Staining the remainder of the first main bay of the open boathouse
Staining the remainder of the first main bay of the open boathouse

The Range Rover breakdown keeps me from the Boat Auction but enables me to staining the remainder of the first main bay of the open boathouse and then, this evening after dark, fitting the three door linings.

The Houses of Parliament met today to discuss the currency crisis and the government could put forward no new economic policy to replace their former idol of fixed exchange rates.

I was up early and prepared to go to Potter Heigham on another cool and wet morning, donning my boating waterproofs to get some auction bargains as the soft-hearted stayed away. Unhappily, the Range Rover refused to start, barely firing and sounding very sick even though I turned over the starter motor for ages and kept charging the battery to try again. I had to give up any thought of going in the end and telephoned Broadland Motors about putting it in for an emergency service. They came and collected it after lunch when I just managed to start the engine, but it sounded very ragged and in need of some attention.

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I had to content myself with a full working day, first staining the remainder of the first main bay of the open boathouse and then, this evening after dark, fitting the three door linings and experimenting with the mitre box and the first of the architrave. I ended the day very tired and quite frustrated because the staining is not going quickly enough yet I needed to return the scaffold boards as they are probably costing a fortune. It kept on raining today at the end of what has been a very wet and unsettled season but at least there is plenty that I can do regardless of the weather. The Houses of Parliament met today to discuss the currency crisis and the government could put forward no new economic policy to replace their former idol of fixed exchange rates.