Living simply on our NARROWBOAT and attempting PLASTIC FREE LIFE - 1
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- Опубликовано: 15 дек 2018
- Follow us as we attempt to live more environmentally friendly - living simply on our narrowboat Constanze. Fran get's a bee in her bonnet about plastic free living.
Our holiday cottage on the Welsh Border in Herefordshire
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New track 'Calling For You - Henrick Neesgaard
Floating Cellos - Merlean
Elder Kedem - 'You and Me'
Lior Seker - 'First Adventure'
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Mark Tracey - 'Born Twice
Benjamin Thompson - 'Lullaby'
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Thanks for watching - love Fran and Rich
Love how you showed your mapped journeys. It’s so much easier for a US yankee to know where you are and where you’ve been. Thank you! I want so badly to do what you’re doing and is fantastic you share it.
Thank you, so glad you are enjoying it.
Good for you. Do what you Believe!
Living here in the colonies, we have recyclable plastic containers for most of the products we buy. We also have separate trash and recycle bin for the waste company to pick up each week. I understand that not all of the service points have the recycle bins available. I do use reusable cloth totes and avoid the plastic shopping bags. Enjoy watching your vlogs.
We have a trash bin and recycling bin, so glad I don't have to worry about plastic bags!
That's a nice dough, Fran
I hear your pain re plastic. I buy glass or recyclables♻️✅ it's not easy.. Good for you Fran! I pinch cuttings all the time. You'll find alternatives and as you choose no plastic.. 👍🏆🏅 Love Linda's pies!
It is a continuing challenge. We have just spent10 days in a city and it was almost impossible. Now we are back in the country we can get back on top of it again.
As a meat eater, I’m really interested in the alternatives so bang on about it all you like 👌 your food looks fantastic. As for the rest of it I think it should be about the whole way of living and not just chugging through endless locks. ‘Carry on cruising’ 😉👨🦲
Vegetarian now 3 years myself, support you two all the way, love your posts, life, boat,keep afloat!
Thank you Carole
I would love to hear more about the practicalities of living on the boat. As an occasional boater who aspires to live aboard, your channel and passion for the boating life and environment is a fantastic resource xx
I've left it a bit late to become vegetarian but if I was starting out again I would definitely become one. So you guys bang on about it as much as you like, I just love your Vlogs.
Thank you Stephen, it can be hard sometimes coming up with new ideas, but we are glad we changed
Great Job On the choices you have made! More people Need to consider other than themselves..
Rich and Fran
It's a great idea to have mini VLOG's about what daily life is like on the boat. I found it interesting to see how difficult it is to be plastic free in today's market. I've seen you two recycle your plastics and it can be assumed you will continue to do so. I truly admire the two of you for your passion about the environment! My suggestion would be try your best to buy plastic free and recycle the plastics you encounter. There is absolutely nothing wrong with being Vegetarian period! It has been proven that Vegetarians live longer healthier lives, good on you both.
Thanks for your support Mark and thanks for watching
Loved it,thank you guys👍😁👏👏👏
I love your kitchen tile, they look like quilt patterns, and being a quilter I love them. Still enjoying watching you guys, glad there is nothing on the tele, been binge watching from the beginning still have a long way to go till I am current. Keep on floating......
Thank you for watching Lesley
Hello! I have lurked in the background, enjoying every video from the beginning. I've just moved back to the U.S. (and reliable Internet) after living in Mexico for 3 years visiting all the monumental architecture. What an adventure. Now, at 70, life and adventures need to be easier. If I were in Britain, I would have to give the narrowboat lifestyle a go. Your VLOG is just a joy to watch and I thank you so much for giving me a window into your lovely, scenic world. I have tried to use as little plastic as possible as well and find it a constant uphill battle. I love, love, love your weaving. Fran!
Hi there thanks for the lovely comments and thanks for watching. x
Love the map ! It's made it clear where you've been and nice to see.. thanks 😁 Sweet cottage 😍
Great video
I think it's YOUR vlog, so make them however YOU want. I like the diversity of what you discuss. As a vegan myself (who sometimes slums vegetarian) i always appreciate learning new things to cook. So, thanks from here in Houston, Texas- Leigh
Yay! Thank you!
