URBANNA — Every so often I have a knock your socks off kind of experience. A recent dinner at Hazel and David Laughton’s house on Route 227 just outside of Urbanna earns such a rating.
The couple, married 63 years, hail from Birmingham, England. At an early age, in spite of growing up in the horror of World War II England and withstanding Nazi bombings in early childhood, they decided to live a life “well lived.”
David explained that meant following their dreams and going to sea as soon as possible. They quit their jobs and bought a 24-foot sailboat in need of repair and set off with their dog, Tramp, for adventures that could compete with Defoe’s “Robinson Crusoe” or Dana’s “Two Years Before the Mast.”
