Category: Daily Life around the water - page 31

Kolenkaai feesten 2008

9th August 2008 – We were holding a local event. The idea was to learn to know the people from the houses and they to learn us. As I expected, everybody was sitting with its own neighbours. But it didn’t make the happening less enjoyable!

Friends from Ghent came over an this made it a very good evening! Less nice was the feeling I had to get up early the next day?

Electricity problems at my neighbour

17th July 2008 – Same trouble different day for my neighbour. I know how it feels to have trouble and don’t know to solve them. Sadly enough I can’t help her myself. My knowledge of electricity is so limited, it won’t even be of any use.

Those little problems make it often hard to live on a ship. Many people are giving up on these issues. Once you’ve passed them it is great to live on a ship, believe me!

Second hand market and visiting boat friends

6th July 2008 – Again a rommelmarkt, this time in Ostend. This time I found a few nice pieces of decoration. Mainly metal decoration such as a copper coffee can, a green coloured metal plate, a nice biscuit box of Harrods, etc…

In the evening I had visit of two friends living on a spits barge in Ghent. They are still in an early stage of converting, but do have a lovely roef to live in. When boat owners are talking about converting a ship, you notice time is to short to tell everything! It was a great evening.

Working at Tine’s boat

30th June 2008 – In the evening, my neighbour mentioned my gangway was moving all the time. I went to have a look and mounted a few bolts into the gangway preventing it from collapsing.

We then tried to start her engine but it seemed all batteries were dead, exactly the same problem as on my ship. She has an old loader who continuously loads the batteries They dry out and are slowly dying. Sadly enough, we could not start the engine.

Party

28th June 2008 – This evening, a neighbour gave a big party for his wife’s birthday and the fact they moved to a smaller ship. We had a great time, I met many new people, some with a background of house boats, some not…