The ones that require blacking require the services of a tug boat. There are several offering these services on the network. This is usually how they will have been brought to their current mooring unless they were dropped in by crane.
I think they're very handy things to have around .... a bit like a really powerful micro car generally with a brave and skilled individual to master it.
George,another nice video. I think it's nice that you let the two humans put their faces right up to the camera and make noises. They are cute. After they dropped your ball in the canal I wouldn't give them any treats tonight though.
I did drop his ball in the canal but I also got down on my hands and knees in the mud and fished it out! We did let him lose it again this is true. Fair enough, no treats for us tonight! Jo
Another great video. Jo got some absolutely splendid shots of both nature and very interesting buildings. It reminded me of a saying I heard, "get lost in nature and you will find yourself". Some of the day boats made me think of "stupidity kills...just not fast enough". Thanks again for your efforts and witty as well as entertaining banter.
Thanks for watching. One of the main things that drew us to this lifestyle was to be able to experience different places everyday or at least every week. We are very lucky. Jo
I personally don't believe in luck and I am the farthest thing from religious as you can get so I won't say you are blessed but I do think you both are living your lives on your terms and if I may say so you are doing a really good job of it. You are happy healthy and intelligent. Things this world needs a lot more of. Well done and thank you again for your contribution to my belief that mankind just might make it.
I'm of a similar view, re: luck, at least in the sense of things happening for any discernible reason. But in the sense of a series of unlikely events nevertheless resolving to an overall pleasant outcome, I'd say we've benefited from an extraordinary amount of it. Not sure we can save the species, but happy to try! Cheers! M
This is why a person has a Springer Spaniel, they are a perpetual 2 year old child, who has to walk, jump, run through, or tool in every puddle, because it is there.
used to deliver bread to the grocery stores in the Sandiacre/Stapleford/Ilkeston area for a couple of years when I was a kid (child labour was a thing back in the late sixties) if you were at least 14 years old and able to carry a tray of fresh baked bread without dropping it - you were hired. Had to be on the drivers front doorstep at 4 am, off to the bakery, load up the bread and of you went - Saturdays only unfortunately (darned school) - pub stop on the way back fortunately (pretty sure that feeding beer to a 14 year old was illegal even back then but nobody seemed to care:). Then off to the match to watch the Spireites play (and usually lose as I remember). Halcyon days indeed
Ahh, for the WonderBread Years, when child labor was normal, even encouraged, and children would come home drunk and usually poorer than when they left. ;-) M
another excellent vlog, I've got to admit the boat jousting idea does sound like fun! you could have people on the roof with those giant cotton bud things they used on gladiators as well! lol. nice to see George enjoying himself. your banter about helping moor up the boat made me laugh...and also saying nooooo Michael don't upset the wife! lol.
Thanks for watching. Boat jousting could be dangerous. I think Michael just wants to be Heath Ledger in A Knights Tale. George always enjoys life, he is either eating, sleeping or running around with a ball in his mouth. Good advise for Michael. I’ll make sure I pass it on! Jo
You two crack me up! Hey, I think boat jousting might could be a thing! Poor George with no ball to keep him busy....you must pick one up at your earliest convenience. I loved the gorgeous scenery today...the beautiful old factories and mills...just wonderful! Glad to see that some of them are being put to good use again. Smooth cruising!
Oh George has a cupboard full of balls don’t you worry! He thinks there is an endless supply which is why he keeps losing them. I agree the old brim industrial buildings are wonderful. So much character. Thanks for watching. Jo
Glad it helps. Although quitting our jobs to travel the country in a hunk of steel while living off our savings doesn’t always seem that sane! Still it makes us happy! Thanks for following along! Jo
I was just thinking, Jo does all the walking and most of the locks...then I see Steerer Jo!!! Hooray!, Wow legs! PS, my wife comes from Ilkston, see that? that's how she pronounces Ilkeston. Oops I have it wrong I'm told...it is Ilson!
Have a quick look at the mill on the right as you pass “podmore moorings” at sandiacre....it was built to the same dimensions as Noah’s arc and also built in cubics👍
I've never known anyone excited to get to Langley Mill , although there used to be a very good Indian there, and a Chinese/chip shop. Back in July 1994 I ate lots of Langley Mill curry from the Taj Mahal as I was very pregnant and was trying to start my labour🤰🏻 my son went five days overdue. He just turned 27.
