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It could be worse - loss of driving licence

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You didn't think it could get any worse, did you? But it could... Peter always drives carefully and is careful with his licence. He has never been caught speeding or anything like that - until today! He was stopped on a 30 km stretch, not outside a school or anything like that, but outside a noise barrier for a construction site. He was slowing down from 70 and was travelling at 56 km/hour.

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An accident rarely comes alone

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As some of you have noticed, we've had a bit of a rough time lately: broken sewer, migraines, cold nights and complicated tax returns ... An accident rarely comes alone, as the saying goes. And there seems to be no end to the accidents really yet.

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The drain is broken (again)

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How is that possible? Those of you who have been around for a while may remember that we had a lot of trouble with the sewage system last autumn. Now we have a brand new sewage pump. Everything is installed by plumbers and we have chosen the stuff that was recommended. But what happened last night?

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The new colour of the houseboat

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Now I have painted the first piece with the new colour! The houseboat will be light grey (a shade called sea mist) and all the linings will be white. While I was painting the lining and walls, Peter demolished the old deck and continued to sand and paint the deck.

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Outdoor work on the houseboat

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Today the weather has been fantastic. Perfect to take the opportunity to work on the outside of the boat! I have painted the linings of the small windows on the lower deck, on one side of the boat.

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Building permits - it's finally done

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Finally, we have the building permit in our hands! We submitted the application last summer, and it said that the waiting time for a decision was about 10 weeks. It took 40 weeks ...

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New bathroom window

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Now it was all over for us! Today we have changed our bathroom window. A small old window has become a large modern one. Now we have a fantastic view from the bathroom and out over the water.

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Window replacement on the sea side

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Today we have changed the three small windows facing the lake, on the lower deck. It was a bit more tricky, as it is quite narrow ... But we were lucky too. Firstly, we had shelter, as the wind was blowing from the other side. And the windows were the right size this time, so we didn't have to saw.

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New kitchen window

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Today we have been busy replacing our kitchen window with a new one. All the windows in the houseboat will be replaced. We want triple-glazed windows everywhere and in several places there will be much larger windows than today. We have also bought windows where the wood is protected by aluminium, so that they are more resistant to the weather.

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Getting water into the boat

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The other night we woke up to find the bilge pump running. When water enters the hull, it starts automatically and pumps the water out through a pipe. However, the last splash of water flows back through the pipe because the slope is quite strong, and so the pump starts again ...

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