Listen "From house to boat; 12 months living on the Lancaster canal"
Episode Synopsis
Can you imagine moving out of a three bedroomed house and setting out to live in a 60 foot long canal boat?Mark Sadler's boat is more 'like a posh flat' but even so, parting with years' worth of belongings and changing lifestyles to one where the weather and seasons are a constant factor takes some getting used to.This month marks his 12 month anniversary of taking the plunge and living on the Lancaster Canal.Has it been plain sailing or will he be back in the housing market soon?2' Why a canal boat?4' How to downsize.6' Nature on the canal.8' Reflecting on one year aboard.10' The challenges of the canal.12' Coping with a change in pace 14' The canal community.16' Life afloat and looking to the future.Transcript: Welcome to the Morecambe Bay podcast with Nigel Thompson.If you're listening to this in your house or on your way home, would you pack up, get rid of anything you didn't need and downsize your entire life onto a canal boat? It sounds daunting, doesn't it? Yet that's what Mark Sadler did a year ago. A three bedroom house was replaced by a 60 foot long, 10 foot wide boat on the Lancaster Canal.As his first anniversary approaches, how's he getting on?
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