I have been living on the river for apx 6 years and Yogi apx 10. Up until now we have mainly cruised on the Lee and Stort between Hertford, Bishops' Stortford and Waltham Cross. General commitments have kept us confined for those times but now we are free and we are off!!
We decided at the the beginning of the year that 2012 was the year for us to go travelling and from January, through to February we sold as many of our possessions as we could, including 2 boats, my camper, his car and various other stuff that had been collected through the ages.
By the beginning of March, with a lot of luck and a lot less stuff by then, we had our Black Prince aka Silver Blue!! We managed to raise enough to buy her from one of our friends Martyn, who we are most grateful to for helping us achieve our goal. Yogi had always wanted one for going cruising on and Martyn selling his boat at this time just helped us get there quicker.
Thank you Martyn x x x
We were also fortunate enough to have known the owner previous to Martyn and knew how well she had been treated and looked after. She was originally a 10 berth hire-boat made in 1999. Her paintwork is a little tired but all in all she is a beauty and we love her. The past 8 years she had mostly been used as 'man cave' and had been the host of a few riverside parties I have NO doubt!! lol
Now she is going to have the quiet life, chugging along for 4-5 hours a day and resting in the sun in the afternoons. Gradually making her way to Yorkshire taking in the sights on her way.
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