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What is it like to have to keep moving your off grid NARROWBOAT home from one place to the next? How do we plan our stays? What happens when you have a health issue and you don't have an address? Does it get lonely being so far away from loved ones? I answer all these questions and more as we travel the canal, moor our home for a week and deal with NARROWBOAT Life. Come and join me- sit back, relax and enjoy! Take care🦋🌻
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It's always lovely to hear from you and I will get back to you
You have such a welcoming smiling face, always a joy to see. What a hugely talented artist you are. I think your wild birds are incredible. Keep up your series. It's really excellent
That is so kind of you, Robert. I am so pleased that you are enjoying the videos.Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super rest of the week, take care🌻🦋
Hi Vanessa,I have never seen you smile and laugh so much ,hope your operation went ok with no problems I go into hospital on the 22 of this month to have my arteries unblocked in my only leg i have left ,lol 😅I can remember picking up glow worms in France I was surprised it bunt my hand ,great blog so much nature just love it ,some nice scenery on the way while cruising this blog was nature at its best amazing filming well done till next time take care and stay safe,j🇬🇧🌹🍓🙏🐝🐝👍🫂🫂🫣🤔🤫🤭🫢😊
Oh my goodness, John- I really hope your operation goes well- I shall be thinking of you! Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care🌻🦋
Vanessa Thank you for a beautiful short cruise to slim bridge bird reserve & then drawing us all to see your art & poetry
I get a happy buzz when I see your vlogs pop up 🥰
🤗 That is so wonderful to know, Sue! Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super Sunday, take care🦋🌻
❤😊 fabulous as always ❤
🤗🤗 Thank you so much! Take care🌻🦋
Love watching you every week. I was wondering could you tell me the name of your plant with the red stem please, comes on at about 7.10. Safe journey to you all regards Allison
Hi Allison, thank you so much for your lovely comment. There is a story behind that plant which I think is vlog #106 or #107 but basically, I plant a sycamore seed as part of a remembrance to the passing of my Uncle Roger and a year later, that is what I have- it's a sycamore tree! I forgot about it and then I noticed it at the end of winter this year- it was just a stick then but now, it is thriving. I call it Roger. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Thank you very much for your reply, ours must have self seeded at some point. Thank you once again looking forward to your next vlog kind regards Allison 😊
×hy do you have little Alice?
In the summer, it is nice to take Little Alice to the parts of the water that can't fit a narrowboat. Thank you for watching.Take care🦋🌻
Love your excitement about the glow worm. Another lovely vlog. Thank you.
I nearly edited my screaming with excitement at the glow worm out because on listening to it back, well I just sounded ridiculous!🙈 But it was such an amazing sight to behold and I've never seen one before...I'm making excuses now aren't I?🤭 Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Lol I thought u were actually a bit mild!! I would have been knocking on all the neighbour's door...screaming "Come quick!!!! Look Look Look!!!! Its Magic!!!! " :-D
Thier are pros and cons of continuous cruising and live aboard. I love the fact that you share your cruising and life on the cut. You're happy doing what you do in life that's the most important. Hope you are feeling better now.
Hi Paul, thank you so much for your lovely and kind comment. I am feeling much better now, fortunately. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
I pray Mother Earth will one day be as loved and protected as Slimbridge. Thankyou and lots of love dear Vanessa and family ❤️🙏🕊️🐕🦺🐕🐝🪰🦋🕷️🐛🦆🪿🐦⬛🦉
I'll join you in that prayer! Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
I'm enjoying 'The Nature Journal of a Narrowboater' and love the beautiful illustrations and poetry. It really captures your experiences in both imagery and word. Here's my take on this week's episode: Vanessa and Zephyr continuously cruise, there's so much to see, and no time to lose! There's Graylag geese, and glow worms aglow; nestled in brambles, and moving sooo slow. And butterfly 🦋art, one can readily see; is about to take flight, o'er the land and the sea. Jenny 🦆🦢🌻
What an absolutely wonderful poem, Jenny!🥰🤩 Thank you so much 😊 I am really pleased that you are enjoying The Nature Journal of a Narrowboater. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat You're welcome. Have a great weekend. I may not respond to next week's episode right away, as I have cataract surgery.
