15th January

Went to Horta today to visit my fishing boat and give it some love and buy some paint.  Boat fine and happy but paint shop gave me a shock.   1liter of PU paint, 1 liter of thinners and a roll of masking tape = 40euros plus!!  That includes my 40 percent commercial discount!!  

Unfortunately the colours available here  for mixing are restricted in the PU range and our ideas for the inside of the boat were not available.  I had to choose a colour via phone call to Mrs Nuts.  I am rubbish with colour selection but did my best.

The colour is is growing on me and I like it.  It looks a bit like an off white in these photos but not white at all. Mrs Nuts has still  to see it as it is close to midnight and I just finished painting after a nice peri peri chicken at my sisters home.