Bubblebuster

Thanks Syd.

Not really, and that's the dilemma. Renting would not sit well with us either as you hear of so many horror stories. Guess it's going to have to remain as a latter day 'what if dream'. 😕

Thanks for the replies and I have to say I tend to agree. We fully retired some ten years ago now having bought and extensively renovated over five years a small cottage which like yourself is also in west Wales - and I really would hate to leave it. We cannot do it when we are dead as you say, but I really don't fancy being dead doing it!

Not new to canal boats, far from it having spent many a holiday over the years having cruised most of the canals in the UK, but here's the thing. Wanting to be near one of our daughters the Mrs would like to sell up and live full time on a canal boat and has in mind the Brecon canal which would (more or less) be quite near my daughter. But here's another thing, would we as I suspect go stir crazy living on such a short and lets face it confined stretch, and as elderly 70s pensioners, are we too late to the party? Don't want to disappoint the Mrs, but don't want to burn my boat figuratively speaking for a real one either. Thoughts guys?