Did you know I have a "Buy Me A Coffee" page buymeacoffee.com/countryhousegent Perfect for when you'd like to contribute to the channel, or simply want to buy me a coffee/pork pie/beer/lamb vindaloo (delete where applicable). Cheers,
It’s so odd watching you go past my house, my old school, the pub I drink in and the canal I’ve walked countless times with my dog. One of my mates lives in one of the blocks of flats you went past, my dad used to work at one of the factories you went past. So glad to see you back.
Pink Rosebay Willowherb, and the purple Buddleia are all along that stretch of canal. Just beautiful, except for the whole “invasive” aspect of the buddleia. I read that both of those plants, along with another pink one I can’t remember the name of were the first flowering plants to grow in the bomb sites in and around London. Butterflies just love the purple buddleia flowers too. It seems to thrive on “waste” ground and alongside railway lines. Nature is such a great decorator ❤
Many elements have kept me watching since the beginning , including your sense of humor. "If there weren't fish they'd be enjoying a rather boring hobby" killed me! Cheers
I found your videos during a very depressing time of my life. I found solace in watching these and it got me thru this terrible time. I am still here and getting along. Thank you! Keep going strong. You are helping a lot of us. Hope to meet you someday and say thank you.
Kevin, we're a couple from the state of Nebraska who discovered your series during the initial pandemic shutdown in the Spring of 2020. We've been avid fans since. We like to think we're getting an inside look of England. We've yet to make it to your country, but it's definitely on our bucket list. Keep up the good work! Paul & Linda Rasmussen
Thank you so much for that, it's very much appreciated. Rewarding to hear the videos and series brought some comfort and enjoyment during a very difficult time and I can heartedly recommended a visit to old Blighty, and especially the canal network. 🙂
If you hadn't said, I would have sworn that poem was the work of Percy Bysshe Shelley. Lovely to have you back on the canals for our viewing pleasure Sir.
Enjoying the start to season ten Kevin. We passed Aslan snoozing peacefully, but apparently unoccupied near Hawkesbury Junction a few weeks ago. One of these days we'll get an opportunity for a catch-up. We really enjoyed our stay in Coventry Basin, hope you do too. It's always worth ignoring the naysayers and finding out for yourself. Looking forward to your Oxford adventures. Take care. Tony & Gill, Golden Girl (Fettlers Wharf).
Ah hello Tony and crew. Yes I was probably out in search of a supermarket and a decent latte. Agreed, Coventry Basin was an unexpected surprise. I'll keep an eye out for Golden Girl.
Love the rural bits. Interested in the abandoned bit of the Oxford, will see if it's on old maps. It made sense to go to Coventry. M6 - previous life - disappearing in the mists of time... The graffiti is depressing. The amount of stuff people store on top of their boats you'd have thought that they would have designed in lockers or summat.
Great to see you again 😊 I love the canal poem. It reminded me of the pointy birds poem that Steve Martin told in one of his films 😅 pointy birds a pointy pointy, annoint my head , a nointy nointy 😂
Hello Kevin, Fellow Gen Xer here from Nashville. A great first S10 episode! I sincerely thank you for providing such extremely rich content to all of us over the past six years! From sharing your experiences, humility, & personal growth while traveling down the most characterful canals in the world to offering advice on navigating life’s ups & downs with courage, dignity, & humor to proving how fulfilling & satisfying one can live by simplifying things, slowing down, & focusing on what’s really important around you. I mean, to those of us who think & feel…yes, Rush reference :)…your videos are soul food that hits on all cylinders & provides balance to allow one to have pleasant & inspiring thoughts. Of course, Aslan is cool, too :)! Have a great Season 10 journey & take care! Hats off to Country House Gent! Cheers!
Many thanks Mark, it's very heart warming to hear that the series is appreciated for what I hoped it would become - the life, personal growth, experiences and opinions of someone who became world-weary and decided to do their utmost to make a difference, as much as is possible. At the time I thought that 'difference' would be only to my life, not as transpired, to countless people around the world. Cheers, 🙂
Congratulations on Season 10! I love your opening song, which I know you wrote. And I love that you showed us exactly how you start Aslan up, gave us the Google Maps view, and your plan for the journey. I think you've got a good eye for scenery and color, and your sense of humor keeps me coming back. Looking forward to the season!
