good morning everyone it's quite early and I woke up today with a job today I'm going
to clean the chimney it's not been very cold in the last few days so we'll let the fire
go out overnight so it's nice and cold for the job so I'm gonna go into it it's been a while
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the inside of our stove is lined with fire bricks on three sides they're coming out first most of
them are broken so it's a bit of a headache a trick we learned from fellow boaters is to
put an open bin bug in the stove when cleaning the chimney then close the door and all the vents when
we were in London we had a chimney cleaning kit and someone stole it off the roof but then another
year we ended up doing just using a plastic bag and that works okay and this year I wanted to
buy it and I ordered it online but that's when all the postal stragged happened so it never
arrived I actually ended up paying for it it's not meant to be I'm going back to a plastic bag
[Music] the cleaning part is almost over but the hardest part is yet to come now I need to
put all the Fabrics because they're broken it's going to be like um solving a puzzle
so I've gotta put them all back as they were I think I need a second bag [Music]
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after a long time of unsuccessfully trying to fit the bricks back in Miles had a go
right how does this one go back together then where you take it from so this one's
got three pieces so there's just one on the left goes in there this one was broken
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thank you
my nails so I think I finished the job I've made sure that the bricks fit the
reason they didn't fit is because the side ones were pushed towards the front they
actually need to be pushed towards the back to hold everything together one of the back
ones is now also broken so I guess we should just get that glue thing special brick glue
to avoid it happening next time I'm going to start the fire now and clean my nails
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lovely hello beautiful there's enough love for everyone we have a returning guests here on our
you just want to be cut out all the time Susie and George are back back for the weekend and we
can't be happier we do it we do it this means that we've barely done anything the bite is a mess and
we just hanging out with the dogs and that's all we're doing and it's really hard to do anything
else to be honest I did go for a run this morning with Susie we went along the river yeah it wasn't
too long it was about three miles I mean it was a run for me but I don't run very fast so it
was kind of like a fast walk for Susie she barely lifted off the ground she learned pretty quickly
how to run next to me so it was really cute we do have a job today to do though we are running out
of gas and Diesel so we're gonna go to a better boating by car and grab that would you forget
the diesel tanks I decided to leave the dogs at home because I'm driving and there's enough stuff
to think about while I'm learning and we're gonna have diesel kind of in the corner backseat and
just doesn't really work but luckily it's not very far it's probably it will be done within an hour
we're so behind on our chores we've got no water no diesel no gas recycling's overflowing I've got
no food but we haven't got dogs so the chats are we're not going to have much this weekend
Nothing's Gonna Get down now in the moments like this boat life becomes a little bit more stressful
because you know you have to prioritize work you have to prioritize studying and then you're like
oh my god I've got no water no diesel um so that's when it's like it becomes quite tricky [Music]
um
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so better boating still don't have any gas there must be some kind of shortage going on yeah a bit
tricky hopefully we'll last another two days we're gonna call them in London and check if
he's got it and then pick it up then seven pounds for logged internet I mean no no we
know what will I know that means we've got extra room in our Boot and we're gonna get some coal
do you want these or do we want the other ones I don't might have no preference
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right it's my burning
I think you left the door open didn't you no I did not you did
hello lovelies hello I'm taking out we're back we'll take you out so we spend all day cuddling
dogs and for a change we decided to go to a pet shop and buy them something [Music] hopefully
they'll buy it as something no no it's a dog um we're gonna go spoil the Pet Shop yeah [Music]
I'm Susie I've got a new haircut and I look really familiar with it hello and
I'm George and I've got a funky sweater on I love my Twitter it's colorful little teddy
bear teddy bear love so I'm just pumping about I'm just cuddling you and then stop all right
you want more okay so I'll just do a little bit more a bit more here and then we're done
no more okay A little bit more a little bit more and then we're gonna have a break [Music]
all right let's get this shot and I'll get everyone chocolate doggy chocolate
here with chocolate George you look like you're ready to go to the shop [Music]
all right got some soft soft treats over here
oh my God George
oh my God George you're so beautiful look at looking well behaved well again I need to get
in the lock now so you're gonna stay inside and we'll take you out afterwards give them a treat
hello there folks uh we are on our way to get some water hopefully from the swan Hub in paintball
beautiful Pub beautiful food great doggo friendly yeah we asked the chat last night when we went for
dinner if we could use their water point we know know there's a water point there we spoke to the
manager just before Christmas he said oh yeah just come use it it's absolutely fine and we felt like
we didn't want to put put him out so we never did so we asked again this time and uh we definitely
need water if not if it doesn't do water we'll just fill the tank with Stella shall we
the water point is just beyond the lock so we're actually not going far at all [Music]
three nice cruising feels like spring I've got to say I have missed it this winter
I think if there's a happy medium in between the two so I don't know once
every three or four weeks but yeah it's nice to be back out there on the river
who's there who's there who's there George A to Z round round what I know well I've actually a
U-turn and hopefully I'll just you turn in we'll be there in [Music] this shines like
just been to the swan Pub got water we've got a full tank which is a great feeling haven't
felt like this in a month we are moored up just after the lock so it shouldn't take more then
20 minutes to get
together
100 kg so that's awkward than the water
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thank you
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thank you so I'm going for a run and I've run out of milk I've got no soy milk I've got no oat milk
so I'm going to run with a backpack which is a little bit annoying but that's okay so on the way
back I'm gonna go to a shop get some stuff I don't know how I forgot about it but that's what it is
also it's been raining for quite a few days and the river is very fast it's crazy I haven't seen
it being this far since the time it flooded and hopefully it's not going to flood again
the weather doesn't look that bad so I'm sure I'm sure it's gonna be okay
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thank you
it's Sunday today so my plan is to clean the boat my driving test is in two weeks so I'm
going to be doing some Theory study some Theory I already passed Theory but there are some Theory
questions that they ask and then hopefully when miles comes back we'll go for a drive
with him for a training Drive in his car so I've been practicing I've got a weekly lessons with
instructor and I've also been driving with miles so hopefully I will be ready in two
weeks to take the test in other news we are only two weeks away from the clocks changing
forward to British summer time so it's going to get light in the evening finally and it's going
to feel properly like spring we already can see the difference the light makes there is
a lot more solar in March and we can charge our battery Banks during the day from the 12
volt it's all ramping up it's looking good two weeks ago I don't it would start summer to do
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the majority of our furniture on board is white which we love and it makes our home look bright
and spacious butter winter months because of the coal fire it gets covered in thick dust
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I almost finished I just got the bins left to do and the bin Lids because
they're dirty empty Recycling and I think that is it thank you
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