MFV BF494 'Pansy', an old Motor Fifie Conversion

Anyone remember:
Pansy gets her name back

Well today was a bit of an occasion. Quite a major landmark in my sad little world! Pansy really did get her name back. The name boards I made 2 years ago finally made there way aboard.

An important thing for any vessel, and one that warrants all the pomp and circumstance that can be mustered. Royalty, celebrity, a politician or Jordan were what was called for (lets face it Jordan would go the opening of an envelope!)

Lizzie was not returning my calls, the chuckle brothers had a prior engagement and Janette Crankie is apparently being sent down a small hole to entertain miners in chile, So next it was the politicians. Tried Richard Lochead and a few other government ministers but they were all away in Brussels negotiating an EU subsidy for KY jelly (all on expenses of obviously), This is of course all part of their helpful 'scheme' to help Scottish fishermen when they are forced to take it up the tradesmen's from the rest of europe once again.

It will of course be KY Jelly that is issued on a quota basis and will obviously be specially approved and distributed by a quango at £8 million pounds a tube, a price they fought vociferously to get a reduction on from the £3.59 that Tesco's wanted to charge. So another fantastically successful round of negotiations there then

They did at least get a reduction in nozzle size so its not all bad.

Oh yeah, and Jordan was apparently doing something to a horse.

Bugger it, better do it myself then. So I did, and then sat back with a mug of tea and a fag to take stock. There was a reward of sorts though. It was low tide (not that is a reward in itself usually) and a rather nice young lady stopped by and leant on the railings up above to say hello. Clearly she was a Byker lass born and bred. Mid october, mini skirt and no knickers!

I nearly spilt me tea!

any hoo, piccies:

A before and after shot on the same boat! Top 4 (or 5... or 6... who knows!) planks to come off the scruffy side and then repeats as for the nice side

Still cot to add a yellow pinstrip along the gunnels and get the numbers painted back on. Not 100% certain that the nameboard is big enough now though. It looks a bit lost

View from above from where my little furry friend said hello! I say furry friend, was possibly more akin to a badly plucked chicken