We leave Larne and pop around the corner into Belfast Lough where we spend time in two excellent marinas - Carrickfergus and Bangor - and with plenty of sail...

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if I'm in shot on up yes go for it Oh

should have captured that that would

take you this is the men's bathroom

oh no absolutely girl my phone away most

striking thing about where we are they

whopping great big fairy in their

scoring field

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well today is a lovely day we're quite

focused Mirena again because above us

mom lives very close to here so taking

this ideal opportunity to see BAPS mom

but it's too nice a day to do anything

else but just mess about on salting us

now for the exciting stuff so I've just

put some bubble in the bucket and now

for the all-important ingredient one OK

ROCK that cometh the hour cometh the

bubble woman so let's just see if it

works

oh no absolutely girl let's see if my

messiness oh no I know what it is sadly

yes I'll take it on to the pond to meet

at my room t no go upwind of the bucket

oh well today's a bit unusual for Bev

and I we did some work this morning so

Beverly finished off her the video that

she was doing and I did some work for as

freelancer it's now about 2 o'clock

I've got Gladrags on and we're gonna see

bears mum in a bit and then later on

we're going to do go and see some other

people who

we've met down here at the marina when

Bev walks around a marina she was

walking around the marina yesterday and

I think she had about 5 to 6

conversations with people because she's

just that kind of person who just talks

to everybody

whereas I only talk to about threes and

still talks people just stop the fight

this really is better

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well family and I are bucking banker

marina have two reasons really

the first one is Carrickfergus which is

across the river a lock has a deal which

means that you get the first night free

so you get that you pay for the first

night and then you get the second day

free so Beverly and I went into

character it's got deal now come over to

banger before we merrily wander up on

our way so that's good reason and then

of course the other reason is very good

chances over here like the Chancellor's

so I've got a few other things to do

over here and then we'll be going back

over to character gets to get the deal

again

so banger marina has got five gold

anchors because it's a quality short

berthing and I think that's various

reasons for that good disabled access it

recycling facilities this is the men's

bathroom you've also got another

changing area so if you are a single dad

which some people are these days doctors

and really friendly staff and

professional and what time is it in the

morning

that's 25 720 plus seven and here all

hours this is exactly what you need from

marina good quality pontoons although I

have complained about the size of the

cleat

I just need bigger cleats you see this

is the size of our cleat with a rope on

it now normally we'd normally have two

lines on there but what would that we've

done is we've gone from the back

down to the line and then we're also

using the same line as our spring line

so he doesn't go forward and then it

just comes down to this cleat

so because the cleat is so small we're

using the same line to do two jobs well

later on Beverly and I are gonna have

some guests aboard so the first things

first wash all the bedding so that they

can have a nice bed to sleep in and

they're getting the rebirth because we

sleep in the pile of bunk so that's the

way it works

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I know I was just thinking I could do

with a spare of one of those two seconds

later it's over the side let's show you

how variable the UK weather is I mean so

you saw that absolutely horrendous

that's just through UK weather and this

is back in Carrick so but unfortunately

the deal thing is one a week so we

didn't know that but we're not moving

back to banger because we've got friends

to pick up tomorrow you got it then next

time a tow this round your ankles and

you don't particularly but the main

thing is my docking stick is now aboard

highly useful advice implement and if

you want to see me you make it past poor

link to it in the top of the top for

those people who were interested in the

live-aboard lifestyle I started

as a freelancer just under a month ago

and I have received the first amount of

money as a freelancer the issues that I

have got from us as a freelancer are all

to do with the electric really when

we're in a marina obviously there's a

ample supply of electricity but when

we're into mooring I do have an inverter

but the issue is how do i replenish the

batteries so I'm very loathe to use the

inverter because it's just going to be

taking electric out of our house

batteries so and I need a way of feeding

that back in so that's my biggest issue

on electricity and being a freelancer

it's all to do with the electric on

other issues that we've come across it's

still small to do with how organized

you've got to be if you want something

to arrive say you're gonna go somewhere

and you want to buy something that's

unusual you've just got to be so

organized to book it well in advance too

so that it's ordered that you know that

you're gonna be there and just logistics

logistics becomes a big part of your

life and it's just something we're gonna

have to overcome and deal with so well

hopefully but hopefully not as well okay

course it will happen because it

starting Bevan I are crossing Belfast

Lough yeah and yet again

not that you can tell but this time

we're joined by our frige so yeah well

this is the UK whether they're not

somewhere it's not the made yet but

anyway so we're crossing Belfast

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