The last couple of days have seen three intense sessions, as we played catch-up after the frustrations of the last fortnight. Yesterday morning’s was the most exciting of the whole … Continue reading Day 62 and 63: Friday and Saturday 3 & 4 May
Day 64: Monday 7 May
Skiffie is fully planked! I arrived a few minutes after Alasdair and Ian; I have a busy schedule and heavy responsibilities. Setting up the workshop for the day (doctors are … Continue reading Day 64: Monday 7 May
Day 65: Tuesday 8 May
Another progressful day. We had already shaped the keel and cut it to size, along the outer stems. Our next job was to glue them in position. It sounds easy, … Continue reading Day 65: Tuesday 8 May
Day 66: Wednesday 9 May
This blog follows a group of ordinary people doing an extraordinary thing. And regularly finding that skiff things can be extraordinarily awkward. Regular readers will remember we had left the … Continue reading Day 66: Wednesday 9 May
Day 67: Friday 11 May
DA had been thinking in the night. Instead of a wooden frame to steady the skiff once she was off her base and the right way up, he proposed three … Continue reading Day 67: Friday 11 May
Day 68: Sunday 13 May
We are going to need a wall, a big, beautiful Trumpian wall. What else can we do to keep Ian away from this skiff? Eileen (Ian’s longsuffering wife) had asked … Continue reading Day 68: Sunday 13 May
Day 69: Monday 14 May
It didn’t. Ian had had to confess to the longsuffering Eileen. His bail conditions have obviously been tightened. But he must have disabled his electronic tag, awaltzing into the morning … Continue reading Day 69: Monday 14 May
Day 70: Turning Day, Wednesday 16 May
During the afternoon, Alasdair, Ian and Bruce hatched the final final plan. We wanted a look somewhere between Danny Boyle’s 2012 Olympic opening ceremony and a Pyongyang military parade. Nothing … Continue reading Day 70: Turning Day, Wednesday 16 May
Day 71: Thursday 17 May
There are waiting days. There are doing days. And there are thinking days. This was a thinking day. With the skiff suddenly the right way up, there were a whole … Continue reading Day 71: Thursday 17 May
Day 72: Friday 18 May
The thinking was over. Alasdair volunteered to take the wood down to DA’s workshop in Balephuil to be sawn into gunwale-sized pieces. Alasdair is very keen on Balephuil. His journeys … Continue reading Day 72: Friday 18 May
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