@@MinimalList blissful, especially as I'm now in a wheelchair/mobility scooter as I've got fibromyalgia, it'd be difficult to get on and off a boat now but towpaths in the right area away from locks are nice and flat for my hubby to push me or to walk short distances. I find canals to be so relaxing.
by the way, to hear MY Kentucky accent, I posted a video recently on my "channel" (I never post hardly and don't intend to do much more) showing off part of our local waterway and downtown park.
1:36 That's incredible. how did you get him too stay still so long :) 11:15 I do not know why but that kid just blew my mind 12:08 think it was from Mama's house :P Nice show thank you
Haha. The magic of photography. Although he will actually stay that still if you hold his ball in front of him. Ok, I never even noticed the kid! Haha! I’ll have to take your word for it as I don’t know what Mama’s House is! 🤷♀️ sorry! Jo
It has been known for some time, women's reaction times can be faster than men's. I first read this about a female dragster driver. In drag racing , the launch relies on reactions to the light signals. Even year ago, the process was examined closely, by film camera, and timing systems. Some, younger viewers. may not have been exposed to anything more primitives than video tape. So women can be better drivers than men, myself included.
I’ve never been a fan of any form of biological essentialism, so I’d tend to say that when it comes to fast twitch muscle fibers and nerve conduction, the fastest human is going to be the one with the shortest limbs and the least mass to move. M
Hey Jo and Michael. Loving your videos, so entertaining. I have a question. Do you either of you have jobs? I’d love to be ‘live aboard’ but I think I’d need to work too.
Lovely Video , wonder why the cables where cut on tha tower? only George knows and he ain't telling. Micheal, on the mooring front more Captain Pugwash than Jack Custard! I'd get such grief if I did that to my boss!!! On a more serious note how do you research the shop locations such as Aldi Lidl Sainsbury's ( not a Tesco fan) an important piece of data for a CC'er as its is not just water, Elsan/pumpouts, ( yes I know what you use) fuel ( all the types required) an empty larder not funny either ?
Thank you! The Nicholson’s guides are really helpful for the waste and water and the info is also on the CRT website. If you keep moving it’s never really a problem. As for the food we mainly use google maps. Lots of staples in the cupboard so we never go hungry. We have run out of chocolate a few times though which isn’t fun at all. Jo
Minimal List Thanks Jo , seems you have no better answers than we do on the shops front which is reassuring as your organized , most of the time . Currently we are off season hire boaters, we have half a plan to cc. So watching you Jono, David plus others like Tiller People is not just entertainment , though you are , Micheal creases me up regularly!! Don't tell the the others but you were our 1st love well subscribe . Anyway stay safe and stocked up on chocolate.
Aw thank you. We were the same, in 2016 when we were living I Los Angeles, we would watch David and Dan (Sort if Interesting) so we know exactly how you feel researching and dreaming and planning. Research is great and there is a very steep learning curve but, the food and services thing hasn’t been an issue but we are still trying to find a bland between cruising and staying still to work and we have been aboard for almost a year now. I hope you get aboard to cc soon. Keep in touch! Jo
no no most likely i did. M was talking and then he said HUUUMMM.... Train. and im dutch so i make a lot of spelling mistakes. englisch: train, dutch: trein. no worries.
Oh! Haha, I wouldn’t be surprised if I had. I am a very bad speller and I have to Michael to check the videos before I post them. 😂 Trein/Train indeed! Lol! Jo
Love the fact you apply by rules but let’s face it on the canal river you can outstay your welcome most places without caring people that stick to the 48 hour rule is also anal. Let’s be honest no one cares unless he tries to live there hahah
@@MinimalList I don’t know how long you have been boating but I’m sure you will come to realise it’s really not that strict . It’s just a guide . They supposed to come every two weeks to check moorings . Period . So instantly rules out the 48 hour stay unless you grassed up by some goody two shoes. Im same tho . If I think im outstation g a welcome any excuse works. Quite literally
Not at all, but our boat does get photographed and put on either Twitter, Instagram or Facebook every couple of days by viewers, and we’re also known by about half the EA and CRT staff that we run into at locks, so that’s what I mean when I say we’re “recognizable enough” … we get noticed and put on social media and that’s a good enough reason to at least try to stay within the rules that exist to make sure there’s mooring space for everyone, as we’ll be the first ones criticized by the peanut gallery if we take advantage of all those excuses. No claim to royalty whatsoever, just a concern we have that most boaters don’t and which adds pressure to stay within the rules. M
How do the houseboats get their hulls re-blacked?
