Our First Year of Narrowboating
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- Опубликовано: 17 окт 2024
- We've now been the proud owners of our narrowboat for a year. Join us as we discuss how we've found our first year of narrowboating and share with you the highs and lows.
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Carpe Diem by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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Another lovely video... thank you for sharing it with us.
Thank you so much!
If we lived on your side of the pond instead of the US we'd definitely be looking at narrow boat living! Thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks for stopping by, hope that you enjoyed it!
another cracking video you are improving in leaps and bounds, it is so interesting watching your journey through narrow boat life as a leasure boat as opposed to full time, thanks for sharing it with us, looking forward to seeing the next episode, all the best 😀
Thanks so much Mike, glad that you like the leisure boating aspect.
Let's see, nothing broke, nothing fell off and nothing got wet. Are you really on a boat? I do love your theme music it's so happy.
We know!, here's hoping that the good luck continues :-) Thanks for stopping by.
great vid guys thanks for sharing
Cheers, glad you enjoyed it!
Great to see you survived your first year without ANY dramas or Major issues, and always look forward to the Next Vlog or Narrowboat Journey, take care and safe travels ✌️😄✌️
Thank you so much, we're very thankful to have had such a great first year. Look forward to sharing our next stage with you all.
Nice video as usual, if you want to give your paint a new lease of life, touch up where necessary and then give it a good coat of quality exterior varnish.
Thanks for the advice David, much appreciated.
I can see what you mean with not being that relaxing. That one shot of the 5 rise hill from a few videos back really put into perspective the hikes someone has to do at each lock. Try half the distance, double the time and wine for a more relaxing trip!
Great video as always!
Sounds like a plan! We've decided that this summer we will try and chill out a lot more, we better stock up on the beer and wine too!
Last week without knowing it, we sat opposite your narrowboat in our car. We'd brought butties and coffee with a view to walking along the canal. It rained. We came home and saw one of your videos with the boat name on it.....Lightbulb moment lol. Boat looked great in real life, hope to see many more vids to come. I did put a comment on one of your vids but can't for the life of me find it......Ahh well. Cheers folks, keep up the good work.
Haha, found the comment AND your reply. Didn't click on the notification bell did I?........Numpty lol. ;-)
It's such a small world! Not a bad spot for sitting with a cuppa even if it is raining though :-) Hopefully the next time that you're down you'll get better weather for a walk.
The point about never being able to relax is absolutely correct. We hire at the moment and it's interesting how you are always concerned about getting back. When you got stuck at the swing bridge on the L&L I thought if that had happened to us on the way back it's a £100 an hour penalty for every hour your late back! I love it but being retired and having our own boat will be fantastic. In the meantime working and hiring is fine for me. Mind you, I only have 5 weeks to do and then I'm FREE!
Hi Sylvia, I imagine that being hirers it's even more frustrating! Especially with the penalties for late returns involved. 5 weeks! We can only dream :-)
I know exactly what you mean about the "stress" of having to work to a schedule. We're looking forward to the day when if the weather is bad, we can decide not to bother to move the boat for a day or two :)
That day can't come soon enough Ronnie! Nothing worse than waking up to pouring rain and knowing that you've got to move the boat.
Love your videos! Your boat looks fabulous. What is the name of your boat? I love seeing all the interesting names and the stories behind them. Keep up the great work. I'm in Texas, by the way....nothing like narrowboating here, but it looks like such a great way to travel!
Hi thanks for stopping by all the way from Texas! Our boat is called Windrose which is another name for a compass rose.
where did you get the spitfire for the tiller handle?
Hi there, it was a gift from our son who is mad about aircraft!
It's A Narrowboat Thing snap! our son lives in Seattle and passed his pilots licence when he was 21 he's now learning to fly planes for a change of career he works for microsoft!
Planes and computers are his thing too, he's currently trying to decide which direction to go in. Good luck to your son with his career change.
Where u gone folks.... can't find anything lately....??
Stoppages are all too frequent on the canal network so, if getting stuck somewhere is going to cause you stress, narrowboating is not for you. On the other hand, people are usually only too willing to help out offering water and use of facilities, etc.. Its really all about the slow and unpredictable pace of life.
Hi Mike, fortunately, it doesn't cause us stress but if like us your tied to schedules it can be frustrating! Looking forward to a more leisurely pace in the year ahead.