Lunacy of my purchase Today as I look at Pea Green it is difficult to remember the detox and fixing that has taken place, since August 2016. In hindsight I am incredulous that I bought a boat that was such a mess, and slightly amazed that I could see through the slopped-on pink paint, 8 […]
Still moving! As Day 1 of moving ebbed away we both fell asleep quickly, despite the speeding trains passing close by on the West Coast Mainline. Although the trains did little to disturb me, I was woken in the night by Willy clambering around the boat. He was desperately removing hatches and doors, trying […]
Moving: trauma or ecstacy?! Moving your new boat for the first time, seems, from my limited research, to often be stressful. The new boat owners I have met had boat-moving stories of battery failures, overheating, and struggling with the general vagaries of their new purchase. One couple had blown the entire boat electrics. Others hadn’t […]
Two big challenges Finding a marina was probably the most pressing issue I faced, having bought the one and only boat I viewed. The second problem was moving her. (I still find it odd to refer to a generally inanimate object as ‘her’. This was especially true of my boat because she had a decidedly […]
Obsessive boat buying Having decided, on that fateful visit to Oundle Marina, to buy a narrowboat I became a woman possessed seeking a boat. This anxiety-driven-need had happened to me before. Previously in relation to buying flights (hence having travelled a ridiculous amount), houses (luckily I have managed to buy only two – not […]
A tale of entering the inland waterways The tale of how I acquired my, now beautiful, narrowboat Pea Green, in 2016 is one of ridiculous split-second decisions. It reflects a lack of forethought perhaps because life was a bit wobbly. Having returned from a year living in Los Angeles I had begun a PhD, taken […]