A challenge for Homebase, & spot the difference…

Last weekend Dave replaced some of the single radiators with double ones, we’d decided more heat was needed in the saloon  & the bedroom so only needed to change 2 of them.

First of all he had to drain the system so we opted for a hi-tech solution to prevent any spillages & modified a plastic milk carton to catch the brown soup…

We considered applying for a patient patent for this new invention, but came to the conclusion that it might be too expensive & it’s complexities might just put people off a bit…

It’s ok tho, not to worry, the Queens offered her royal seal of approval (bit previous) but it’ll do…

And we decided to politely decline any offer to appear on Dragon’s Den, the sarcy toffs can’t hurt us cos we don’t need telling our idea won’t hold any water… [Groan]

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Later on I noticed there appeared to be no difference between the single & double radiators, they both look the same. Maybe I was expecting the double ones to be twice as wide but they weren’t.

Single radiator or double…?

 

Well as it turns out the double ones are slightly wider, tell you what tho they really do belt out twice the heat, so who cares…?

PS: In case you’re wondering the one in the photo is a double,,, I said a double…

As usual, with nothing ever being straightforward round here the new one in the bedroom sprung a leak from the start, Dave tried everything short of draining it & taking it off the wall --- then gave up, basically cos he’d hurt his back & had enough… So with renewed inspiration this weekend he sorted it out good & proper earlier on, but it still required more hard graft…

Ah well, at least its sorted. Next on the agenda, fitting an extra radiator on the other side of the boat, but we may have to check out the health insurance first…

CH CH CH Changes…

I stood on the front of the boat the other day & took this photo of the trees on the island, still photogenic even without any leaves…

Compared with August…

…They stayed like this right up till the end of September, then we had one really windy week & that was all it took to strip them bare, I’m sure they’d look nicer with those white Christmas lights wrapped all round them... Any volunteers to go up there…?

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That reminds me, ever since the nights started drawing in we’ve both been pondering about some subtle lighting in “The Blue Room” for when it’s pitch black outside. We’ve considered everything from uplights, downlights, backlights, low lights & even Blackpool lights (the latter of which didn’t take much thinking about). So after deciding on something sophisticated & expensive we went out & bought a box of Christmas tree lights...

And an effort to cheer things up a bit & provide some light amidst the murk of winter this is what Dave did to “The Blue Room” last Friday aft while I was waiting for the firework to go off…

These photos don’t do justice to the way it lights up & even glows out there during these gloomy long nights, err we don’t leave them on ALL night of course, but it’s much more effective than it looks in these piccies…

There was even enough to carry them on down the front screen too so you might get the jist, erm no, maybe not…

Well, they might be Christmas lights but they’re gonna stay up there till next year now. When I first poked my head out to have a look at his creation Dave said something like “oh you’ll just laugh at it,” how wrong could he be…? Sophisticated & simple at the same time, I think it’s great…!

Now all we need is a few Christmas candles dotted about to give off some heat & bob’s yer uncle we can sit outside for tea like we did in summer…

Is this really winter…?

I’m still doing Monday’s post here, well Monday’s photos anyway – just thought I’d make it clear I’m not getting involved in any more time warps… So here’s some lovely views I took of the fields on the towpath side, just before I bumped into the ghost… But worry ye not, there’s no weird apparitions in these photos, well I don’t think there is…

 

Reflections on the water…

PS: Church clock update hot off the press – at PRESENT we’re holding FAST at 5 minutes SLOW. Oh dear, I must learn to put this subject in the PAST & be done with it…