Strike one!

Kipling famously wrote, 'If you can keep your head when all about you are losing theirs....' This is how it seems right now. Rising prices of living standards in the UK and an, (in my opinion,) ludicrous strike by the NUT today. I am a member of the NUT but do not believe in striking and especially over issues where there are many public sector workers far worse off than us! In fact my school was totally unaffected by the strike action today and it was business as usual.

NB Clarence is still going strong as these pictures show.

Note the rivets which are not imitation. Derek, (the master of Clarence!) emailed me,

'The photos show the rivet set being put on but this is nowhere complete on
these photographs. JW has been experimenting on Clarence by fitting these with a
rivet gun which works by firing an explosive charge which thumps the rivet
through the plate and also seals it with an epoxy foam to prevent rust - it
makes a hell of a noise when it goes off - apart from not being needed for the
construction, they are real rivets though but as they actually pierce the hull,
they are not fitted around the stern where the diesel tank is, the bow stem post
and below the gunwhales for obvious reasons! there, they are welded as
normal (for replicas that is)'

An interesting process and great description!

If all goes to plan, the Shogun might be in my posession this weekend. An appointment has been booked to sell the Rover and the insurance is due to switch over at 2.00pm on Saturday - watch this space!