Part 4 - Chapter 5

"Yes, the name, I know. But it's real, and it really works!

There is no real Captain Tolley, though. I've looked. Shame."

"We moored opposite The Boathouse in Braunston, which is a good spot to overnight..."

"Back to the house, then. Gardening (well, doing what I could to

help Naomi, who'd pretty much got everything under control)"

"Banger racing...watching, not driving! With Steve.

Something we'd not done for fifteen years. It was great!"

"And a flood! (You know how much we love water!)"

"The job was looking very good.The cooker, fridge, washing machine,

sink and taps had all arrived. It had all been marked out,

and the bulk of the cupboard and drawer skeletons all constructed."

"We'd booked into the Studley Castle Hotel."

"...an early 19th century country house, built not far from where there was

originally a proper castle, and it still retains some of its grandeur."

  

"Snowshill Manor, a Cotswold manor house packed with extraordinary

treasures collected over a lifetime by Charles Wade"

   

   

   

  

"Hidcote Manor Gardens, an Arts and Crafts garden in the north Cotswolds"

Diarmuid Gavin filming a gardening programme for TV

"Hanbury Hall, a William and Mary-style country house, garden and park"

  

"Croome Hall. Expect the unexpected. Incredible innovation, devastating loss,

remarkable survival and magnificent restoration. All in one place."

"There was little to see at the time..."

"Chastleton House, a rare gem of a Jacobean country house, unchanged for 400 years.”

Waddesden Manor, a magnificent house and grounds

in the style of a 19th-century French chateau."

"Full of hope and curiosity, we returned to Kantara again the following Wednesday."

"It was progressing well, though, we thought."

"Lee described the remaining jobs as "finishing off".

"The weather was iffy, but we risked a stroll up

the Braunston lock flight as far as the Admiral Nelson..."

"...where we sat next to the lock, had a pint and a burger (very tasty!), and gongoozled."

"The galley was looking great. Everything was complete except

a spice rack to go under one of the wall cabinets..."

 "Lovely work, Lee and Roy!"

"Sad paintwork. You can see the extent of the scratches in the photo. The rather fetching

bit of gaffer tape holding on the ventilation grille had to stay put for a while, too."

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