Well it has at last happened!!!! After a little over 6 months since we sold our house we have finally exchanged contracts. We move into the bungalow in Beccles on November 11th 2011. We plan to go up to Shell Bell tomorrow and catch up with the work Adele has been doing and also to […]
Well it doesn’t seem a week ago that Scott and myself left shell bell to head back to suffolk, time really does pass quickly. So what have we been up to over the past week, well very little if I am honest. We are still in limbo with the house move but saying that, we do […]
The planned weekend on board for Norwyn and Scott to do some odd jobs went well. Leaving Bungay around 07:30 on Saturday they had a good trip and were onboard Shell Bell around 10:45. With plenty of odd jobs to do they got stuck in and by 18:00 they had completed a pretty extensive list 1) dripping shower […]
The week comes to a close and still no news on when we will exchange contracts on our house move it is becoming a real pain now. This weekend Norwyn and Scott are going on board Shell bell to do some odd jobs and bring back the leather settee, because with the new L shaped seating […]
As planned the modifications started on Shell Bell last week. The L shaped dinette is taking shape and work has also started on the wardrobe, Adele is keeping us up to date and has even sent a couple of photographs. The news on the house move is that we could possibly exchange contracts this Friday and […]
Well October has burst upon us with glorious weather, we really should be cruising but alas we have to try and sort the house move out. It is still up in the air at the moment but hopefully we will have some concrete information next week !!! (about time- fingers crossed the news is good).Today we […]
Well what glorious weather we are having ,should be on the boat but alas we had to come back to Bungay and try and sort out our house move. Plus next week the modifications start on the boat. The house move is still up in the air; we thought it was sorted and that we […]
Ben got up early today to do a spot of fishing in the marina,the rest of us arose about an hour and a half later. Ben had some success, catching a few small roach. It was then time to pack Ben and Claire’s gear in the car ready for there departure. Before they left we all went […]
The Rain was falling as we pulled away this morning. There was a queue at the lock, the first of two that would get us through Alrewas. Ben and Claire took the helm again today and we made steady progress. Lunchtime soon came and we moored at Barton under-needwood. After lunch the sky cleared a little […]
We got away from Handsacre around 10:30 with Ben at the helm, the weather was bright but a little breezy and we made good progress. Our destination for the day was Alrewas. Ben and Claire were steering with Norwyn and Sheila on lock duty. The first lock of the day was woods end lock and the […]