Three years ago we decided to change our lives for ever, and sold
our 16th Century Tudor Cottage in Wiltshire where we had lived
for 24 years. We bought a brand new 57' Traditional Narrowboat.
Our children Nicola and Simon were married by this time, our Son's
first reaction was 'oh my God Mum and Dad are going to live on one
of those 'barge' things and be drawn up and down the tow paths by horse'!
Of course he soon came to think that it was an ok thing when we showed
him what we had in mind. Our Daughter didn't take as much convincing, with her Husband Jason they were sold on the idea right away, but with with the children, the lifestyle wouldn't be right...but they are definitely going to buy a boat at some stage in their lives...but with two Sons and a Daughter and another on the way it all seems a long way off.
So...our house sold, we started our life afloat at the Devizes Marina in Wiltshire, this proved to be a bad move and we sailed off into the sunset on the morning of the 14th December 2003 for the Thames and Kennet Marina in Reading...arriving just in time for Christmas!
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