Loved this, what an amazing place! Loved seeing the glow worms as well, they used to fascinate me in my younger days. I know this episode is somewhat in your past, but I hope you've recovered by now. Best wishes!
Thank you so much for your kind words, Chris. I am much better now, fortunately. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
I love Zeph… the way she looks at you is so heartwarming, this is my 23rd year as a live aboard continuous cruiser and turned 71 in May I’m feeling my age after just 3 locks… it can be a very lonely life on your own especially in winter months, I try to stay positive by watching nature, I hope I got the sex of Zeph right? Thank you for sharing another snippet into your world. Andrew
Oh wow! 🤩 You have lived on board for 23 years- that's amazing and reassuring to hear all at the same time. Nature is incredible at helping me to stay positive too. You did get Zeph's sex right- well done! Thank you for such a wonderful comment; take care🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat yes… bought it in 2000, I’m now officially institutionalised in a tiny 42’ Trad… I went on a rare holiday 5 years ago to Spain and couldn’t believe how much space I had in a one bed apartment! and all that endless water! I soon came back down to Earth on returning to boat. 😃
Wow! Nanny T's story of sailing was fantastic! ❤
Nanny T has some amazing stories to tell; it's a shame they didn't have RUclips in her day because what a channel that would have been! Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
That was so interesting as all your videos are. The wetland trust looks amazing, and your drawings are stunning as usual. Thank you for another really great vlog 😀
I am so pleased that you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for such a lovely comment too. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
I’m playing catch up, watching as many videos as possible! Loved the glow worms.
The glow worms stole my ❤️ Thank you so much for watching. Take care🌻🦋
It was lovely to see your Nana and hear of her exploits. Seems you have boating in your blood ! Interesting to hear your philosophy of continuous cruising. I do sometimes wonder how you make your plans. The Slimbridge Wetland Centre is a magical place - what fun to see the Southern Screamers and the Godwits with those amazing beaks. I am a keen duck watcher and I have never seen such a tight formation as the babies behind the mother Shelduck :) As always your vlog is a highlight of my Fridays. I wish you a full recovery from your operation and happy cruising for the coming week. Wendy 🦆🦆
Hi Wendy, the Shelduck and her babies was adorable to watch. She appeared to be the only shelduck there so perhaps she felt vulnerable? She constantly called to them and they stuck to her like glue didn't they? Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
you just need a bit of gypsy in you to keep on moving it sounds a great life
Exactly! 👍 Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Once again a joy to watch, and a walk to the Peter Scott nature reserve Thank you, we hope all's going well with your op. All the best Gary n Irene
Hi Gary and Irene, I am so pleased that you enjoyed the vlog and the Peter Scott nature reserve. I'm much better now, thank you so much for asking. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
I adore your vlogs, adventures, poems and art. Very refreshing positive content and a ray of sunshine on any day.
I am so, so pleased that you are loving the vlogs- it means such a lot to me to hear that- thank you!🤗 Take care🦋🌻
Yes for sure we are interested in how life works as a continuous cruiser. I am hoping to take to the water next year so need to know everything 😂 cant beleive you did that to little Alice 😱🤨
I hope it all works out well for you!🤞 Please feel welcome to email me any questions you might have- I'd be happy to help. Whoops about Little Alice- how terrible!🫣 Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Just watched this again, i went ahead and am now freezing on my narrowboat in Feb, im in a marina 😅 but its so peaceful to be away from it all on the boat
Thank you Vanessa for sharing part of your life with us. I hope you are fully recovered from your surgery and are doing well. I used to play “Glowworm” on the piano when I first started playing the piano! Glowworms are special creatures, aren’t they? You Nan has lead a remarkably interesting life and you are following in her footsteps. How wonderful! Is your book on Amazon per chance. Vanessa? ❤️🦆🌿🍂🦮🐾
I have fully recovered- thank you so much for asking. I bet you can still play Glowworm on the piano now? My books are only in my Etsy shop: themindfulnarrowboat.etsy.com Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
We have red listed birds here in NZ too. Many of NZ native birds are ground nesters and easy prey for introduced species such as stoats, hedgehogs and possums. As far as I know there were no mammal species in NZ before humans arrived so the birds were safe. Continuous cruising would be fun, I'm sure I must have Romany/gypsy blood way back. I'm glad you can make a living while you cruise, I watch another continuous cruiser who goes from post office to post office as she works from her boat too. So much fun in this vlog thank you and so pleased you can share your adventures with me. Take care =-)
Hi Lorraine, it is sad to know that some birds are on the "Red List" but I suppose once they are on there, lots of protection and restoration work goes into place to boost the numbers? Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
I do hope you enjoyed the visit to WWT Slimbridge. I’m lucky enough to volunteer there twice a week as a ‘Guide in the Hide’. Call again in December/January when the wet meadows are crammed with waders and Wildfowl. They are constantly harried by birds of prey ,an amazing avian spectacle. I think it was none other than Sir David who called it an ‘Avian Serengeti’. It would be an absolute pleasure to show you both around. Regards,Ian.
