Is this LIVE ABOARD LIFESTYLE for you?? | Episode 43 | NARROWBOAT
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- In this episode onboard our LIVE ABOARD NARROWBOAT we cruise further north on the GRAND UNION CANAL towards Ivinghoe. Jackie tries her hand at autumnal foraging and the only way she can do it is from on high!! Will she have a head for it? We cruise through the lovely scenery watching out for kingfishers, are we successful in capturing another on video?
The weather challenges us as we try to keep our TINY FLOATING HOME from going aground and Jackie realises her muscles are not quite up to the task of our LIVE ABOARD LIFESTYLE!!
Season 1 | Episode 43
We are Jackie & Michael and we travel the British waterways network on our 57ft narrowboat Border Reiver. Join us each week for our latest adventures as we explore the UK.
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Hard Swing Bridge - Sour Grapes by Alexandra Woodward
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Some things are not in human control.
You can gain the world and lose your soul.
Money is something in which the world gave birth.
It is not a living seed from mother earth.
Money was created to provide worldly pleasure.
Within our hearts we hold the treasure.
For there is a world of things that can't be bought.
We must not follow what the world has taught.
In this trap, many hearts are caught.
Every heart will seek the things it loves.
For who can buy the gentleness of doves?
What a lovely poem! Did you pen that yourself?
Thank you for sending it to us. 👍❤️
My parents emigrated to Australia as ten pound poms as they were called in the 1950's, they settled in Brisbane where I grew up in the seventies, my parents always talked about England fondly my Grandparents came out to visit us in 1978 they were very lovely people as have been all the British people I have ever met, you two guys are just another example of very lovely English people, take care LOL from johnny down under
Hi Johnny.
Thank you for your lovely comment.
We are just being ourselves in our videos. We want to show all sides of narrowboat life which we hope cokes across as we intend.
Take care and thanks again. 👍❤️
Great foraging, especially the crays. When living in Oxford, we spent great family times in Port Meadow catching crays in the Thames, cooking the tails, yum.
Oh wow! We'll be sure to try it we go through Oxford again. Yummy!!!
Another great video blog Jackie and Michael , l seevyou get a good work out with the lock gates and when the Canal Boat bottoms out , keeps you fit ... Nice haul of plumbs , l love a sneaky plumb crumble , we get loads from a tree in our back garden . Actually my wife loves ground fruit bushes so we get quie a variety of apples, pears, raspberries and other things too . Anyway l digress , great video 👍
Hi Jerry.
Sounds like you’ve got plenty of fruit going on! Send us a bag of pears! 🤣🤣❤️
Hi both of you loving your adventures should have picked some Damson as well and do some gin 😉 nice but plum gin just as nice .
That bridge put up a fight. Keep up the great vlogs 🎉🎉
Hi David. Great to hear from you again 😄. Yes that bridge was a challenge to put it mildly 🙈🙈🙈. I could of done with a nice plum gin after it 🍷 👍. So pleased you’re enjoying our adventures.
Hi Jackie and Michael I love the plums I hope you enjoy them your so relaxed on your journey I am impressed my dad had a boat and it was moored in Windsor we travelled near and far but it wasn't a barge sorry to say I wish it was though enjoy the poached eggs sounds tasty my cousin lives in Aylesbury
Your both so good at this
Thanks so much, lovely to hear from you. We loved the plums incredible to find so many of them.
Hope you have managed to watch a few other episodes, we are both great at foraging and had blackberries for many weeks after the end of the season. Our little freezer on the boat does a great job. Do drop us another comment. J&M x
Kind of reminded me of a plow horse in clay soil. You are now, what I refer to as "sprung"..........
Thanks Sharon, great comment.
Tring was in hertfordshire unless its moved.
Nice journey there is a huge flight of locks in the middlands near the pennines i believe.
Hi Kurt we done so many of the flights of locks and always find them enjoyable and challenging. Thanks for your comment.
Michael‘a little “inadvertent high stepping” was amusing given the Mrs. immediate reaction.
😁😁 thanks for the comment glad you enjoy our videos and banter 👍
Woe looks like you in a boat jam canal really busy
I got exhausted just watching you 😂!!!!
Great Scenery, and Great Video!!!!!
Many Thanks 🥰!
Hi Thomas thanks 🙏 for taking the time to drop us a comment, we so appreciate it. It was back breaking work, I recorded the whole episode and it took over 10 minutes to open and close it 🤣🤣. It’s a beautiful stretch of the canal. Keep watching the scenery gets even more pretty.
Another great vlog. Wow that bridge looked really hard, well done ! A good harvest of plums.
Hi John it’s lovely to know your watching all our videos. Your comment took us back to that bridge… boy it was hard. Yes we’re looking forward to this years harvest of fruit 🍎. 😀
I've never had a plum crumble. Sounds interesting.
Hi and thank you so much for the comment, plum crumble is wonderful try it!! x
Jackie and Michael, if we had narrow boats here in Missouri I would live on one without any doubt.
