Heading towards Wolverhampton (and why I left before)
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- As I continue my narrowboat journey along the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, in this video you can see me going through the outskirts of Stafford. This brought back some memories from my early twenties, and I reflected a bit on why I moved away from Wolverhampton all those years ago.
By the way, here's a link to a video where you can find out more about the Stafford Riverway Link: • 343. The plan to delib...
This seems so idealic a life, do you still have a job to go to daily? or do you simply just boat about?
Yes I do have a full-time job, that’s why it takes me so long to make these videos. I think I need to explain this in one of the videos as it looks like I spend my entire life moving the boat and feeding ducks!
@@bettyonaboat
Please do make a video explaining this Betty. I'm sure many people think you're a lady of leisure with no other responsibilities, other than your boat.
If only I were a lady of leisure! 😂 I think I will explain it.
@@bettyonaboat Then that makes these videos even more impressive, Looking forward to the video explaining the day in the life.
Lovely video and update
Your videos are without a doubt the most peaceful, calming, feel good videos on RUclips. I wouldn’t change a thing about them.
Thank you! 😊
💯
Hmm I'd recommend Wild Beare, she's awesome, no criticism of Betty though, she's great.
I agree, they're very peaceful, and the music as well.
Couldn't have put it better myself @dirkstruan1789
You will, Betty, your company is lovely, peaceful and tranquil as I should imagine the canals are!
Thank you, I’m glad you’re enjoying the videos!
Your intros aren't awkward, they're genuine and endearing. :)
2:37 "I always forget that people watch the videos."
YOU ARE SO DANG ADORBABLE!
She just makes me want to cuddle her, respectfully of course...
What I really enjoy about you videos is the lack of contrived and totally unecessary dramas that seem to occur frequently on other channels of all kinds. Nice and peaceful relaxed cruising with very a informative commentary. 😊
Thank you, let’s hope there aren’t any dramas for my sake!
I have to second that - always like canal or countryside vlogs, but some seem to have too much emphasis on their points of view
I also agree. Please do not become the "Below Deck" of the canal vlogs. 😉 I really enjoyed the light falling rain and passing countryside with the music you selected.
Agree, She is herself and not pretending to be more, Love her videos
Thankyou Betty for letting us ride along with you, you have a great personality.
Thank you, that’s very kind!
I've followed a number of canal boating channels over the years, and all of them I have unsubbed from or lost interest in, so much that I had decided I was done with canal videos. Then a few years later along came Betty and this is by far the best channel of the lot, and I include many much bigger more popular channels in that list. None of the others present in quite the way Betty does, and many of them would not be able to either.
That’s really kind, thank you! 😊
Your videos are utterly fantastic so calm and relaxed and your fantastic yourself
Thank you! 🙂
Thank you so much for this channel. You bring a lot of joy with your videos and commentary. You keep it real. A refreshing change.
Thank you, that’s kind of you to say!
So good to see you again, Captain Betty, I hope your dad continues to do well.
Thank you, he’s doing OK so far!
Betty your vlogs are medicine for my soul 🥰💕💕💝
После просмотра первого видео другие уже трудно представить без этой очаровательной девушки. Несмотря на множество красивых мест, мостов, шлюзов. Betty, спасибо за прекрасные видео, продолжай радовать посетителей своего канала.
Thanks for watching!
As a new to boat ownership ( 3 cruising days ago), I am in awe of your calm demeanour. I aspire to being as serene as you dear Betty.
You should have seen me when I started, I definitely wasn’t calm! 😂
As a sailboat owner I tried filming myself and discovered even on my calmest day it still looks like a frantic whirlwind with lots of swearing.
Will leave the filming life to the pro's like Betty here.
Hi Betty, you are a welcomed addition to my You Tube watch list. At 79-years-age I do enjoy seeing new things. I watch from USA, East Coast of Virginia.😊
Thank you, and hello from Staffordshire, England!
Hi William smith did you ever meet the Walton family?
A brilliant end to the weekend. Time with Betty on her boat. You are a brilliant and naturally engaging communicator. Keep going just as you are.
Thank you very much!
It's Our Betty,...The Real Deal, Great to see You back Betty with another Wonderful video, it Brightens up Sunday for Me,....Love It.
I came across these vlogs after researching a London to Burnley canal bike packing trip.
So relaxing to watch.
A proper English rose.
Betty, you are a breath of fresh air. Love your videos. Keep them simple and uncomplicated and I wish you all the very best and happy boating.
