August 2010
A busy but not entirely productive month. We moved the Narrowboat onto the Grand Union
which involved a trip down the tidal Thames from Teddington lock to Brentford. I was
amazed how much Brentford has changed since we last passed through there. All apartments
and Marinas, very pleasant but a long way from it's roots as a main thoroughfare for goods
from the London docks.
We also managed to take in the latter half of Cowes week. Pity the weather was so poor. The
acclaimed firework show on the Friday evening was mostly lost in the low cloud.
So much for that Indian summer we were promised...
There are some BIG boats on the Thames. Here we are dwarfed by a Dutch barge
whilst moored up outside
Hampton Court Palace.
The hull is now fully sheathed and I am very happy to have reached this stage. I was hoping to get it sanded but
so far I've only had time to scrape the areas of peel ply overlap. So this is the first task for September.
Having got the Narrowboat moved and moored up for the autumn it was time for some
maintenance. So off came the cratch support frame and into the workshop. Here you see it
sanded and with a coat of epoxy to improve it's weather protection. Hopefully I'll have
this vanished and back on the boat next month ready for an Autumn trip into London.