They are so much fun, it's a pity we can't bring Border Reiver over the pond!
Love your vids but find them hard to watch as i done it for 13 years untill cancer took my partner so sat still have boat but no crew any one out their keep doing as long as you can yours Rick
Hi Rick.
Thank you for your comment.
It’s so very sad you lost your partner. Our thoughts are with you.
Hopefully, as hard as it might be, eventually you might a least get some fond memories of your time afloat with your late partner through watching our videos in the knowledge that both you and your late partner are in our thoughts ❤️
Another pleasant vlog. What a lovely section of canal through Marsworth and Ivinghoe, I remember it well. Even got a Tesco delivery to the Car Park at Waters Edge pub. Those canal-side cottages are something to behold, especially with a tennis court and plum pudding. How unusual. Happy cruising.
Hi.
Thank you for your lovely comment.
The canal side cottages on that stretch were a delight. We nearly knocked on the cottage door and asked if we coukd play tennis! 🤣👍❤️
I am confused, It is interesting watching your videos as the seasons seem out of sync with other channels 🤔
The hoard of Signal crays looked really impressive. Mighty impressed was it linguine or something more elaborate? 🍷 Another interesting video. Thank you 🙏
Hi.
Linguine is really nice but we also like to add mayo and a little paprika and have them for lunch.
We have so much collected footage that we decided it might be nice to continue to post autumn/winter footage from the end of last year. We will be real time though shortly.
Thanks for your comment. 👍❤️
@@cruisingontheborder Thank you.
so are you going up through Milton Keynes? i might see you go past the Peartree Inn if you do. 🙂
Hi.
Thanks for your comment. We have now passed MK sadly. We would have given you a big wave if not.
Take care. 👍❤️
Looked like a busy day but you did make it through the flight just in time. Your comment on poached eggs prompted me so i made lunch of two duck eggs on toast than you , Jackie . Ed 40 S of Vegas XXXX
Hi Ed.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment.
Jaq worked hard on the swing bridge so it’s just as well she’d had eggs for breakfast. We love duck eggs! Pop a couple on a plane from Vegas for us!! 🤣🤣🤣👍❤️
Live aboard? How can anyone say one way or the other if you don't know what's inside
Hi and thanks for your comment, we do a little video showing Border Reiver from the inside hope you get chance to watch….
ruclips.net/video/TK7rISrs2Hk/видео.html
i know its wrong ...but nice bottom
Al hi there. Michael says thank you 🤣🤣🤣 👍👍
It would be great if in a future vid if you show us how you catch and prepare the cray fish
Hi Andrew.
Thanks for your comment. We have an episode (ep13) that goes into all things crayfish. Enjoy. Below is a link directly to the video.
ruclips.net/video/xyrU6okY9hE/видео.html
Lovely vlog. Thank you for sharing! Lots of 💘 from Arizona.
Hi Karen so pleased to hear from you so so pleased you enjoyed. It’s great to know where you are watching us from. We’ve never been to Arizona 😀. 🙏
Hey miss forager this summer get those sloes and make sloe gin. A bottle will make two bottles (or you can drink half the bottle first) and do the same with blackberries and whisky. The kingfishers know you are a forager and did not want to be four and twenty in a pie!!
Hi L Snowy, Thanks so much for dropping us a comment, we love reading them 😀. Yes we have friends who make sloe gin 🍷 it’s yummy. We love that time of the year, so much fruit to forage 🍇. 😀😀
This made me so nostalgic! What a lovely part of your journey! Was hoping you'd go near Aston Clinton where I spent many hours playing and walking by the canal (I think it's the Wendover Arm) but great to see Ivinghoe beacon from the canal - 54 years ago our Uncle took us up there to get us out of the way when our baby sister was being born at home in Aston Clinton.
I've caught up now so hopefully not too long to wait for the next one 😀Do you happen across many of your subscribers on the cut, as we hear other youtubers do? Hope the CRT get grease on that swingbridge before you have to use it again! 😮😊
Hi again Suzie
Thanks for your comment.
Again we are so glad that we are able to bring back fond memories for you through our videos.
Glad you’ve caught up! Must have been a task! 😀
We post a new video every Wednesday so not long to wait. There’s a bit of our back story in the next episode so you’ll find out a bit more about us..
Take care Suzie and we hope you continue to enjoy our channel 👍❤️
Thank you for your reply. I hope your channel will grow and soon you won't have time to answer all the comments so I'm making the most of it!!😃 Do you have any plans to go to Lechlade? it's a gorgeous place in the summer, we live about 8 miles away and I would definitely come and say hello
regards
Suzanne
Hi Suzie.
Our channel seems to be doing really well now but we still plan to answer all out comments and questions.
We do meet some of our subscribers along the way which is always really nice and we love to say hi and chat
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Thank you both for this fantastic video. I’m exhausted just watching you Jackie. No wonder you are in such incredible shape. Cheers.
