Following my signwriting course I've not only been practising brushwork at home but also thinking about repainting Herbie's name on...

 Major problems at Cropredy Marina yesterday thanks to storm Bert.  The moorers' facebook group was showing alarming pictures of floodin...

 The restoration of Herbie's hinged aft hatch lid is complete, no thanks to me. All the thanks go to my mate Rick who has lovingly and s...

 On Thursday, we were all thinking about our final pieces to take home. Much planning and practising going on with Joby giving advice about ...

 Day 3 was a bit depressing.  It started off well enough with me drawing out the name HERBIE in a font called Clarendon. This I managed to d...

Today was day two of my introduction to proper sign writing, a course taught by Job Carter of the well known but now sadly defunct Carter...

A picture's worth a thousand words, or so they say, but over the last week the internet signal here has been too slow to upload photos. ...

Well it's an ill wind that blows nobody any good, so they say, and that's true for us this week.  The rain has at times been biblica...

 I'd rather not have too many days like today.  We got up at a reasonable (for us) hour and prepared to leave Banbury.   Frustration num...

Herbie is in Banbury tonight.  We're out for a cruise with our son Peter. Want a good place to eat in Banbury?  Well we can really recom...

 As I write, Herbie is getting a thorough internal inspection.  Behind the stove, inside the wardrobe, on the shelves and in the cupboards; ...

 Well we did it.  Never painted cabin sides outdoors before, but we're happy with the outcome. Of course it's only the two large dar...