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- Опубликовано: 20 сен 2024
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In this NARROWBOAT vlog, we have to be somewhere but there are many obstacles that keep stopping us and problems that we have to face. This vlog shows what narrowboat life can be like when it doesn't go to plan. 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!
I'm an old disabled person of many years, far more than I wish to say. I'm unable to do the things you are doing and for that reason watch your broadcasts intently. Your descriptive language and your expression make your broadcasts a joy to behold. Your drawings are second to none.
Raymond, it is such a privilege for me to know that you are enjoying the vlogs and they are bringing you joy- thank you so much for your kindness; it really means a lot. Have a great weekend🌻🦋
Raymond, we may not be able to join Vanessa, but you and I are "in the same boat"! It's great to enjoy her activities and travels via YT.
@@lisaforte1575 Please enjoy your future and savor each piece of good fortune and joy. Even if it is no more than the warmth of the morning sun and a kind word.
I agree!!!!! I wish too I could do the things you do !!!! Thank you ☺️ for taking me along with you on your Journey 💖😊 !
Tranquil magic of nature and boat life, so calming and serene. the sequence of you making your cup of tea at the end of the vlogs, always makes me think about making my own cup, then I realise I don’t like tea, but the general ambience of your vlogs takes me to a different mindset.
I’m so pleased that you enjoy the vlogs. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
How you manage to bring us magic every week never ceases to delight and amaze. You have such a keen eye for the other creatures who share your journey, I am convinced they know your kindness and so reveal themselves. The poem was lovely. Be well and safe journeys Vanessa! xoxo
🤗🤗 Wendy, what a lovely comment. Thank you so much! I am so pleased that you liked the poem. Have a great weekend🌻🦋
Isnt she amazing????
I love your warm positivity Vanessa. You are a pure ray of light in a too often gloomy world. You see the beauty in everything around you and that shines through in each of your vlogs. Keep on cruising and doing your thing. Take care, Gavin
🤗🤗What a kind and lovely comment- thank you so much. I really appreciate it. Have a great weekend🦋🌻
Your a brilliant poet .
😊 Thank you so much 😊 That is so kind of you. Take care🌻🦋
Wow the nighttime visitors were amazing! The heron was beautiful.
Thank you so much, Joyce! It was really exciting seeing who arrived at night. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
Wow, Wow, Wow, Vanessa, brilliant video, there is so much in it to enjoy I can't put it all in to words, take care and safe journey thank you 💛🌞👍
🤗🤗 What a lovely comment. Thank you so much 😊 I am really pleased that you enjoyed it. Have a super Sunday and week ahead 🦋🌻
That heron was something really special, along with the glass factory. I love those elegant bulbous cones, they are really a sculpture I think. Thanks for the ride.
I agree with you about the cones! Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a wonderful week take care🦋🌻
Good afternoon Vanessa & Zeph 😊 yet again another lovely video and you got an old railway line in too 👍🏻 Zeph always looks so amazing when she’s looking over the side 👍🏻 That Heron was so tame & beautiful xx
I always wonder what Zephyr is thinking when she looks over the side like that? Probably, "when can I get off this moving thing?"😂🐾🐾 Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care🦋🌻
What can I say it was all just grand I luved it all lifted my spirits no end many thanks keep safe and well 👍👋🤗🌷🌺
🤗🤗 Thank you so much, Ann! Have a great weekend🌻🦋
Drawing of the Badger is amazing !!
Thank you so much, that is very kind of you! Take care🦋🌻
Absolutely beautiful Vanessa, I enjoyed everything that you showed us. Your wildlife shots were amazing, you were so lucky to get a badger, fox and then a pheasant. The heron was so friendly I’ve never seen one hang around where people are. The glass in the museum was exquisite, another one to put in my bucket list of places to visit. Your poem and artwork were exceptional today. Thank you so much Vanessa for taking us along on this lovely journey. Take care and stay safe you three. xxxx
🤗🤗Thank you so much for such a kind and lovely comment, Shirley. The glass museum had so many interactive parts to it and the pieces of glass were beautiful too, so I really recommend it. Over the road from it ,where the glass cone is, there is a cafe and lots of craft shops too. Have a great weekend🌻🦋
Wow what a journey and you filmed such beautiful creatures too Absolutely brilliant heron I wanted to salute him as you went past him on the lock 🙂 a magical mix in your vlog as always Thank you 🙏
Thank you so much lovely Margaret for your comment.🤗🤗 The heron looked like it expected to be saluted didn't it!🤭 Have a great weekend, take care🦋🌻
Maid of the wave loves the mermaid glass 🧜🏻♀️ and everything else 👌🏻x
Mermaid glass seems like it was made for you Maid of the Waves! Thank you so much for watching. Take care🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat 🤗✨
The night life sequence is just the most amazing footage I have ever seen by someone living on a boat - magic.