Fran and Rich, I was quite moved (saddened) by your fervent attempts to go plastic free. Such a kind and good-hearted idea, yet in this world, it's like swimming against the tide...hugs to you both xx And I actually love when you "bang on" about being vegetarian, because I'm one also, so I get all excited when I see what Fran is preparing lol So looking forward to your future vids! Sending love from Deepest Darkest Canada :-)
ps do you have plastic recycling bins in the U.K.? We do here in BC and they help a lot, though I realize it's still not perfect...
hanks Patricia for your lovely comment. Yes there are plenty of recycling banks here but not that many on the canal system, so we use the ones in supermarket car parks xx
I'm going through some of your newer vlogs... we have recycling for plastic (not polystyrene) garden containers, and other plastics. Very difficult to get anyone under 40s to recycle. The coffee is $$$ expensive - waitrose ! Tx for paper map. Helpful
You 2 crack me up. Fran, that Holland & Barratt jar is plastic body and lid ! Pity, as I also use them for magnesium pills. Rich, I hear Cockernies like the grog ! (Wine bottles/rolling pins) My Missus is an Essex bird ! She likes Gin !
I like Tea ! Funny, but still a useful vlog again keep it up guys. Cheers. Nick n Val.
You just do You. I admire your resourcefulness. Keep up the good work, I get both enjoyment and useful info with each video. Happy Holidays!
another great video really enjoy watching your travels and daily life on the narrow boat have a nice christmas and a lovely new year
Ive just stumbled across your vlogs and am in the process of binge watching them - great info and they really come across well. Looking forward to following your journey
I love you two! Just found your channel from my suggestion list. I became fascinated with narrowboat life after watching Bee and Theo's channel when they owned their boat. The closest thing we have in the US to a narrowboat is most commonly called a canal boat.
Thanks for watching Dee xx
This the very essence of what RUclips is (or oughtta be).
I was out on the Forth and Clyde Canal yesterday , taking Santa and local kids on a boat trip. We were cutting through ice. Sounds like breaking glass . The kids loved it but my goodness it was freezing in the wheelhouse. Keep warm and have a peaceful Christmas 🌲
Thanks Christine x
Merry Christmas Fran and Rich. Thanks for alll the lovely vlog this year. Keep warm 🍷🌴🎄
Thanks Annie - Merry Christmas to you too x
Thanks so much for your videos. We can tell you are very committed to making the world a better place. You are not alone. Keep up the good work. Best wishes from Canada for a wonderful Christmas and a great New Year.
Thanks Roger. Seasons Greetings to you too x
Your movements are more easily explained on the map, so thanks for doing it that way. Plastic free ain’t easy, it needs a change of mindset by the packagers to really make it happen. That’s still seemingly a long way off! Well done for trying.
I love your vlogs and am just catching up on a few I missed. Loved seeing things on your wall map. Safe travels
Thanks so much! 😊
Never need to apologise for a lifestyle choice. I a not a veggie but remain interested in what you can eat, so pleade continue.
I have just spent the past week binging all your videos, and am all caught up now. LOVE watching your videos, and I have become a Patreon. I look forward to continuing to following you on your journey!
Thank you "grumpy" 😆. That is great news. So glad you're enjoying the videos. We were binge watching everyone else this time last year and enjoyed every Minute . Thank you so much for becoming a Patreon. This helps us so much with the costs of equipment and Wi-Fi costs without which we wouldn't be able to make these videos. Welcome aboard
Fran x
Keep up the good work you two. My wife will take the plastic off any goods that have them on and then stick it the shops bins for them to worry about, we put the produce in a thick reusable bag that we have over here. It makes our bins less full and that means less trips to the bigger bins that we have outside our block of flats here in Finland. Have a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. All from Finland that houses Santa Clause of whom lives further up north from us.
Isn't it all about making an effort? If we all make a small effort to avoid plastic packaging retailers will get the message. By backing off beef my moms cholesterol and bold pressure dropped so fast. The idea is to move in the right direction. Small steps or big steps just keep moving. If we fall just get up and move on again.
Grand blog, your attempting much and I hope most obstacles you'll over come. Have a grand Christmas and cheers.
Cheers Derrick
Have a brilliant Christmas and a fantastic new year..Love from Brian & Sue xxx
Thanks guys xx
Pleased to see you are all sorted at your cosy cottage Fran and Rich.
All the best for Christmas. X x
Thanks Sue x
So difficult to buy anything that is not over-wrapped in Plastic.Keep highlighting this please.Great Video as usual.
We love you two.