I am saving this video for later tonight but I am so pleased that you are back with Season 10. Here is a "tenner" in celebration of my favorite Canal boat dweller and content creator!
The bridge that you passed under with the swan family painted on it was so pretty. I’m glad to see that it was still pristine and didn’t have graffiti painted on top of it.
I really enjoyed your video! Loved and appreciated the maps, nice! Looks like a great peaceful life enjoying the peaceful canals! And the your song was fun!😂
First thing I hear, horses whinnying, never saw them:( Then, your voice, starting Season 10, yay, lovely to have you and Aslan back in our lives, here in Juneau, Alaska! Your weather often mimics ours and love it when we get summer, again, in between the bouts of cloudy, rainy stretches! Looking forward to your dry sense of humor, your cooking, your videos full of interesting history of the canals. Virtual travel is so entertaining, thanks to you and Aslan! Good luck and good health for this next season, we’ll be watching!❤
Greetings from southern Indiana. I have been enjoying your videos since season one when I stumbled across them on Amazon Prime. I always look forward to them.
Greetings from Florida's Nature Coast! Always a good thing when a new season of Travels by Narrowboat premieres! But, there's a dark cloud on the horizon... I notice you're not wearing the blue shirt with sleeves rolled up to your elbows.😂 On to the Oxford Canal!
Re the shopping trollies, there were two,,, aha must have been a breading pair set loose to establish a new colony,,, Have been following your posts for some time now, and look forward to each and every one,,, 😎😎
Hi, great to see you back. and on my local canal, Marston junction is a short walk for us. Although the last time we walked to Sutton Stop out with the cameras there was still ice in places. The Greyhound is one of the best pubs in the area. Look forward to the next bit of the journey.
Fascinating watching familiar local stuff through the CHG lens. We've only explored these parts since starting to watch your channel just over a year ago. I hope my forensic interest in your journey has not spooked you. I do cycle rides most afternoons anyway, but there were a few strategic routes, sightings of Aslan moored up and a couple of encounters with the skipper (second of which spooked me) before finally getting to witness you and her gently chugging along last Sunday - that was the aim - wow, made my week! Thanks for opening up a whole new world to us; places like Braunston - heavenly. Total respect for your solitary and self-sufficient life and you skill in sharing it with us lucky viewers. 😍
Greetings from Florida. Thank you for allowing us to live vicariously thru your travels. I am SO looking forward to Season 10. I can't wait to visit the towns, villages and hamlets with you.
@CountryHouseGent You got it right. Very smokey but thankfully no fires in my area. My heart goes out to those all over that are directly affected. Traveling with you is a breath of fresh air!
Excellent Kevin. I must say tho, I wanted to scowl a bit when I saw the “to be continued” come up on the screen. I was locked in to it for sure. 😂 For an industrial canal it still seems to have its scenery. Thank you brother!!!
If I remember rightly port is left and green, starboard is right and red. And watercraft pass each other port to port and has nothing to do with us driving on land. Just a note.
A nice leisurely start to Season 10. Things are looking up! I spent part of your journey mentally designing a narrow boaters headgear that has a revolving blade to slice the trailing whisps of willow as you travel along. Happy S10 Mr Gent,
My wife and I are bed-ridden due to a summer cold/flu. Your show on Amazon has been providing perfectly relaxing binge-watching material. Very well done. Also, I get the hint that God is trying to get your attention. Nothing bad, but from a place of grace and love.
Great to see you back, CHG! Enjoyed the sights and sounds, particularly those from Aslan. How I've missed them. I have to say, that while the greenery is appealing...although a tad over-grown in spots...a number of the buildings along the canal there aren't as nice as some of those in your earlier adventures. Curious to see how your stay in Coventry went. Some of those individuals looked a little sketchy. Can't help thinking about that one night...you know the one. Make no mistake though....it's always a pleasure to see you again, and to know that everything's a-ok in your world. Anyhow, cheers for now, and thanks again!
