Hello again,
Thanks for your postings. Perhaps I can make my words a little
clearer.
'almost at the stage' means that I'm not yet quite ready or able to
commit to a new life right now, but that doesn't mean I shouldn't
test the water (did you notice that pun there; not bad eh?) or think
about it or explore the possibilities, does it?
I am exploring avenues, as I suspect most people will have done. I
still have things I need to sort out, responsibilities I need to
attend to in my family and my community but I increasingly feel the
need to 'move on'
I no longer have dependants, my children are grown with families and
interests of their own and for the first time in my life I feel that
I am able to do the things that I really want to do. I had a life-
threatening experience and, believe me, there's nothing like
impending death to make one take stock of ones life!
That includes being able to edge closer to my life-long ambition to
live on a boat. I know this is not quite the same thing, but I have
been a caravaner for many years; in fact I've just bought another
small caravan, so I know that small living quarters are no problem
to me. When my children were young we camped most weekends and
school holidays (and without any namby-pamby electric hook-up
either!) so back-to-basic living conditions hold no mysteries for
me; in fact I used to live in a remote Scottish valley where there
was no gas and electricity didn't arrive until around 1960 and even
then power cuts were the norm, especially in winter, and were still
the norm when I lived there in 1988. (Not that I'm implying living
aboard means moving into the dark ages, but you get my drift.) I
don't feel a need to be continuously entertained, am quite happy
with my own company and well able to live alone.
But does that in itself impinge on life aboard? Does one need to be
two to manage a boat? Is my dream meant to stay a dream?
I don't have money to spare but I have enough to pay my way, rent
and food Etc. What I was trying to say, unsuccessfully it seems,
was that I don't just want a holiday, but I do want to try the
boating experience, and how can I achieve that without help? So,
what I'm asking for is for someone to take a leap of faith, to let
me spend some time with them on their boat, and to be willing to
share their experience and expertise and let me see the true, not
romanticised, life afloat. As I said, I can't pay, but I'm more than
willing to work in exchange.
It is not necessary that I sleep aboard just now, I have a caravan
for that, but I want to see the day-to-day running of a boat, to see
whether it is possible to earn a living, I'm a writer and creative
writing tutor, and can really work anywhere, or go to where the work
is at any given time.
So, does that clear it up?
And, by the way, Iâm 52, overweight and most definitely not looking
for a boyfriend, a lover or a significant other, okay!!!
regards,
Lynette
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