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Champagne Celebrations
Birthday times are always exciting. It is generally an excuse to hang out with friends you have not seen in a while and have a few celebratory drinks. This year my birthday was no exception with the extra bonus of being taken away for a mystery weekend to celebrate by my two friends, Kerry and Martin. I had no idea where I was going and it was very …
New crew aboard and reds onward ho.
... years ago. At 21 i had hair, really. and i had a six pack stomach....well ok maybe a four pack . had lived in 4 states of Australia and Malaysia. Surfed in sydney. Lived and worked in the bush. traveld oz by motorbike, spent a long time in hospital after a bike crash,( yes they are related). I had buried my mother a year before and was traveling from south Australia to queensland with my oldest mate umph. i had a landcruiser and ...
Klaus lives. and he had better behave himself.
... Klaus. We did however have the light on with the heater and when the lock keeper tried to open his gates for a boat we overloaded the system and cut his power...oops
It was no problem he said. They also leant me a bottle of locktite to stop the bolts coming undone by themselves. I couldnt buy any around here so it was greatly apreciated. I am dropping a bottle of wine around shortly to say thanks.
So the saga continues tomorow.
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Stevie got an owee
... canals have been very helpfull. They have us plugged in to their control box so we have heat and very importantly, hot water. The lack of showers has been the elephant in the room that neither wanted to mention. The new part will arrive thursday morning so we have a lay day in this very pretty city. i dropped the coupling off to be repaired and we are doing laundry. All exciting stuff I know. But its ...
Klaus broke in a big way.
... throu dee in edinburgh. After a very long day we tied up in Chalon sur champagne. We are tied up right outside the lock house so we can plug in. The lock guys knew were coming as i had called the canal authourity. So he organised everything including phoning a mechanic who is calling back in the morning. it may be possible to repair it rather than wait for a replacement. We shall see. Thats boats. A big shiny motor can fail as much as a ****** old ...