Hmm. Good question. I’m not sure that they do! Anyone know the answer? Jo
Yeah, they are not made of steel. Concrete, fiberglass, aluminium or wood (epoxy coated) #thanxgoogle
The ones that require blacking require the services of a tug boat. There are several offering these services on the network. This is usually how they will have been brought to their current mooring unless they were dropped in by crane.
Oddly enough we say one such tug yesterday, near the Red Hill locks. The smallest tug boat I've ever seen! M
I think they're very handy things to have around .... a bit like a really powerful micro car generally with a brave and skilled individual to master it.
never argue with the misses, you will never win. just say yes dear....
We don’t really argue... wait... maybe Michael is already doing that. Jo
Nice to see my mum and dad. :-)
Is that them on No Frontiers? M
Yes. Bob and Janet.
Ah, well glad you saw them! A very nice couple, and loved Oscar the dog (what a face!). M
George,another nice video. I think it's nice that you let the two humans put their faces right up to the camera and make noises. They are cute.
After they dropped your ball in the canal I wouldn't give them any treats tonight though.
I did drop his ball in the canal but I also got down on my hands and knees in the mud and fished it out! We did let him lose it again this is true. Fair enough, no treats for us tonight! Jo
Binge watching your vids and can't understand why you don't have more subscribers, you 2 are great. Plus crazy ball dog.
Another great video. Jo got some absolutely splendid shots of both nature and very interesting buildings. It reminded me of a saying I heard, "get lost in nature and you will find yourself".
Some of the day boats made me think of "stupidity kills...just not fast enough". Thanks again for your efforts and witty as well as entertaining banter.
Thanks for watching. One of the main things that drew us to this lifestyle was to be able to experience different places everyday or at least every week. We are very lucky. Jo
I personally don't believe in luck and I am the farthest thing from religious as you can get so I won't say you are blessed but I do think you both are living your lives on your terms and if I may say so you are doing a really good job of it. You are happy healthy and intelligent. Things this world needs a lot more of. Well done and thank you again for your contribution to my belief that mankind just might make it.
I'm of a similar view, re: luck, at least in the sense of things happening for any discernible reason. But in the sense of a series of unlikely events nevertheless resolving to an overall pleasant outcome, I'd say we've benefited from an extraordinary amount of it. Not sure we can save the species, but happy to try! Cheers! M
Thank you for making my day a lot brighter.
Thank you for watching and commenting! 😊 Jo
Minimal List Its a pleasure 😎
Well, that was a nice way to spend 14 minutes. Thanks guys. Love Michaels random bits, "dinosour" among others and that Jo still gets surprised.
You would think I would be used to it by now, but no! At least he makes me laugh everyday! Jo
Basically Jo is walking the canals of England and George is playing ball across England :). Love your vids especially when you debate :)
I am, I didn’t realise it was an ambition of mine but apparently it is. ‘Debate’ is a very tactful way of putting it! 😊 Jo
Always enjoy your videos :)
Thanks! M
Thanks for sharing hope you have a good night what with them storms an all !
Thanks for watching. Been raining all day! :-( Jo
This is why a person has a Springer Spaniel, they are a perpetual 2 year old child, who has to walk, jump, run through, or tool in every puddle, because it is there.
Exactly! M
Another nice video.
Thank you! M
Looked like a nice voyage, loved the little guy, "I must have this brick!" Thanks for sharing and fair winds.
Thanks for watching! :-) M
used to deliver bread to the grocery stores in the Sandiacre/Stapleford/Ilkeston area for a couple of years when I was a kid (child labour was a thing back in the late sixties) if you were at least 14 years old and able to carry a tray of fresh baked bread without dropping it - you were hired. Had to be on the drivers front doorstep at 4 am, off to the bakery, load up the bread and of you went - Saturdays only unfortunately (darned school) - pub stop on the way back fortunately (pretty sure that feeding beer to a 14 year old was illegal even back then but nobody seemed to care:). Then off to the match to watch the Spireites play (and usually lose as I remember). Halcyon days indeed
Ahh, for the WonderBread Years, when child labor was normal, even encouraged, and children would come home drunk and usually poorer than when they left. ;-) M
another excellent vlog, I've got to admit the boat jousting idea does sound like fun! you could have people on the roof with those giant cotton bud things they used on gladiators as well! lol. nice to see George enjoying himself. your banter about helping moor up the boat made me laugh...and also saying nooooo Michael don't upset the wife! lol.