Thank you so much! 😊 Have a super Sunday and week ahead🌻🦋
The wildlife seem to flock to you. You’re a modern day Dr Doolittle. Zephyr enjoyed the museum!
🤗 I do talk to the animals, but I make sure no-one is watching first!🤭 Thank you so much for such a kind comment🤗 Have a great weekend🌻🦋
The look on your face running down the railway embankment was priceless 😁😁😁
Glad I wasn't there or I would have laughed hysterically 😂😂😂😂
It wasn't an attractive sight was it?🤭 I'm glad that you got a laugh out of it though! Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Have a great weekend🌻🦋
Beautiful, I was in love with the heron and then you gave us mr badger 🦡 and mr fox 🦊 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you so much, Julie for your lovely comment. 🤗It is so good to know that you enjoyed this week's wildlife! Have a super week🦋🌻
I love all the different names that people give their boats. Very interesting. Good video as always Vanessa 👍😁👍
Boat names fascinate me too. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Have a great weekend🦋🌻
Travelling by boat is not simple is it? Zephyr is just so helpful. Poor you getting soaked. Complicated life. Amazing locks. How you build a canal like this. What a great museum. So interesting as every week. Stay warm and well.
Stay warm and well too, Vanessa 🦋🌻
Delightful vlog Vanessa, fascinating from start to finish with beautiful filming, so enjoyed it - and the wildlife!! Angie.
What a lovely comment, Angie- thank you so much🤗🤗 I am so pleased that you enjoyed the vlog. Have a great weekend🦋🌻
Gotta love the closed captions: your pair of cormorants said pair of cornbread!
Cornbread😂 That made me 😂 Thank you for watching, take care🌻🦋
Beautiful trip. I loved the heron visit at the lock and the badger with all his friends. Have a wonderful weekend.
It was like the heron was a lock keeper in a former life as it seemed so attached to that set of locks. Thank you so much, Christine for your lovely comment. 🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat Maybe he was a lock keeper in a former life. You never know.
Great gob on the video,I had fun watching it.great gob 😊
Thank you so much! Take care🦋🌻
You are so amazing and just get on with your travelling, as you say not knowing what is ahead of you.
You are so kind. Thank you for watching. Have a super Sunday and week ahead 🦋🌻
Another beautiful video, loved seeing the fox and badger!
Thank you so much 😊 Have a super Sunday and week ahead🌻🦋
Your #1 my favorite Vogler. Can't wait for the next adventure with you!
Thank you so much🤗 I am honoured to be your favourite. Have a great weekend🌻🦋
That was the strangest and most inconvenient water point I've ever seen in the roughly three years I've been watching the dozen or so narrowboat vlogs I subscribe to. It's a wonder anyone manages to fill up at all! I loved the glass museum at Stourbridge! It was so uniquely interactive, historic, and informative. I think I could pretty easily spend an entire day there just absorbing it all.
The water point was an adventure all on its own😂 The glass museum was brilliant and there is a cafe over the road next to the cone house. So much history in one spot. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, have a great rest of the week.🌻🦋
Cool seeing the Badger. Reminded me of the book Wind in the Willows
Oooh The Wind in the Willows- such a wonderful book! Thank you for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
What a good thing a bogwoppit.
😃 It’s a great name isn’t it. 🌻🦋
More brilliance… thanks much !!
🤗 Thank you so much for such a lovely comment! 😊 Have a great weekend🦋🌻
Love you videos and your poetry and drawings
I am so pleased that you are enjoying the vlogs. Thank you so much. Take care🌻🦋
Very good video! Lots of interesting information and things to see. I just love watching the pictures being sketched - You really are very talented. Thanks for sharing this.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. I am so pleased that you enjoy the journalling at the end of the video. Take care🦋🌻
It's really wonderful how the wildlife loves you! Beautiful shots of the heron - so close. Then the night videos of the badger and the fax. Amazing. Thanks, as always, for a beautiful video.
