Storms & cosy days at home on our narrowboat
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2024
- Hello! In this week's vlog our narrowboat is moored up in Marsworth and it's insanely beautiful?! We prepare to bunker down for a big storm, but eventually the weather clears up into something quite stunning. Also featuring: strolling around Tring, a book festival and some books I'm reading, thoughts on being newly A Bird Person, fireworks, and boat admin with a quick stop at the poopy cupboard for a pump out (keeping it real etc etc).
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Hiya, I'm Kris. At the end of 2022 I moved from a flat in London to live, work, and travel full time around the UK on a 70ft narrowboat with my boyfriend Andrew and our cat Matilda.
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Binge-watched all the videos in a couple of days. Now I have to wait for the new ones. Love these.
"Do I have shit on my hand?" "Probably." "You don't know." "Almost certainly." Funny.
Where the houses are next to the facilities at Marsworth there used to be a cement works that made pilings for the canal. In the 1960/70s it made coloured slabs for gardens and was owned by a man called Alf Marshall. My father did all the electrical installations for the new machine and Alf part paid him in slabs, so we had a multi coloured patio and flooring in the house
Matilda.....Such a sweet kitty---my girl Venus, loves her "own" glass of water when I have mine. Cats are such nice companions!
Great vlog----such cozy ambience.!!
Feeling hungry now after seeing ‘The Soup’. Nice vid
Made me starving editing it! I’m waiting until the weather cools down, then I’m making it asap. I’ve influenced myself 😂
beautiful as always, I love that you show the realities of it alongside the beauty! (also, Matilda was just sampling your water, she didn't want the whole thing, obviously)
Another amazing video. I follow some other narrowboaters as well, and though I can always count on beautiful scenery since the canals and countryside are so beautiful, it just goes to a whole new level when tackled by pro photographers. Absolutely gorgeous!
Thank you, that means a lot! 🥰
So glad to see life has slowed down enough for y'all to have time to upload Vlogs 😊
beautiful visuals. wet and cold here in Perth WA and a cuppa inside is one of life's wonderful pleasures.
You recommended the book "went to London, took the dog", by Nina Stibbe, and I think that would appeal (either in this video or the previous), so I'll return the favour and recommend "Under a Summer Skye", by Sue Moorcroft, the first of a trilogy.
Thanks for sharing your first year with us - we love your photography and music choices. ❤
Birds!!!...yes me too😂😂
A good storm challenges all the senses and makes me feel totally alive, hope it does the same for both of you. Thank you for sharing.
You're so right and beautifully put!
Living in the west of Scotland having good waterproof clothing is a prerequisite for being outside or taking the dog a walk but there is no better feeling than getting home where it’s nice and cosy with tea and a great book.
Ps. ‘Have I got shit on my hands’ will be on my grave stone. 😂
The Scots really get it about weather. And also knitwear.
Hahaha, hopefully not one of my enduring quotes 😅
Another great vlog. Your boat looks so cozy in the autumn. Thank you 😊
Another lovely vlog, makes me keen for autumn to arrive. I love seeing Matilda, shes such a wee munchkin!
Totally with you on the Babel thing. I felt deflated when I finished reading it and recall even a Latte and brioche pick me up failed to raise my spirits. It is a rare for a book to leave me in that much of a rut.
Right?? I wanted so badly for it to be ✨epic✨ but it was just LONG 😴
this might be the cosiest vlog we’ve ever seen 🥰
Thanks you guysss 🥰😘
Tring looked like a lovely find - within striking distance of The Smoke without the madness. I went to the National History Museum there, way back. [just disappeared down a rabbit hole reading about the local history, thanks Tring Local history Museum]
Oh that soup looks good, Kris, thanks for the recipe. "My kids both died over this soup" ...I feel I've been waiting for this all my life.