Thanks for watching. Boat jousting could be dangerous. I think Michael just wants to be Heath Ledger in A Knights Tale. George always enjoys life, he is either eating, sleeping or running around with a ball in his mouth. Good advise for Michael. I’ll make sure I pass it on! Jo
You two crack me up! Hey, I think boat jousting might could be a thing! Poor George with no ball to keep him busy....you must pick one up at your earliest convenience. I loved the gorgeous scenery today...the beautiful old factories and mills...just wonderful! Glad to see that some of them are being put to good use again. Smooth cruising!
Oh George has a cupboard full of balls don’t you worry! He thinks there is an endless supply which is why he keeps losing them. I agree the old brim industrial buildings are wonderful. So much character. Thanks for watching. Jo
My little bit of sanity in my insane world. Thanks.
Glad it helps. Although quitting our jobs to travel the country in a hunk of steel while living off our savings doesn’t always seem that sane! Still it makes us happy! Thanks for following along! Jo
Point taken...one persons sanity ...is another persons...NOT.
Excellent captioning - Will be appreciated by many with hearing impairments. Keep the vlogs coming. They are always enjoyable
Good to hear (no pun intended) that the captions are appreciated, as Jo's finding they're quite time consuming! M
great to watch as usual
Thank you! Jo
I was just thinking, Jo does all the walking and most of the locks...then I see Steerer Jo!!! Hooray!, Wow legs! PS, my wife comes from Ilkston, see that? that's how she pronounces Ilkeston. Oops I have it wrong I'm told...it is Ilson!
It is our lot in life to be corrected by those we love. ;-) M
How right you are! :-)
Have a quick look at the mill on the right as you pass “podmore moorings” at sandiacre....it was built to the same dimensions as Noah’s arc and also built in cubics👍
Fascinating... and yet, why? Were they milling the animals two by two? M
Minimal List No he was just into God Bothering
Interesting. Not sure God is paying discrete attention to the waterside of Sandiacre, but good on him for hoping. M
Another awesome vid! Thanks!
Thanks for watching! 😊 Jo
a must watch, great vid thx...
Thank you! Jo
Another great vlog, it's always great to see what you guy's are up to, I love the out take's at the end and George looking good as always too.
Thanks! It's always great to know you like them! M
I've never known anyone excited to get to Langley Mill , although there used to be a very good Indian there, and a Chinese/chip shop. Back in July 1994 I ate lots of Langley Mill curry from the Taj Mahal as I was very pregnant and was trying to start my labour🤰🏻 my son went five days overdue. He just turned 27.
It so nice to be able to walk by the water isn't it.
@@MinimalList blissful, especially as I'm now in a wheelchair/mobility scooter as I've got fibromyalgia, it'd be difficult to get on and off a boat now but towpaths in the right area away from locks are nice and flat for my hubby to push me or to walk short distances. I find canals to be so relaxing.
Im enjoying your vids keep it up in being enspierd .
Thanks for watching and following along! We really appreciate it! Jo
Yep another great instalment.
Cheers
Ade
Cheers back! M
Well, at least you aren't alongside the A road or the train tracks tonight.
This is very true! Jo
Still laughing about your description of English weather forecasters!😂
I mourn the chickens that gave their lives so that the we couldn't know what was going to happen. M
That was a Kentucky accent. Take it from an expert. Dead rabbits. Dead snails. Cut up entrails. We have it all in this one! :)
Ah! Good to know. I wonder where Michael picked that up from! Eek, I didn’t realise we talked about dead animals so much! Jo
by the way, to hear MY Kentucky accent, I posted a video recently on my "channel" (I never post hardly and don't intend to do much more) showing off part of our local waterway and downtown park.
Well I think I understood about every other word! Lol! Jo
Minimal List hey! You're doing pretty good 😀
Haha!
1:36 That's incredible. how did you get him too stay still so long :) 11:15 I do not know why but that kid just blew my mind 12:08 think it was from Mama's house :P Nice show thank you
Haha. The magic of photography. Although he will actually stay that still if you hold his ball in front of him.
Ok, I never even noticed the kid! Haha!
I’ll have to take your word for it as I don’t know what Mama’s House is! 🤷♀️ sorry!
Jo
you need a small butterfly net to rescue George's balls!
