Visitors

The other evening I had two visitors:


Nice to see them smiling! The one on the left is affectionatly called 'slave' a name earned when we were cruising the waterways on the first boat I ever lived on. She was with me when I picked up the new boat and told me on her recent visit that it is much much much better than it used to be. This is a good thing! At least the work I have done is a)noticeable and b) an improvement.

This is an old picture of what the bit by the door used to look like:


or like this (without the chap in the hat... a splendid hat and indeed coat for that matter!)