I also have the Merlin Bird ID app and love it. Herons are my all time favorites. Your home looks so cozy and bright. The wind would definitely be a concern for me. Love the images you capture. Matilda looks fab as usual. Love the pasta straw 😂.
🌈🦢😊🤗 Kathy
I am nothing without my Merlin Bird app!! Thank you Kathy 😘
Loveing matilda 😂David Attenborough should hire you amazing camera 📷 work 🎉you make Autumn 🍂 look so beautiful as always loving ❤ you're vlogs can't wait for the next instalment xxx
Hey!!! Can you please do a boat tour? I love it so much and cant find a dedicated walkthrough-tour of it on your channel. Thanks!
Yet another STUNNING vlog!!! Gawd I wish I had your photography (and editing!) skillz. Keep’em comin! 🙌
Hi Kris, Thanks for another lovely video.
Have you ever thought about writing a book?
I'm sure you could write a very amusing book about canal life.
Cheers
Millysue
You are so right about birds. I am blessed with Honeyeaters, magpies and Kookaburras each morning and evening. It is so beautiful to listen to them go on for hours on end. During the day, a flock of Rainbow lorikeets move in with their cheeky antics and its like having 200 budgies just outside the window, because there is. Young people don't know what they're missing, but then again maturity brings wisdom. Thank you for another excellent video. Cheers
That sounds so lovely! Honeyeater is an amazing name, love that. Thank you!
Your vlogs are truly great for me also a bit sad. My dear old dad saved up to buy himself a narrow boat then lost the courage to use it we discovered he had Alzheimer’s such a cruel blow, like yourself he saw the world through artistic eyes all he wanted to do was cruise the waterways. Broke my heart when i had to sell his boat.
I'm not late preparing dinner. I couldn't stop mid-vlog!
Your descriptions paint pictures and the sound track gives colour.
That’s such a lovely thing to say, thank you very much ❤️ and enjoy dinner!
Yep. The bird bothering has hit me too!!
It’s unstoppable 🦅
Hello, It was only a week ago I found your channel ( flu recovery RUclips binge). I few days later and I have caught up to find with pleasure a new video just released. I love your videos. the vignettes that you show are just amazing. It is a reminder to me to find beauty in everything, slow down and enjoy the cobweb in the morning dew, and the tractor in the field. the boat looks amazing, is there a chance of a tour, would love it.. also another book vlog would be cool. Just reading 'life on the golden Horn' letters from Mary W Montagu as she travelled through Eastern Europe in the really 1700's ..not my normal read but very interesting
Hi! I’ve just subscribed to your blog, and absolutely love your beautiful Matilda! I’ve had 2 Smoke Persians in the past, and desperately miss them, so it’s lovely to see Matilda. I hope she puts in lots of guest appearances. 😻😻
I’m of an age too to have become a right ‘bird nerd’! I even love seagulls, of which we get plenty here in Eastbourne.
All the best. XX
Thanks so much for watching :) we used to live in Brighton for a few years after I finished uni! Saw many seagulls diving after chips in the hands of unsuspecting tourists 😂
Kisses from Matilda 😽
I really enjoy your Vlog's so much! I've often wondered what a storm would be like on a Narrowboat. You described it very well. The nature walks were stunning. The cat playing with the light was too cute.
By the way love your wonderful descriptive work.
After a really harrowing day, I love watching your videos! They are so calming and help me unwind. Thank you for doing all the work necessary to provide them for us, your viewers!
I’m so glad to hear that (though very sorry that you had an awful day!) thank you ❤️
at the wrong side of 50 i tend to bird bother too now that i have all but exterminated the pest possums and rats and planted hundred of trees the bird life has taken off. Three kereru (wood pigeon) aka the 3 musketeers hang out kingfishers and tui just hang out by the creek. again love the tales and the visual feast gonna try the soup
Yay, another vlog! Can’t wait to watch when the boy is done watching SpongeBob. 🧽 Your autumn vibes are impeccable, can’t wait to immerse myself in your visuals. x
Also, I learnt on Location Location Location that Tring is one of the most affluent and expensive towns in the UK, your game “How much for this in London” would also apply there. 🤣
Watching your video in the midst of a dramatic winter* storm (torrential rain, lightning & thunder) added surround sound to the atmosphere :)
*In New Zealand
Perfect!! 🌩️
Going to make the soup and read the book you recommended by Nina Stibbe. Love your vlog.
