River Living

This week I battled the wind and rain to meet Erin, a freelance TV producer who lives aboard a lovely little 45 foot narrow boat called Molly. Erin is the first continuous cruiser that I’ve spoken to for River Living. Put basically, it means that she has to move her home every fourteen days or … Continue reading River Living 6: Erin, Molly

Hello again, I’m terribly sorry for the delay. I know how you must have been champing at the bit to hear more from the serene world of river living. Well, here we are again with the fifth instalment of everyone’s favourite houseboat podcast, River Living. This week we meet Simon, a graphic designer who lives … Continue reading River Living 5: Simon, Whim

For this episodeI visited Hugh aboard his gorgeous little barge, Noordkaap, where he told me what it’s like having a baby on a houseboat, and just how great his new outdoor sofa is up on his foredeck. I’m not going to lie, I’d move aboard tomorrow if they didn’t mind me filling up their spare … Continue reading River Living 4: Hugh, Noordkaap

While I was chatting to James and Melissa about their beautiful home, Hendrik for the last episode, it emerged that she had an extraordinary history. Unfortunately I didn’t really have room on the main podcast for it, so I chopped it out and made it into a little bonus episode for you to … Continue reading River Living Bonus: Hendrik’s History

For this week’s episode of River Living I visitedMelissa and James on their Dutch barge Hendrik, just a stone’s throw away from London’s iconic Tower Bridge. Something that occurred to me while editing this is that all of the boats I’ve visited so far have had some form of pet aboard. So here’s Nishi, … Continue reading River Living 3: Melissa & James, Hendrik

This week we talk to Nikolaj, who lives with his family aboard Padoue, a 30m French barge. Nikolaj’s music can be found here. I liked it so much I paid £10 for it before I’d even met him.

In the first episode of River Living I talk to myself, because I live on the river. For future episodes I will definitely talk to other people, because I’m not completely insane.