We often get asked what life aboard Bella is like. Other than 'heaven', we thought we should be a little more specific. Of course we love Bella when she's on the move and we're taking in the breath of the cut and the countryside. But for those of you who really wonder, we just love living on Bella. Shes the right size for our lives and oddly enough, it was the size of the 4 story Victorian terrace which made us realise that we didn't want bulk around us, we wanted clever space. And that is Bella. These are a few little photos of life. One is the fruit and things on a little shelf tucked in under the gunnels in the Dining Room/Office/Studio. The shelf is on the port side, opposite the dining room table. Another photo is the tea pot on its little German 'stovechen' keeping warm on the worktop, also on the port side, opposite the sink in the kitchen area. And one photo is Pete, pre scrubbing, sitting at the desk flickr'ing as a morning wake up. It may look small on photographs, but the longer we live aboard the bigger Bella gets. One of our lovely boating friends said we were the only live-aboards she knew who would need a removals company to move us from one boat to another!! It's amazing what can be tucked into corners and wonderful boxes :-)
