Fun at Scotsmans
Fun at Scotsmans
After coming back from Lower Bank Ground, Adam is pretty convinced that he’s an expert at all things water-related now, so seeing as we have Scotsman’s Flash on our doorstep and Emily is busy at Gymnastics, we are heading out onto the water.
It’s years since I was in a Kayak so we opt for the sea-kayak style which is like a moulded open seat. It means if you tip in, you’re going to get soaked but neither of us in is in a swimming mood, so we should be fine. We’ve been instructed to give the swans a wide-berth so we have a circuit of buoys to work our way around but its clear Adams confidence has come on leaps and bounds. He’s happy to chill though so we only have a couple of speed challenges before we’re back at it, at a more leisurely pace.
Paddling along, we have a good hour just chatting and joking about which is lovely. He’s growing into a proper little man now and times like this are precious. He probably won’t remember what he got for Christmas or Birthdays but hopefully he’ll remember the day we went out on the water, just two blokes shooting the breeze and putting the world to rights!
The next week, Emily’s Gymnastics club has a tournament which she doesn’t want to watch so the three of us are on the water again, me and Emily in a tandem sea-kayak and Adam powering along on his own, leading the way. It’s definitely a lot more wobbly with my passenger busily splashing water at me from the front seat, but with Adam leading the way again and Emily keen to keep up with him, we agree Emily should be allowed out on her own kayak next time as I’m apparently slowing her down!
Adam and me messing about on Scotsman’s Flash in Wigan
One ( ..or three) steps closer.
So, Rachel has come up for the day and Donald is with us which usually means our plans are about to take a turn, as between the two of them, they can usually find a missed opportunity. After a bit of a discussion, the raised floor area is now going to be the lounge instead of the kitchen and although we now need to figure out how to get an extractor fan into the wall somewhere, it looks like it will really work out a lot better.
Measuring out the distance to the raised floor it looks like we’ll need three steps to get to height so if we are having the kitchen downstairs, that probably means we can install a solid fuel cooker, but we might need to strengthen a part of the floor, so I now have some thinking (..and sums) to do!