In this week of Go-Girl I am telling you where I have been. I am letting you know why I have been missing, and articulating the one thing that has the ability to slow me down in my go-girl era. It wasn’t the North Sea. It wasn’t the boat, or international travel with a cat. I cleared those hurdles and yes while the boat has come with some deep breaths, it has not required my whole capacity. 

My Go Girl Era came to a screeching halt due to a small, blond haired three year old who required me to surrender my entire inner world in order to ensure he was alive by the end of the day. I have emerged from this summer older and wiser. Ready for the next adventure, but still recovering from the last one. Maybe the biggest adventure of all: caregiving to a three year old. 

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Music: Last Nomad by VOLO 

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Today I am telling you about the first contending points of this adventure. What it really is to travel with a cat. How it feels to be a nanny during work hours, and work on a boat in the evenings and weekends. And lastly, what it was like to meet my project boat for the first time. In this episode of Go-Girl I am telling you about where the rubber hits the road in this adventure. The hops and skips that make me doubtful, and the contending points that may just give me a few new gray hairs. I’m here for it all. 

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Music: Last Nomad by VOLO 

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https://uppbeat.io/t/volo/last-nomad

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Cosmic Nebula Soundscape for Space Exploration by LolaMoore -- https://freesound.org/s/758412/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Tramontane Wind on Top of the Canigou Mountain (French Pyrenees) by davidlagarde -- https://freesound.org/s/759918/ -- License: Creative Commons 0 

Today is just a check in. This is a quick episode to pause, catch my breath mid stride, and give you my current status. If I define adventures as capacity expanding experiences, this trip has been an adventure, and this podcast is being recorded at the moment of expansion. This is the moment where I am crossing a threshold from an old version of me into this new version. Folks, it is a bumpy ride, and I am grateful for the experience, and also wondering a little bit what it was that I was thinking. I have been so focused on how to get here with a cat, I have only just begun to realize what it is I have signed up for. The first little niggles of doubt are sinking in. Am I really going to renovate a boat? Will I be able to navigate tides and currents let alone the north sea? What was I thinking that I could just do this without more planning and experience. 

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Music: Last Nomad by VOLO 

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Tattoo Gun by rayprice -- https://freesound.org/s/155005/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

In this episode of Go Girl I am telling you the plan for how HRH Queen Guinevere Cinnamon Cupcake and I will make our way from our tiny cabin, across the Atlantic, land in Paris and head north to Dieppe to catch a ferry to England. The road has already had twists and turns, and we haven’t even left! International travel  can be a challenge—throw a cat in mix and it becomes an extra special ball of stress!  

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Music: Last Nomad by VOLO 

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License code: TI2GHBIKKL4GY7QB

Cosmic Nebula Soundscape for Space Exploration by LolaMoore -- https://freesound.org/s/758412/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Cat_growl.wav by Islabonita -- https://freesound.org/s/471059/ -- License: Creative Commons 0

It took 3 sisters, two weeks, and one wild goose chase, but it happened. I am now the very proud owner of a little 1988 Itchen Ferry–a 25 foot project boat intended to be my home. I know so little about boats, nevertheless, I feel very confident that I can get this up and running into a liveaboard vessel in the matter of 6 weeks. 

But what have I bought? In this episode I will tell you everything I know about this little vessel–every scrap of information I have scavenged from online databases, message boards, and niche websites. Today I introduce you to the Analucia. 

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Music: Last Nomad by VOLO 

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License code: TI2GHBIKKL4GY7QB

UK Dialing "Ringing" Tone by AdamWeeden -- https://freesound.org/s/163637/ -- License: Attribution 3.0

I have imagined sailing the ocean, I have sung sea shanties in the Costa Rican cloud forest, and I have seen it represented in films and tv shows. But what is it actually like?  Up until one year ago, I had never been on a sailing boat. I still get terribly car sick if I am not mindful, and I have honestly been a little afraid of the idea of sailing. My sisters now live across the Atlantic, and up until now I have relied on air travel to be able to see them. The ocean has felt like a massive gulf between me and them. But what if that wasn't the case? What if I could learn to sail it and by doing so always have a way back to them? If that is the case, the ocean is no longer a barrier, but a pathway. It was time to face a fear of mine. Time to close the gap between me and my sisters. 

In this Episode of Go Girl I am telling the story of how I came to sailing, my first impressions of it, and how the future is shaping up to live into it. 

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Music: Last Nomad by VOLO 

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Water Music by Handel Suite No2 in D

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Walking to Palas de Rei by frederic.font -- https://freesound.org/s/130796/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Walking alongside the road by mrkva -- https://freesound.org/s/220419/ -- License: Attribution 4.0

Foggy Banks learned from the 1998 recording of Lothlorian and a night visitors song as learned by the Tannahill Weavers. 

In this episode I am taking you on a journey into the history of the a small market town on the shoreline of south eastern England. Once a landmass that connected Britain to Europe, over the last few millennia it has been the site of both division and connection as wave after wave of new people and cultures found their way from the Mainland Europe to the place we now called Britain. Traces of this whole story can be found within walking distance of The Analucia–my little project boat moored in Faversham, Kent, and in this episode I invite you along a historical walk with me to get to know this land which has been home to so many people, and soon to be my own little home away from home. 

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Music: Last Nomad by VOLO 

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License code: TI2GHBIKKL4GY7QB

Water Music by Handel Suite No2 in D

Music: https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ 

Soundeffects from Freesound

In this episode I am going to naively tell you my simple plan for achieving this semi nomadic dream. Now is the perfect time to tell you because, while I have taken some concrete steps towards this goal, I am still relatively ignorant of just how much work this dream will be, how many tears it will demand from me, and how deeply I will doubt myself along the way.

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Music: Last Nomad by VOLO 

Water Music by Handel Suite No2 in D

Sound effects from Freesound

This is Go-Girl —a podcast devoted to documenting the adventure era of my life–my go-girl era.  At 40 years old, I live happily solo with my siamese cat, Queen Guenevere and together we are setting out to live a semi nomadic life. I spent most of my adulthood trying to be normal, but now I am ready to run and I am not slowing down for folks to catch up–You can tie me up, but not down because life is meant to be a wild and precious adventure, and this girl is finally ready to go.