I've leveled up from just using the bird app to reading a ton of bird books. Too right about birding coming for you as you age.
I did get a bird book recently….
From the sunsets to the fallen leaves, this vlog was another triumph. We’re glued to the cinematography. I’m going back to watch again!
Thank you so much!! It means so much to me ❤️
Totally agree with you on the Nicholson guides they are boring we have always used Pearson’s Guides and they are so informative. We are currently using their Four Counties and Cheshire Rings Guide and there are pages of great photos and 6 pages at least of historical info on the Stoke on Trent area and a couple in Stone. The maps are not entirely to scale but it does give you key pubs and supermarkets plus local butchers and bakeries
Oh this was over way too soon. You handled the poo on your hand way better than I would have!
Loving your determination to get out for a walk no matter the weather. I could almost feel the chill in the air and smell the scent of the wet leaves. And what a beautiful rainbow. The fireworks were lovely and I especially liked the editing at the grande finale.
Thank you for another great episode. It’s so nice to virtually experience the cosiness of your beautiful home and to be brought along as you are exploring all the quaint towns and villages.
❤❤❤ looking forward to the next one. Hope you are all keeping well. At least Matilda is staying hydrated. Xx
Lovely
Thank you, such a pleasure to watch! ❤
I have to say having always been a home-body, preferring quiet times at home with a fire if it's chilly, and all the other home comforts of cushions, books, hot drinks, cold drinks etc....to suit the mood & climate outside - I would enjoy an occasional travel in a narrowboat home to a new, interesting location, but without all that locks business, which to me completely takes away from the sheer pleasure of the freedom of this life ! So I think I would find a canal that has no locks between 2 beautiful destination towns or villages & confine myself to puttering around between those locations, stops for 1 or 2 weeks at a time, or whatever the max is ! Now that sounds like the perfect life !
Finally! Ugh… so, how’s life under the rainbow? I’ve always loved birds and nature watching. There’s a cheeky little woodchuck who lives under my shed and eats everything I plant…no matter what precautions I take. Doesn’t seem to like hot peppers though. Looks lovely where you are. I would definitely get gloves specifically for the pump outs. Yuk! I know boat life. Be well and let us have more videos please.❤
I can’t believe autumn, Halloween and bonfire night are arrive so much earlier up north !
These are such a find. Thank you SO much for the time and effort put into these works of art . Bliss.
Pretty sure this is last year. New to this channel so unsure if all videos are released in a variety of ways, very much enjoying them!.
It’s a whole different time zone hehe. Thanks so much ❤️
@@smudgy1773 … I know ;) it was for some sort of attempted comic effect 👍
@@smudgy1773 Thank you! Mostly in chronological order as I’m trying to catch up a bit, though occasionally I’ll do one in realtime if it feels relevant in the moment for some reason!
Can confirm- birds and aging are directly related. Bloody hell. 🙄
All the Autumnal goodness setting us up for a wholesome and cozy one even if we are a year on.
J’adore. J’adore. More. More. ❤
Such a beautiful vlog the skies after the storms were amazing .love the sound of rain on the boat but I hate wind …. so funny Matilda drinking the water 😂😂….. I will hand yo look up that Nina Stibbe book sounds good …. Can’t wait for the next vlog 💞📖
Really loving the artistic aspect with the videos, thank you for sharing! ❤ Oh, and my kitties totally have thier paws and faces in my water glass if I turn around as well, lol. Have to put a cover on my night glass of water. Cheers .