It has been known for some time, women's reaction times can be faster than men's. I first read this about a female dragster driver. In drag racing , the launch relies on reactions to the light signals. Even year ago, the process was examined closely, by film camera, and timing systems. Some, younger viewers. may not have been exposed to anything more primitives than video tape. So women can be better drivers than men, myself included.
I’ve never been a fan of any form of biological essentialism, so I’d tend to say that when it comes to fast twitch muscle fibers and nerve conduction, the fastest human is going to be the one with the shortest limbs and the least mass to move. M
Is George’s harness a buoyancy aid or just a harness?
It’s just a harness, but it does have a handle on the back which has come in handy a couple of times when he has fallen in. Jo
Hey Jo and Michael. Loving your videos, so entertaining. I have a question. Do you either of you have jobs? I’d love to be ‘live aboard’ but I think I’d need to work too.
We are currently living if savings. We hope to do another year and then one or both of us will need to find an income to continue. Jo
Minimal List thanks for the reply Jo. You really look like you’re both having a fantastic time. I’m actually quite jealous.
We feel very lucky to be living this live at the moment. It’s not all easy but we really appreciate that we get to do it! Jo
Lovely Video , wonder why the cables where cut on tha tower? only George knows and he ain't telling. Micheal, on the mooring front more Captain Pugwash than Jack Custard! I'd get such grief if I did that to my boss!!! On a more serious note how do you research the shop locations such as Aldi Lidl Sainsbury's ( not a Tesco fan) an important piece of data for a CC'er as its is not just water, Elsan/pumpouts, ( yes I know what you use) fuel ( all the types required) an empty larder not funny either ?
Thank you! The Nicholson’s guides are really helpful for the waste and water and the info is also on the CRT website. If you keep moving it’s never really a problem. As for the food we mainly use google maps. Lots of staples in the cupboard so we never go hungry. We have run out of chocolate a few times though which isn’t fun at all. Jo
Minimal List Thanks Jo , seems you have no better answers than we do on the shops front which is reassuring as your organized , most of the time . Currently we are off season hire boaters, we have half a plan to cc. So watching you Jono, David plus others like Tiller People is not just entertainment , though you are , Micheal creases me up regularly!! Don't tell the the others but you were our 1st love well subscribe . Anyway stay safe and stocked up on chocolate.
Aw thank you. We were the same, in 2016 when we were living I Los Angeles, we would watch David and Dan (Sort if Interesting) so we know exactly how you feel researching and dreaming and planning. Research is great and there is a very steep learning curve but, the food and services thing hasn’t been an issue but we are still trying to find a bland between cruising and staying still to work and we have been aboard for almost a year now. I hope you get aboard to cc soon. Keep in touch! Jo
Does he do anything ?
Sorry, but what do you mean?
uuuhm.... trein LOL
Oh no! Did I make another typo? Jo
no no most likely i did.
M was talking and then he said HUUUMMM.... Train.
and im dutch so i make a lot of spelling mistakes.
englisch: train, dutch: trein.
no worries.
Oh! Haha, I wouldn’t be surprised if I had. I am a very bad speller and I have to Michael to check the videos before I post them. 😂 Trein/Train indeed! Lol! Jo
oh hahaha cool
Love the fact you apply by rules but let’s face it on the canal river you can outstay your welcome most places without caring people that stick to the 48 hour rule is also anal. Let’s be honest no one cares unless he tries to live there hahah
May well be true, but we’re recognizable enough that we really don’t want to take advantage and overstay except where it’s truly necessary. M
@@MinimalList I don’t know how long you have been boating but I’m sure you will come to realise it’s really not that strict . It’s just a guide . They supposed to come every two weeks to check moorings . Period . So instantly rules out the 48 hour stay unless you grassed up by some goody two shoes. Im same tho . If I think im outstation g a welcome any excuse works. Quite literally
@@MinimalList can I ask what do you mean by your recognisable enough? Lol
@@MinimalList that’s almost putting yourself like royalty on the waterways ha ha ha ha ha
Not at all, but our boat does get photographed and put on either Twitter, Instagram or Facebook every couple of days by viewers, and we’re also known by about half the EA and CRT staff that we run into at locks, so that’s what I mean when I say we’re “recognizable enough” … we get noticed and put on social media and that’s a good enough reason to at least try to stay within the rules that exist to make sure there’s mooring space for everyone, as we’ll be the first ones criticized by the peanut gallery if we take advantage of all those excuses. No claim to royalty whatsoever, just a concern we have that most boaters don’t and which adds pressure to stay within the rules. M