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Time to look for another dentist. Sorry Peter I should have pm Wombat about this. Like the stem head roller, looks brilliant but what about a nice brass bolt rather than the s/s one or am I jumping the gun. Colin

Hi wombat, go back to your dentist and ask him how long you can take ibuprofen before it effects your kidneys. ???? It's not a pain killer you can continue to take without some form of negative response. Colin

That would be like living in a caravan parked in a multi-storey carpark. Why would you. Colin

Nice work Peter. Your model is going to be ready for the water before the rest of us are. Colin I'm off to get something done. Can't sit here all day.

Smoggy, I would imagine the mooring can be used for the purpose of collecting takeaways and off sales. This would be the same as using their carpark. Please don't put people off trying to give our struggling pubs some business. I will add that a phone call first would be advisable. Colin

This is great news for those able to travel to their boats and spend the day cleaning or even a short trip out. It will be nice to see boats passing again with smiling faces on people. Please remember that there will be some boats that appear to be overstaying on some 24hr moorings and probably will until this is all over. Most yards have been closed and norwich yacht station is only open for water. This may change now. Play safe everyone and one day we can all party again Colin

As of 5am Wednesday you will be able to watch JM sailing up and down oulton broad on the webcam. Colin

I might just be tempted to put in a bid but I still have the Mrs CX500 custom to bring back to show condition. . Colin Like I haven't enough to do. Happy VE DAY tomorrow. Actually Griff, l would love to see that back on the road.

But you're a Yorkshireman, look at the money you've saved. Colin

Just seen this and thought others might like it too. Colin

Could have been worse. It could have been Bud Light. At least with this I'm still allowed to use the bathroom! Colin

'Take it you prefer Bud to Corona!' Hi Ian, Bud is one of my favourites. Corona seems to be out of favour at the moment, I can't think why . Hope you're keeping well. Colin

Hey wombat we don't all drink that dark brown stuff, just ask Jayfire. Maybe that's why you've emptied your shed three times . I only repaired my shed roof once. stay safe. Colin

Mission accomplished. Thankyou Morrisons and bigger Thankyou to the young lady that loaded my car. Only had to wait 10 mins as only on other being loaded. Hopefully this lot we last us a few weeks. The beer might not but we still have the gin store or should I say ' Ruth's gin store '. Stay safe everyone. Colin

Tomorrow I hope to pickup a click and collect order from morrisons. I have lost count of the time I have spent even trying to get a slot with any of the supermarkets. We have been in isolation as recommended by Ruth's doctor but we don't appear on the' at risk ' list so don't get any priority with delivery or collect. So finger are crossed that what I've ordered is available as we are down to our last fresh carrot and a few spuds otherwise it's all tinned and dried from the back of the cupboard. Colin

Did you try unplugging it Colin

Being one of the many that do actually live aboard we are fortunate to have a mooring with all the facilities, so have no need to move. Many of the other boats, especially in the norwich area are struggling for services as many of the yards are shut including Norwich YS. Our other boat, Lady Linda, would normally be at our St Olaves mooring but was not ready to move before the inevitable lockdown so is still currently moored alongside our 'houseboat'. If we had moved her in March we would not now be able to even visit her but being off the river and moored over my land I wouldn't have had to pay her toll. Now,as yet, I still haven't paid this years toll but will do in the next few days for all our boats currently in the water. This year equates to about £850. I don't begrudge the BA the money only I wish they would class our static boat a house boat. Probably because they don't want an increase in houseboats on the broads. I will point out that I would still have paid the toll for Lady Linda even if she was at St Olaves. Colin and Ruth Currently isolating the best we can.

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Hope this will put a smile back on some faces. Stolen from twit. I think Miley Virus might stick Colin Thought this was needed here but please move it to jokes if necessary

Ok so my work may not be as good to look at but rather than be idle with the nice weather I decide it was time to fix the leak I had in the shed roof. How hard could it be. I had a roll of felt and a bag of clout nails so of I go up the ladder and start removing old felt. Was this such a good idea? Needless to say in true boating style it was going to be a bigger job than just new felt. So here I am, self isolating 10ft off the ground with crow bar, claw hammer and pincers removing rotten t&g and what seem like thousands of felt nails. I must point out I made this shed out of one that was to be pulled down from behind the bungalow on the island and what I rescued from it built one a third of the size but still 8x12 and that was 12 years ago. Meanwhile back on the roof. I think there were 5 layers of different felt on it with lines of nails for each. Having removed said nails and some of the planking what it really needed was a new roof. Not going to happen due to isolating as per Ruth's doc instructions. Back down ladder again ( I've lost count ) to measure what I might have to repair where I can. So remains of 12mm osb3 sheet found and although nothing like enough for the side I'm repairing it would replace some of the rotten wood. So I have a patchwork roof which will holdup for hopefully a good few years. Total cost £22 for felt and nails. The osb3 was left over from another project. Now I can spend a while getting this corner of the shed organised and remove the rust spots off some of my tools. Next job will be service the lawn mowers. Colin sorry pics a bit fuzzy, taken in haste.

Interesting how much some will save by not travelling. Working from home could mean people not requiring child care or even a second car. Office buildings won't need to be so large with less cost to the company. Interesting times ahead. Colin

Hi chap. You could try Freedom cruisers . They may be able to do pumpout but not diesel. Couple of cans and a trip to a garage could be your only option. Goodluck stay well. Colin p.s. Welcome to the forum

Sadly Ruth can't knit anymore due to arthritis but crochet is possible, also cross stitch. Dolls house carpets come high on her list of hobbies, most her own design. All this allows me to work on our boats......or is it she lets me play boats to get me out of the way. Colin

Thanks Peter, so far we are both ok but don't want to take any chances. A longer lockdown will not be a problem here on the island but fresh food will be replaced with dried and tinned. As long as Ruth doesn't run out of wool we will be ok. Colin

We fortunately have a few bottles of gin as our kids keep sending them to us.I've still got about 20 cans of lager and a few bottles still on Lady Linda. This is just as well as Ruth had a call from the doctors telling her/us to isolate due to Ruth's medical history. Looks like we are going to be in lockdown for at least a month if not a great deal longer. Stay well everyone. Colin and Ruth