For the second night in succession I’ve been awakened by the not so dulcet tones of Heart blaring from the TV.

SAME TIME.SAME CHANNEL.SAME F******** SHOW.

Stephanie thought I’d taken to sleep swearing as I’d gone from snoring to expletives in a matter of seconds.

I’m slightly worried that I’ve passed some vague point of no return; unable to enter the deepest of sleepy depths or submerge myself fully in slumber for fear of a chubby Elvira shrieking 80′s elevator rawk in the early hours. Imagine Inspector Clouseau knowing Kato was going to be as regular as clockwork and you have some idea of my predicament.

Maybe I’ll need therapy; thankfully I have this blog.

I’m not even going to mention how an 80 lb rottweiler currently has my side of the bed and gets crankier than me when he’s unexpectedly woken up.

Instead I’ll try and carry on the theme of submerging oneself into the deepest of depths and turn to the world of homemade submarines(or personal submersibles as they seem to like to call them).

Is there anything that isn’t sacred in the world of DIY sheet metal?

I’m not seeking to incur the wrath of the submersible brigade in the same way I did the aircraft bunch, but I’m sure there’s somebody somewhere who’s bought themselves a welding kit from their local Sears in an attempt to replicate Apollo 11 and launch their rocket at the next available window – they’re just struggling with a cheap liquid oxygen supply.

Although, I have to say, like most of the planes, some of them look absolutely superb.

Some of them are slightly worse for wear.

And some of them have welds bigger than Mick Jagger’s lips.

Homemade submarine
(I know it’s a model and he probably worked in a shipyard.)