Hi Ian, I really enjoyed my visit to Slimbridge- what a beautiful place to volunteer! I would love to come back for the migratory birds and the birds of prey spectacle🤩 Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Do hope you are recovering well thanks for the insight into cruising life and how interest in an insight to nanny ts life also fantastic to see Peter Scott’s wild life I was 8 when I went (78) soon all the kids ragged me on the coach my surname being Scott they insisted it must belong to my uncle loving the journal tc now 🌺🌷🌹🌺
Hi Ann, wouldn't it have been amazing if it was your uncle?🤩 Thank you so much for your kind and caring comment- I am much better fortunately. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
As a fellow painter I really love your artwork and will look forward to your future videos
Best wishes Jim
Thank you for your lovely comment, Jim- I shall have to get some tips from you if you are a painter!👍 Take care🦋🌻
I have just joined. I have loved your channel. I live in Australia, can you tell me where I can buy your books please
Welcome to the channel! Thank you so much for your interest in my book. My shop is: themindfulnarrowboat.etsy.com Thank you so much for watching. Take care🦋🌻
Poor Little Alice Grace, almost got left behind. It must be tiring and hard work. I can see life can be complicated on your boat.
🤭 I know- we could have sunk her! Thank goodness we didn't! Take care🦋🌻
Your vlogs are quite romantic. Thanks for blessing us!
What a lovely comment, thank you so much! Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Its quite an issue being registered with a doctor and receiving post when continous cruising. We were able to use a friend’s address for both of those purposes for a long time but it wasnt great. Regular visits to the hospital are difficult too. In those days we didnt have ebooks so using the library was tricky. Thank goodness for book exchanges at many lock keepers’ huts 😊
There are some practical issues that are trickier on a boat, I agree, especially if you are CCing and not in a marina.Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super rest of the week. Take care 🌻🦋
Love your channel. It's one of the regulars that my wife and I watch. We watch a lot of British TV shows and love the various regional accents of the UK. What part of the country are you from, and what should we call your accent, which we like very much?
I am so pleased that you are both enjoying the channel. Originally, I am from Essex so my accent is from there.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care 🦋🌻
I think your native flower mix may'be native to Columbia or Jamaica ... just sayin 🤣🤣🤣👍
😂 Thank you for that! Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Very new to this....but ever so intrigued....I do so want a copy of any of the books you've done....please say how I go about doing that....
Thank you so much for your kind comment and your interest in my books. I have an Etsy Shop and there will be some books in stock there tomorrow. You can find it at themindfulnarrowboat.etsy.com Have a super rest of the week, take care🌻🦋
Vanessa, I received my long-awaited copy of your 2022 journal in record time. Seriously, it only took a few days to find its' way to Arizona all the way across the pond ! I absolutely love my copy and your note on the back flap makes it all the more a special treasure for me. Please, please assure me . . . you will be offering a 2023 journal :) I would love to add this to my book collection, your illustrations and prose are truly a gift, something of a complete calm to this often turbulent world. I must say, your Nanny T seemed to be quite the adventurist in her younger days ! Oh and the geese @ 15:38 completely stole the show and made my day, they are soooooooooooooooooo charming ! The Black-tailed Godwit has such beautiful copper coloring and the long beak just adds to its' uniqueness. England truly has some of the most stunning species of birds, I'm becoming a huge fan. Vanessa, your tireless work which goes into creating these fine videos in my mind, places you at the pinnacle of the multitude of Narrowboat vlogs. You talent and hard work are treasured by us all. May God bless you, Mr. M and Zephyr this week as you float along the canal system.
