Who's a clever girl then?

She did it! This morning Relativity passed her boat safety examination. We're very proud of her. She has a nice certificate to say that all her gas, diesel and electrical systems meet the very latest safety standards and that there are enough ventilation holes to make sure that Stuart is properly chilly all through the winter.

Once that was issued I whipped round to the nice people at the Environment Agency with the necessary paperwork and they issued Relativity's Thames license in under 3 hours. Not bad seeing as they say you should allow 10 days!

This really is a pretty big deal as, until the Boat Safety Scheme certificate is issued the insurance company have even more get-out clauses!

I also found that the table screwed to the wall kept coming off. I told David to stop putting his elbows on the table ;-) so I went out and found a nice free standing table that will do the job nicely and seat 6 so now I can have people round for dinner in relative comfort. Next I need to find a good home for the rather too large sofa bed in the saloon and replace it with a nicer, smaller one but that might have to wait until I have a new job!

So, with a bank holiday ahead I hope the weather is nice so that I can chug up and down the river with my friends. Have you booked your slot yet?