How to Live Off-Grid on a Narrowboat

Everything you want to know about narrowboat life in The Porthole Peeper

Living off-grid anywhere, is a challenge! How to live off-grid on a tiny narrow boat and survive on the water, is a question you’ll need some answers to, before you take the plunge!

But the rewards of living off-grid can be life changing, while giving you the freedom you dream of…

You want to escape the rat run right? Drop the goods & leg it!

If you don’t mind ditching your attachment to material objects and living with constant change, you might make it. Living off-grid on a boat is a bit like glamping but without a hot tub! You can’t just get in the car and go home for a nice hot bath when it gets tough. Consider the lack of space, and living close together too.

Then, try problem solving your way through difficult times while also keeping a positive, goal driven outlook…

What happened when Jane moved to a tiny narrowboat?

Are you stretchy and agile enough to jump out the net? It’s called tenacity- Like elastic, you spring back into shape after being stretched, and then let go. Sounds uncomfortable? Well it is!

So, if you’re not good at being stretched, then on a boat you soon have to learn how. It’s a little like being dropped into a jungle and left to work it out!

Are you ready to begin thinking about an unconventional lifestyle? If you are still onboard then read on…

Bargee lives matter

Learn the truth from a full time live aboard bargee with off-grid lifestyle stories that are challenging, interesting & fun! I hope you like to laugh because dark humour is my style! Escape into a different world with creatively crafted stories & I’ll help you pick up some ‘Wish you had told me!’- lifestyle tips, along the way.

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• Follow my monthly blog to see how, three years in, I’m coping with that life changing decision.

• Could you let go of the material objects you’ve got attached to?

• How do I love my new life on an off-grid narrow boat now? Not everyone survives!

• How to live off-grid- Learn the Secrets of a Boater’s Life

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Do you get a decent internet connection if you constantly cruise?

Can pets survive on a boat?

and lots more….

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“He who becomes the slave of habit,

who follows the same routes every day,

who never changes pace,

who does not risk and change the color of his clothes,

who does not speak and does not experience,

dies slowly.” ― Pablo Neruda