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Couple ditch high-flying jobs to live on a narrowboat with their child

2023-02-22 23 Dailymotion

A couple ditched their high-flying jobs to live on a narrowboat with their one-year-old - before buying another and running a cafe from it.<br /><br />Joanna and Victor Gould, both 34, left their corporate jobs in favour of ''living life on their own terms'' and travelling the country in their humble narrowboat.<br /><br />The couple - who met in April 2015 - were working as freelance TV editors in London racking up 80-hour weeks, but swapped their corporate jobs to for a slower pace of life on the water.<br /><br />The high-flying pair were raking in a combined salary of just over £150k compared to the £25k their new role brings in - but despite the drop in finances they say they've "never been happier".<br /><br />After purchasing a canal boat in 2015 - with renovations costing £30k - they decided to give up their old lives to start afresh.<br /><br />They waited just over a year for the barge to be fully renovated, before moving in to start their new life in April 2017.

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