So this blog is mildly off topic in many ways but in other ways its totally on point. Nothing about boats though, just a whole lot of bad ass women doing bad ass things. Mindlessly perusing facebook one afternoon I found this group of girls from east London who run a motorcycle group called […]
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Boats, Bikes, Bruises n Breda
Hello everybody! Im still alive! Apologies for abandoning you all for so long. I’ve concocted a pretty good line of excuses for my shocking behaviour. Firstly this wonderful little insight into my slightly strange and grubby life meant that people are now actually paying me to write! Yes money, real life queens head bucks. So […]
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Little Miss Sunshine
Apologies for the lack of blogs lately, my evenings have been taken up by doing paid writing work, painting dinghies and eating museli. Although the extra doh is nice I can tell ya now that its way more fun to write to you guys than it is to glorify the crappy benefits of overpriced MDF […]
The Worlds Spinning too fast n I’d Like to Get Off!
You know sometimes you get that feeling, a bit like dejavu. Almost as if you’re on the outside of your own life looking in at whatever it is you’re up to and you think “how on earth did I end up here?”. Well that was the entire of April for me….come to think of it […]
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The Grand Finale
Many of you will know that the deadline of Peggotty was something that I had been dreading. After 72 days/1728 hours of intense boat building, I have never had so much fun, learnt so much or worked so hard. The thought of finishing her and going back to odd jobs, leaving the safety of my […]
The Off Cut Life
Not only do I not live on the cut but I have also spent most of my life surviving on off cuts. I was talking to someone the other day who asked me what the budget was for the restoration of my boat and aside from “as little as possible” I didn’t really have an […]
1 Big Thank-you from the 99%
I’m going to start at the beginning with this blog and I warn you it might be a bit long. But you won’t understand if I don’t give ya the back story. I grew up in Devon but didn’t go to school as they couldn’t really handle the madness, they tried to class me as […]
My Lovely Lady Lumps
I’m hoping this post will give ya all an idea of just how hard I’ve worked to end up here and just how many benefits there are to a making use of ya own elbow grease. A lot of people seem to think that everything you have in life is down to luck or rich […]
Life of Luxury Minus the Piss Bucket
With the starboard side of Peggaotty finished and my Christmas bonus safely in my pocket I’ve decided to treat myself this year. No more sleeping in damp mouldy beds (there was actually a puddle in my bed and I’m pretty certain I stopped pissing the bed a long time ago), blowing up extension leads and […]
Turn That Frown Upside Down
Much to my disappointment I was 2 planks short of my personal deadline for Christmas but with a few hours rushing around speed planking before the Christmas Eve Eve party I managed to wedge the final bow plank in place. Which to my surprise was a dam fine fit and not a fault could be […]