Don’t worry Rembrandt!

I’m not going to take your job Rembrandt.  Well not until my painting improves!  The port side gunwale below the cratch was lightly sanded this morning and I then gave it a second coat of paint.  The previous layer had ‘bloomed’ which meant I needed to apply another coat.  This time the brush marks are very visible.  I actually anticipated this was going to happen because the paint appeared to ‘drag’ as it was being applied.  My fault, I should have put more Owatrol into the mix.  Oh well, the weather forecast is for another fine day tomorrow allowing me to make a third attempt at getting it right. Practice makes perfect…. as they say!

Jan and I went for a wander down the towpath in the afternoon and then walked across to the local ‘common’.  On the way I noticed Steamboat Swallow is moored at Clifton Cruisers.

Her exterior looks somewhat ‘tired’.  There appears to be a very long flue extension on the cabin roof which must make things interesting approaching a bridge hole.

A quick search on Google doesn’t reveal much about Swallow and I wonder if any readers have more information?

The common is obviously popular with the local dog walkers which enabled Jan to get her dog patting “fix”.  She also pointed out a squirrel in a distant tree.  I couldn’t see it in the distance and wasn’t all that interested as they don’t have much meat on them!

The little Samsung camera could only take a blurred distant photo of the squirrel hanging upside down by one hind leg eating the berries.  Actually we were also out foraging.

The plan is to make our first attempt at sloe gin and rosehip syrup.  Jan also spied an apple tree overhanging the path and intends to go back to strip it bare when the coast is clear!