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Well I'm just back from a fortnights boating without major mishap,had a few late and boozy nights with the gang from Morecambe and Lancaster,highlighs include my anctics as a drunken pirate (see photo below) and a tipsy pagan!,moved the boat south now,building new quay heading and hopefuly the dredger man(or woman) cometh soon!
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I know what you did this summer!
Well after first week of my June holiday,after a slight mishap the resulted in a 400 or so kg pile of rotten timber and glass falling on me due to a light impact on a bridge,I spent a week building something more resilient,lower and lighter!
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Hmmmmm!
stranger tides indeed,just found the teaser for Pirates of the Caribbean 4, it involves Jack Sparrow drunk at a table rambling on about the plot of the film, then at the end asks the barman for "bloody marys all round" interesting as they were invented nearly two centuries later, maybe all these rumors about Mr Depp playing a certain timelord on ( Read more... ) -
Too Much Boating..............
is bad for your LJ!
not exactly true but I've been busy getting out while we had a trace of summer,I will take some photos of the stuff I've been doing when I get my camera working again,I've realise I like playing with my plunge router,started making wooden name plates and door numbers ,how long before I'm standing a craft fair with them?,I'm off ( Read more... ) -
Missing Whitby!
Yes due to current knee problems I've canceled my camping pitch and will be spending my birthday (the 25th) at home,but will be up for October pending limb and joint debarcles! -
I was nearly a casualty episode!
well my easter weekend was full of much boaty action,,Lindor bunnies and the Matt smith as the brillant new Doctor,but Monday I slipped getting back on the boat out on my own,miles from anywhere,my foot slipped into a pothole hidden by grass,I twisted my knee round 90 degrees,dislocated it,fell forward and nearly head ways into the canal and under ( Read more... ) -
Much Boaty Goodness! (Pic Heavy)
Well we have boat finally,a 32 foot Norman with diesel engine and ugly hardtop wheelhouse,but my magic wand will work its magic over next winter I'm sure
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Can you hear creaking?,its only my foot!
Yes creaky sore foot syndrome is upon me again and I have one really swollen and throbbing foot,that I’m just about fed up with it nearly to bone saw time, the month started really good with me taking an old friend to Lancaster’s Dark side of the Lune Goth night, and her loving it and some rare praise at work, all my eBay purchases arriving even ( Read more... ) -
New Year Same Old Tripe!
Well first post of a new year, well I couldn’t avoid mentioning the weather, or my constant battle to stay upright due to aforementioned!
Christmas itself, was an uneventful one, it snowed on the Tuesday and this threw Blackpool into road chaos as, 1,there had been no gritters out, 2 the snow was freezing to the roads, 3 the good (lol) drivers of ( Read more... )
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