I've been away for a couple of days, boating with some good friends. I met them at Uxbridge on Monday night and left them at Wolverton yesterday evening. Not bad going with three boats!
It's been a busy day here again today. The phone's haven't stopped ringing, which is a good thing, but when you are in the middle of something they can be rather off putting.
Simon's gone home, he is off now for ten days, so you will be having the pleasure of my blogs every day.
I'll get some pictures for you tomorrow to have a look at what we have been upto.
Until then,
David
NORBURY WHARF LIMITED
Shop front in the summer
Thursday, 9 June 2011
Wednesday, 8 June 2011
Missed Blog
I miss out one blog and people notice, I am surprised that so many people read it! I missed it as I was just too busy yesterday and I didn't finish until late and then I had to go and look at some steel sections for the work that we are doing on the moorings, unfortunately it was no good so we are reverting back to our original plan of using timber along the front of the pilings, just to give you some idea of what we are doing, we have widened the footpath by about a meter, we are re- surfacing the whole length with stone, we are repairing the piles where they have come away from the bank, installing new mooring rings the full length of the moorings and we will be putting in another couple of electric points and water supply further along, this will take a few months so anyone who is moored up there please bear with us, it will be much better when its all finished and well worth the wait.
Its been a busy couple of days here at Norbury, David has been off for his 'weekend' he has gone off down south boating with some friends, Angela has also had a couple of days off so we have been a bit thin on the ground today, David is back tomorrow and Angela on Friday, but then I am off on holiday for a week so David and Angela will be busy, its always the same, there is always someone off on holiday or catching up with days off.
The weather has been a mixed bag over the last couple of days, I think they call it a typical English summer? one minute its grey, or raining, the next minute it is glorious sunshine, I don't know if to put my coat on or take it off! It does however seem to improve as the day goes by, Amazingly I have had my fire lit at home for the past few nights as the temperature has dropped enough for me to feel the cold, although I have now turned the central heating off! We are still selling smokeless fuel so I reckon that people on boats are doing the same.
All the lads have been busy over the last couple of days, Micky finishing off jobs on Falcon, that's is finished now and looks superb, The owner is very pleased indeed with it, Bernard has been up to all sorts of things mainly on our hire boats that are in at the moment, Poor OLD Fred is not very well at the moment and he is sure letting everyone know it, he only did half a day yesterday and went home to bed, I think he needs to work harder then he wouldn't notice it!
That's about it from me for today, so until tomorrow.
Simon
Its been a busy couple of days here at Norbury, David has been off for his 'weekend' he has gone off down south boating with some friends, Angela has also had a couple of days off so we have been a bit thin on the ground today, David is back tomorrow and Angela on Friday, but then I am off on holiday for a week so David and Angela will be busy, its always the same, there is always someone off on holiday or catching up with days off.
The weather has been a mixed bag over the last couple of days, I think they call it a typical English summer? one minute its grey, or raining, the next minute it is glorious sunshine, I don't know if to put my coat on or take it off! It does however seem to improve as the day goes by, Amazingly I have had my fire lit at home for the past few nights as the temperature has dropped enough for me to feel the cold, although I have now turned the central heating off! We are still selling smokeless fuel so I reckon that people on boats are doing the same.
All the lads have been busy over the last couple of days, Micky finishing off jobs on Falcon, that's is finished now and looks superb, The owner is very pleased indeed with it, Bernard has been up to all sorts of things mainly on our hire boats that are in at the moment, Poor OLD Fred is not very well at the moment and he is sure letting everyone know it, he only did half a day yesterday and went home to bed, I think he needs to work harder then he wouldn't notice it!
That's about it from me for today, so until tomorrow.
Simon
Monday, 6 June 2011
Sunny Monday afternoon
It started out a grey, cold and damp morning this morning and stayed a grey day up until lunch time and as I type this it the sun has come out and it is a stunning afternoon, I thought that it was a quiet morning but when i noticed the time it was lunch time and I don't know what happened to the time, I nipped out to do the banking and I have not stopped all afternoon, It has gone quiet now that the lads have all gone home and the customers have disappeared so it has given me the opportunity to type up the blog.
