Our river trip in Horning led to my inspiration to build Harnser, here seen upon completion many years later
Our river trip in Horning led to my inspiration to build Harnser, here seen upon completion many years later

A wakeful night and slow start after being a little the worse for the wine and drink last night and then the whole day working at Heronshaw, as we wired up the garage and shed for electricity, cleared out the garage and shed and made shelves in the boat-house to store all of the belongings taken out. Then commissioning the alarm on the boat.

A trip up the river on the Jolly to The New Inn for lunch looking at the riverside bungalows which led to me deciding to add a boathouse separate to Heronshaw. It was raining overnight but just showering today.

I was a little the worse for the wine and drink last night and felt rather warm in bed, waking up once or twice. Up soon after 6.00am this morning and I had a bath and dressed to make the breakfast. We spent just about the whole day working on Heronshaw but also the boat as well. We wired up the garage and shed for electricity, cleared out the garage and shed and made shelves in the boat-house to store all of the belongings taken out and also surveyed the place. On the boat, I recessed the alarm control panel into the dashboard and commissioned the alarm which had not been working until then. All of the systems still seem to be all right and we only the need help of the hydraulic engineers to be back in business.

As a break, we also took a trip up the river for lunch at the New Inn on The Jolly and took a look at the other riverside bungalows and boat-houses. I think that I have decided to add a boat-house with some little living accommodation to Heronshaw and then treat the work on the old bungalow as a separate business as it will all be too much for me to organise. Out real interest is in the boating side anyway. It was raining overnight and was showering today as well but it did not affect what we were doing.