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All Posts by Karen Bent

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my nomadic life - May 20, 2025
By Karen Bent
It’s almost 4 years since we decided to sell our house, cars, caravan and pretty much all of our possessions to have a narrow boat built to live on, so how has that decision played out in reality? Is this nomadic way of life what we thought it would be?
I'll tell you what I want - March 7, 2025
By Karen Bent
I sometimes think there aren’t many opportunities in our lives when we get to do exactly what we want without having any responsibilities or commitments towards anyone or anything else...
one thing a day - December 3, 2024
By Karen Bent
During the last couple of year’s of my Mum’s life, I’d sometimes ask if she wanted to go out for lunch or come to us for dinner on a particular day.
things can only get better - September 10, 2024
By Karen Bent
Karen Bent talks about the noticeable deterioration of the Leeds and Liverpool canal, and expresses her fears that the canal may one day become a "ghost canal".
flexibility - June 1, 2024
By Karen Bent
People often ask us how we manage to live on a narrow boat; what qualities are most important to maintaining an equilibrium and peace of mind? For us, it's flexibility of both mind and body... Let me explain.
learning a new way of 'being' - March 4, 2024
By Karen Bent
Karen Bent talks about how her life has changed since moving onto a boat. Its not just a different lifestyle - you have to change your whole attitude to life.
detour onto the llangollen canal - November 27, 2023
By Karen Bent
To maintain a more relaxed approach to life, we headed for the Llangollen Canal; we'd been here last year in May, & we hoped for a different Autumn perspective.
should we stay or should we go? - September 6, 2023
By Karen Bent
Our travels this year so far have been anything but straightforward with the amount of different issues we've had with every canal we've been on.
revisiting old favourites - twice - August 7, 2023
By Karen Bent
Back in the Peak District, Karen and Rob Bent set out to climb Mam Tor, only to find that they have come down the wrong way and will have to climb to the top again...
decluttering our minds - March 30, 2023
By Karen Bent
Back in the day, when I was an Further Education College Lecturer, my yearly party piece was greeting my entire new student cohort (between 25-30 students) by their first names when they came back from their first coffee break.

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