Cruising Club, where we passed a pleasant evening of beer and banter.

For a while now this lake (just upstream from Barnwell) has been the scene of much activity, but no-one seemed to know what it was going to be, now, what looks like pontoon anchors have been installed along the one bank.

And they have cut through to make an entrance, presently blocked with a boom. New marina, hirebase, sports lake? Answers on a postcard.....

Now there's something you won't see every day, Glenda on steering duty! Next thing you know, she'll be getting her purse out at the pub!