Your comment has made me smile from ear to ear; you are so kind and thoughtful and I really appreciate your support with my channel- thank you so, so much. I will be printing my 2023 journal at the end of this year but it probably won't be in my shop until February. I am hoping that as long as I keep doing this, then I will make one book per year.🤞 I love producing the videos and even though they take time, they are an absolute pleasure to make and I am over the moon to hear that you enjoy watching them too. Have a super Sunday and wonderful week ahead, take care🌻🦋
So wonderful Vanessa that I have your 2023 journal to look forward to. This will be like Christmas coming early next year ;) Thank you for your kind response ;) @@themindfulnarrowboat
Ohhhh! I somehow missed that you have printed your book! 😢how can I find out when you are releasing more!?! I’d so love to purchase a copy!!! Xxx hugs!! Xxx
Thank you so much for your interest in my book. It will be in my shop again next week, so don't worry, you will get one.Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super Sunday, take care🦋🌻
Only interested to watch this because I can't believe anyone would actually want to do this 😂 Sorry, I don't mean to offend. How you live your life on a small cramped boat would be my nightmare.
I know it seems odd, but trust me; it's a great way of life! Thank you so much for watching. Have a super week. Take care🦋🌻
I don't think it is anyone's business to know that you have another night job running around at night for added income to keep the Alice Grace Aflot ! 😂
I can't remember what I said in this vlog to spark this comment🤭 I'll have to go back and check it again. Thank you for watching. Take care 🌻🦋
Hi Vanessa and Mr M …. Ah how nice when that lady said hello as she recognised you and your boat from the channel. If you are ever up on the Shropshire Union up near Norbury junction (near Gnosal) I shall walk along the towpath and say hello as you pass by. xx
Gnosal is a very special place for us as it is where we moved all of our boxes of stuff in and began our narrowboat life proper. It is so pretty there and we will definitely be back one day. Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Sorry to hear you had opp. Hope you get better soon. Getting closer xx
I’m much better now, thank you so much for caring. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
I went there with the school sixty years ago it was called Slimbridge Wild fowl trust then. Such a beautiful place. I collected stamps then and had an Australian one depicting a black swan and to see them in real life was amazing.
What a wonderful memory, Tony! I have only seen black swans once before and that was in the Isles of Scilly, aren't they magnificent! 🥰 Thank you for watching, take care🌻🦋
Love your work Vanessa . Magical views and experiences. Chills me out to the max' even when your taking off with out untiring your little follow boat.
I was intrigued about your friends sea journeys but unfortunately the audio wasn't so good. Are you using a shoe Microphone on your camera with a wind sock ? Would be a good investment.
Safe Travels you lot
Hi Matt, thank you for your lovely comment. I really do need to update my microphones; I'll start looking for one. Take care🌻🦋
Thank you so much, very interesting vlog, has always🙏✝️🙏
I am so pleased that you found it interesting, James- thank you so much. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Your videos are beautiful! I loved the glow worms. As always stay safe.
Oh, Christine- the glow worm was one of the most exciting things that I have seen for ages! 🤩🥰 Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboatYou have a lovely weekend too!
Hi we love your RUclips and watching your boating life and we would love to purchase your book. Can you help us 👍
Thank you so much for such a lovely comment. My book will be back in stock next week in my Etsy shop: themindfulnarrowboat.etsy.com. I'll put a post out when it is ready. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Another lovely vlog Vanessa, such beautiful scenery. Thank you for sharing 🙂
Thank you so much, David! I am so pleased that you enjoyed it. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Brilliant video Vanessa and it is interesting to see how you plan your journeys, and year for that matter. Looking forward to you heading north & my neck of the woods! Have a great week.
I can't wait to explore the northern part of the system!Thank you for your lovely comment, Nigel. Have a super Sunday, take care🦋🌻
Vanessa he loves it
another great vlog. I know it wasn't a great photo but didn't "Nanny T" look like you? Where can I buy a copy of your book?
