Escaping the rat race and sailing away
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The Times
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🗓️ 2 October 2020
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Life in lockdown has left many dreaming of an escape from the 9 to 5, the office, the commute, just our own living rooms. Thom D’Arcy is one who got away from it all when he left on a sailing trip in 2016 and only just returned.
Guests:
Thom D’Arcy, sailor.
Host: Manveen Rana.
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| 0:00.0 | Attention at all passengers. You can now book your train tickets on Uber and get 10% back in Uber credits to spend on your next train journey. |
| 0:11.0 | So no excuses not to visit your in-laws this Christmas. |
| 0:16.5 | Trains now on Uber. T's and Christmas go up like a Roman candle. |
| 0:32.0 | Many of us will dream of escaping. To close your eyes and imagine. |
| 0:40.3 | Sailing off around the world, these tropical paradises, amazing friendships, the sea life I was swimming with huntback whales and Tonga, |
| 0:47.0 | Manta rays in Fiji and just having an absolute blast. |
| 0:51.0 | Escaping the rat race, simplifying life down to fewer, easier decisions, |
| 0:57.8 | without the interruptions of emails and news alerts of new local lockdowns. |
| 1:03.0 | No stress, the freedom of just sailing across the horizon. |
| 1:07.0 | All I had to care about was pointing the boat in the right direction, |
| 1:11.0 | what was I going to have to eat that day. You're listening to stories of our |
| 1:15.0 | times from the Times and the Sunday Times. I'm Manveen Rana. Today, Sailing Away. Working from home has made many of us reassess our work life balance. |
| 1:37.0 | Demand for properties outside the city. of us reassess our work life balance. |
| 1:43.0 | Demand for properties outside the city has shot up |
| 1:47.0 | as people look for life with more space, |
| 1:49.0 | a greater connection to the outdoors, |
| 1:52.0 | and a possibility for adventure. |
| 1:56.6 | We've all imagined leaving it all behind, taking off on an epic journey of discovery. |
| 2:02.7 | Well, meet Tom Darcy, who in 2016, at the age of 33, |
| 2:09.6 | with a job in the city, a girlfriend, and an enviable lifestyle, felt he could wait no longer. |
| 2:16.1 | Adventure called and he answered, setting off alone in his sailboat from the Isle of White. |
| 2:23.0 | It was all a bit of a last minute rush to leave, getting the boat provision with food and all the equipment |
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