Will the boat be C’est la Vie or Lady Mar?
We have been told that it is much better if the boat can be officially registered in Ireland before we take it to France and Germany. As the boat has never been registered before, we have to start from scratch. But if we can register it, it will make our passage through officialdom in foreign lands much easier (so I am told). Continue reading
As you can see it is December since I wrote my last blog. I cannot believe how busy I have been getting ready for a gap year! Now that I have finished in Topaz, I thought I would have more time. However, it has been full on between planning the route, getting the boat ready and fixing the house after the fire. Continue reading
Nuala and I booked holidays from work and went to France on a trip to find a boat. The Plan was to fly out Thursday morning, rent a car and drive down to Marcigny. This trip took longer than we thought (7 hours). Continue reading
Over a year ago when I realised I would be retiring from Topaz at 60, Nuala and I started to plan for our gap year. We sat down and looked at all the things we would have to do to simplify our lives, rent out the house and put in place all the plans needed to make this journey happen. (You don’t want to see the size of the list Nuala came up with!)
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Adrian and Nuala's Gap Year 