Thank you so much, Ruth. I think that heron must have been a lock keeper in a former life!😃 Have a super rest of the week, take care🦋🌻
Thank you Vanessa ! I very much enjoyed this one.
I am so pleased that you really enjoyed the vlog. Have a great weekend, Michael🌻🦋
Bogwoppit is our boat!! Named after the book. It’s one of two official Bogwoppits registered on our waterways, the other is on the River Lee in London.
Brilliant! Thank you so much for letting me know. It’s a great name for a boat. Have a great week 🌻🦋
Vanessa, I so have enjoyed you journeys of the many canals you have traveled, I must say this vlog has been one of favorites. I am trying to convince my wife we need to make a trip to England and rent a narrowboat for a month and travel some of your favorite canals especially this one!! Wishing you safe travels ! Leon.
Hi Leon, I hope you have success convincing your wife as she would love it, I'm sure. My top 3 so far would be: The Cam Lodes off the River Great Ouse, The Chesterfield Canal and now the Droitwich, but one of my favourite moorings is Kinver on the Staffs and Worcs Canal. Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment. Have a wonderful weekend, take care🦋🌻
A Bogwoppit! Whatever it is , it’s cute ! lol Beautiful glassware ! Great video ! Have the loveliest of weekends ...!
I like the Bogwoppit too and I am going to look out for the books now. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a great weekend🌻🦋
We have a rare copy on the boat framed. Was hard to get hold of 20 years ago, for our previous Bogwoppit!!
Can we have some more night shots soon,they were amazing. Don't rush the Staffs & Worcs it's beautiful and probably my favourite canal.Hope the latest snow & rain ends soon otherwise it may delay you getting on to the Severn , it's probably in spate at present.Have a brilliant week.
Hi Chris, I hope that you are well? We will take our time on the Staffs and Worcs and enjoy every moment of it. I will keep filming at night and put any exciting discoveries in my vlogs. Have a super rest of the week, take care🦋🌻
Simply inspirational content. Thank you.
🤗 Thank you so much for such a kind and lovely comment. Have a great weekend🦋🌻
Another informative vlog. The basin at Stourport when you get there will be a delight. Architecturally interesting . 😎
I am looking forward to Stourport now, thank you so much.👍 Have a great weekend🌻🦋
A very special trip today with such a variety of bridges to admire and accompanying stories. The glass factory was marvelous. I vividly remember my parents taking my siblings and me to a glass factory to watch the glass blowers, something that has always fascinated me. The night scenes are spectacular! Vanessa, is that an Aussie flag on Alice Grace’s stern? No Union Jack? I marvel at how you manage the locks! Onto a new adventure tomorrow! Sweet Dreams!
It’s the national maritime red Ensign flag. I remember going to a glass blowing factory when I was little too!😄 Thank you for watching. Take care🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat Ahhhh …. Thank you for responding to my question. There is something magical about glass blowing, isn’t there? I’m trying to start at the beginning of your videos, but want to keep current with your daily adventures as well. I forgot to mention yesterday how much I enjoyed it when you and Zepher visited St. Andrew’s (??) the first church to go back “online” following the Reformation, and you spoke in a respectful whisper and dear Zephyr stood silently and respectfully by your side. Very moving..
Hello Vanessa - greetings from Poland
What a wonderfully incredible video. You certainly brought us real excitement this week - badger, fox, pheasant, squirrel and that gorgeous heron. A glass museum, railway history, shopping centre, beautiful canal architecture - WOW - so much.
A really superb cruise. Your camera work and commentary was brilliant. Editing out Michael is pretty skillful too!
Loved the poem at the end. It's a pleasure to be one of your patrons. See you next week. Stay safe please
🤗🤗What a lovely comment, Michael- thank you so much! It was a very busy three days cruising but it was an exciting adventure too- I am so pleased that you enjoyed watching it. Have a great weekend, take care🦋🌻
Hello from Western Australia Michael, its great to see Vanessa's regular followers keep popping up🙂
Vanessa, got the short end of the hose pipe at the water point.
