Daffy's 'a nice cup of tea cheers you up' diary

Cheery_Daff

Yep Little plans, but plans nevertheless

Just been watching a programme about the canals, looking back fondly on my boat-dwelling days, and plotting an extremely unwise narrowboat purchase :rotfl:

Karmacat

You used to live on a boat? Tell!

Cheery_Daff

Didn't you know that?? 7 or 8 years ago now, ex boyfriend bought a boat and we both gave up most of our worldly possessions and lived on it at the end of someone's garden :rotfl: :rotfl: Had a great time! Mostly over the winter though - very cosy with little wood burning stove Had to cycle along the canal to get a shower, do the washing, and empty the loo (bleurgh!) - used to bung washing, toilet (!) and towels etc onto the back of bike trailer :rotfl: :rotfl:

Moved off to go and work in a youth hostel, then came to do PhD - we'd split up by that point, and ended up selling the boat to a mate who still lives on it now.

I miss floating about, even though we didn't actually move very often!

InaPickle

Cheery_Daff wrote: »

Didn't you know that?? 7 or 8 years ago now, ex boyfriend bought a boat and we both gave up most of our worldly possessions and lived on it at the end of someone's garden :rotfl: :rotfl: Had a great time! Mostly over the winter though - very cosy with little wood burning stove Had to cycle along the canal to get a shower, do the washing, and empty the loo (bleurgh!) - used to bung washing, toilet (!) and towels etc onto the back of bike trailer :rotfl: :rotfl:

Moved off to go and work in a youth hostel, then came to do PhD - we'd split up by that point, and ended up selling the boat to a mate who still lives on it now.

I miss floating about, even though we didn't actually move very often!

You've had some fun times, Cheery.

Not meaning to be rude, but how old are you? How have you managed to pack it all in?

Cheery_Daff

:rotfl: :rotfl: just turned 31 Pickle I seem to have done lots of things - but most of them not for very long and not very well :rotfl: :rotfl:

Skint_but_Optimistic

haha what a fabulous blog! I feel like a voyeur, but had to say hello.... as for the money I would hang onto it unless they ask for it!! I dont think life on the canal boats sounds that appealing anymore, should I hold out for a gypsy caravan?

MrsMoo2U

Wow Cheery, "knowing" you is like peeling an onion. You have so many layers to discover. Fantastic. If ever you have children/grandchildren/nephews and neices you will have some very interesting tales to tell. I really admire you for giving things a go and as for doing none of the well PAH! As long as you did them and enjoyed them then you did them well.
My friend downsized her house to buy a narrowboat, she then went part time in work too. So now she lives in a wee house Tues to Thursday then gets the train on a Thursday night to Preston to spend the weekend until Tuesday morning on the houseboat. She potters up and down the canals. She is currently looking for a small cottage by a canal somewhere so that she can moor the boat at the end of the garden. I must tell her all about your bike and trailer and the loads that you carried. I really think that you should write a book! "How to live cheerfully"

redsquirrel80

The boat sounds fun.. well apart from the toilet emptying!

*pretends not to see bit about fees*

Cheery_Daff

I'm not trying to avoid paying them Squizz, honest! I was expecting to have been asked for them long before this!

redsquirrel80

Hehe - I know.. anyway I'm a giver outer of money not a taker awayer so not my area