Bio

Adventures Aboard AreandAre is a blog based around the travels of bloggers Barry and Sandra, by narrowboat, around the waterways of the UK. The blog also serves as  base for The Home Brew Boat, a brewing supplies enterprise located on the boat itself, as well as a face painting and life coaching business. The blog is written by Barry, an ex-pat New Zealander living in the UK, and his wife, Sandra. It draws on their experiences travelling by narrowboat and maintaining a small business. Areas of interest include: Adventure and travel, narrowboat living, running a business on a boat, photography, home brewing, life coaching, facepainting, writing. The blog focuses on  various scenic journeys taken by Barry and Sandra across the UK. Colour photography is used to offset text, and the blog's tone is informal and anecdotal. Blog categories include: Barry's Stunning Images; Boating Festivals; The Home Brew Boat; Sustainability; and Family Times. The blog talks about trading home brew supplies, the costs of living on a narrowboat, futuristic facepainting focusing on brewing techniques and equipment, and how to get the best results from your own home brewing efforts. Barry's photography is also featured, found on greetings cards sold from the boat, and gleaned from his former work as a professional photographer. Recent blog posts include: "Our Fabest Fabfest So Far," Sandwiched Between Mum, Fazeley and Minorca! PR opportunities include travel stories and beer/brewing promotion. Barry and Sandra can best be contacted through the details shown above. Email/Twitter may be used at any time, phone calls preferred during working hours. In their own words: Our blog has been running since we first took the plunge living on a narrowboat in May 2009 on our first boat, Northern Pride. It's intention at that time was to update friends and family of our adventures, and share Barry's stunning photography. Six and a half years later, and we moved from Blogspot to Wordpress in 2014 once we began trading from the boat. We have a large and loyal fan base, who frequently come and visit us at festivals or holler a 'hello' or 'kia ora' as they pass by. Our aim is still to tell stories of our travels and traumas, but the blog is also now a marketing outlet for our three businesses as we work towards attaining Barry's Indefinite Leave to Remain in the UK, and run sustainable, successful businesses like The Home Brew Boat ((www.thehomebrewboat.co.uk)