Thank you! 😊
I'm always pleased to see another video of you on your narrow boat, brightens my day x
Thank you! 😊
Love your Chanel photography is brilliant. I am a 75 year old brit born in the Guildford Surrey area. I moved to the US in 1979 and live 30 miles west of Seattle Washington. I spend most of evenings on RUclips and the Brits are my life line . As an old guy my hearing is failing and I am not alone. Most of the RUclips shows we watch use clip-on mices that do a good job of dealing with engine and wind noise. We wish you well.
Yes I’m looking into getting a microphone! I’m just using my phone for filming at the moment.
"So, I thought I'd take you along with me..." Love how you connect to your viewers :)
Nice chatting video thanks from Aotearoa New Zealand 🇳🇿
I’m glad you enjoyed it! 🙂
You have a very relaxing style.
I like the silence within the commentary .
Makes the viewer feel they are on the boat.
Thank you very much!
A lovely. gentle video with music to match.....real quality.... Safe journeys Betty
Betty is back!
Haven't watched the entire video yet but I am very happy to see your new video appear. Awesome.
Thanks!
I hope you like it! 😀
@@bettyonaboat I watched the first few minutes and then had to pause to wait for my wife so we can watch you together, and enjoy the lovely, peaceful, beautiful vibe. Of course we will love it Betty, really, we feel lucky to have found you.
Your video’s are very addictive, it’s lovely to travel along with you at that pace of life, immensely watchable.
Thank you, I’m glad you think so!
Yay, Betty's back! One of the most scenic routes you've done I think. Thank you for sharing it with us.
I’m glad you liked it! I’m interested to see what the rest of the canal is like and how much I remember from my childhood.
Very relaxing and enjoyable,watching from Bali,Indonesia ❤😊
Thank you and hello from England!
What a beautiful, gentle, peaceful video. I also so appreciate that you choose music that fits the scenery and pace of the lifestyle. You also have a voice and manner that matches the lifestyle and pace of the video. Thank you for taking us with you!
They recognise you because you’re a lovely girl - keep up the good work
Thank you - more videos to come!
Thank you for sharing your journey. You are doing a wonderful job, and it brightens my day when you post a new vlog.
Thank you, that’s really nice to know!
Many thanks for your interesting video and informative commentary Betty. Whenever I visit Stafford, I walk that stretch of the canal with my daughter's collie. It was great to see it on my laptop. Unfortunately, parts of the canal are very badly maintained and overgrown..
I’m glad you enjoyed seeing that bit of the canal from the water instead of the towpath!
Your the most genuine person on youtube love watching your tranquil videos !! Hope your Dad is recovering well and all the family are good !! take care
Thank you, that’s really kind!
I love your style of video, not constantly yapping into the camera, allowing us to enjoy the scenery you pass through etc. You were wise to jump off as that bigger boat passed you, and you are correct, due to the Venturi Effect, that boat would have sucked yours out into the middle of the canal and possibly colliding with it.
I’ve never heard of the Venturi Effect but I’ve gradually learned how my boat is affected by different forces, which I find really interesting!
Wonderful, genuine, video. Really slowed the pace of today down. Thank you. Betty.
Thank you for watching! 😊
I used to watch Canal Boat Diaries but then you popped up on my feed somehow.
On a rain soaked day I binge watched your videos and thoroughly enjoyed them.
Welcome aboard! I hope you enjoy my future videos too!
Your vids are just so bucolic. I just sink into the landscape and slow travel and relax; you getting closer to my home ground in Wolverhampton just makes it all the more idyllic.
Do keep it up!
Thank you, I hope to show bits of Wolverhampton as I get closer!
Betty, your videos make me wish we still had our canal system here in Ohio USA. They have been gone for quite some time now. Love your videos! Dreams of a simpler life.
Yes we’re really lucky to still have canals here in England. Thanks for watching my videos! 😀
Peaceful tranquility! Your a gentle soul Bettyx
I very much am enjoying your adventure. Having lived aboard a sailboat on the Pacific Ocean, I know of getting water, dumping tanks, and getting fuel. Canals are quite different, very interesting. Thank you for sharing your travels.
I imagine living on a sailboat is a lot more challenging!
What a breath of fresh air these videos are
Thanks for these! ❤
Thanks for watching!
@@bettyonaboat no ... literally thank you for the 10 minutes where I'm somewhere else. Somewhere calm 😌
It really means a lot!