Thank you for your lovely comment. Nanny T is Mr M's mum, but I do think that we look a bit similar which is a bit weird thinking about it now!😂🤪 My book will be back in my Etsy shop by next week, hopefully. 🤞 I'm just waiting for the printer to deliver them. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
It is peaceful and beautiful watching your channel
That is such a kind comment. Thank you so much ☺️ Take care 🦋🌻
I don't mind whether or not you continuous cruise, just as long as we hear your voice and hear your happy voice and see the videos. I've never seen you use Little Alice. What do you do with her? Apart from forgetting to untie the mooring ropes.
The Little Alice Vlogs are the summer ones: I used her a lot when I was on the Cam Lodes at Wicken Fen and a couple of times on the River Witham and then last year on the Cotswold canal which they are restoring. She is a great boat to visit the little waterways.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
There is another shop/post office next to the Bell Inn at Frampton -about 100 yds from the bridge. I must have led a sheltered life - I have never had a female glow her bottom to attract me :>)
Hi Roy, I visited the Frampton Post Office the following week- what a gorgeous village Frampton is too! Maybe one day a female glow worm will light her bottom up for you!🤞🐛🔦 😂 Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Thinking of you at this time as I can see you aren’t feeling yourself , glad you have company and are in such lovely surroundings 🫶
Thank you so much for your kindness; I'm much better now. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
You nanny a sailor how great. You come by it naturally. I trying to purchase your book but it wouldn’t let me
I have just put some books in my shop: themindfulnarrowboat.etsy.com. Thank you so much for your interest in buying one- that is so kind of you. Take care🦋🌻
Lovely to see you on your travels when we were moored at Purton enjoy your vlogs very much. The biggest Thank you 😊
It was lovely to see you too! Thank you so much for watching the vlogs. Happy and safe cruising, take care🦋🌻
Hope you are feeling lots better now ❤ thanks again for your wonderful vlog. Do you have a link where I can buy your journal please
I am feeling much better, thank you so much😊 My book will be back in stock next week sometime.🤞 It's themindfulnarrowboat.etsy.com Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Should check steering on rudder.
It has a lot of ply.
Great tip! Thank you so much for watching. Take care🦋🌻
Forgive me for being nosy you keep saying we, is that the royal we, or is someone else (other than Zephyr) with you.
I travel with my husband, but his work's code of conduct means that he can't really be on social media, so you won't see him in the vlogs. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
Hello mindful family. I forgot my center rope in front of a crowd. Arghhh. A few choice words under my breath. 🤭🤭I get itchy feet after 2 days. I like about 4 hours and a few locks is enough for a day. Stroke Mike off camera, pat Zephyr on camera, named after a motorbike. The Kawasaki Zephyr. Hello India.
It's always when there's a crowd that something goes wrong isn't it? Where are they all when you are performing top boater manoeuvres eh?...gone! 🙄 I don't know how you keep up the 2 day and then 4 hour cruising pace and you edit about 3 vlogs a week as well-🤯 🤩 Have a super week! Take care Mr NB Will🦋🌻
I'm a restless soul Mrs Mindful. Always on the move. I have to pump my vlogs out just to scrape by and keep up with the pros. 😂😂👍
People have strange ideas of what looks like cannabis sativa!
Don't they just! Thank you for watching and commenting, take care🦋🌻
Good job yet again, keep up the good work, and my auto correct will not let me put the na me of a dog g in xx
Hi Paul, thank you so much for your lovely comment. Auto correct is such a pain sometimes isn't it!🤭 Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Where can I buy your book please?
I am restocking at the moment so it should be in my shop next week. Thank you for asking. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat fantastic! Thank you ❤️
Me too please. I would love to buy your book.
I love watching your videos, and the names of the boats. So unique to each boat owner. I get a bit confused when you talk about Mr M, as I thought you traveled alone with your dog, but guess you might travel with others. Have been subscribed for a while watching old and new videos you have made, each a delight. I love seeing the English towns and countryside.
Mr M is my husband. He can’t be in the vlogs due to the work. he is in education. He has to sign a code of conduct which prevents him from being on social media also his work commitments means that he is away a lot. Thank you so much for watching. Take care🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboatless confused now, and thanks for explaining. I think the life you live is awesome.
We are interested in anything you talk about young Lady.
