Janet's Blog
Have recently discovered an unwritten law of nature which says that however you pick up a lawn sprinkler when it is still switched on – you WILL get soaked! I feel like my week has been spent moving the darn thing and, it goes without saying, getting soaked in the process! I actually thought I was getting
It's raining at last! Everyone else might be singing "rain, rain go away, come back another day," but I've been praying for the stuff for days. A good old downpour, or two, or possibly even three, is the only thing to sort out my grass seed saga. The whole of the marina was seeded
I was interviewed on BBC Radio Stoke about the marina and had a feature for over 5 minutes yesterday morning, including helpful comments from one of our moorers (thanks Paul!) To say it was nerve wracking would be an understatement but fortunately it wasn't live. I was interviewed standing outside
Land and water are back on site finishing off the footpaths. They are putting the final finish on and boy does it make a difference! I cycled down to the marina today and went to have a look. All I can say is that the paths looked good before but now they look brilliant – so much smoother and finished
Fantastic news! The first ducklings are here! One of our moorers has spotted the group of little ducklings being ushered across the marina to the island on their maiden swim – what a fantastic sight! I am sure this will be the first group of many as there seem to be lots and lots of romantic trysts going
Gosh this week has gone quickly! Where does time fly to when you're so busy? The facilities building has been the centre of my universe this week. There seems to be a universal law in building projects which states that the last 5% of any builld will give you 95% of the stress!! When I realised
Mark is our project manager – he has been fantastic throughout the building of the marina and has definitely been instrumental in keeping me sane over the last 9 months (despite offering to pay Mick the site manager to throw me in the marina!) The sun is still shining and it feels like it's
It's been quite sad at the end of this week – all but one of the men have moved off site. I've worked so closely with them for the last few months it was really quite emotional! On Thursday we had one of our final site meetings. It was at this point I had been expecting a bit of a ducking and
It's been a great day today – our wifi system has been installed and will be available to everyone in the next day or so. Yesterday the installers were putting all the aerials up on the lamp posts around the site and everything was going great until they asked me where the caps for the top of the
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