You don't bang on, don't worry. We had someone complain the other day because one of our videos showed us talking to the camera when we were in bed! It encourages kids to think that being gay is ok apparently and we should take the video down immediately.
Plastic free is ridiculously difficult and supermarkets aren't doing enough, quickly enough. We have managed to get milk in glass bottles now, but that's not easy when we are away in the van. Looking forward to your extra vlogs. Loving the tips Fran with the wine bottle rolling pin.
Can we have a Fran tip in every vlog please.
Happy Christmas. From us and the dogs.
It's just incredulous that there's still people out there spouting that vile crap. Anyway hope to meet for that cake and tea in new year x
@@FloatingOurBoat yes it is, but it happens. Fingers crossed we meet up next year. Once we know your route we can always have a weekend away in the van to wherever you are.
I appreciate that you are at least trying to go plastic free...I'm in the USA and I'm finding it as frustrating as you two are.
Stay warm have a merry Christmas stay ture in what you believe in and looking forward to your next vid
Thanks Billy, Merry Christmas to you too. Thanks for watching.
Merry Christmas to you & yours!
MERRY CHRISTMAS
Good to see that you repaired the last video. We wondered what we missed. For those of us followers not familiar with the areas you are cruising, that map was a lot of help. Ya might want to show us that again in future videos and let us know the area of the country that you are cruising. We are here in the USA, California to be exact, and know absolutely nothing about the places that you cruise.
My wife suggested coffee beans and a grinder to get away from plastic which is required to keep ground beans fresh. Just her thoughts. Anyway... Keep those videos coming as we look forward to living the boater's life through your videos and a few others we follow.
Hi Bob - finding somewhere here that sells loose beans is difficult. We're going to look online for suppliers - Thanks again for watching.
Love your flogs and find all aspects of boat life interesting and very enjoyable. Going to try Frans bread recipe sometime soon. I also love to hear how you get on trying to be plastic free, which seems to be proving a bit trying. Always look forward to the next vlog, few to catch up on yet, lucky for me 🚤💖
Thank you Susan. We are still battling with plastic free. We make more and more stuff ourselves to try to avoid plastic but it is so difficult
Cant beat a good paper map.
Lol, bottle of wine a night, Fran let that slip😂 our kind of people🥂
It wasn't until we moved on board we realised just how much packaging is involved with your weekly shop.
We're slowly reducing it but have a long way to go yet
Hi guys - Ha ha only at weekends x
You lucky people, two nice homes to go to, some don't even have one!
Joking aside fellas, you must have worked jolly hard, put in the hours in the past to get where you are today, so good luck to you, enjoy what you've got.
Thanks James. Yes never a day goes by when we don't realise how lucky we are.
Well I'm enjoying your videos. Welcome to the Chilterns x
Thanks Kim, aint it beautiful here? x
I much prefer the map to google alternatives because there’s too much input to the brain. It’s a bit like preferring black and white to colour for photography and movies, the brain is somehow more relaxed or at least mine is! Good luck with your decision to go plastic free. I hate all forms of packaging even recyclable because there is still a big impact on resources and the environment. I know it’s not possible to live without packaging but the amount we currently use is unbelievable. This is where I go back to my youth and the “olden days”. For a family of 5 we had one steel bin and that also took our coal fire ash. Now I can fill a bag with packaging daily just for two of us if I’m not careful. There’s packaging inside packaging, like your coffee and often it’s twice the size of the product just to convince us we’re getting a good deal! If we just made it the correct size there would be an instant improvement to the amount of waste we create. And when it comes to cleaning products I can’t find anything that’s not in plastic with the tops designed to save lives. I’ll follow your plastic free journey with great interest but I think you will have to accept you will have to use some plastic but set yourself a limit on the amount. Maybe a small box or bag for plastic rubbish to make you more conscious when buying but not eliminating all together. Then the bags off your lentils and the top off your marmite can still go in. You do still need to live and this approach may be more achievable, otherwise you may just throw the towel in. If that makes sense! Thank god wine is in glass bottles. I did once think we should take all the waste back to the supermarket for them to dispose of when we did our next weeks shop, I bet they’d soon deal with the problem if they had to pay to sort it out. Anyway I’ll shut up now! Thanks as always for another great vlog.
Good for you! If people don't like what you do, your life choices or your tastes or reasons for doing ANYTHING:
THEY DON'T HAVE TO WATCH!! 👍
YOU, are doing one of the most exciting things in the world!
