Loverley day!

Sorry about the lack of blog yesterday, I started to write it and then got distracted by some body, it was a bit of a day yesterday so to speak and by the time I got around to finishing off the blog I had lost interest and hadn't got the heart to finish it off as it would have been a half hearted attempt! Today on the other hand has been wonderful, nicely busy, nice people, and the sun has been shining, no day boats out today so it was quiet first thing, in a way I am glad as Angela is off, David is off, Lorraine is off, Jake is off and Fred is off, it feels like everyone is off except me, I have to say though that it has been a great day working with Sarah, Denise, Charlotte and Jodie, That's why the title is Loverley day as Denise came back after a two week break and she talks with a curly accent and today that's all I have heard from the tea room!

Not really much to report about today, the lads have all been busy, Steve fitting new front doors to a boat, Mick doing several jobs on boats in and around the yard and finally Simon has been finishing off the welding on the boat on the hard standing, I have been in and out all day, but it was grand to speak with our old friend and good customer Sue with the boat No Problem who is currently on the river Thames but she is on route back to the midlands and will be popping in to see us in the autumn for us to look after her and Vic and also give her boat a bit of a re vamp, watch this space.

That's it from me for tonight

what a day

After I finished work last night I took Annie out for a walk across the field and we came back to prepare for a BBQ that I had invited some friends over to. No sooner had I thought about striking the match, a call came through on the callout phone. So I was off down the towpath to jump start Phantom. Unfortunately the domestic batteries didn't have enough life in them to start the engine either, so I had a brisk walk back to the yard and collected Victory. Minutes after arriving back to Phantom I had the engine running, checked the charging rate and explained to the customers how the electrics on the boat operate. My guests were somewhat surprised to see me travelling down the arm on a dayboat to get the party started! We had a fabulous evening and were joined by two more guests who just popped in on the off chance of us being in.

I awoke this morning (without a stonking headache I must add!) listening to a local radio station. It wasn't until I opened the front doors to let Annie out that I heard the shop alarm sounding. On with a pair of shoes and a quick dash over to the yard to find everything intacked although the alarm was still sounding. The alarm panel showed that it was one of the sensors in the shop that had activated it. I had a quick glance around to find a spider had happily weaved a web right across the sensor!

We had three dayboats go out this morning and we have had one hire boat go out. it's been busy today, although the weather has been very changeable, one minute it's raining, the next the sun is beating down on us!

Ange is now off on holiday for the week, so if you see her pass on her boat - give her a wave.

Back over to Simon in the morning.

Best regards,

David.

Its been another warm day here at Norbury, although the sun hasn't been as over powering as it was yesterday. Although saying that it has still been very humid.

We've had a busier turn around today with three dayboats out first thing this morning and seven boats and Wharf Cottage out this afternoon. Fred has been busy with pumpouts etc. prior to going down into the depths of the dry dock to apply the last coat of Comastic to the boat in the dock which will be floated off tomorrow. Mick has done some jobs on the private boats and shown some boats out this afternoon. Simon checked the engines over on the hire boats and has shown the boats out this afternoon. Kim has been kept busy in the kitchen and has been helped by Lorraine as and when needed. Sarah and Joyce have been busy cleaning boats. Ange has been busy in the office and checking boats.

Until tomorrow.

David.

whooooooooooooosh where did today go

wow what a barmy day it has been here at norbury today, i just don't know where the time has gone. we had 2 day boats out this morning and both enjoyed an excellent day, the weather has been absolutely fantastic, i even got a sun tan taking the new hirers across the car park to their boat, i do hope the weather holds for them all.

we had 4 hire boats return this morning, 3 of them have turned round and sphinx has also gone out for a week.

fred has had a quiet day today with turn rounds as we had only 1 ex ownership return, all the others have had been lucky and gone out for 2 weeks..........wait till next friday fred :)

the tea room has been very busy today and kim has coped with help from lorraine and joyce at times. we had a massive delivery of ice cream delivered today as we are hoping for a busy weekend, i've struggled to find room for it all but we got there in the end.

billy showed all the boats out today, it is nice to have him help us, he polishes the tillers and tiller pins and they glow, thanks bill, they look good x.

i sent simon out shopping this afternoon and as usual he returned late and expected everything on the shelves yesterday.............2moz simon............well that's all from me today......byeeeee ange.

will it last

Wow what a stunning day it has been and it makes me wonder just how long it will last for? the weather forecast is pretty good and it looks like we should be in for a nice weekend, I certainly hope so!

As you can imagine with the sun out it has been a busy day, and a day frought with problems, everything that someone has touched has either broken or has gone wrong in some way, I wont bore you with the details, except I will say that most of the issuse are as a direct result of people not listening or not using thier initiave to sort out a simply problem,I will add that I am glad its time to go home!

Seeing as it is such a nice evening I am going to slope off to the pub for a quick beer on my way home.

Simon

Beer O'clock

It gets to that time of day when the sun has been beating its rays out ALL day long on our nearly Lilly white skin (well it is after this years poor weather) when you get that dry taste in your mouth and you look at the clock and realise its nearly beer o'clock time, well that feeling just happened to me, so a very short blog tonight as I'm going for a pint with the lads, talking about the lads, Jake has been changing propellers today, servicing engines on the day boats (someone missed out on a fantastic day today as non of the day boats went out) he helped Fred dock a boat, Simon attended a nasty breakdown this morning, I wont elaborate but involved blocked toilets! He then double checked the engine installation that Jake did last week as that was collected today, he then nipped up to a boat at Shebdon to fit some window finishing strips that didn't turn up with a new set of Windows we fitted last week, The girls have been rushed off their feet in the shop and tea room and I have also been nicely busy, not too stressed and not to rushed, so on that note I am off for a beer to round the day off.
Simon