The Renovations

'The Project was a triumph of endeavour over ability'. Jo May 2010

The boats innards were rather 'basic' when we bought her.

Pretty neglected, pongy and not really fit to live on - even for folks like us with low expectations.

It's taken a lot of effort using skills I learned as a baker to turn her from a scabby old pie tin to a Black Forest Bateau, work includes:

In the twinkling of an eye

Or 3 years - plenty of Euros, enough wine to drown a horse, hundreds of bruises and a strained marriage

So we are finally ready to set off.

Here is a largely photographic record of our adventutres