Refinement NOT retirement

In the previous 3 parts of "Our Narrowboat Experience", Tony and Christine shared the story of how they found and purchased a wonderful canal boat called Tickety-Boo. In the last (part 3) episode, they gave their reasoning for coming to the decision to sell her, but they held one BIG reason back for this final (part 4) episode of "Our Narrowboat Experience".

In this episode they tell their true English Canal Nightmare story. This awful experience tipped the balance and made them decide to sell Tickety-Boo; but after they made that decision the experience turned ugly, ending in a bitterly fought lawsuit.

Tony asks #ChatGPT to write a blog post on the theme #RefineDontRetire and in this episode he discusses his experience of getting writing assistance from a robot. The robot's version is here - and Tony's re-write is here

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Why did Tony & Christine decide to sell their narrowboat, Tickety-Boo after such a short period of ownership? In this episode, they explain their reasons - but leave till next time the DARKEST part of their canal boat experience, which was also a big factor.

In part 2 of their Narrowboat Experience, Tony & Christine continue their story about their year owning a UK canal boat called Tickety-Boo.  This episode covers the the buying process from marine survey to collection, and  first voyage, which took several days. Their destination was a marina on the Oxford Canal which would be Tickety-Boo's new home.

If you're thinking of buying a UK narrowboat, you need to listen to the whole story. PART THREE is coming soon.

Tony had no idea how Christine would react live on air minutes after listening to Tony's monologue in the previous episode when he expressed how he REALLY felt about quitting work.  Watch and listen as he hears Christine's verdict for the first time.

Without telling Christine (yikes!), Tony snuck off to his man-cave to record his thoughts on his own.  How will Christine react to what he had to say?

Tony & Christine said last time that not all PERCEIVED refinements (changes that improve lives) turn out to BE refinements.  This episode starts the story of their one year of narrowboat ownership (a life-long dream of Tony's) which didn't quite live up to expectations.

Don't buy a narrowboat, or take your first UK canal-boat holiday, until you've heard our story!

Christine and Tony chat about what made them move out of the centre of London to The Cotswolds after 25 plus years living in South Kensington.

Christine & Tony have just started to face up to the prospect of life without the business they've owned & operated together for over 30 years.  How will they cope?  And what do they even mean by "refinement NOT retirement".

And they discuss what you can expect from future episodes.