Season 10 wow I've been watching you since season 1 when you first got the boat still looks good. Well good your least wearing your Rush t-shirt one of the best bands there's never been. Rush is one of my favorites and my all-time favorite is yes.
Did you know I have a "Buy Me A Coffee" page buymeacoffee.com/countryhousegent Perfect for when you'd like to contribute to the channel, or simply want to buy me a coffee/pork pie/beer/lamb vindaloo (delete where applicable). Cheers,
Aslan’s engine is one of the most soothing sounds I have ever heard
Asmr black screen for all of these would be fantastic for bedtime. First time thru I watch, repeats are to just relax and ride along and drift off. ❤
You need to listen to a Gardner 5 pot.
This is one of the very few channels that I will NOT listen to at a faster speed
It’s so odd watching you go past my house, my old school, the pub I drink in and the canal I’ve walked countless times with my dog.
One of my mates lives in one of the blocks of flats you went past, my dad used to work at one of the factories you went past.
So glad to see you back.
Pink Rosebay Willowherb, and the purple Buddleia are all along that stretch of canal. Just beautiful, except for the whole “invasive” aspect of the buddleia.
I read that both of those plants, along with another pink one I can’t remember the name of were the first flowering plants to grow in the bomb sites in and around London.
Butterflies just love the purple buddleia flowers too. It seems to thrive on “waste” ground and alongside railway lines.
Nature is such a great decorator ❤
on the road again nice 1 bud thanks keep on trucking
Nice one, Kev! You've MFGA (Made Fridays Great Again)!
Many elements have kept me watching since the beginning , including your sense of humor. "If there weren't fish they'd be enjoying a rather boring hobby" killed me! Cheers
Thanks!
Many thanks John, I appreciate that. 🙂
I found your videos during a very depressing time of my life. I found solace in watching these and it got me thru this terrible time. I am still here and getting along. Thank you! Keep going strong. You are helping a lot of us. Hope to meet you someday and say thank you.
Kevin, we're a couple from the state of Nebraska who discovered your series during the initial pandemic shutdown in the Spring of 2020. We've been avid fans since. We like to think we're getting an inside look of England. We've yet to make it to your country, but it's definitely on our bucket list. Keep up the good work!
Paul & Linda Rasmussen
Thank you so much for that, it's very much appreciated. Rewarding to hear the videos and series brought some comfort and enjoyment during a very difficult time and I can heartedly recommended a visit to old Blighty, and especially the canal network. 🙂
If you hadn't said, I would have sworn that poem was the work of Percy Bysshe Shelley.
Lovely to have you back on the canals for our viewing pleasure Sir.
"A canal less traveled," and that has made all the difference. Truer words were never spoken. ;-)
You've alluded to my favorite poet, Robert Frost. Takes me happily back to growing up in New England. Leigh, now in Texas
Thanks for the gentle journey, Kevin. Looking forward to season 10. Leigh
Enjoying the start to season ten Kevin. We passed Aslan snoozing peacefully, but apparently unoccupied near Hawkesbury Junction a few weeks ago. One of these days we'll get an opportunity for a catch-up. We really enjoyed our stay in Coventry Basin, hope you do too. It's always worth ignoring the naysayers and finding out for yourself. Looking forward to your Oxford adventures. Take care. Tony & Gill, Golden Girl (Fettlers Wharf).
Ah hello Tony and crew. Yes I was probably out in search of a supermarket and a decent latte. Agreed, Coventry Basin was an unexpected surprise. I'll keep an eye out for Golden Girl.
My favorite narrowboater is back! And with my favorite show theme! Gotta say, tho, that graveyard was creeeepy. Cheers Kevin!
Hi Kevin hooray great to see you and ASLAN back on your travels and sharing them with us, been waiting for this since season 9 ended
Nice to see you and to hear Aslan tc now the oldies 👍🤗
Love the rural bits.
