Bute Thursday 8th August.
We were back at it bright and early on Thursday. It was hard to believe that we’d been doing this for best part of a week. In actual fact...
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bluebirdk7
- Aug 7, 2018
- 23 min
Bute Tuesday 7th August.
Tuesday morning was all a little embarrassing. The day before we’d been stranded for the want of some premium paraffin and today we were...
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bluebirdk7
- Aug 6, 2018
- 25 min
Bute Monday 6th August.
We were all a little shipwrecked come Monday morning. We’d hit a wall with the fuel situation and couldn’t do much of anything until we...
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bluebirdk7
- Aug 4, 2018
- 18 min
Bute Sunday 5th August.
Sunday was a bit different. The tail-wagging excitement was giving way to the more usual sense of being at work and on a mission such as...
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bluebirdk7
- Aug 3, 2018
- 15 min
Bute Saturday 4th August
Saturday dawned clear, still and warm, though overcast but nothing on Earth could diminish the sense of excitement and the buzz around...
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bluebirdk7
- Aug 2, 2018
- 8 min
Journey to Bute Friday 3rd August
We were up, showered, breakfasted and at the workshop bright and early on the Friday morning ahead of our trip to Bute, the first day of...
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bluebirdk7
- Aug 1, 2018
- 21 min
Isle of Bute.
I think I was fifteen, my mate Barnsey was a smidge older and we’d made up our minds – we were going to the Clyde. Sea angling was our...
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bluebirdk7
- Jul 2, 2018
- 10 min
From The Grave to the Cradle
As the rebuild of K7 advanced steadily we always kept looking ahead to what was next, what we were going to need, what we must plan for,...
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bluebirdk7
- May 14, 2018
- 15 min
Nowt like having a deadline to ramp things up
Coming thick and fast now – nowt like having a deadline to ramp things up but in fairness it’s perfect timing. We now find ourselves...
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bluebirdk7
- Apr 24, 2018
- 20 min
It’s great to be back
Ahhh, it’s great to be back and as there’s so much going on I thought I’d throw another diary together straight away. Had forgotten how...
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bluebirdk7
- Apr 5, 2018
- 27 min
Said I wasn’t going to write any more diaries
Said I wasn’t going to write any more diaries. The fun had gone out of it. You see, the only part I actually enjoy writing is the rubbish...
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bluebirdk7
- Dec 16, 2016
- 37 min
Diary December 2016
I managed a little more controversy last time from hopeless dog owners and that’s always a laugh but I’d not reckoned on just how many...
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bluebirdk7
- Feb 10, 2016
- 37 min
Diary February 2016
Dear Lord, there are some tragic people out there! I got into a world of trouble last time I wrote because, apparently, I didn’t care...
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bluebirdk7
- Sep 9, 2015
- 26 min
Diary September 2015
Well, well well… it’s been a while since I last sat down to write. I never seem to find the time these days. Much has gone on since last...
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bluebirdk7
- Nov 12, 2014
- 14 min
Diary November 2014
Never mind fixing boats, I thought I’d fix my dog last week so I took her to the vets, menopausal old mutt that she is. Lots of blood,...
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bluebirdk7
- Oct 21, 2014
- 28 min
Diary September 2014
I got a great email after the last diary. It said something like; tell whoever writes the diary to be less ‘verbose’. What a wonderful...
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bluebirdk7
- Apr 23, 2014
- 13 min
Diary April 2014
Ever since Athelred the Angry picked up a rock and bashed his enemy’s head in with it rather than break a fingernail mankind has been...
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bluebirdk7
- Aug 19, 2013
- 16 min
Diary August 2013
“I’m a project manager,” said the man confidently. “Your job seems to be taking a long time, perhaps I can give you a few tips.” Now then...
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bluebirdk7
- Feb 28, 2013
- 33 min
Diary Jan/Feb 2013
I once spent a morning with a high-falutin’ barrister from some stupidly expensive London chambers. I was due in crown court as an expert...
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bluebirdk7
- Dec 2, 2012
- 17 min
December 2012
Yet another diary! I hear you say… Yes, and the last of 2012. We’ve had a good year in our little workshop with a great deal achieved....
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