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By *tue555Man
over a year ago
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They are hard work, need lot of upkeep - but they are amazing if you just lazily drift around nomadically. You'll need a mooring for it vary £1000 to £50000 a year in places on the Themes. Insurance, Safety certificates and license. Have to have pay temp mooring fees in lot places. Traversing locks is a very slow process so if you are in a rush then its not for you.
It is a different lifestyle, romantic, nomadic amazing but not for everyone. |
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Thanks for tha advice pal, sick of renting and want my own little place .hardly use the rooms in the house so ,wouldn't be to hard to just be on a boat .start work early and finish early and quiet handy so would keep on top of thing that need doing as plenty of time on my hands .it looks such a peaceful life  |
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By *tue555Man
over a year ago
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"Thanks for tha advice pal, sick of renting and want my own little place .hardly use the rooms in the house so ,wouldn't be to hard to just be on a boat .start work early and finish early and quiet handy so would keep on top of thing that need doing as plenty of time on my hands .it looks such a peaceful life "
It is a peaceful life , but that is not for everyone especially if you need people - won't say any more on that.
It may be seem romantic but it can be very solitary. Renting is very different than owning and living but if you can make the transition it can be amazing. I'm lucky I have a gorgeous oh to share it with |
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Yeah my fwb thinks it will be good to stop over weekend and do a bit of cruising .i have a lot of solitude in the week when it kids aren't with me so sure id be ok .im sure id bump into other boaters .couple of good forums on Facebook too |
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We would love to meet a guy or couple when in west Yorkshire, have a drink or may be plan a chance meeting on the tow path, get chatting the in to the boat for some fun.
Private message us we would love it,xxx |
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over a year ago
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Its always been a dream of mine foxes afloat on YouTube give a good insight in to boat life one day I will get my 57ft barge with a reverse layout and a cruiser stern |
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I've just finished watching both series of Canal Boat Diaries on iPlayer. I really like Robbie Cummings who presents it, if you haven't seen it I'd recommend tracking it down. It a 'warts and all' view of life on the canals. |
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By *orny PTMan
over a year ago
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"Its always been a dream of mine foxes afloat on YouTube give a good insight in to boat life one day I will get my 57ft barge with a reverse layout and a cruiser stern "
Yeah, Colin & Shaun and dog number two. I've seen a fair few of their exploits. Cruising the cut is not bad either. |
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Did anyone see that stag do gone wrong? They put the boat in the lock and somehow it got flooded because the front of the boat was wedged so it tipped and the back filled with water and then they just left it  |
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"Did anyone see that stag do gone wrong? They put the boat in the lock and somehow it got flooded because the front of the boat was wedged so it tipped and the back filled with water and then they just left it "
Just down the road from me. Another boat in the group, hitting moored boats at 10 pm |
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"Did anyone see that stag do gone wrong? They put the boat in the lock and somehow it got flooded because the front of the boat was wedged so it tipped and the back filled with water and then they just left it
Just down the road from me. Another boat in the group, hitting moored boats at 10 pm"
Bloody idiots |
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