I really enjoy watching your Chanel, and you talk a lot of sense about going slower to film and letting other boats overtake you ect also I used to have a boat 20+ years ago and I loved ithe slow pace of life and seeing places you wouldn’t see by car.
I now do part time vanlife and have done for the last 3-4 years so still get to see some amazing places and views lots of which are by rivers and canals which I find tranquil and relaxing,
Well enjoy your travels and looking forward to your content over the colder weeks ahead as the colder days provide lovely scenery and also quite photogenic too!
Yes I was filming again yesterday and the colder days are already looking picturesque. I’m glad you’re enjoying the channel so far. Have fun on your van adventures!
With the recognition you are getting, a star is born Betty! lol. glad your dad is getting better now and please post when you can. Good job on the video.
Thank you, I’m sorry the videos are so sporadic!
Well done Betty. Your videos have come as a welcome relaxation with so much drama being pushed on RUclips now.😁👍
I am now in the process of binge watching all the rest of your videos from here in Queensland, Australia. Don’t fuss yourself with the self conscious worry of other people seeing you talking. I was the same when I started making my own videos of what keeps me busy around my property and area. They probably think that “There goes another millionaire RUclipsr producing another hit film!🤪🏆”
Thank you and hello from England!
Your videos are just lovely to watch. Easy, relaxing viewing. Thank you.
Thank you very much!
First time watching your video. Very relaxing , like boating trough a Constable painting!
Thank you, I like that comparison!
Lets all spread the word about this really laid back and easy to watch Lady, and get her to at least 50'000 subs before Xmas..., thus getting her nearer to "just moving the boat and feeding ducks" (her words), as a full-time job.
I know, I for one would love a Betty floating the canals of Britain, and exploring the areas where she moors up, with a bit of the history for us from each stop she makes. Would it not also be interesting to know how Narrow boat life in winter is? Actually, the more I think about all the possibilites here, the more I think i'd also enjoy this kind of life as well. Thxs for all your work, you're doing on these vids 4 us.
Well said 👍
12 videos in & 20,000 subscribers.
10,000 views on this video in only 12hours.
250,000 views on one of her videos.
Betty is smashing it & in the most natural & sincere way possible.
She said she's had hard times in the past...Well i'd say all that's behind her & she deserves all the success she desires.
Betty. thank you again for sharing, its as if we are brought along like family to share the trip. No unnecessary dialogue just simple direct comment of how and why you do things. 🌹
Thank you, it does feel like I have company on my journeys when I film them!
Hi Betty 👋😃 I have to commend you, your style of vlogging is very refreshing. I have followed a great number of narrowboat channels on and off when time has allowed - ever since the very first ones started to show up here in 2011. I am delighted the YT algorithm sent your Channel my way. I'll enjoy having a few binge sessions to catch up on your adventures over last 6 months 👌😉
Thank you, I’m glad you found my videos and I hope you enjoy watching the others!
@@bettyonaboat Thank you Betty Boop 😁I'm sure I will
Thankyou again Betty love your videos enjoy watching so peaceful and calming and through the countryside well done.
Thanks so much!
Thanks Betty for another relaxing video🙏❤
You’re welcome! 😊
your videos are very relaxing to watch. No fuss, not commercial, simple and enjoyable. please keep it up.
Thank you! 😊
We’ve all been there, too busy watching the wildlife then almost crashing 😂 Recovered it well though! 💪🏻💕
Haha, I wasn’t filming the worst of it! 😂
Nice to see you back and hope your Dad is well and enjoy going down memory lane.
Thank you! 🙂
Love watching your videos- you are so relaxed and a natural.....keep them coming Betty. From an Aussie living in California
Thank you and hello from England!
At the risk of repeating other’s comments, your videos are always so calming and peaceful.
Ideal preparation for a day of frustrating work 😊
Thank you so much!
Well you just cheered my Sunday evening up Betty, pleased you feel able to do a trip. Hope your Dad is ok. Thank you for the video.👍👍
Thank you, he’s doing OK so far!
They are slowly getting better and better....no rush.
I think they’re evolving slowly as I try things out with the filming and editing!
@@bettyonaboatlovely footage 🪿
Hi Betty, nice to see you back, hope your dad is keeping well. Thanks for sharing, lovely little cruise, keep safe.
Thank you, he’s doing OK!
Thanks Betty for sharing your videos they are so natural and calming
Thanks for watching them!
