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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Molly Powell

‘We quit our day jobs to live on a canal boat and now save £1,200 a month on rent, bills and food’

A couple from Bolton who ditched their day jobs to live on a canal boat say they have halved their living costs and are “addicted” to life on the waterways.

Daniel Blyth, 32, and his wife Charlotte, 35, bought a small motorboat to “test the waters” in 2015 before purchasing a £10,000 three-bedroom narrowboat on Facebook Marketplace.

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