Enjoy!
I agree with you all . I live in the USA in Oklahoma. that should tell it all but you have no idea .this is the land of the throw it away. And if you want a bigger bug the waste of food is criminal. all about the sell by date, or best by date. we have people children etc starving and supermarkets throwing tons of perfectly good away because of the best or sell by date. PROFIT PROFIT PROFIT. As for the plastic free . best of luck, how ever ever thought about canning you said that you can visit Farmers markets. wouldn't that help on the in-between. Yes I would love to see what Fran can whip up in the kitchen. I'm a fan of bovril in the jar for drinks and cooking. It's hard to get over here but I occasionally stumble across it then it's all free change in get as much as I can. And one last thing I agree with you that the CRT should provide recycling points , however that's ironic as you know that the bin's will be plastic. win and lose.
Nice one! The only problem is it makes me even more attracted to getting a boat and cruising...
I'm impressed! So much effort put in avoiding plastic. It's almost a Sisofys job. As you found out with the coffee. Packed in a nice recycleable carboardbox, containing the coffee - in a plastic bag. I'm kind of lazy, bying things as the are, but we do have garbage sorting in the area we live, so my garbage are sorted out in kategories.
I am watching numbers of narroboat vlogs and are a little tired of the format: "Sailed from here to there and tomorrow we are going from there to there through some numbers of locks". So I am looking forward to your plan of showing some actual narrowboat living, as we are presented of far too les of narrowboat interrior in general.
I like your attitude to life and the enviroment thoug you give me a bad conciense by me not being able to cope to that standard.
Keep up the good spirit and ignore my bad english spelling.
Thanks Bent we're trying to be different in our content. Sisofys eh? Had to look that up. Thanks again for watching
@@FloatingOurBoat en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sisyphus
Throughly enjoying your vlogs, I don’t think you bang on a lot about being a vegetarian, I enjoying learning what you eat, I know from experience that being a veterinarian is not easy, and I guess going plastic free is hard too. Hopefully in the future some shops will accommodate your plastic free life.
It is a way of life for us, but it is definitely getting easier as shops become more aware
I feel your pain on the eliminating plastic. After jumping into the plastic free plan with enthusiasm, I had to cool my heels a bit, from 'eliminating' to 'reducing'. It's overwhelmingly everywhere! Thus far, the reusable shopping and produce bags are a success. Currently easing myself into plastic free food storage in the kitchen -- too easy to grab plastic wrap/bags/containers. If there is a plastic free alternative, I choose it. Good luck, and please share any helpful tips you discover. Love your videos.
Thanks Em yep it's a big task. Thanks for watching. x
Great travelling ideas, would highly recommend skipton on the leeds Liverpool if you want to explore the dales.
Thanks Paul, definitely on the list.
Great vid 👍 good idea heading north 😀 if you decide to add up the Trent and you need a hand let me know I’ve done the trip a number of time and use to cover the area when I was a coxswain on the lifeboat on he Humber
Best of luck with the plastic idea hope you don’t end up Starving 😀
Best Regards and all the best Dave, Jo and Louie 👍😀🐾🎄
Cheers Dave - I think it might be a bit of an uphill battle - Rich
Floating Our Boat as long as you have fun on the way 👍
English Eddy. Toast without marmite is hard to imagine, Good with swiss cheese. maybe a little plastic could be used for some things. Keep up the good work Merry Christmas & Happy new Year
Just slowly becoming pescetarian myself, however I do keep forgetting in restaurants.!!! All our supermarkets are now "one use" plastic bag free, which is a step in the right direction. With 2 teenage boys in the house, if I stopped the vegemite and the peanut butter, there would be mutiny. :)
Howdy Rich & Fran! Me and my partner John are land dwellers atm but are planning to move onto a boat next year. We have also just become vegetarians for the same reason and are trying to consume as little plastic as possible and encounter the same issues at the supermarket! It's so frustrating when there is no reason at all for groceries (especially fruit and veg) to have plastic on them. That's what they have skins for right?? Anyway, you're videos are fab and it's nice to see a little more into the lifestyles of boaters. Thanks for the vids :)
Good luck with your boat move, any little thing you do to reduce your plastic consumption has to be good. Rich x
I love that you both share info about your lifestyle! Good on you! I've been veggie since 1987 and vegan just beginning, officially, although I've never had milk in my home, but some cheese previously. My body loves it and as you said it helps the planet. I only use canvas shopping bags and in the u.s. there are more things in cans (coffee) or boxes (pasta, grains) than seems in u.k., so I don't have the plastic free problem, so much. Guess the shops nearest canals are just not eco friendly enough? Blessings! Been watching your blogs recently, starting at oldest one. Enjoying the journey! Q
Hi and thank you for your lovely comment. We are still struggling to live a plastic-free lifestyle, it seems the shops over here just haven't got the message!!! We went into a small farm shop yesterday and he proceeded to pack all the veg into plastic bags, fortunately Fran always brings hessian bags.