I don’t know anything about canal boats but your video popped up and I really enjoyed it, nice to hear your Black Country accent.
I live down the road from Bratch Locks and always walk along and sit by the canal.
Me and a few friends always walk from the Lock Inn in Wolverley and go to every pub along the canal until we get into Wombourne and back into Wolverhampton.
All the best 👍
I remember Bratch Locks from when I was a teenager and used to cycle along the canal. I’ll have to look out for the pubs as I don’t remember those. I’m glad you enjoyed watching! 😀
I love that you can just decide to stop driving for a second to feed the ducks! Its great how relaxing just going on a journey is on the canals.
There were loads of them following me so I had to! 🦆
Thanks, Betty. 😊
I really love your vids.
Thank you, that’s nice to know! 😀
Betty so many love your channel! Always nice to see you cruising about! Strength to Dad❤
Thank you! 😊
I did quite a bit of boating earlier. Mostly in the north of the Netherlands 🇳🇱. Motor- and sailing boats. This brings a lot of beautiful memories. I love the pace of boat living. Thank you very much for sharing.
Greetings 👋, TW.
I bet it was nice in the Netherlands! I’m glad this brought back nice memories.
I'm very happy your father is doing well, I myself recently got out of the hospital after a massive infection and a stroke that it caused along with kidney failure but I beat the infection and kidneys are improving. The hardest part for me was my son taking time off from school to help me which he insisted upon doing. I really appreciate him and I am very sure yours appreciates you.
I’m sorry to hear you’ve been so ill but well done for beating it!
Hello Betty - always such a pleasure to see you and the surroundings through which you voyage, and to hear your musical voice as you talk!
Thank you! Nobody has ever described my voice as musical before! 😄
Your camerawork is becoming really professional, i liked the shot of your face with the camera on the lock gate 207-215, very pro !!
PS .Getting that train in the shot was really good !
I confess I copied the lock gate shot from some other RUclipsrs!
What a lovely typical Betty comment 'I actually forget that people watch the videos' 🥰. I've been following you since your first video and as a former barge owner in The Netherlands, I really enjoy them.
Thank you for watching from the start! 😊
G'Day Betty, such a lovely longer vlog. Thanks for letting us into your world. Never share too many details about your personal life. Some folk, like you're experiencing, will use it in other mediums as fake profiles. This vlog had just the right amount of detail about your old job and boyfriend. You need to share no more than the basics. Well done. If you think personal info may help someone like your Dads experience with Cancer that's yours to make. Keep up the great vlog. I love adventuring with you. Cheers.
Yes I’m finding it a bit of a difficult balance as I’m generally quite an open person, but I’m wary of putting too much personal information on the internet!
Thank you for sharing. I love floating down the rivers. Greetings from Northern Michigan.
Nice seeing you again Betty thanks for a peaceful video also
Thanks for watching!
One of my favourite canals... it's just got something about it - the scenery is pleasant, the locks are mostly very civilised (e.g. tail bridges and steps) and easy to work, nice spots to moor, and you're in the countryside but never too far from the necessities.
Ah great, I look forward to seeing more of it!
Nice one Betty! Thanks for taking us along and explaining things so straightforwardly! Safe travels 👍🏼
Glad you enjoyed it!
Stumbled across your RUclips channel by accident, although it might be because I’ve cycled almost the entire Midlands canal network over the last couple of summers & have occasionally used RUclips for route ideas & inspiration. Anyway, I’ve often want to pick someone’s brains in the boating community & as you’re a relative local to me, ( Cannock ). I thought this might be a good place to start… And just for the record, I think you’re very sweet, & it comes across in your clips actually, so don’t change a thing, it’s remarkably refreshing 👏🏽👏🏽
Thank you for sharing another relaxing and interesting video
Thank you for watching again! 😊
You make me want to return to England and cruise the canals, best wishes from 'Straya
In this depressing world, it’s nice to watch something so relaxing.
A lot of bad stuff happens but it’s good to focus on the positive stuff!
Just discovered your channel, and I love it!! About the only decent thing coming out of Wolves at the minute!
Haha, I’m not sure about that, but thank you!
Another relaxing video from you and Little One. I love the Staffs and Worcester canal......it is very pretty. You are so natural and your descriptions and explanations are excellent for any non-boaters watching. I look forward to seeing your videos appear in my notifications. Happy travels x
Thank you Caroline, it’s nice to know the descriptions and explanations are appreciated by non-boaters! 😀 I hope you enjoy watching more of my travels!
