One step forward, another one back!

And no, this is not in reference to my new knee.  This progresses well, but is still a tad painful.

We used the bank holiday weekend to go to the boat in order to give it a little TLC,  If I am honest, Ali did most of the work, as usual!  She did give me an allowance due to my still limited mobility, but I did feel guilty.

So the cratch and pram hood has been cleaned inside and out and the whole boat washed from the accumulated winter grime.  The old girl has done well. The polish we gave her in the autumn paid dividends and combined with the mild winter meant that the shine was soon restored.

Whilst Ali laboured, I put up the alarms kindly supplied by the fire brigade.  Then I set too trying to sort out the radio!  We have a car style radio,  with reception gradually deteriorating over the last few years.  We suspected the aerial, so sourced a new one.  Routing the new lead was a bar steward!  But we did it....   Plugged it all in, switched on, it activated, then died! Changed the fuse, nowt.

I know not if the radio itself is u/s, or if I have damaged the supply cable when pulling through the new aerial lead.  Somewhat flummoxed at the moment.. All things electrical being a mystery to me.

I will have another go on our next visit. So as per usual, a simple job turns into a marathon!  The joy of owning a money pit, I mean boat!

There again, my Citroen 2cv has also contributed to the diminution of our funds due to the MOT.

Deep joy.....