Woohoo. Holdays are here!

Not an awful lot got done today. It was just a case of moving the bus a hundred yards down a winding country trail to a place nearer m'lady's house in order to plug the cables into the power supply. Before doing that, several large things were removed that had been transported in it.

Looking carefully at the front door, it appears to have been bent at some point - presumably when somebody accidentally locked the front door. The bottom does not fit into the receiver while the top does. There could be two explanations - either the door has been forced or I need to adjust the door opener as that could be pushing the door out a little far though the first explanation appears more likely.

The rain was coming down hard today so there wasn't much chance of doing any painting. Previously I'd considered the paint to be a little soft-setting. It seems a little harder now. I suspect using a brush meant it went on a little too thickly and thus took a long time setting. Meanwhile, I'd been afraid of scraping the paint and revealing the underlying yellow as I drove the trail. While branches certainly scraped loudly along the vehicle, no damage to the paint was immediately noticed following after a cursory glance. It looks like I got away with that!

The next couple of days are forecast to be gloomy with rain and a wet atmosphere. The plan is to remove the rest of the transported belongings from the bus and to connect the electricity then use a power-saw with a scraper attachment to remove all of the vinyl tiles. The next stage will be to sand the floor boards and discover where the joins are before lifting all the damaged sheets. Those will be replaced with new plywood a few days later.

Last night, a new idea came to mind for the tin sheeting inside the bus. Going back to the original plan to paint the windows black and back them with sheeting while filling in with foam, that would seem to be a really good idea. The windows are designed to fit. The plastic panels that somebody else installed were really not a good fit. The whole aim is to keep the weather out and the temperature in.

Insulation for the bus is always going to be poor because the roof won't take much insulation before it becomes necessary to stoop when walking inside. That's not going to be too comfortable but on the other hand, at home, one's time is mostly spent sitting anyway. There is currently no specific plan as to where things should go.