Thanks all, for the kind thoughts.
We were 'continuous moorers', an antidote to 'continuous cruisers'.
"Willpower" was moored at our house for 34 years, except when leaving for a couple of 3 day local breaks each year, plus an annual 3 or 4 week round trip.
We never went very far it seems...but that was not the point...we bought the boat for the 'pace-of-life', a 'get-away-from-it' thing really......in that respect we did have a great time...and no complaints .... although disappointed we did not get any further north than Manchester.