Narrow Boat Blacking – She’s Out!

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This weekend Fantine was pulled from her sleepy watery home out into the bracing winds to have her butt painted. Or as some people may call it Blacked. When she had her safety survey Blacking came up as something which would need to be done within the next 12 months. We decided that it would be best to complete this whilst she was at Whilton and before we moved everything aboard, causing minimum disruption. We hope you’re all ready for Fantine’s internet breaking booty pic!

Eat your heart out Kim K!

We popped along on Sunday to see her out of the water (Are you even a real Narrow Boat owner if you don’t go to see your boat out of the water!?). Matt was there applying her second coat of Blacking paint, whilst we pottered around grabbing pictures and admiring her, Bigger than we imagined, Butt and Hull.

It is really great to see and gives you a whole new perspective on your boat! So time to bore you with more of our Fantine out of the water pics!

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SHE’S SO PRETTY!
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MATT THE BLACKER HARD AT WORK AND JAMES FIGHTING THE URGE TO SAY ‘YOU’VE MISSED A BIT!’

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AND TALL! LOOK HOW TALL SHE IS
The end is now in sight! Hopefully she will be returned to her lovely murky watered home this week, and all being well that’s the last time we will be seeing her booty for a couple of years! Then it’s just the final manic few weeks of moving things aboard and to storage before we can call her a home!

A very excited James & Kirsty

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THIS IS JAMES’ EXCITED FACE (BOY WILL NEVER NEED BOTOX!)

 

3 thoughts on “Narrow Boat Blacking – She’s Out!”

  1. She is looking stunning. No wonder you are both excited. You will be on your travels in no time. Enjoy. Mags xx

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    1. Morning Mags, Thank you! We think so too, she is back in the water now but was so lovely to see her out of the water 🙂 We can’t wait now, the countdown is officially under way! Kirsty xxx

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      1. Dear Kirsty, When are you planning on setting off on your travels. What is your first destination? xxx

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