All the passer byes gave you a squirt, too funny 9:30
I know! 😂 Thank you for watching! Take care🌻🦋
You’re so incredibly talented❤
That is such a kind and lovely thing to comment- thank you so much🤗 Have a great weekend🦋🌻
I think Zephyr enjoyed her trip to the glass museum, especially the treats. I love it when places like that welcome the 4 legged members of our families too 🤗
Zephyr loves being included and like you, I think it is great when people open up their places for dogs. Thank you for watching, take care🦋🌻
Hi Vanessa and Zephyr. Fancy being so close and yet so far with the water hose, but you overcame the problem with a little bit of enginuity. The heron which sat on the lock whilst you were going through. mostly those birds take off before you get that close. Lovely relaxing vlog, as usual xx
Thank you so much! It is a lovely blast from the past for me when you comment on the older vlogs. Take care 🦋🌻
Always charming. 🫡 Cheers!
Thank you so much for your lovely comment! Take care🌻🦋
Thank you🙏✝️🙏🇨🇦
Thank you for watching and commenting. Have a great weekend🦋🌻
I just love your vlog, Vanessa. It’s so much more than just seeing the sights from a Narrowboat. Your countryside is so beautiful and I enjoy so much going on a nature walk with you. The icing on the cake is your wonderful artwork and your amazing poems. I definitely want to purchase your (future) book. Please put me on your pre-order list!
🤗🤗 What a lovely comment- thank you so much for your kindness. I really appreciate it. Have a great weekend🦋🌻
I appreciate the special effort it takes to capture these shots, alongside the usual rigours of narrow-boating. Not to mention the editing. Another wonderful video though.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment and appreciation. It is so kind of you.🤗 Have a great weekend🌻🦋
Great vlog, thank you🙏✝️🙏
Thank you for watching and for your lovely comment, James. Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
Thanks Vanessa xx
You’re welcome, take care🌻🦋
Lovely vlog as always Vanessa. I thought the prose to go with your illustrations was very beautiful this week, you're very talented . Thanks as always . Xx
Thank you so much, Lydia- that is such a kind comment.🤗 It was so lovely to be able to draw a badger. They are such beautiful animals. 🦡 Have a great weekend🦋🌻
Hi Vanessa, delightful Vlog as always. I didn't even know about the Dudley Canal, much to my shame. I'll definitely be taking a trip up there. The night shots are so beautiful. Thanks for these lovely moments. ☺
You are so welcome, Michael. I am so pleased that you enjoyed the vlog. The Dudley canal is an incredible treasure chest of history. Have a great rest of the week, take care🦋🌻
thank you so much for the vlog, me and my husband met at Stourbridge glass college 30 years ago, so it was lovely to see that all again. hopefully we will get to visit the museum when we go up next.
i love your drawings and filming of wildlife, better than spring watch!
you have inspired me to start sketching again. 🚣🦡🦆🌻 thank you.
I hope you get to revisit the place that you met your husband too- what a lovely story! I am so excited that you are going to start sketching again- you won't regret it. Enjoy!🎨 Thank you for watching, take care🦋🌻
Beautiful as always 💕
🤗 Thank you so much, Jayne! Have a super week🦋🌻
Wonderful. Hello Mrs mindful and mindful family.
Hello, Mr Narrowboat Will. You are all over RUclips at the moment and in everyone's vlogs which is super to see- the Mindful Family are all sending you hugs, waves and filthy thumbs ups!🤗👋👍👍 Have a great rest of the week, take care🦋🌻
WOW ! Vanessa, one of your best vlogs. So much interest in that journey, that on my vast travels I have missed out on. That's the biggest problem with the Birmingham network, just so many ways in and out it's so easy (like I did) to miss out on some. Thank you, I will make a beeline for it when I next head out. Enjoy Kinver and the Staff and Worcester canal is awesome. X
Hi Terry, thank you so much for such a lovely comment 🤗 I hope you enjoy your time in Brum when you get there. Have a super Sunday and week ahead🌻🦋
Ooooooooh what a lovely badger. 🦡
🦡 It was such a beauty wasn't it? I loved the way it sniffed the camera first. Have a great weekend!🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat yeah it was wonderful 🦡
What a nightmare that water point is! Stress.