Thanks for watching Rich x
I misspoke! When I went to purchase digestives, there IS a plastic sleeve inside the cardboard box, so it's still an issue. Although I do use cheese cloth or flour bags to hold loose veggies for shopping. That way they don't rattle around the canvas shopping bags! I have to look up hessian bags, sounds fibrous and fun!
Rich, mags works right next to the Soar, and every winter and early spring it's ALWAYS horrendous. You may catch a lucky break who knows!
Cheers Col - Hope you've got that loo door closed now 😀
@@FloatingOurBoat that was only a special treat.
I would like to see how you manage to live a plastic free life.
Yep big challenge. But we're taking it step by step. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment.
IF YOU ARE WHAT YOU ARE AND WHO CARES WHAT PEOPLE THINK YOU ENJOY LIFE AND GOOD LUCK TO YOU BOTH BEING VEGETARIAN AND LIFE BE LUCKY
Love your videos. Your attitude to life is brilliant and we cant wait to start our life on the canals next summer. Please keep posting and ignore any negative comments as these are vastly outnumbers by those of us who have really enjoyed watching you journey to date. One question if you have time, how are you going to deal with the winter lock closures? Will you just stop and go back to the cottage, stay in the same place or move back and forth along the same stretch of canal until they are open again? Thanks.
Hi Michael, we've got through the lock closure on the GU. Hopefully there aren't any to stop us. Anyway we go so slowly it'll be summer before we need worry 😀
Vegetarians are at a much lesser risks of many cancers, lesser obesity, diabetes, generally healthier. I am for environmental, health & humane reasons for 39 years I'm 59
How far has your wine travelled ? You were nearly made even greener by that falling tree last week ! Have a good Christmas you too. Regards AJ
I used to live near the River Soar between Loughborough and Leicester. For most of the time it is OK, but it does flood after a very long period of heavy rain. However, it doesn't last for long and then you can move on again. It is all canalised with locks, so it's not difficult to navigate. There are the usual level warnings about whether you can proceed or not.
Thanks Sally - I'm hoping that we will go that way -Rich x
No cake! 😱 Now that really is a catastrophe.
Dead right x
Don’t beat yourself up over the coffee being in a plastic bag, it might be a biodegradable plastic bag👍
jean405 Doubtful, and most "biodegradable" plastics used in packaging only successfully biodegrade properly in commercial composting facilities, not in domestic compost or landfill, where in any case they will produce methane. Better to buy coffee beans in paper bags, or buy from a coffee shop where they will grind to order into paper bags.
Do you have stores that sell bulk supplies? The health food stores in the USA have bins to scoop how much of a product you want. Now the neighborhood groceries have a section of bulk items. Pastas, nuts, candies and chocolates, dried fruit and veggies and I don’t remember what. You fill plastic bags with what you want because that is what they provide. But you can take fabric bags in to fill and take. I seem to remember you saying you sew, but I could be mistaken. If you do not sew, get some cotton like jersey or quilting fat quarters (or old T-shirts that are stained or whatever) and cut 14 inch squares. Sew 3 sides then get rubber bands to close them when filled. I think all grocery stores where I live have coffee grounders that allow you to pick the coffee you want, grind it and they have paper bags (thicker than brown paper bags) to put your ground coffee in. You could also consider using some of the coffee bags for the bulk items but since this is an environmental choice, why kill the trees? The cloth bags can be used for many many years. Glass bottles that are tinted (like the blue mason jars) are wonderful home storage solutions. Regular clear glass jars in a cupboard are also good. The bright sunlight and extreme heat will cause food to go stale quickly so dark colored glass or clear glass in a cupboard will ensure your dry food lasts longer. Don’t be discouraged! This makes everything different but it is not impossible. Local food markets will be great food sources. Health food stores, bulk groceries are all good sources to avoid the outrageous packaging. You will discover where the things you typically shop for are most affordable and accessible and you will carry your own beads. Since you don’t have a car, carry an empty backpack to put your food in when heading back home. I am going to peek around to see what I may find in London and that might lead you to ‘related’ stores where you will be. Good luck 👍🏻! I think this is brilliant !
