We are Here!!!!

We have made it aboard, not without misadventure, but everyone has survived the transition so far. It has been an extremely hectic and very tiring experience. Ted had to have an operation the morning we picked up the boat, We have had an engine failure on the river cherwell (that was fun......not) and Baxter has been overboard in a lock. No pictures as yet as I am still to un-pack the camera. Thats all for tonight will give you much more info when we have all settled in properly.

Thank you

Jill and I went to see Matilda Rose in the dry dock at Banbury, she was looking right grand with her newly blacked bottom, but also like a fish out of water. I would like at this time to extend my thanks to Mathew Armitage of Tooleys Boatyard who have carried out the blacking and rectification works that were identified at the survey.
I want to make a special thanks and recommendation for a man who spent time far above the call of duty, he has taught me so much and had so much patience when carrying out the survey and that is Barrie Morse.
Time is standing still, we have less than 48hrs till we take the helm of Matilda Rose, but it seems like an age. Tomorrow we shall be prioritising our boxes for the move onboard. Role on Monday.

We have Escaped

It's now 2.20am Saturday morning, we were so tired last night we callapsed into bed at 7.30pm in our freinds house in Oxford. A lovely house(with a washing machine) and who could ask for better freinds. Ditto the lovely people who bought our shop who made the transition very easy and even walked the dogs for Jill after the house clearance men had finished and I was at the boatyard with the surveyor - and could see how exhausted Jill was. The kindness of customers and freinds alike has restored our faith in human nature. Despite what the papers would have you say, there are still some very special people around in this world and we thank them all. We have many letters to write when our lives settle into our 'new normal' - what ever that may be?