The grass cutting contractors are busy around the marina today. I suspect they have some sort of regular booking because in truth there ain't much length to cut what with all the dry weather. Interesting too that they at work on a Bank Holiday. Anyway I shall not be doing a lot of work today because it's too hot for painting.
Yesterday I had the onerous job of watching paint dry. I laid the side hatch doors on one of the marina's picnic tables and gave them a layer of undercoat, which only took about ten minutes. Then in order to make sure any of the local cats, including our Gertie, didn't walk all over them I sat on guard until they were touch dry. A tough job but somebody has to do it.
No they're not all blotchy, that's just the shadow of the bushes. In fact they came up really well especially considering how scabby they were before I started. After the top coat they should look spiffing. That's probably a job for tomorrow. Meanwhile I might do some more rubbing down of the side door surround and hinges.
It's a pleasant spot to sit in with this view in front of you, so I wasn't complaining.
Our basin at Cropredy has an unusually wide expanse of open water. Most marinas have a far smaller space between the rows of boats either side.
The water level continues to fall and some boats with low to the water gunnels are in danger of having the gunnels trapped under the pontoon when eventually the water rises. We're keeping an eye on Herbie for that. The word is that local canal related businesses are really suffering. No boats cruising, so no diesel sales, no breakdown call outs, no blacking customers can reach them, hire companies unable to provide routes etc etc.
Apparently CRT are occasionally letting some water down lock flights to stop the gates from shrinking as they dry out, but there are definately no boat movements for miles either side of us.
We are expecting some proper rain for a couple of hours on Wednesday and some light showers the rest of the week. If it raises Herbie by an inch I'll be pleasantly surprised.
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