Sue Bond had been here since my earliest days, mooring in the marina for pretty close to thirty years. During this time she had four narrowboats - she was never 'boatless in Braunston'. The first she bought through our brokerage in 1992, which came with the name of Fluke. It was fitted out somewhere in Lancashire to what was then called 'budget standard'. It was only two years old and very clean inside, but already showing rust marks from a cheap spray-paint job. But it got Sue afloat, and she loved it. It also gave her a base in Northamptonshire to visit her brother and sister and family, where they were all born.
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