That’s very kind of you. Thank you for watching, take care🦋🌻
I'll assume little Alice is now a few inches longer haha!
Yes, we can fit more people in her now!😂🤪 Thank you for your comment. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Does canal boating make you younger because wow :) nice boat home
What a kind comment, thank you!😀 Have a super week, take care🌻🦋
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I found it interesting but then all your vlogs are.
🤗 Thank you so much, Mike! Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
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What another beautiful vlog !, Thank you for the view of the Slimbridge wetlands centre. Will look into that one !, Amazing with the red list bird there ! And all the amazing nature ❤ Love the glowworms.
Your mother is amazing ! ,to have the strength to travel the seas! 😲🤩
We visited the Bempton cliffs, and saw 3 Puffins! ( Possibly pairs of 3 , as they were spotted near their burrows ) , we live near some buzzards, and they are interesting, as we have heard a different call, which is similar to a gull sound ! Beautiful ❤
I hope you get time to rest and repair, ❤💐, My family Xmas present hint will be your beautiful book,❤🥰 You are a very talented poet and beautiful drawings. Had a speckled wood Butterfly ( think I got that right😂 ) visit our front room the other week ! 🥰
I would love to see puffins, Rachel- that must have been amazing! Thank you for your lovely comments. Have a super rest of the weekend, take care🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat yes it was a great day, a few weeks back,at least. I hear that all have flown away from Bempton, until next year, But still a great place. 🥰
I have never been to Slimbridge, but i live opposite the Sir Peter Scott Lighthouse on The Wash. perhaps i may see you on your crossing one day. A slim blue streak , in the distance. Take care and happy cruising.
Ohh, I shall have to keep my eyes peeled for that lighthouse when we cross the Wash and give you a wave too! Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super Sunday, take care🦋🌻
Its on the mouth of the Nene, you will head out to the wash and may miss it from the Ouse, but there are a pair of Lighthouses on each bank, called Guys Head. All this marsh was Sir Peter Scotts photographic studio and where he launched his bird conservation. We never had the nerve to take our narrowboat across. Good luck if you do. Would love to film from shore, as you pass though. Have a good day too.@@themindfulnarrowboat
Still can’t get your journal!!!
I am hoping to have it in the shop next week, Michael. 🤞 I'll put a post out when it's in. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
How can I buy the book, etsy says out of stock
Hi Tina, I will have books in my shop tomorrow (Thursday) so please check the shop then. Thank you so much for your interest in my book. Take care🌻🦋
Do you ship your book to the U.S.?
I do ship to the U.S I am restocking my 2022 book next Sunday and my 2023 book the week after as I have sold out today. Thank you so much for your interest. Take care🦋🌻
What do you mean amber list et etc ?
Peter Scott created a traffic light system which enables animal numbers to be measured in order to protect them from decline and becoming endangered. As soon as they are amber or red, then conservation and research is done to see how their numbers can be increased again. Take care🦋🌻
Sorry I meant lovely dog
I am thinking of teaching my dog how to drive though! 😂👍 Take care🌻🦋
Who is steering when you are filming could it be your lovely dod
My husband is steering when I am filming but due to his work's code of conduct, he can't appear on the vlogs.Thank you for your comment. Have a super rest of the week, take care🌻🦋
Thanks for replying
Wish there were canals. In spain my family house has the essington canal at bottom of garden very busy in the 50's day and night they were coal barges with big spot light in front we played on canal when it froze over until ice breaker came along pulled by a large white shire horse the boat was like a large rowing boat with a pole each end connected with a rope like a washing line with 10 men swinging backward and forward rocking the boat
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Sorry for going on a bit
I am totally ready find out😮
Brilliant! Thank you for watching. Take care🦋🌻
Living the dream!
