New Month New Boat

Poor Puppy

Well, nearly a week has passed since the emotion of parting with Viking. We are gradually getting settled in and used to our new surroundings, unlike Buster, who was at home as soon as he realised his bed, bones and treats we're already here when he arrived. Poor little chap, he has been suffering over the last few months.  He just will NOT stop barking when we are moving the boat.  It has got so bad now that he sounds like a Yorkshire Terrier when he barks and is causing onlookers to point and laugh at him when he is trying to be 'ard!!  Which makes him worse, poor squeaky boy.  I have even resorted to giving him the odd TCP sore throat sweet to try and make him feel better.  If I cant stop him barking what else can I do?  Luckily, as Rae only has portholes and he cant tell when we are moving or not, the barking has subsided a great deal so it won't be long before his bark is back to normal.

Now comes the arduous task of working out what 'lives' where. Yogi's 'man' stuff is easy, he has a whole room with shelves and everything so all man paraphernalia ends up there. kitchen stuff the same, cupboards provided but clothes and nick knacks are another story for the moment.   They are currently living behind the sofa, under the bed and in the boatman's cabin.  When we moved on, everything was stacked in there. From floor to ceiling was boxes and bags. It's looking a lot better now and almost empty of homeless belongings. 

Can you see the smoke rings?

Yogi has been a busy bunny also, he has connected the Sterling so we have a charging system and inverter. Wired in the fridge and freezer and he's also started sorting the heating, we think the radiator may have a blockage but can't sort it just yet as Yogi broke the radiator key when he was checking it out lol.
My days have been full of emptying bags, filling cupboards, swapping said cupboards contents due to weight distribution issues then onto emptying more bags and boxes.    Each one unpacked to a rendition of 'Another one bites the dust' by Queen. With the word box or bag inserted when required.  We have also managed to travel over 50 miles this week.  Yogi spotted a Shoreline Freezer in Towpath Talk for £100!! it was up the Leicester Arm apx 20 miles from Braunston.  

So, our maiden voyage in Rae would be along the Leicester Arm, through the beautifully groomed Watford Lock Flight and via the very narrow and badly silted canal to bridge 37, our freezers location.  We had to go past it, to the Welford Branch Junction so we could turn around. The winding holes are only big enough for 60' boats and seeing as we are 68'.  They were not an option.  It was worth getting stuck on nearly every corner on the way there and back because I am now the proud owner of a Shoreline Freezer and I cannot wait to get it full of ice cream and blackberries!!