More on Millicent

More on that Narrow Boat we found at the Iron Wharf boat yard, Millicent Maud. Her normal home is Tring on the Grand Union Canal, but the owner lives in Boughton, just down the road. He has her in the boat yard at present for some major structural stuff which he is well into at this stage.

When he bought her she had doors half way along the sides, none at the front end, and a tiny little front deck without sufficient room to sit and enjoy the view, which Mrs and Mr S, and Mum will attest to being the nicest bit, well away from the smoke and engine noise.

So what he's doing is to cut away 3 feet of the cabin front to fabricate a nice seating area, and creating a bulkhead with door into the first room. This would have effectively shortenend the bedroom by 3 feet, which is nobody's idea of a good thing to do, so he's had to do some jiggery pokery inside the boat to give himself back a sensible layout.

He and Dad chatted for what seemed like an hour, when all we wanted to do was get on with the walk!

Men!
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