The Barge

My kids and I live on the river in a couple of sailing boats and for years my workshop has been a few miles away at the top of a large hill. I desperately wanted a new workshop that would have lots of natural light (I’ve spent years in caves!), no neighbours who could be upset by noise and that would be close enough for my kids to come and go as much as they like. When someone suggested the barge I swore I wouldn’t even think about it because I needed a third boat like I needed a hole in the head. Within forty-eight hours I had completely come round to the idea. She needed quite a lot of work before I could start moving stuff on, and then everything had to be moved over by boat. I installed a big solar panel, a wind geni and an old lister generator for power, and in time I’ll add another solar panel and a bigger battery bank. There’s still more work to do of course, but in a couple of weeks I’ll move the other two boats alongside her and for the first time the boats, the workshop, the kids and I will all be in one place!