Clad past tense of clothe transitive verb: to cover or clothe Cladding is one of those words that gets used but not commonly enough for...

Monday 15th September was blowy. From my 5 years (or so) experience working in markets, one of the hard-earned take-aways was that us...

Saturday 13th September 2025 0830hr at storage to unload car. 0900hr Peyman and I drive to the canal. Prepare the support beneath the...

My approach to making things is to go for it and find out as you do it. When it came to the roof, I had focused so much on the rafters...

The first roof iteration was good. But unfortunately it was not good enough. Rosie and I had had a mega roof day which I had naively...

Rosie and I worked solidly from 11am to 7:30pm. We stopped for 30 minutes for a fantastic lunch but other than that it was end-to-end...

I am often told that I need to take time off from building the boat. I do. But I also need to boat. As the saying goes, 'London's first...

Sold! (cowboy emoji to withhold identity of buyer) sold! (this guy is in the biz - he owns a gallery on Great Titchfield Street) SOLD!...

I was working on the framing for the second wall in the ripping hot sun on the corner of the canal. I had got to a good stopping point...

Yesterday (Wednesday 20th August 2025) started with a bit of a sad thing. There was a dead dog in the canal. It stank and was also...

Saturday 16th August 2025 This is the boat on 10th August Here she is on Friday 15th August at around 7pm This is the boat on 16th August...

Monday 11th August 2025 So much of the workload involved in the construction of the boat is preparation. When one sits and thinks about...

Sunday 10th August Insulating the deck and securing floorboards We also finished the skirt. 2x6 treated timber to reinforce the...

This is the rear right hand side of the boat (starboard stern). This is where the toilet is going to be when it's outside (I will move it...

Friday 7th August Hope and Desperation made the four and a half mile journey from Camden Lock to Victoria Park. On the way we picked up...

Fetch wood from storage (chemical toilet in box in car) I don't have sufficient supply of uniform woodstock so have to improvise...

Ancient wisdom: Before you get pissed and ride about in the boat, you've got to make the boat. Wednesday 6th August morning: boat is made...

The boat has been smashed about a lot. Today we fixed it. Peyman's theory is that it took a direct hit. He might be right. I was less...

7am - check the boat: Bow waves from passing boats have bashed mine into the towpath so much in the last few days that the old wood has...

I keep getting hit with parking fines and it is rinsing my finances. It makes my blood boil. I have a university education, am fully...