Le Mans

Not an obvious title, I'll grant you, but the weekend just gone was the Le Mans 24 hour race. This year is the first one in the last six that I've not gone, either to the main race, or last year, to the classic one. I was feeling a bit out of sorts on friday and Mary commented on it too. I guess a clue was when we got back on friday evening and I started watching videos of the Mulsanne straight on YouTube and listening to music......

Anyhoo, we managed to re-create some of the atmosphere on Misterton this week, as we spent our first night aboard!

We had a BBQ on the front deck on saturday night, along with refreshments.

We spent quite a lot of time chatting about different ideas for the barge, as now some interior walls have started to go up, its much clearer how the final shape will look.

Sunday was very social, my parents came up from Norfolk to see the progress for themselves. I explained they'd get a much better feel for the whole thing by the application of paint......

Our friend Dave also visited and commented on the progress. A couple from Leeds who occasionally drop by, Dennis and Jean had a look and inspected the work to be done. My sister, brother in law and nephews also dropped by on the way back from a weekend with friends in Yorkshire.

Tom even helped me start the engine and was quite keen to get his picture taken with it.

Mary did some more painting, finishing off the coamings and starting on the window frames, which are also going to be black.

I did some more cleaning in the engine room and measured up various things that we'll need to order. its all quite tiring, working during the week and then driving to Yorkshire to work on Misterton. Next weekend we're having a rest in Wales of all places. Looking forward to it.