Dept of Cheerful Coincidence

[desperance]

Writing away today, realise that one character has to have a home, don't want it to be anything ordinary, think I'll have her living on a Dutch barge. Never been on one, but I read an article once, and I've wanted one ever since (it's the current fallback position: if I have to sell the house to pay the debts, I'm going to buy a barge and live on that instead).

So, barges need water. Where shall we have this boat? Somewhere handy to London: I've been spending much of my fun time recently in Henley-on-Thames, which would be a swell place to moor a barge.

So that's a decision, then. So I google Dutch barges for a bit of authentic detail to lend verisimilitude - and what's the first barge on the list? It's for sale, is what it is. In Henley.

So: chugga-dugga go the writing fingers, and:

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Comments

[devonellington.livejournal.com]

Ooh, that sounds like fun. Can't wait to read all about it.