Whole Foods has 7 stores in the uk. This link www.wholefoodsmarket.co.uk/ is the list of stores, their location, hours of operation and phone number. They even deliver in the London area. This article ( www.theguardian.com/money/blog/2012/oct/17/bulk-buying-food-most-money ) suggested that the bulk grocery items are not yet readily available in the uk but they offer advice on how and where to buy bulk foods and minimize packaging. So this will be very useful. The article says you can save 219% on your foods by buying bulk. 219% of what, I don’t know. But he/she may have checked multiple items and compared bulk prices to regular packaged or tracked a handful of shoppers who changed their eating and buying habits. Will leave you to check and I hope that this response was helpful and not a pain in the arse.
Thank you Rebecca - very helpful thanks. We need to do a lot of online research. It sounds like you have great resources for zero waste buying x
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I live in Vietnam, once a month a lovely old lady come round and takes the recyclables, she had taught us what cant be recycled locally and we stay away from those items. Sadly glass is one of them????? So I smash it down and add it concrete.
How about coffee in a glass jar, glass is very re usable, are there collection recycling points easily accessible along the canals??
Recycling along the canal is very hit and miss....usually miss. Mostly there is no recycling by the canal and we have to wait until we are at a supermarket or town's rcycling point. It is a big problem for us.
Sorry to have taken so long to respond x
awe Archie is the same age as our westie he was 3 on the 18 dec happy belated birthday to archie, you was on about which route to take up in to Yorkshire why dont you come through Cheshire going through small towns like Nantwich which is a medieval town and on your way back from Yorkshire return by the other route on your map which was to the right of the map or do it the opposite way round that way you get to do both sides of your map and then you should complete or almost complete all the canals
Hi Anthony yep plenty of options Cheshire and the Llangollen definitely on the list. Thanks for watching - Fran x
I think I remember hearing a woodpecker in the last video I watched (episode 46) and I think I can just barely hear it in this one. Can you confirm? We have had a woodpecker visiting the side of our house recently and I listen to your vlogs with headphones on so I cannot tell if it is your woodpecker or mine. I think I'm going crazy...
Sometimes I think it's a little to easy to forget, or overlook the use of plastics, or non natural products with the danger of becoming over zealous. It is especially easy to overlook the manufacturing process. I often wonder if in the manufacturing of solar panels more carbon is produced than they can ever save over their useful lives. I know where I live there is now a big issue about the deposal of solar panels that have come to the end of their lives and the waste now sitting on peoples roofs. Just watching this video and looking specifically for plastic products and I think Fran's glasses frames are made from plastic, almost certainly the lenses will be plastic, or plastic coated. The burning of a wood fire coverts stored carbon into carbon gas. I suspect the water pipes on the boat are plastic, the pumps used will have some plastic in them, the plugs on the electrical appliances will be plastic. But I guess at the end of the day it's about minimizing as opposed to excluding and recycling these type of products. I know a few pubs near me now only offer carboard straws, not plastic. Another eg would be people who are cage free when it comes to eggs and pork, until they go out for breakfast and don't ask where the eatery sources their ingredients from.
Hi there this is Dave I have changed my name recently I'm the guy that to my the comment about the tree coming down and I thought that was absolutely so lucky and what a narrow escape anyway I looked at your video showing the map now I've heard several estimations of 3000 miles 2000 miles can you tell me how long are the canals of you know how far you can actually Cruise anyway you've done a fair bit of cruising already so you still got a long way to go by the looks of things anyway keep watching and thank you very much
Hi Dave - there's approx 2200 miles of navigable canals in Britain most is linked by one another - thanks for watching.
You can go plastic free but sadly your living on your boat and not in the big city where there are plastic free shops. Merry Christmas to you all.
Yep will be a tough challenge that's for sure. x
I haven’t got my boat yet and living plastic free in a house seems impossible so how you are going to do it on your boat with limited shop I don’t know . Great video and keep trying 👍🍷🍺
Thanks David. Yes it's not gonna be easy.
Are your dogs vegetarian?
