CLIVE AND JUDY

Try "asbestolux". Not an asbestos product despite the name. Its readily available from good coal merchants and DIY shops (including B&Q and Jewson)

We have ordered our new stove and are now getting together all the other"bits and pieces" before we install it. Does anyone know where can we get those nice brass trims to go on the ceiling inside the boat to cover up the gap where the flue goes through?

"I have to confess that, while I'm quite capable with most power tools and household appliances, irons are still a mystery. I can work a washing machine, and a tumble dryer, even old-fashioned things like clothes pegs, but not an iron. And aren't self-cleaning toilets wonderful?" Moley - I have mentioned this before - are you quite sure you are not Clive in disguise? He says men are allergic to irons, washing machines etc and if they try to use a vacuum cleaner it breaks Aren't you glad the magic washing, ironing, cleaning and cooking fairy visits?

really small things like socks! Well, really ! Don't we all have a range of ironing boards for all occasions? If you can't be bothered to attend to your chores you have no business living on a boat! Before we moved on board I ironed everything (except socks) and am still an object of derision at w**k. Now we live on the boat I have MUCH better things to do and etc

You could try Ikea - I saw some there and thought "What a good ikeaidea"

Not sure where you are based but you could try Sofa Magic in Bristol. They specialise in sofas and sofabeds for "difficult spaces" and will make what you want and put it together in situ. Not sure how to do links but they have a website.

What I don't understand is..... If you or I decided to let our children live under those conditions (no heating, cooking facilities, sanitation, or even life jackets) the Social workers would be down on us like a ton of scrap metal! How did they get away with it? Glad they don't moor next to us!

We have just started using Bio Magic. Does just what it says on the tin - no smell. Will have to wait and see if its as good in the summer. It seems expensive, but you don't use much. The guy where we got ours (in Bradford on Avon) said not to use any more than they suggest as it defeats the object, whatever that means!

Where abouts on the "K&A near Bath" are you. We are on the "K&A near Bath" too! good luck tomorrow and welcome to life aboard. Its great!

This sounds like a great idea. If its far enough west on the K & A we can cruise up. Looking forward to it already.