Tuesday 13 April 2010

Begone!

Ever since we bought the boat there has been a huge, heavy, rusty, ugly, broken welding generator bolted onto the front deck, and a couple of weeks ago we finally got round to getting rid of it.

We had tried to get it working to no avail, and all our welding needs are met by our tiny inverter welding machine, so there was no reason for keeping it, and it was way too heavy to get off the boat ourselves, so we called up Tidy Thames and they came over with their big crane...

...picked it up like it weighed nothing and chucked it in their barge.

Leaving a lovely big spacious front deck for us to caper around on.

Lorna was so pleased she declared a toast.

4 comments:

Fran said...

Decking? Table and Chairs? Plants? Gin and tonic? Looks a good space to me.

steve said...

Gin and Tonic sounds good to me, as soon as all the grinding and painting is finished i'll declare it the official Gin and Tonic zone for the deck...

Melissa Fehr Trade said...

oh dear. I hope the invoice they send you isn't 4x what they quoted, like they did to us. :( But still, at least you have a clear deck, just in time for summer lollygagging!

steve said...

No they were really good actually. We were worried because of all the horror stories we'd heard, but they arranged a time and date, came when they said they would, were quick and courteous, and generally did a great job. They said they were under new managaement so maybe they've shook things up a bit and are making a real effort with the customer service.
Plus we paid cash so no unexpected invoice!