Great Vlog as always :) Trying to be plastic free is virtually impossible I think, I don't think you should go without just because its in plastic packaging I'd simply buy the product not in plastic if there is an alternative? The attitude of the manufacturers and suppliers has to change to make any real difference. But good luck trying to source ingredients. It's a growing consensus amongst the public to force businesses to seek alternatives to this problem and in the coming years I think we'll see big changes.
Thanks Steven, manufacturers really do have to clean up their act. Thanks for watching
I hope you carry on talking about your lives as well as the boating. I've been vegetarian for 38 years and it was the second best decision I ever made. The best decision was going vegan. Both were made for environmental/ethical reasons. But, as with your narrow boating, we are all on our own journeys, making our own personal choices as we go. I've not yet tried go plastic free, but can only imagine how hard that is these days! Cheers from America!
Sometimes we despair at how hard it is to cut out plastic. We never manage it, but keep trying
I think your going to find it virtually impossible to go totally plastic free living as most things are either wrapped or stored in plastic these days but it will be interesting to see how you get on but best of luck with it anyway
The plastic free living....is just starting over here...Every thing is triple wrapped....now. there is a tax on plastic bags - they call it - mai baagu - so you have to have your own bag whenever you go into a convenience store or supermarket. Why don't we just use paper bags? We could not believe how much gunk was in the canals around London. My better half bought me a carton of my favourite drink - shirokimijima,,,,a brand of shouchuu - made from sweet potato To open the box, there was plastic, un-burnable plastic and paper...Just doest make sense?? I am with you Fran!! I will send you a photograph of the coastline where I live one day - when I can work it out,,,,However, the North Koreans send out barges filled with plastic rubbish...And because of the tides, it ends up on Japanese beaches. The towns on the coast - The Echizen Kaigan spend weeks having to clean up the beaches!! You couldn't believe it.... It is so beautiful though
Hi Ian, we try out hardest now not to buy anything in single use plastic, but it just isn't possible. The shops and big companies just aren't getting the message.
Just watched this and I am over the MOON you are vegetarians, as I am too! Carry on talking away! Love it! Love your Vlogs, I've just started watching RUclips and other vloggers, "Chugabug" who are absolutely lovely, "Cruising the Cut", "Foxes Afloat", "Weir on the Move", "Off Grid Happiness" to name but a few! Keep on cruisin', love ALL your vlogs! 😍
What do you pick up your dog poo in?
Biodegradable bags.
Unbelievable! Where do these people come from eh
Fabulous as always!!! Veggie on forever (I'm also vegetarian!) Love your thoughts on leaving less behind in the environment....very thought provoking! Your vlog always leaves me smiling! I am sitting here in chilly Chicago and wishing I was on a narrow boat.....keep posting!!!!
Would love to know how you are getting on with plastic free living
It is a constant struggle and we carry on trying but never seem to succeed. We now avoid single use plastic whenever we can and have to be happy with that. we talk about it in this weeks podcast about to go live today or tomorrow.
@@FloatingOurBoat Thank-you I will listen to your experience. I was doing well until Civid-Then the world seemed to turn to plastic. I like your podcasts.
Do the dogs get animal proteins in their diet, just curious? some folks try. No intent here to stir the pot.
Hi Larry. Yes the dogs have meat and fish. It would not feel right to impose our vegetarianism on them, although they both love carrots and cauliflower stalks!!
By all means continue go meat free, plastic free and we will all continue to follow you wonderful folk on your genuinely amazing travels around the canal network - but going Marmite free might just break us all and force us to watch “I’m a celebrity” or “strictly “ lol . Happy Yule 🎄🎄
Thanks Bill - I think Marmite free will just not happen 😀
Oops guys, I don't think that the milk container lid is the only 'P' there .. as the ' cardboard' tetrapack is plastic laminate too eh. - I might try going P-free down here in NZ too - but I reckon there's no real chance as it's EVERYWHERE.
I know Martin the more we look to be plastic free the more we realise how much of the stuff is in our daily lives. Best wishes. Rich.
@@FloatingOurBoat We need to 'campaign' at every chance Rich .. when we landed here in 1976 NZ the supermarkets packed your groceries into brown (unbleached) paper sacks and milk was delivered in glass bottles. - Mind you, we were buying half a sheep ("a side") for $5 and the milk was only 4 cents a pint!
