Even with it being a fun weekend there were still several jobs to complete:
- A new outside tap for washing the boats.
- Blinds on several of the windows facing the footpath.
- A small amount of cladding on the river side of the house around the door.
- Wiring up the outside cameras for remote monitoring over the web.
- Testing the underfloor heating in the bathroom, set into the concrete floor.
- Raising the newly repainted flag pole.
The underfloor heating worked well. Theo really liked the touch control display and regularly came to tell me what the temperature was. He was a bit disappointed that his feet were only half warm when sitting on the toilet.
The blinds went up a dream. IKEA really have instructions sorted.
The camera wiring failed as I had purchased the wrong spec power cable and they could not draw enough current. Better luck next time.
Waterhen got a well needed wash, although she still needs to be treated for woodworm and her varnish patched. The water level seemed very high, leaving little of our slipway left dry to haul her onto.
The cladding went up that was required before the flagpole could be raised. Once up Helen and Sephy chose lots of flags to put up. The pole has 6 minor flag lines and one major flag line. It is a tradition that was started by the previous owner, Robin, who would raise flags for the nationalities of the people sailing by. Thanks to this, we have an extensive set of national flags from Japan to Australia, Greece to Canada.
We made the obligatory trip to Potter Heigham for breakfast, and the boys bought tackle and bait, about a pint of maggots in various colours. Over the period of the weekend, they each caught four fish and were very happy. Not so sure about the fish.
We had several trips out which are covered in Helen's blog Halcyon Days Out which I will link to when the entries are ready.
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