The flight was relatively easy. We both managed to sleep and time passed without too much stretch. Most importantly I managed to let the pilot do his job. I have been known in the past to not: speak; eat; sleep, or drink for 10 hours straight on a flight. This is due to my havingContinue reading “Chapter 8. What goes up must come down”
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Chapter 7: The Dolls House
Through the looking glass of the windows I have always loved doll houses. There is something quite magical about them. When I was a child, there was one that sat in a shop window in St.Ives and I would always stop to look at it. If you look through the windows of a doll’s house,Continue reading “Chapter 7: The Dolls House”
Chapter 6: The mountain and getting ‘there’
We are stuck in traffic. The time we have to get to the airport and check in is getting less and less..Like the sun going down on the horizon. In a split second it will be gone. Of course this was going to happen. The number of challenges we have had to overcome to getContinue reading “Chapter 6: The mountain and getting ‘there’”
Chapter 5: 2000 miles of Happiness
It started with an idea, and ended in 2000 miles of Happiness. If you could stretch your arms, reach and touch whatever you wanted to, what would it be? Would you tickle under the arms of the statue of liberty? Or would you touch the Northern star? If you could have a thought and withContinue reading “Chapter 5: 2000 miles of Happiness”
Chapter 4:
A Pallet of Landscapes & Comfort Zones Apart from the one trip out (Chapter two: A Story of Threes) Misty Waters has stayed in one place, in the Marina. The landscape around us is the same, but everything has changed. There is a romanticism to living on a boat but in many ways, it hasContinue reading “Chapter 4:”
Chapter 3:
From Land to Water and other Elements.. It’s just days before Christmas and we are moving onto the boat. We are no longer ‘land people’. We are joining the ‘water people’. It is difficult to appreciate just how much stuff you have until you have to box it up and transfer it. When we separatedContinue reading “Chapter 3:”
Chapter 2:
“ omne trium perfectum”-A Story of Threes The plan was to spend a 2 week holiday in Misty Waters. It had been a stressful few months for both of us, having to deal with difficult situations at work as COVID took hold, a break was what we needed. We had planned to travel up the river,Continue reading “Chapter 2:”
Chapter 1: The Deep End
Misty Waters arrives at Hilperton Marina having been craned out of the water at Leighton Buzzard before carrying on her journey by road to Hilperton. We arrive at 11am keen to see her being craned off the lorry and into the water. But when we get there she is already in the water patiently waitingContinue reading “Chapter 1: The Deep End”
A narrow escape 