Martin Kavanagh Fortunately most U.K. Councils now take tetrapak cartons for separation and recycling. But I agree, glass bottles need to make a comeback! Failing that, a deposit scheme on plastic bottles. At least kids could make some pocket money picking litter!
@@spencerwilton5831 - 100% there Spencer .. bring back the glass bottle.. Fortunately I can still buy a summer beer in glass with condensation running-down the surface here (Mind you it's been grey-rainy here for a few days)
you are doing very nicely living greenly.just think you are trying too hard because as i understand it is single use plastic that has become the curse mostly and to repurpose or recycle containers is the best compromise and still live comfortably.love your videos.thankyou.
Thanks Peter
How about trying to only buy recyclable plastics.....
TheSoupdragon1968 most plastics are recyclable. The problem is that very few are widely recyclable, and often facilities don't exist for collection / disposal of the various types. Mixed plastics in particular are a nightmare to recycle. Hence many councils only accept plastic bottles and tubs. In addition, the U.K. Lacks processing capacity, and much plastic collected for recycling is currently being stored in vast heals awaiting somewhere to be built to cope with it. The only responsible solution is to avoid plastic as far as possible, and recycle whatever you can that is left.
From one veggie to another...Keeping banging on folks. Your camera/mic skills improve as the months chug by, so well done and have a great Christmas. When you eventually get to Carnforth on the Lancs Canal don't forget to have a Brief Encounter as well... sometime in the Spring/Summer. Best wishes
Cheers Phil - Carnforth, Brief Encounter, Trevor Howard and Rachmaninov as a background. 😀
Buy coffee beans and grind them, you can get beans loose! GRINDER?
Patrick Brigham absolutely- and they keep better and produce nicer coffee too.
Can't buy Marmite because the lid is plastic?
Fran: "Grow your own!"
And here, from the taste of it, I thought that marmite was chipped off the roof of a coastal cave somewhere near Brighton!
And I don't think in any way you "harp on about being veggie". You have mentioned in passing once or twice that you were vegetarian, once I think to explain why you needn't purchase and install a fridge.
Aah, if only I could grow marmite....I can see the pound signs
We know your pain! At the beginning of this year we tried to go plastic free and found it so difficult, in the end we have opted to slowly find better alternatives for the things we buy. I am investing in some produce bags to take to the supermarket and our local butchers is happy for me to take containers with me, I think it is easier for us because we are based in a marina. I also wanted to convert our 70ft boat into a zero waste floating shop but Glenn wasn’t keen.
Hello - zero waste floating shop is a bloomin good idea, might be hard work though x
Without a doubt, plastic is a problem. Whilst I admire your desire to change your habits, I also realise the difficulties faced by the consumer and therefore, for the time being, have concluded that even a slight cut back of packaging by 'the many' is a huge step in the right direction. Practicality and discretion are important variables here- no Marmite?!!!
I myself try to live a greener life. Fortunately I am no fan of processed food, have 99% given up on commercial fast food. Yet, I am aware of this forced conversion by some of the vegan community and the inevitable and often pugnacious backlash against it (see some comments below). I eat mostly primary foods which includes quality fish and meat, meat only on occasions- I made a great beef wellington this weekend.
My problem is the packaging that most things come in, for example, tossed and washed salads come in a plastic box inside a plastic wrapper, other foods on a plastic tray etc. My plastic consumption over the space of a week is horrendous and I can only hope my attempts to recycle it are not in vain.
I also agree with Richard, the meat industry is a problem on a very large scale- the fast food industry responsible for a huge proportion of this. Thus my attempts to eat only quality meat.
I am no 'hippy' or 'faux green dude', I've simply come to see the huge problem plastic and food consumption per se is having on our eco system and have decided to try and 'do my bit'; however, as I said previously we must be practical too. in other words, buy the marmite.
Good luck.
Thanks Justin. When we show our lifestyle choices to the world we expect a few negative responses. Thanks for your support and yes I'll buy the Marmite. 😀
Interesting name Justin Hayward he's the Moody Blues singer.
Floating Our Boat No, not that one. Although some of his songs are very good.
I see you like a Yule Log, good job they weren't made of plastic lol. It's all a con really. Even things like electric cars charge on points run by gas or coal. I think we are the greenest things, green as grass. Any Co2 in the air is replaced by Co2 from the sea. We actually need Co2 to green the planet. The planet has never been so green for centuries. I do believe in what you say about limiting plastic pollution.
I would suggest eating more green leafy vegetables and raw fruits.