In the mean time though, been quite busy here - have started working, sort of, fixing up old houses and their furnishings. Hopefully this will help pay to get some more boats built in future. Talking of boats, I should get my Skipper's test results back tomorrow - for some reason I don't think I did too well; I'm not very good at remembering parrot-fashion type questions. Oh well, we'll see.
Strange thing about that, to get your ticket, you have to have a certain amount of hours (50) on a power boat, but it's retrospective - so there's me thinking, oh dear, going to have to come up with something... but the more I think about when I've been on boats, the more (genuine) hours I can come up with! No problem. So far I have managed to account for over 100 hours, if I go back far enough and include driving Navy Zodiacs (and minesweepers, but I'm not sure if they count!?), so I think all's OK on that front.
We've also acquired a DOG! Meet Dusty:
He's kind of a mixture of everything; we got him from animal welfare, and is estimated to be three and a half months old. No guarantees though. He's bright, learns quickly, and grows even quicker. In the two weeks he's been around, he's gone from a tad under 5kg to a tad over 10kg!!! Wow! The pic above was taken the day we brought him home!
Well, I'll leave for now, and anyone reading have a great Christmas, and New year. Those of you who are going skiing (you know who) - I'm jealous. Very jealous. Still, sunshine and warm (hot) days are better than cold wet London.
Later,
(Still not sure if I am or not...) a Skipper.