Interested in the abandoned bit of the Oxford, will see if it's on old maps.
It made sense to go to Coventry.
M6 - previous life - disappearing in the mists of time...
The graffiti is depressing.
The amount of stuff people store on top of their boats you'd have thought that they would have designed in lockers or summat.
YAY Kevin and Aslan are back!!!!!
nice to see you back on the water and MOST important, nice to see you keep wearing them T-Shirts!
Oh, what a delight! CHG on a Friday, yeah! 🎉🎉
Luv the CHG T shirts.! ringspun cotton.!awesome.
Great to see you again 😊 I love the canal poem. It reminded me of the pointy birds poem that Steve Martin told in one of his films 😅 pointy birds a pointy pointy, annoint my head , a nointy nointy 😂
I’m so glad to see your new season begin Mr. Gent. Thanks for sharing your travels with us.
🎉
Great to see you back Kevin!
This was a perfect end to a busy week 😊
Beautiful country-side! Feels very Britain.
Hi Kevin 👋 just us 2saying hi 👋 thanks for this update 👋 keep safe say well and enjoy your lifestyle 👋 den and sue 👍👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧🚌🚌🚌
Cheers Kevin, Enjoying your new episode 10. We will be with you 😂
Thank you again for another beautiful trip and some...well......ode to poetry? 😄 -Cheers from Seattle!
Great to have you back..
Kevin. Get a nice mug of Yorkshire tea and some ginger cake...love what you do mate...
❤
Absolutely wonderful, Kevin!
Many thanks 😊
Very nice, especially the poetry.......😁
Hello Kevin, Fellow Gen Xer here from Nashville. A great first S10 episode! I sincerely thank you for providing such extremely rich content to all of us over the past six years! From sharing your experiences, humility, & personal growth while traveling down the most characterful canals in the world to offering advice on navigating life’s ups & downs with courage, dignity, & humor to proving how fulfilling & satisfying one can live by simplifying things, slowing down, & focusing on what’s really important around you. I mean, to those of us who think & feel…yes, Rush reference :)…your videos are soul food that hits on all cylinders & provides balance to allow one to have pleasant & inspiring thoughts. Of course, Aslan is cool, too :)! Have a great Season 10 journey & take care! Hats off to Country House Gent! Cheers!
Many thanks Mark, it's very heart warming to hear that the series is appreciated for what I hoped it would become - the life, personal growth, experiences and opinions of someone who became world-weary and decided to do their utmost to make a difference, as much as is possible. At the time I thought that 'difference' would be only to my life, not as transpired, to countless people around the world. Cheers, 🙂
Well said. 👍-Cheers from Seattle!
Kevin I believe I sense an onward and upward surge going forward.
Good on ya.
Oh canal- Oh canal. 😊
Saved ready for my Sunday morning Sausage Barm, tea and CHG brekkie.. Welcome back with S10.
How can you wait
@@tommytaylor2284 its become my Sunday morning ritual.. Tea Sausage Barm and CGHG.. its a struggle I admit but I manage 🤣
Good lad Dave 👍
Congratulations on Season 10! I love your opening song, which I know you wrote. And I love that you showed us exactly how you start Aslan up, gave us the Google Maps view, and your plan for the journey. I think you've got a good eye for scenery and color, and your sense of humor keeps me coming back. Looking forward to the season!
Your poem was awesome! Reminding me of Victor's: "Sconio o Sconio, how I wish that you were mine, lying on a tea plate, covered in Margarine.. " 😁
good tosee you back Kevin and Aslanxx
Poetry staight from the baldrick stable..
cultural elegance. 👍
Keep doing what you're doing and wear what you like Kevin...
Good to see season 10 underway, happy boating we look forward to your travels! (Feel free to throw in some cooking videos, always fun to watch).
How lovely. not surprised by all the shopping carts in the canal, they sell them at Aldi for only a pound! LOL. Great to have you back
😆 That's very true
I am saving this video for later tonight but I am so pleased that you are back with Season 10. Here is a "tenner" in celebration of my favorite Canal boat dweller and content creator!
