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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Sam Haddad

‘Who was that girl back then?’: how I rediscovered youthful joy on a family canal boat trip

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Sam Haddad relived her childhood with a canal boat trip Photograph: PR

In a series to celebrate XPENG’s partnership with new movie A Big Bold Beautiful Journey, four writers share memories of the journeys that made them who they are.

Stepping on to the navy and black painted narrowboat that would be our family home on the Kennet and Avon canal for the week, a jolt of nostalgia hits me as I realise that I haven’t set foot on a canal boat since I was 12, around the age my kids are now, when I took a similar trip with my parents.

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