Today I shall be Mainly...

[Stanley]

Morning Sue! And it looks like a good day for it! I've just come down after second sleep and I'm having a pot of tea.... XXX

[Stanley]

An hour in the shed early doors for my daily OT session.... Not sure about later, I shall take a view after second sleep.

[Stanley]

This morning I de-burred the tapping in the piston and made the 1/4" SS piston rod threaded 2BA at each end. Then I checked that the groove was wide enough for the rings. Tomorrow I'll make sure the rings fit the bore but for the time being breakfast takes precedence.

[Sue]

Afternoon

We had a day to ourselves today. We had a prompt breakfast as we had booked ourselves into a tour of the Victorian Gaiety Theatre in Douglas. It started at 10 and we walked the half mile there in drizzle which turned out to be rain all day. The theatre has been beautifully and authentically renovated back to its 1903 glory days . The tour was over two hours including, back stage, below stage with exquisite victorian engineering, and in the auditorium . Whilst I had no problem climbing up to the ‘gods’ of the theatre I am afraid my vertigo got the better of me up there. Its funny how I can cope with high mountains and even cliffs but high man made structures set me off. The floor was deliberately on a slight slope to give a better view of the stage but to me I felt I was rolling down a steep slope and had to hold on to the back wall . It reminded me of a roof top trip at Lincoln Cathedral some 25 years ago. I clung to the walls whilst Bob admired the view

After the trip, with the rain now very heavy we had lunch in a local cafe then walked up hill to the Manx Museum . Here we spent a very pleasant three hours learning about history, culture, geology, natural history and tourism. It was an excellent visit.

We are now back at the hotel having a cuppa and packing. Our cases have to be outside the door by 9.00 pm . We leave tomorrow after a very early breakfast in time for the 8.30 ferry. We then reverse our Tuesday trip here and should be home late Sunday afternoon.

Its been a very good few days. Hope you all had a good day, damp I believe like here.

[Stanley]

Sorry to hear about the vertigo Sue but glad that otherwise you have had such a good visit. And yes, we had rain all afternoon!
I shall be in the shed working on making my piston and rings a good fit in the cylinder bore.... Not sure about later..... We shall see.

[Stanley]

Funny how the simple little jobs can take so much time! This morning I wanted to adjust the fit of my rings in the piston and prove the fit by installing the piston in the cylinder. I paid the price for my attention to detail in that the fits were so precise that everything had to be massaged carefully to get a fit. That's done now and we have a piston and rings that are a very good fit in the cylinder. That took half an hour so I have earned my breakfast.