Ah thank you, you're very kind. Gratefully accepted. 🙂
The bridge that you passed under with the swan family painted on it was so pretty. I’m glad to see that it was still pristine and didn’t have graffiti painted on top of it.
Nicely done, especially the opener. Taking us through your startup routine set up my anticipation for what lays ahead in season 10!
Another great canal video. Greetings from Jackson, TN USA
Whoohooo!!!! So excited!!! Thanks Kev! Great job as usual!
I really enjoyed your video! Loved and appreciated the maps, nice! Looks like a great peaceful life enjoying the peaceful canals! And the your song was fun!😂
First thing I hear, horses whinnying, never saw them:( Then, your voice, starting Season 10, yay, lovely to have you and Aslan back in our lives, here in Juneau, Alaska! Your weather often mimics ours and love it when we get summer, again, in between the bouts of cloudy, rainy stretches! Looking forward to your dry sense of humor, your cooking, your videos full of interesting history of the canals. Virtual travel is so entertaining, thanks to you and Aslan! Good luck and good health for this next season, we’ll be watching!❤
Cheers for tuning in. 🙂 Yep, unfortunately the horse was hidden behind a large hedgerow.
Thank you for your poetry and recital thereof! Short but to the point!
Wonderful to see you back and looking well 🌸
Oh cov. 🤣..i lived there for a year... a year il never get back lol👍safe journeys🙏
I’m glad you are back! I have been watching reruns during your break.
Oh very brave heading up there ! The food is great at the greyhound x
Greetings from southern Indiana. I have been enjoying your videos since season one when I stumbled across them on Amazon Prime. I always look forward to them.
Greetings from Florida's Nature Coast! Always a good thing when a new season of Travels by Narrowboat premieres! But, there's a dark cloud on the horizon... I notice you're not wearing the blue shirt with sleeves rolled up to your elbows.😂 On to the Oxford Canal!
Love hearing Aslan ticking up and see y'all heading out. Safe travels and vaya con Dios good luck with the new season 10. 😊
Another great season 👏 my boat will be ready very soon moving onto the water can't wait
Re the shopping trollies, there were two,,, aha must have been a breading pair set loose to establish a new colony,,,
Have been following your posts for some time now, and look forward to each and every one,,,
😎😎
I think you're right. Notice how they were feeding together in the water, preparing to mate no doubt.
I love the looks you get from some of the locals, it's as if they're saying, "You ain't from round 'ere are yer!!"
Glad your back. Love the programmes. Take care.
Your poetry is thought-provoking... I'm not going to tell you what my thoughts were, though... 😊 Love this video!!! Hugs from Tennessee ❤
🙂 You may be surprised that possibly my thoughts are the same as yours. 😁
Oh, that was great. Thank you, man. Pleasant, visual, and informative. I like hearing little stories and such about where you are. All good.
Fabulous thank you Art.
Oooo I'm excited to watch after work! Thanks Kevin!
Oh yes! Been looking forward to this Kevin.👍❤️
Ah Kevin and Aslan I love these videos. Keep on man!
So glad you are back. Love aslan’s engine
Thanks for the ride, 😊 Kevin
Thanks! Been looking forward to Season 10.
Great too have ya back!!
Enjoying the journey, also great journey on the Lancaster Canal. You won't get as good a meat pie down there, though. 😊
Hi Kev. Another great vlog and I loved the reference to JCC! Keep the faith, pal.!
Hi, great to see you back.
and on my local canal, Marston junction is a short walk for us. Although the last time we walked to Sutton Stop out with the cameras there was still ice in places. The Greyhound is one of the best pubs in the area. Look forward to the next bit of the journey.
Nice to see…. Thanks for sharing!
