Explore Moor
The story behind Narrow & Wide.
Explore Moor follows our real-life journey of trying to build a better future from rural Mid Wales, with family, caring, animals, creativity, technology, and the waterways all woven through it.
The story and the tools
Narrow & Wide is the practical platform: cost tools, boat listings, Boat Log, Directory, guides, and planning tools for narrowboat and widebeam life.Explore Moor is the story behind it: our family, our hopes, the reality of caring, rural Wales, animals, physical and mental health, learning, setbacks, and the slow work of building something better.
Narrow & Wide
Practical tools for planning, finding, recording, and managing life afloat.
Explore Moor
The human story behind the project, and the wider journey we’re sharing as we go.
Not a funnel. A real connection.
Explore Moor is not a trick to sell people a boat. Narrow & Wide is not pretending to be a personal diary. They are connected because the same life sits underneath both.The story gives the work meaning. The platform gives the work shape.
Why follow Explore Moor?
Explore Moor is where the wider story can breathe. It is not just updates for the sake of updates. It is the place where we share what we are learning, what we are building, what is hard, what is hopeful, and how the dream is slowly taking shape in real life.
Building a better future from where we are
The story starts in rural Mid Wales, with family, caring responsibilities, animals, health, uncertainty, and the stubborn hope that life can still be shaped into something better.
Learning in public
Explore Moor will share the process of learning, researching, making mistakes, changing direction, and building Narrow & Wide without pretending everything is polished from day one.
Boat dreams, research, and reality checks
The waterways are part of the future we are exploring, but not as a glossy fantasy. We will share the research, questions, costs, trade-offs, visits, doubts, and practical details that come with trying to understand boat life properly.
Behind the tools
Narrow & Wide is the practical platform, but Explore Moor can show the thinking behind it: why certain tools matter, what problems they are trying to solve, and how real life shapes what gets built.
Writing, videos, notes, and small moments
Some updates may be long essays. Some may be videos, photos, short notes, behind-the-scenes thoughts, or small wins. The point is to let people follow the journey in a way that feels honest, useful, and human.
Latest from Explore Moor
Videos, newsletter posts, notes, and updates will appear here once they are connected properly.
Pinned intro video
Coming once the first intro video is ready.
Read the Explore Moor Journal
Longer reflections, launch notes, behind-the-scenes updates, and proper ‘here’s what we’re learning’ posts will live on Substack as Explore Moor grows.
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Support the journey
Support options will be added when they are ready.
Use the tools. Follow the story. Move between both.
Narrow & Wide and Explore Moor are different parts of the same wider project. One is practical. One is personal. Both are being built carefully from real life.
You can follow the story, use the tools, or move between both.
Follow the journey
Explore Moor is still taking shape, but you can follow the story as it grows.