12th November 2021 – I cleaned the living room, putting back the furniture, adding a few extension cables for my laptop, etc… Two more paintings are now on the wall. It is looking cosy. I had an old chair on the Watergeus. Together with my Christmas decoration, it is now all aboard Tordino. Ready for the winter!
11th November 2021 – My mother gave a coat of primer in the morning and I gave a coat of finish in the late afternoon. The room is now ready. Probably the first time I’ve done such a job in less then a week! Once everything is dry, it needs a good clean.
10th November 2021 – Since it is a Holiday tomorrow, I worked late to finish the room. I can’t remember when I stopped since I woke up in the sofa.
8th November 2021 – My neighbour convinced me to put t&g. It is the only person I’ve met so far that likes t&g! Most people think I’m boring or to classical, but now someone knows what a real boat taste feels like!
I bought some t&g for the extension of the living room. The price has gone up with 5 EURO for a package. It is better to invest in wood then it is in Gold at the moment. One wall is nearly finished.
I also put a curtain between this new room and the rest of living room to avoid to have to much dust in my living part.
7th November 2021 – We picked up the old vlet of Ster der Zee in Bruges. A small adventure taking a lot of time. The trip to Bruges went fluently. In Bruges we had to row and tow the boat by hand for a distance of about 1000 meters. Towing it back went fine till it was making to much water…. In the end we moored it safely near land. No longer our problem. We did our duty!
7th November 2021 – I cut out the wall between the old bedroom and the living room, making it one big area again.
6th November 2021 – It took us two people to remove the old mattress from the bedroom. At least I can now continue to dismantle the room.
5th November 2021 – After asking advice to two neighbours I continued with my plan to alter the back accommodation. I will strip down the second bedroom and turn it into an extension of the current living room. If friends want to stay, they will be able to sleep in the sofa!
3rd November 2021 – The second bookshelve is built. I ordered some light fittings for in between the corridor I created. I discovered some nice bulbs at one of my neighbours.
1st November 2021– I made a small trip with one of the neighbours.
The reason for the trip was bad weather and no screws with the right size for the railing on the cupboards…
31st October 2021 – There are about a hundred small jobs left, all taking 5 minutes or less. I did a few today like pulling an extra power cable, mounting a light, finishing some plugs, etc…
31st October 2021 – One of the two bookshelves were mounted and filled with books. I will need many more of the collection of books continues to grow.
29th October 2021 – I received a nice collection of books and documents of a local Pilot who used to work on the Schelde. A nice addition to the collection. Thankfully, I bought some extra bookshelves earlier this week.
27th October 2021 – Winter is coming. As every year, this is the period I’m working in the library aboard Tordino. This evening I went to Ikea and bought two extra bookshelves. This gives me space for another 200 books.
25th October 2021 – Two sockets were mounted, the depth meter connected, a picture of a narrowboat screwed in the wall and I let run the electric heather for a while until it stopped smoking.
I added some LED lights powered by a battery and a solar panel in the mast. It was an idea from one of the neighbours.