As we are getting busier I must apologise in advance if we start to miss the odd day here and there on the blog, I missed Fridays out completely and got a telling off from my mom as she is an avid reader as well, she reckons it is the only way that she keeps up to speed with what I am doing, well some of it, Friday seemed to come and go in a haze and I forgot completely until Saturday when I read Davids blog and realised that I hadn't done Fridays, I am blaming David for that as he dragged me kicking and screaming down to one of our local pubs for a beer and that was the end of me for the evening!
Whats been going on today? I know all the lads have been busy, doing what I am unsure, I think that Micks been on Falcon re fitting it after it has come out of the painting dock, Lee has started preparing another one in the dock, Ralph has been blacking, Steve has been digging holes in the towpath up our moorings and Graham has been welding the cabin together, (I think) David has been busy doing David things and apart from doing the banking it seems like I haven't achieved much, I am sure I must have done but I cant remember now.
That's it from me for today, David is not in now for the next two days so if I am not too busy tomorrow I will post something if I can.
Simon
As we are getting busier I must apologise in advance if we start to miss the odd day here and there on the blog, I missed Fridays out completely and got a telling off from my mom as she is an avid reader as well, she reckons it is the only way that she keeps up to speed with what I am doing, well some of it, Friday seemed to come and go in a haze and I forgot completely until Saturday when I read Davids blog and realised that I hadn't done Fridays, I am blaming David for that as he dragged me kicking and screaming down to one of our local pubs for a beer and that was the end of me for the evening!
Whats been going on today? I know all the lads have been busy, doing what I am unsure, I think that Micks been on Falcon re fitting it after it has come out of the painting dock, Lee has started preparing another one in the dock, Ralph has been blacking, Steve has been digging holes in the towpath up our moorings and Graham has been welding the cabin together, (I think) David has been busy doing David things and apart from doing the banking it seems like I haven't achieved much, I am sure I must have done but I cant remember now.
That's it from me for today, David is not in now for the next two days so if I am not too busy tomorrow I will post something if I can.
Simon
Sunday, 5 June 2011
What a busy day it has been today... Jay is on holiday at the moment, so Lorraine has been covering in the tea room over the last few days. We had flocks of customers in this morning for breakfasts, bacon sarnies and lots of tea, which meant that I had to ring Caroline and ask her to start early and I even had to do a stint in the kitchen; helping collecting plates, washing up and running orders. Now that doesn't happen every week - so that shows how busy we have been…
The canal hasn’t been very busy today, although we have still had a few boats pull on the wharf for services.
I’ve been trying to catch up with the advertising of the brokerage boats this afternoon – I’ve just got the websites to update now, so watch this space for our new additions. We’ve had done extremely well in the last ten days – we’ve sold seven boats!!! So if you have got a boat to sell, you really should bring it to us to advertise on your behalf. We don’t charge you for moorings and our brokerage fee is only 4% + VAT.
Mick and Ralph docked two boats this morning and have just got Falcon out of the paint dock. Lee has done a super job on it – I’ll get you some pictures and upload them tomorrow.
Simon’s back tomorrow, so I am sure that he will keep you entertained for the week.
I’m off now to walk the dog and generally relax! Until next week…
Regards,
David.
Saturday, 4 June 2011
04/06/2011
The lambs in the field woke me up this morning bleating their little heads off and the odd ‘bah’ coming from their mothers! It was time to get up and take Annie for a walk in the already warm sunshine. Annie is my Springer Spaniel that I have had for the last four years.
I arrived at work for about 8am, already to find that some of the hire boats were making their way back into the basin and tying up alongside each other. Ralph and Mick got the two day boats ready and also Phantasy for their oncoming guests for the day.
We have turned eight boats around today and they have all now departed for their weeks holiday without any issues. Everyone has worked really hard today and done a fantastic job.
I’m just sat waiting for one of the dayboats to return and then I’m off home for the day – they aren’t late back, as they did book an extra hour!
