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240 Volts AC

Saved on 16/05/2008

The first system to get to grips with on Lady Jane is the 240V AC mains.I have learned that the first thing I need for electric stuff is a big space to put everything. For some...

240 Volts AC

Mains electics

Saved on 14/05/2008

Boat electrics - what a huge task.Here you see the space where the newly sorted systems are destined to go, after removing the bodge that I've had to date.Actually, this project...

Mains electics

Busy days

Saved on 12/05/2008

What a busy weekend it's been.You know how sometimes things go so fast it's all a bit of a blur?The folks at the marina where I keep my rib must have been wondering somewhat at the fetching...

Busy days

Saturday 10 May 2008

Saved on 10/05/2008

The weather of late has forced me into idleness.  For we are enduring a heat-wave in my lovely part of the country that is most unseasonable and which renders activity during the day nigh-on impossible. My partner has installed a small paddling pool in the garden for me, that I may take refreshment...

Saturday 10 May 2008

Header tank

Saved on 09/05/2008

Yellow is not the only colour paint I've been slapping on.Here blue denotes fresh water, though not necessarily potable water.This is the header tank for the main engine cooling system,...

Header tank

Painting handrails

Saved on 08/05/2008

About that painting.Here you can see my progress with painting the handrails.I tried buying orange paint, but when I opened the tin on the boat the paint was yellow.This type of paint...

Painting handrails

Golo River

Saved on 06/05/2008

Here is the Golo River, departing from immediately opposite where Lady Jane is moored on the River Itchen.What is unusual about this picture is that the Golo River's bow thruster was...

Golo River

Woman Sexually Assualted in Odiham!!

Saved on 04/05/2008

HAVE YOU SEEN THIS MAN? DO YOU KNOW WHO HE IS? Mother sexually assaulted in park By Chris Gregory A WOMAN who was sexually assaulted in a park in...

Woman Sexually Assualted in Odiham!!

Odiham Biodiversity Group - Newsletter May 2008

Saved on 04/05/2008

Come to the Fair! The Odiham Biodiversity Group is having a stand at the Odiham Spring Fair on Saturday 26th April at Robert May’s School. The Hampshire and Isle of Wight...

Odiham Biodiversity Group - Newsletter May 2008

Mon Plaisir

Saved on 02/05/2008

Now here's something.I saw this at Ocean Village Marina, on the River Itchen, Southampton.I'm pretty sure that if I had such a boat I'd be pretty bored - nothing to really get stuck...

Mon Plaisir

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