Hi there so lovely to hear from you again 💕 wow yes it was incredible exhausting! You’re so very kind 🙏 our lifestyle keeps me fit physically and mentally ☺️ 👍
Thanks for reliving our narrowboat holiday from 18 months ago. Wendover arm would have been worth a quick stop for lunch and the canal to Aylesbury is a bit of an adventure. Loved mooring bu the reservoirs though we didn't get chance to walk round them. Low pounds and getting grounded overnight were also a feature of that section of GU for us too. We're now leisure boaters having bought last summer and looking forward to getting cruising
Hi Jo.
Thanks for your comment.
On reflection maybe we should have ventured up the arm.
We are glad the video brought back fond memories.
What sort of boat do you have now?
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@@cruisingontheborder we have a 57ft semi trad moored on the trent near where our daughter is at uni. As leisure boaters it's a bind as the river seems to be in flood everytime we want to cruise
Hi again Jo.
We are currently trapped on a red boarded river section so we feel your pain!
Take care 👍❤️
Great vid as always. I'm sure you will have been asked before, but which guide are you using? Seems to be larger print than mine & as I slip into my dotage the eyes ain't what they used to be. Best regards.
Hi Egan.
Thank you for your comment.
We use the standard Nicholson guides. There are app’s now of the waterways and you would be able to expand them on your phone which might help?
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@@cruisingontheborder Thanks. I've also got Nicolson, must be a RUclips illusion. Take care of yourselves. Egan
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Great form on that bridge Jackie.
Your right, need’s greasing. 😁
Hi Harvey. Thanks so much for your comment ☺️. Grease is definitely the answer to that!! 🤣
Did the crayfish come from the canal?
Hi Karen
Yes the crayfish did come from the canal. Right at the side of our boat. We purge them for 24hrs to clean them.
They are delicious, just like small lobsters! 👍❤️
@@cruisingontheborder oh my goodness! I would never have thought that….
Hi, how difficult did you find the process of getting a licence for catching non-native crayfish?
Hi.
Thank you for your comment. The process is not difficult. And it’s free! 👍❤️
@@cruisingontheborder Reassuring in this day and age! Cheers.
You will have to find a Poundland shop and get a pair of glasses for 1 pound thanks for the video 😊 John
Hi John,
Thanks for your comment. I’m not sure Jaq would let me get away with a Poundland pair of glasses sadly!
I might try though! 😜😜
Lol nice 1 😉
A very nice and interesting journey, thank you.
Hi again John.
We are glad you liked our latest episode. 👍❤️
Fabulous. Jackie is the cutest baby… 👏🏻⭐️☺️
Hi Joe wow what a lovely comment I am very flattered 🙏 Thanks for taking the time to comment we love hearing from everyone 😀
What is the farthest point North in the canal that you can navigate? 🥰
Hi again
Thanks for your comment.
Tewitfield near Lancaster is the most Northern canal point in England. There are some canals further North in Scotland but sadly the English and Scottish canal systems are not connected inland. 👍❤️
Our plow horse, before I even was born, kicked the mare into the creek where she landed on her back wedged between the clay banks. My grandfather made him PULL HER OUT....which must have been a similar feeling experience to yours at the bridge. YES. OIL is needed on that mechanical thingy! Dan never did that, again.
Ouch that sounds painful.
Great vlog Jackie
Hi Andy.
Thank you for your comment. Jackie worked hard on the swing bridge. Good job she’s very fit. 👍❤️
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Those legs.
Hi.
Michael says for the compliment. He likes his legs too. 🤣🤣🤣
Excellent video. I wish we had narrow boats in America. They look like a lot of fun.
Hi Robert.
Thank you for leaving us a comment.
We are so glad you liked the video. We post a new video every Wednesday so be sure to catch those. Narrowboats are fun!
👍❤️
I continue to enjoy your weekly inputs as you grind north on the GU. Many familiar scenes from your journeys there. Stay safe and enjoy those plums!!
Hi John.
Thank you for your comment.
The plums were great. Crumble!!
Take care John 👍❤️
Your videos are great to watch. It's good to be able to see the English countryside again having not been there for 21 years. Have you ever made a video on the layout of your boat, it would be a good one to see.
Hi Craig. Thank you so much for taking the time to message us 👍. We’re so pleased you are getting to see the countryside here after such a long time away. Yes we’re planning a boat tour very soon, keep watching… 😀
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Come on Roy you know you want one of my crayfish! 🤣🤣🤣
No I really really really dont.
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Your plums look nice though ❤
Can’t have a plum without trying a crayfish first Roy! That would be cheating. 🤣🤣
Yes
I can do it with my Mastiff
Hi Phil..
We could have done with the assistance of your Mastiff at that bridge!
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He’s strong as a ox 😮
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French Mastiff
Turner and Hooch dog
Cheap to keep
Don’t have to buy him shoes and handbags
Never complains about the cooking
Always pleased to see me
Love him to bits
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