Nice video about the English channels and countryside. Beautuful and peaceful ! ❤👍
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love these posts, heartwarming and interesting!! Keep them coming, hope your dad is doing well xx
Thank you, he’s doing OK!
Appreciate your videos, so peaceful.
Glad you like them! ☺️
Thanks for sharing your travels through the wonderful countryside ❤❤
Thank you for watching!
I’ve no idea why this channel came on our feeds but we’re spending the night in our camper watching the whole series of videos, we’re loving your content and how honest and down to earth you are ❤ subscribed now take care!
Welcome aboard! I hope you’re having a good time in your camper!
@@bettyonaboat we always do, we recognise a lot of places you film as we’re from Burton. 😊
The rivers and canals are very healing.
I lived on the river for 10 years.
All the best betty
They definitely are healing. Thanks for watching!
Hello from New England. I enjoy your videos, they’re very relaxing. Please keep them coming.
What a calming, interesting, and beautiful woman Betty is. This is one of my favorite channels on RUclips for the reasons previously stated, and because it is sooo very different from where I live. BTW, warmest greetings from Las Vegas, Nevada.
Thank you, and warmest greetings from England!
Great Video. The guy in the permanent moorings who watches your videos - Maybe you could have done a little interview with him and featured it on this video (that's if he was game of course). Very nice video. Wonderful to watch on a Sunday evening. All the best. Terry Miles
We did have a longer chat but I cut it out as I realised I didn’t have his permission to include it. I’m never sure whether or not to include people on other boats as they might not realise they’re being filmed!
@@bettyonaboat Hi Betty. Well in my experience (as a RUclipsr), I find that if you ask people - 'Is it alright to feature this little chat on my RUclips Channel' - Nine times out of ten, people absolutely love to be on a RUclips video, especially someone who they already follow and respect and I reckon watchers / subscribers of your amazing channel, in my view would really like and be interested hugely to see other narrow boat folks stories - just a thought. Terry
Perhaps Terry can schlep his piano onto your narrowboat and you can do a “Boogie Woogie Down the Canals” video…😂 You’re both fabulous!!
Thanks for uploading a longer video Betty, really nice to share a day in your life, I was impressed with you arranging to have the Train pass by as you were filming and how you got the Heron to pose on the side of the Canal, well done, 😲, looking forward to the next Video.
I definitely arranged for the train to go past at that specific time and it wasn’t coincidence at all! The heron did a rubbish job of posing and kept flying off so I didn’t pay him.
Thank you for another video, Betty.. Hope your dad is keeping well ❤
Yes, I saw him yesterday and we went for a walk!
I'm on crutches for a few months. Making using my boat on the Leeds and Liverpool canal almost impossible. My spirits are very low at the moment. I would like to thank you for raising them with your lovely and genuine videos.
Thank you, and sorry to hear you’re on crutches! I was on some myself a few years ago and falling down some stairs. I hope you make a speedy recovery!
Been with you since the start. This was another delightful video and I'm sure they bring peace and good feelings to many. Your videos are very natural and personable to watch. Everything looks so lovely and green too. Probably the wet summer we've had. Thank you for this upload and best wishes.
Thank you for watching from the start! Things are getting a bit brown as we head into autumn but it’s still pretty!
What a lovely cruse :) I love the way you approach your videos, a delight to watch :)
Thank you Serena! 😀
Great video again..Betty.. Look forward to you barging via Wolvo. My home town
I’m looking forward to it too!
Another beautiful video Betty!!absolutely stunning views. The music you play to accompany your videos is spot on👍. You make driving your boat look easy,and I love your little facial expressions if something goes a little bit wrong 😄. Keep your videos coming young lady x
Driving a boat is quite easy to be honest! Although maybe I should pretend it’s difficult to make myself look better?
Thank you for another calming 20 min on the wonderful British waterways. I'm from Australia but had a number of canal trips when I lived in Shropshire back in the 70's. Your logs bring back great memories.
Sounds lovely! I’m glad this brought back some great memories!
Thank you Betty, such a wonderful thing to see a video pop up. I hope things are good? Thank you for letting us join you on that trip (with obstacles) that truly helped me so very much. You are a star. I look forward to the next one.
I’m glad you enjoyed it and I hope you enjoy the next one!
Love your vlogs . They're nice to come back to after a beautiful summer on the canals.
You are on one my favourite canals , enjoy Betty ❤
Thanks Jason!