It's been another scorcher today, although we have had light rain later this afternoon. Lets hope the sun is out again tomorrow.
Until tomorrow.
David
Thursday, 2 June 2011
HOT HOT HOT!!
Today started off a bit dull bit by lunch time it had warmed up a lot and by the time I left for home it was as the title suggests, I almost took my sweat shirt off, so the day has turned out to be a lovely one here at Norbury, its funny though that even though the sun has been shining we haven't seen as many people around today, it has been much quieter on the wharf as well, it doesn't stop the lads from being busy and I suspect that they are glad to take it a bit easier after the last couple of manic days.
Fred Has blacked a boat on the dock, Lee is still putting the finishing touches to Falcon, Graham has had a good day on doing the new cabin, Ralph saw the two day boats out today and has been catching up on some very much needed grass cutting and general tidying around the yard, Steve is cracking on well with the moorings, I should get some pictures of that so you can see just what a huge improvement that is going to be once completed, the shared boats have started to return ready for ther turn around tomorrow, Angela has been catching up on paperwork and filling the shelves in the chandlery, the chandlery is almost a full time job in its self when we are busy, David has been doing 'David' things and I have been catching up with changing the prices for the hire boats for next year, we kept the prices the same for this year and even Incorporated the VAT increase but unfortunately we cant do the same for next year so there will be a price increase from the 1st Jan 2012.
That's about it from me today, I hope you have all enjoyed some nice weather like we have today
Simon
Fred Has blacked a boat on the dock, Lee is still putting the finishing touches to Falcon, Graham has had a good day on doing the new cabin, Ralph saw the two day boats out today and has been catching up on some very much needed grass cutting and general tidying around the yard, Steve is cracking on well with the moorings, I should get some pictures of that so you can see just what a huge improvement that is going to be once completed, the shared boats have started to return ready for ther turn around tomorrow, Angela has been catching up on paperwork and filling the shelves in the chandlery, the chandlery is almost a full time job in its self when we are busy, David has been doing 'David' things and I have been catching up with changing the prices for the hire boats for next year, we kept the prices the same for this year and even Incorporated the VAT increase but unfortunately we cant do the same for next year so there will be a price increase from the 1st Jan 2012.
That's about it from me today, I hope you have all enjoyed some nice weather like we have today
Simon
Wednesday, 1 June 2011
The sun has returned, yipeeeeee
At last the sun has come back to Norbury, I am so glad after the gloomy weekend, its not quite sun bathing weather but none the less its warm and it makes the day go a lot better,I have even managed to remove my coat, The sun has also bought the customers out and we have seen plenty of people here today, either visiting on foot or by boat,in fact its been manic, the wharf has again been busy today and they were queueing under the bridge waiting for services, I even had to do a pump out and diesel myself today!
Fred has been kept busy with the wharf, blacking and strimming the moorings, Graham saw the day boats out first thing this morning and then fitted a locking filler cap to a private boat while Bernard did a few jobs on another private boat that has come in for some work, once he finished that he then carried on with some rectification work that the surveyor had recommended on a boat that has just been sold, Lee has been busy putting the finishing touches to Falcon, while Steve has been getting the mini digger stuck up to its axles in mud up the towpath, Graham had to go up with a set of chains and block and tackle to rescue it, later on he has had to go to a shared boat that has broken down, All in all another busy day and a pleasant one as well as the sun was shining.
That's it from me for another day, so until tomorrow.
Simon
Fred has been kept busy with the wharf, blacking and strimming the moorings, Graham saw the day boats out first thing this morning and then fitted a locking filler cap to a private boat while Bernard did a few jobs on another private boat that has come in for some work, once he finished that he then carried on with some rectification work that the surveyor had recommended on a boat that has just been sold, Lee has been busy putting the finishing touches to Falcon, while Steve has been getting the mini digger stuck up to its axles in mud up the towpath, Graham had to go up with a set of chains and block and tackle to rescue it, later on he has had to go to a shared boat that has broken down, All in all another busy day and a pleasant one as well as the sun was shining.
That's it from me for another day, so until tomorrow.
Simon
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