It’s a great life! Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
#2 back from an exhausting Road trip1500 miles so tired i went straight asleep but woke up at 2.15am made coffee and started reading your book its great to see pictures from the Ashby i never did get along that canal one of my favs is is the Foxton Fox also the pereguines oops spelling the book is wonderful and a real keeper thank you for sharing a very personal item if you decide to do more i will be on your list for one, a question i have is it ok to flat the pages like you do when you do your journal just thinking is the binding strong enough to take it . also who was the lady that produced /wrote that lovely English country side book you quoted from
Wow, that doesn't sound exhausting! I hope you enjoyed it though. Thank you for your lovely comments about my book; I really appreciate it. Have a super week, take care🌻🦋
Was it Edith Holden? 'Country Diary of an Edwardian Lady'
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Always interesting
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Thank you 😻
You’re welcome! Thank you for watching. Take care 🌻🦋
Growing up in the 50's and having bikes, we needed lights when it got dark, but money was tight, batteries didn't last long, and were expensive to replace .... However a Mate - 'Johnnie Annettes' - told us about these Glow-Worms that were plentiful down the Roman Walk, and if We collected enough of them, We could put them in our lights and we'd have lights that never ran OUT!! ..... So we DID! 😃... But We Didn't 😵💫 .... Seems a bit cruel now ... But was a good lesson a the time 😉😂
Well, firstly this story shows how abundant they were then which must have been amazing to see- your mate sounds like he thought outside the box a lot. I am so glad that you no longer power your bicycle lights in that way though!😅 Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Hi. How do I order your book?
My Etsy Shop is: themindfulnarrowboat.etsy.com Thank you for asking, Geoff! Take care🌻🦋
Sharpness,oh my word,that brings back memories,I went to the sea-school there on the old Vindicatrix in 1960!
I bet that was an amazing experience? Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
Hello Vanessa, I too loved the Gloucester and Sharpness, but being an old seaman I have had serious reservations of taking a narrow boat to sea! I had not noticed until Blaze drew my attention to it that you have a nice picture presumably by yourself of what looks like a female Orange Tip on Alice Grace. Stay safe. Blaze says Zephyr like him is a pinky nose, which signifies pedigree and he is in love!!! and me xxx
I also have serious reservations about taking the narrowboat to sea, but I hope I do one day. Zephyr's nose went pink when she was 1 year old and it's stayed the same since then. Thank you for watching and commenting. Take care🦋🌻
Waffling is ok .
Phew😅 Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Really enjoyed today's vlog. Beautiful scenery, very interesting places in harmony with nature. And so many different bird species! I had to look up Southern screamer, as I'd never heard of that one! They're native to South America, how on earth did they end up in the U.K.? Enjoyed your nighttime search for glow worms. Are the same as lightning bugs or fireflies? I loved walking Stella at night before bed in summer. We had tree and shrub lined walks where we lived that positively lit up with fireflies at times. They didn't seem to phase Stella. I've got them here where I live now, there's a large green space, community garden and narrow patch of woods. I go out on my balcony after dark to watch the fireflies dance for romance ❤️. So sorry you were having a health issue and hoping you're on the mend. Take care!😊
Oohhh, Debba- fireflies!🥰🤩 I would love to see them too. If think that they are slightly different to glow worms as fireflies mostly have wings for flight and I think only the male glow worm has wings for flight, but they belong in the same family as they are beetles. I am not 100% sure about it though, so I'll keep on reading. Thank you for your lovely comment; it must be magical to sit on your balcony watching the outside lit by dancing sparks! Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Get well soon! 💐
Thank you so much, Lisa🤗 I am feeling much better now, fortunately. Have a super Sunday and week ahead, take care🦋🌻
Lovely, as always. Hope you get well quickly after your operation. You're so positive, we'd hardly know you were feeling a little off-colour. Fingers crossed for you. By the way, does anyone know the name of the droopy cream and mauve flower, just before the diary sequence? It's a bit reminiscent of fuschias in different colours.
Hi Helen, thank you so much for your lovely and caring comment; I am much better now. The flower was from my roof garden and I think it's the chilli plant that I am growing, but I can't remember which type of chilli it is! It is rather like a fuchsia isn't it? Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Hello Vanessa - greetings from a very wet and rather cold part of Poland.
What a fabulous video. So much to see and do. I loved the glow worms. What a spectacle. Slimbridge is somewhere I've been to many times. There's always something new and different to see each time you go.
Continously cruising is a different pace of life to that of the "landlubber". You have to slow down. Travelling at only 4mph means life can't be rushed. Would suit me down to the ground. A change is always good for us. Being able to visit loved ones periodically is lovely. But, nothing beats your floating home that goes where you want, when you want.
