Herbie on the move!

 After many months shackled to her berth in Cropredy, Herbie now lies in a new spot.  I was somewhat amazed when Herbie's trusty old BMC engine burst into life at the first turn of the key this morning.  That's the first time she's been started up in a good six months. 

So it was tiller on, and off we go!  50 feet in reverse, two feet to the right and 50 feet forward - to the other side of our pontoon.  Yes, sorry to get you all excited, but we were just swapping places with the boat next door so I can get to work on the port side of the roof and handrail. Now the work can begin. Having done most of the starboard side I'm somewhat more confident this time because it's just a repeat exercise.  How much we'll get done before the weather stops work we'll have to see. I'll try to keep up before and after photos this time. I won't get too much done before the weekend, then we have to leave the boat for other engagements.

Poor Gertie was confused and disturbed when we let her out because everthing was a bit like a mirror image of what she had got used to.  

Anyway here we are a few feet further west.  The climate is pretty similar here although we are a bit more sheltered from the wind that blows across the marina. Hopfully it will blow us on to the pontoon side rather than off it.

Stay tuned for pictures of the work.