Aslan, Kevin and TBN Season 10 … life is complete once again 😊 great to see you back. Best wishes Helen Jane
Fascinating watching familiar local stuff through the CHG lens. We've only explored these parts since starting to watch your channel just over a year ago. I hope my forensic interest in your journey has not spooked you. I do cycle rides most afternoons anyway, but there were a few strategic routes, sightings of Aslan moored up and a couple of encounters with the skipper (second of which spooked me) before finally getting to witness you and her gently chugging along last Sunday - that was the aim - wow, made my week! Thanks for opening up a whole new world to us; places like Braunston - heavenly. Total respect for your solitary and self-sufficient life and you skill in sharing it with us lucky viewers. 😍
Been looking forward to your return, I'm about to start my own adventure afloat. Stay safe and keep up the good work. Chug chug chug chug
Greetings from Florida. Thank you for allowing us to live vicariously thru your travels. I am SO looking forward to Season 10. I can't wait to visit the towns, villages and hamlets with you.
Missed your videos. Welcome back!!
Glad to see you again good sr
So happy you’re Back! I will watch again because there were friendly interruptions. It is Friday night where I live, 🤣
Been watching for several years…just wanted to say I thoroughly enjoy your show. Thank you!
Welcome back! Excited to start season 10 in US.
Nice tour,thanks for sharing..
Hi Kevin ,so nice to have you back looking forward to future episodes 👍
Thank you so very much
Really enjoy your humour Kevin
Made me smile to see a new adventure to watch later tonight ...on this smokey day in western Washington state. Thank you!
Sorry to hear the wildfires are still burning, or did I misinterpret you're comment?
@CountryHouseGent You got it right. Very smokey but thankfully no fires in my area. My heart goes out to those all over that are directly affected. Traveling with you is a breath of fresh air!
Great to see you back, looking forward to another season😀👍
I’ve been looking forward to this for an age! Finally making your way down south to where I live….for ref I live not far from the Basingstoke Canal
Excellent Kevin. I must say tho, I wanted to scowl a bit when I saw the “to be continued” come up on the screen. I was locked in to it for sure. 😂 For an industrial canal it still seems to have its scenery. Thank you brother!!!
😁 Keep them wanting more is my mantra. 🤗
Great to see you back Kevin
Cheers to season 10! It’s interesting that you guys drive on the left, but seem to usually pass on the right when on the canals.
If I remember rightly port is left and green, starboard is right and red. And watercraft pass each other port to port and has nothing to do with us driving on land. Just a note.
A nice leisurely start to Season 10. Things are looking up! I spent part of your journey mentally designing a narrow boaters headgear that has a revolving blade to slice the trailing whisps of willow as you travel along. Happy S10 Mr Gent,
Welcome back Kevin, great vlog as usual, not so much the poetry 👍😁
My wife and I are bed-ridden due to a summer cold/flu. Your show on Amazon has been providing perfectly relaxing binge-watching material. Very well done.
Also, I get the hint that God is trying to get your attention. Nothing bad, but from a place of grace and love.
Nice Pub the Greyhound. Last time I went. 👍🏼😎
Agreed, very original and authentic and a delicious Guinness, or three. 🙂
You made me snort laugh about moving the sides of the canal in. Your humor always makes my day brighter.
We are happy to have you back. Thanks for sharing. We love your cooking!!!
Great to see you back, CHG! Enjoyed the sights and sounds, particularly those from Aslan. How I've missed them. I have to say, that while the greenery is appealing...although a tad over-grown in spots...a number of the buildings along the canal there aren't as nice as some of those in your earlier adventures. Curious to see how your stay in Coventry went. Some of those individuals looked a little sketchy. Can't help thinking about that one night...you know the one. Make no mistake though....it's always a pleasure to see you again, and to know that everything's a-ok in your world. Anyhow, cheers for now, and thanks again!
Season 10 wow I've been watching you since season 1 when you first got the boat still looks good. Well good your least wearing your Rush t-shirt one of the best bands there's never been. Rush is one of my favorites and my all-time favorite is yes.
A very enjoyable video and commentary as always”
😎👍
I just start to relax and get into it then the to be continued come on oh you are such a little tease Kevin Thanks for the clip 🦷🛵