Luckily, they are not all like that! 😅Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
Hi 'Mrs V' another lovely vlog thankyou. Love glassblowing - was lucky enough to visit to Murano glass factory in Venice back in the day..stunning stuff, sadly bought bits for family but not myself ..my mothers comment was " another knick knack to collect dust" ..broke my heart. Such is life, now you bring the beauty back to me. Glad you didnt hurt yourself running down the hill but I did laugh🤭🤭. Wow the badger was great and wasnt the pheasant gorgeous? Hope you enjoyed your family visit. Have you heard from India, hope shes enjoying her trip. Take care💖
Hi Jenny, I think you need to revisit the glass factory and buy yourself a piece. Venice is beautiful isn’t it? I am so pleased that you enjoyed the vlog. India is having an amazing time and sends some wonderful photographs everyday. Have a super Sunday and week ahead.🌻🦋
Awe fantastic ❤😊xx was saving your vlog for now. I have 7 more weeks to go before I get a holiday break 😊🥰
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. The time will fly until your holiday! Have a super week, take care🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat 🥰
Good evening Vanessa what a delightful vlog full of interesting facts of life by the canal, its amazing the things that can be made from glass very nice but it wouldn't stay in one piece in my house lol. I hope Zephyr was good for u and there where no breakages ?How lovely to watch the wildlife venturing out at night being inquisitive by ur boat where u using a night camera? The times I've visited the Merry Hill Centre but never been up to see the canal l think its on my list to visit now it looks so nice. Thank u and hope u have a nice weekend and of course seeing ur family.🐕🦡🐿🦊
Hi Simon, I wouldn't be able to keep glass either!🤭 Zephyr didn't knock anything over fortunately and she loved the treats! I am using a night camera and it is so exciting to look though the footage in the morning. I have wanted to see badgers for ages but its hard to film them in the dark. Merry Hill looks so pretty from the canal. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a great weekend🦋🌻
Great to have an extra pair of willing and able helping hands along the journey 😊 And as the saying goes necessity is the mother of invention!
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. It is always very welcome to have an extra pair of hands to help. Have a great weekend🦋🌻
Het mooie weer komt er aan, maar nu eerst nog even maart vieren.
Dat is veel rommel die je uit de schroef haalt.
Goed opgelost met de waterslang.
Wat leuk de dieren bij de boot en het glasmuseum zo lief voor honden is.
Weer een mooie vlog.
Heel erg bedankt voor je lieve reactie. Het glasmuseum was fascinerend. Fijn weekend.🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat Sorry that I replied in Dutch.
Now that's entertainment!👏 You are a natural with filming, narrative and humour! Such fun and so much to learn for this far-away Canadian. Thanks, Vanessa. Enjoy your family time and have a splendid week ahead. Take good care. 🌼🦋
🤗🤗Thank you so much for such a lovely comment. I really appreciate it. It is great to know that you are watching from Canada too. Have a super weekend🌻🦋
Wow yes what an encounter with the heron! They are usually so nervous and fly off having spotted us a mile away, really beautiful up close and colourful - thank for the close ups! And hilarious taking us down to see the train tracks, I had one of those scary rapid descents some months back in a forest, how you managed to hold onto the camera I do not know!!
Hi Mary, thank you so much for your lovely comment. I hope you descended down your hill safely? I was holding on to the camera so tightly, mainly in fear!🤭 Have a super weekend🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat very lucky escape from injury and nothing as graceful as yours!
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I have a granddaughter two months away, I really like Vanessa as a name I will start planting the seed.
Congratulations on having a granddaughter on the way! There are 2 butterflies called Vanessa: The Painted Lady and The Red Admiral: Vanessa Cardui and Vanessa Atalanta. Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🦋🌻
Another lovely video.
Thank you so much!😊 Have a great weekend🦋🌻
Thanks Vanessa, for this lovely cruise with expert reversing of the boat and great night views of wildlife that most of us wouldn't get to see (such as a Bobwopit), lol. As always your diary is beautiful. Take care and all the best. Stevie
Hi Stevie, thank you so much for your lovely comment. I had to speed the reversing up as I did it soooo slowly!🤭 I am so pleased that you enjoyed the vlog. Have a great weekend🦋🌻
That's funny: "just a stone's throw away there's a glass museum.." Tempting fate if ever one did...
I know🤭 Bit of a silly expression considering! Thank you so much for watching, take care🦋🌻
Thank you for showing us a look into the glass museum and seeing Bill the badger and the fox what a treat, really do look forward to our weekly fix. Thank you from Gary n Irene.
