Return of the Jedi....

In November 2008 our first Narrowboat was launched and we set off as newbie full time liveaboards.

In January 2012 our second boat was launched and we continued our fantastic life travelling the inland waterways.

In November 2016 we moved back ‘on the bank’ and sold our boat the following year.  No more full time boating for us, been there, done that, so it was time for a change.

Over a bottle of wine options were examined;

A smaller Narrowboat for more occasional use?
A blue water boat for the salty splashy stuff?
A motorhome maybe?

By the time the bottom of the bottle was in sight a decision had been made and the Motorhome won.
However, friends still had Narrowboats and in August last year we were asked to move one of their boats from Cropredy to Debdale. We  enjoyed being back on the canals, even discussed what kind of boat could suit us if even we were tempted again....we were not tempted though.

Spring this year we were again asked to move a friend’s boat and very happy to oblige, we set off from Hinckley to Ramsey in Cambridgeshire.  Five days into the trip, a bright but very cold day we set off and someone, it might have been me, said “I really love being back out here in the ditches it is so much better than batting about with everyone else in the Motorhome. This is really a parallel universe.”  The surprising response from Himself was “I prefer it too” (It was Himself who wanted to  stop boating) and not one to miss an opportunity I immediately said “Shall we get a boat then?”

It only took a nod.
I scuttled inside and retrieved my IPad and was on to Appolloduck before he could blink!
The search for boat number three was underway.