Lovely camera work, superb commentary and beautiful drawing and poem this week
Hi Michael, I hope you get some summer soon- the weather across the world is all a bit crazy right now, isn't it? I will have to return to Slimbridge for the migration as I bet that makes a spectacular sight. You are right about change being good; it always feels refreshing after we've moved. Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
I watch all your videos as they pop up. And realise this one is old when I've seen it.
I comment from time to time and will often get an answer from you.
But I'm not sure if you'll still get notifications on this particular video.
So I'll normally try to guess what your illustration and poems will be about. Sometimes I know but other times I'll be totally wrong.
And then I might message you and say I thought that such and such would be in your poem and drawing.
This time I felt like the humble little glow worm got left out of your illustrations. And my mind boggles how you would actually draw that glow worm. But I know how creative you are and I'm sure you would come up with an ingenious way to illustrate.
Sorry for giving you extra work. 😂😂
Hi Leo, I put the glow worm on the opposite side next to the poem in my journal because, like you said, I couldn't leave it out of my book.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super week, take care🦋🌻
This is THE life!
Yep! I never take it for granted. Thank you for watching, take care🌻🦋
Was that your mum? Wow what an adventurer! I was going to ask how you cope with medical and dental appointments? Lovely shots of birds at Slimbridge. 😎
Hi Jack, Nanny T is my mother-in-law. She has some amazing stories to tell and a slide show to go with every one!👍😀 I have managed to keep the dentist and optician that I had where I used to live, but doctors are slightly different which is why I became a guest patient to get in the system for my hospital appointment. I also have inhalers for asthma so I have an online system whereby I order them to go to a pharmacy. It was tricky at first to sort it all out, but it works well now. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
great video
Thank you so much, Mark! Have a super week, take care🌻🦋
Who is we ?
My husband and I. He can’t appear on the vlogs for work reasons though. Thank you for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
Another beautiful video, I’d love to see a glow worm, in real life at night. I’ve always wondered how narrowboaters sort out things like drs appts I hope you’re feeling well recovered. All the best!❤
I feel so much better, thank you for asking that is very kind of you. I hope you get to see glow worms too- it is very exciting! Take care🦋🌻
You can certainly afford to eat as many biscuits as you wish, given all the exercise you get!!!❤
That's a great incentive to walk a lot! 😂 🍪🍪 Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻
Beautiful! Loved the answers to questions both asked and not, Zeph is always a delight, guest was very special indeed,wildlife reserve was simply incredible, and mother duck was as watchful as her babies were close. Thank you!!
I am so pleased that you enjoyed it, Deb! Thank you so much for your lovely comments. Have a super Sunday and week ahead, take care🦋🌻
Thanks for another wonderful vlog,loved the wetland at slim bridge and the glow worm 🐛 we had a host of fireflies at our house in Bulgaria this June when we visited. I watched them for ages, never seen them before. Hope you are fully recovered from your op. Take care and thank you
Oh a host of fireflies sounds incredible!🤩🥰 Thank you for your kind message- I am feeling much better now. Take care🦋🌻
Since you like glowworms so much, if you are ever able to visit Malaysia we'd happily put the put of you up and take you to see the fireflies (locally called 'klip-klip' as their lights pulsate). Usually the way to see them is on a quiet night time cruise on small open boats with electric motors (for silence) and the solid row of trees on the banks have more points of light than Christmas trees.
Wow!🤩 and yes please!🤩 I love the name 'klip-klip' too. You describe it all so poetically. Thank you so much for such a lovely comment. Have a super Sunday and week ahead, take care🦋🌻
I completely understand your glow worm moment when I was working abroad I was out walking around sunset when the cliff edge hedge suddenly started to twinkle then sparkle as the fireflies came out to dance their nightly ritual, it is the most beautiful thing I have ever seen, I was spellbound captivated by a tiny miracle of nature & a memory I revisit often & your little and no less beautiful glow worm brought it instantly to mind. Another lovely video wishing you a speedy recovery 🫶🫶🫶
How amazing that must have been to see a sparkle of fireflies like that!!! 🤩🥰 I am so pleased that the vlog reminded you of that moment too. Thank you so much for your kind words. Have a super weekend, take care🦋🌻