🦡 Bill is delighted to be in this week's vlog and it was super working with him!🤭 Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a great weekend🌻🦋
Hi Vanessa another beautiful video. My beloved sister was cremated Thursday it was a mixture of deep sadness and relief, your videos are a source of such calmness and beauty. Thank you.have a great week. 😊
You must feel so drained at the moment, Sandy. You are right that your sister is at peace now. It must have been so painful to watch her suffer like that. Have a calm and peaceful weekend, take care🦋🌻
Love your vlogs, so relaxing, and your doggy wow she is sooooo beautiful, we live in Derbyshire but used to travel to my mother in law in Gornal Wood and I remember going to Merry Hill when it first opened along with the monorail, but as you probably know all the locals named it Merry Hell 😂
You live in a beautiful part of the world, Gareth. Thank you so much for your lovely comment- the "Merry Hell" part really made me laugh. 🤭 Take care🌻🦋
Nice to see you go past my house which backs onto Netherton moorings.
I hope you gave us a wave!👋 Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Have a great weekend🦋🌻
Wow! What a lovely video this week, the wildlife, the glass, just magical, thank you so much for sharing, have a good week stay safe.
Thank you so much 😊 I am so pleased that you enjoyed it. Have a super Sunday and week ahead🦋🌻
Followed you from Hawine basin so much history, nature and living museums and you have such away of putting all all that across in such away its mind blowing,and yes we had a good laugh at your expense, after finding that little bit of rail track
all i can say to that is. we will make a Cannal Hunter out of you yet?
Thank you so much, Trevor. I am pleased that you got a laugh out of it too😂 I really appreciate your kind words too. Have a super Sunday and week ahead 🦋🌻
What a contrast nature and beautifull scenery and this crazy world we live in thank you for your video and take care
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a great weekend🦋🌻
Thank you very much, Vanessa, for the friday-entertainement. I hope, you are well. Have a nice weekend.
I am really well thank you and I hope that you are well too, Magnus? I am so pleased that you enjoyed the Friday entertainment. Thank you so much for watching . Have a great weekend.🌻🦋
Unusually friendly Heron! Perhaps passing boaters feed it?
The heron was so interested in watching our boat go through the locks there. Perhaps when you empty the lock, it's easier to spot the fish? It was wonderful though to see it so closely. Thank you for your comment. Have a great weekend🦋🌻
You are a fantastic artist. 🤗 I look forward to you taking me on your travels.❤
Thank you so much for such a kind comment, Darlene🤗 It is a pleasure to take you with us on our travels. Have a great weekend🦋🌻
Amazing.
Thank you so much, Mike 😊 Have a super Sunday and week ahead🌻🦋
It's not a romantic idyllic life while cruising, you've shown it's really hard work but the nature that you see on the trip you would totally miss if on the road. Swings and roundabouts, I would still say it's a good life if you are fit. Thanks for the ride. Enjoy the time with your family =-)
I completely agree, Lorraine- the opportunities to see wildlife on a narrowboat are brilliant. Have a great weekend.🦋🌻
I ain't a baggys fan I'm a bluenose but that bit about Jeff astle blooming bostin
Thank you so much for your super comment- you have taught me some new words there too!👍 Have a great weekend and I hope the Baggys do well in their game. 🌻🦋
BOGWOPPIT is a light-hearted, lively story, brilliantly told by Ursula Moray Williams, author of GOBBOLINO.When Aunt Lily marries the lodger and goes to America, orphaned Samantha is packed off to her Aunt Daisy, who lives in a grand house at the Park. Snooty Lady Daisy Clandorris has no time for children. ... Google Books
Originally published: August 16, 1976
Author: Ursula Moray Williams
Rather a GOOD Name actually. The Narrowboaters, obviously had children, who enjoyed the story !
Take care, Have a nice day !