Love Nina was, and still is my favorite TV series...pity they only did 1. Elsan sounds so poetic dont you think....
I need to watch the show! Elsan is quite lovely, you’re right
So just to confirm - that pump at the end was cleaning out the toilet waste?
Hello Kris from the colonies. I happened across your channel by recommendation from RUclips. I wanted to drop you a note to say how much I am enjoying your stories. Your composition and photography is very nice. I did want to ask - what did you do in London before selecting the life aquatic? I see you are also doing a diary with water colors. You are now in my favorites and I’ll look forward to each new installment. Cherrio! Are you on Patreon yet? Now Cheerio.
Thanks so much Steve! I was doing much the same as now, freelance photography and illustration. Not on Patreon yet, but I’m investigating it 👀 I want to make sure I can commit to anything extra that I promise and make it worth it!
Another Great video ❤.
I used to Love the harsh weather when I used to be a HGV Driver and had to sleep in the Lorry ! I think it comes from my youth and when we went Camping ( night fishing or just a few friends out for a laugh ).
Never did the real camping but being in a Tent being battered by wind and rain never really bothered me 🤷♂️,good job really because later on in my youth I was in the Army,so getting cold and wet was pretty much the norm lol 😂.
I know Tring and it is a lovely place,pretty amazing when you consider not far from there you have Aylesbury and the difference between the two places is pretty Stark ( Aylesbury in my opinion is a Dump and extremely shady ).
Myself and my Girlfriend aren’t Narrowboaters ( can’t afford that lifestyle though £ and because we are Carers too 2 Of my disabled adult sons ) but I do follow your channel for Tips on nice places to visit ( we get Saturday off and we like gentle walks ) and the canal system is great because I am disabled myself and walking on the flat is preferable.
We do like the Seaside and in particular Great Yarmouth but unfortunately it’s become a little bit of a mess and dump these days ( They used to have lots of little B+B’s down the lovely clean Side Streets and some of them were so pretty but unfortunately they have been closed down and either converted into cheap flats or accommodation for other people from outside of the area ).
It’s not a very safe place to be in anymore either,with the rise in crime and women being harassed all the time.
Your Cat is Lovely and yes I think she could definitely do with a Grooming session lol 😂.
It looks like you have either been using her for cleaning up any cobwebs or she has been out galavanting around on Halloween night hehehe 😝.
Thanks for your great video work and the beautiful way you capture the natural beauty of everywhere you go ….. I am trying my hand at camera work ❤
Thank you for your lovely comment!
Matilda is always mysteriously turning up decorated in cobwebs, she sometimes shimmies down the side of the washing machine into the void around the water tank/water pump which I think might be the culprit. A few times we thought she'd got out and we'd lost her because we had no idea where she went!
Funny you say that about Aylesbury, while we were in Marsworth we were considering taking a jaunt along the Aylesbury arm to the basin there, but we googled it and it came up as being The Worst Place To Live in the country, voted by people who live there. Which dampened our enthusiasm slightly. Maybe another time!
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Fall 2023??? My other question, are you still cruising???? Ok, it is November, so welcome to 2023!
I’m catching up, I promise 😅 we are still cruising yeah!
WOW...I'm so in love with y'alls videography and editing skills - BBC/ITV worthy abilities! About becoming a bird watcher...I find living in Nature is the trigger. I'm so much into bird watching I listen to the bird song when I'm out and about and respond with 'hi mom Cardinal' or 'hey there wren' or 'Yo titmouse' and finish with 'thanks for the visit and come back soon.' AGREED about those '5% moments' in Nature, I've had a few [one was when a F1 tornado suddenly appeared out of a thunderstorm and rolled over a group I was in. When I got home and went to take a shower, I found leaves beneath my underwear stuck to my gluts. I was so shocked with wonderment at how they got there - gobsmacked - I about fainted]. Enjoyed the video - thanks for sharing! Be well - many blessings. Cheers...