I’m going to have to read this book. I can’t believe that I hadn’t heard of it until now. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Have a great week, take care👍🦋🌻
goiod vid thanks lee
Thank you so much, Lee!😊 Have a great weekend🦋🌻
Thanks Vanessa for another great video, the wildlife seem to be drawn to you, herons usually get scared and fly away. Glad you enjoyed the Glass museum, I was born not far from the Red House Cone, Wordsley is a nice village. Have a nice time with family and enjoy Kinver. Take care x
Hi Christine, the Glass museum was brilliant and such a bargain for what you could do there. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a great weekend🦋🌻
Great vlog. Looks beautiful there. Hope you're staying safe with this cold snap and the snow
Hi Paul, thank you so much for your lovely comment. We are prepared this time for the cold snap tomorrow and potential iced up canals. I hope you are keeping warm too. Have a great weekend.🦋🌻
Thanks for another fantastic voyage aboard the Alice Grace I always like it when you manage to overcome hardships. Hose to short to reach the water tank no problem just patch in another one even if you do get a bit wet. I have to ask how did you manage to get that candid video of the badger and I think there was a fox in it as well? I see my favorite name for a narrow boat has been used ...Am a big Harry Potter fan as well have a great week see you next Friday
Hi Stevie, thank you so much for your lovely comment- perhaps you can call your narrowboat 'Potter' after Harry and the fact that they are slow when moving? I have got a night camera now and it is the most exciting toy to have for me as I get to see wildlife that I wouldn't otherwise be able to film. Have a great weekend🌻🦋
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I love the Great Blue Heron "Locks Bird" volunteer! And no doubt that the 🦡badger you filmed overnight was Mr. Badger from "Wind in the Willows." And of course there's 🦊Mr. Fox and a Pheasant too! What was that red-beaked bird with the yellow-big-toed feet? A Common Gallinule? Is it related to a Coot? Jenny
Hi Jenny, thank you so much for your lovely comment. The red-beaked bird was a moorhen. They are closely related to coots. Have a super week🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat Thanks for clarifying. Have a super week yourself. Jen
wow, love the fox, badger , squirrel and pheasant, did you film them on a camera trap.
Hi Tessa, yes I put my night camera out and some of Zephyr's dog biscuits as I have heard that badgers like dry dog food. Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment. Have a great weekend🌻🦋
How do you keep your Hair clean and what would you look like with something more manageable, I ask this as someone who was married to a Hairdresser?
I have a shower on my boat and wash my hair once a week. Thank you for your watching, take care🌻🦋
On this trip you went past my last home, my current home and my childhood home all in one video! So nice seeing all these dear places
Wow, all those homes in one cruise. We did cover a lot of miles though! I don’t have a vehicle but my husband keeps his car as he still needs to drive to work sometimes. He has a bike which he uses to cycle back to the car on. Thank you for watching, take care🦋🌻
another cool video love seeing all the birds and wild life PS have you thought doing Jpurnal in E book form just a thought.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Roy. An e Book is a great idea. As soon as I have mastered getting it in print, I’ll have a go. Have a super rest of the week, take care🦋🌻
During summer how do you handle the heat? Do you have air conditioning? Can you put in a window unit?. And During the winter the ice inside on windows, can't you use silicone and go around the windows.
I run several fans with a bowl of cold water in front of them. They are rechargeable fans so they don't hammer the batteries. I have thermal blinds which I close but I leave all air vents and windows open; I also put a wet towel across the stern door so the breeze, if there is one cools the boat through it. I bought a sprinkler this year but didn't need it but basically, it takes canal water and continually pumps it onto the tubing along the roof. Also, I always moor in the shade on a very hot day. Thank you for your question. Take care 🌻🦋
Morning Vanessa. Late on parade this week!! Excellent video and it looked like a bit of a challenge.
I saw the name “Astor Bridge” and before you said it I wondered if it was named after Jeff Astle. S bit of telepathy there!
Lovely shots of the glass works. Did you indulge by buying any?
Have a great week, what’s left of it.Already looking forward to the next episode 👍
Hi Nigel, thank you for your lovely comment. 😊 I didn’t buy any glass as my track record with anything glass on our narrowboat is not good😂 There were some beautiful pieces though. Have a great rest of the week, take care🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat Ah, understood. Have a fun rest of the week and stay warm!!
Filling your water tank has similarities to me trying to fill up our cows tank ie- hose to short ,tractors running over the hose and worse people changing the pipe over so when you get back the cows tank is still empty heigh ho🙁You got some cracking shots on the wildlife cam (more please ?)👍
Oh no, Tony! You have to go through that on a regular basis- I feel your pain. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a great weekend.🦋🌻