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I've screen shot this 🤣 so I've got it in my camera roll to use. Thank you 😉😊

Ernie says 'your welcome Robin' 🐾🐾

Oh no, sorry Jan 😉😊

Watching football as Ernie is shouting 'Rubbish' across to you 🤣🤣😊

Glad you enjoyed it😊😊

Thanks for watching Trevor 😊

Thanks for watching 😊

Honeslty Rob I might have been there a long time if I wasn't embarrassingly told I was pushing it the wrong way..I was putting all my might in to it 🤣🤣😊

Thanks Edward. Glad you enjoyed 😊

Hi there Lisa from Tennessee. Thanks so much for watching and glad to hear that you enjoy the vlogs. I used to be able to sit in the sun all day a year or so ago but now I'm with you and Ernie too and like to find some shade 😊

Good idea with the sanded chevrons for grip on the plank. I've not even started that job yet if I'm honest...I'll get round to it one day 🤣😊

Hi Sandra, yes it's great for a little dog outing as they can walk the field to where the sculpture is. Also I think they do doggie ice cream too 😉😊

It didn't last long, it rained the following day 🤣😊

Thanks for the video,guys. It makes my week. So nice to see Ernie having fun.His body language says happy and very content. Things here are improving slowly. Looking forward to your next video. Stay cool, stay safe.

Was it really, that's amazing, true craftsmanship there. 😊

@@uponreflection I panicked there thinking I was wrong, but no, made from a pair of old lock gates: The sculpture, in wood and iron is by John Merrill and Julian Taylor. It was made from material salvaged from old lock gates. It is one of several sculptures celebrating the restoration work carried out to the Nantwich Embankment. The others are smaller, and were made by Nantwich students.

@SLOWLYdoesit1 ​ thats great to find out, thank you so much. Yes we saw a few of the other sculptures like you say a lot smaller than the horse but all as equally brilliant. 😊

Sorry this was real early days for us and recording and we weren't wearing microphones..😮

Nantwich is lovely place and we did explore but didn't always film, we definitely want to revisit it for sure as no doubt we missed parts. We must have walked the long way as it took us a good 25mins to get to the town part 🤣 we must have gone around the block and travelled in circles 🤣🤣We actually went to snugburys (that's in next week's vlog) we didn't go to the bunker although saw signs to it, but wasnt sure if Ernie would be allowed as we don't leave him on the boat alone.

Bless you, thank you so much for watching every week 😍😁

Thank you glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting 😀

Thanks for watching 😊

Luckily for me, Paul hasn't watched much football and when he has I've been editing or he's been to pub to watch so I haven't been too disturbed by the euros 🤣😄

🤣🤣 that's made me chuckle..Good Times Paul says 😉😊

🤣🤣 2 days my arm tingled still🤣🤣

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@LisaSaunders-k7o hi Lisa, John and of course the dogs...exciting times ahead for you then, its a fabulous life and one we don't regret one bit 😊

@@uponreflection we are so excited and I am also a bit scared about being cold in the winter 🥶 just can’t wait for the house to sell to start our new adventure!! Life is too short for regrets. Thank you for replying and can’t wait to meet you both one day as you crack me up as you are so so laid back 😜🥰

@LisaSaunders-k7o thank you so much for the coffees we really appreciate it. Please don't worry about being cold in winter, it really isn't that bad. You have the fire going 24/7 so it's constantly toasty on the boat...its spring that's colder as you begin to not have fire on and when the temperatures drop in the evenings it catches you out sometimes. I can honestly say I wasn't cold once in the boat in winter...in fact winter is my favourite season on the canals. Hopefully see you out on the cut one day. Good luck with the house sale 😊

Thanks Lizzy, see you next week 😊

@Cheekymonkey1 thank you David 😊

Argh bless your little Frenchie. Thanks for watching and we are glad to hear that you enjoyed the video. 😀

Who'd have thought that Ernie would be making friends with a human dressed as a cow 🤣 I have attempted to video some of my art but every time I do I don't like the artwork so one day maybe 😊 thanks for joining us again Eric 😊

@@uponreflection we are waiting for your art work to appear and feature more. It seems there isn’t anything you can’t do!

@tteric67 bless you 😊 I will show some some day I promise 😀

@@uponreflection email is a possibility too … 👍

I will record the next time I get my brushes out 😊

Hi Andrea, those bendy parts were quite tricky to manouvre but proud that I did it. That dismount from the horse could have ended with a trip to a&e 🤣 hope you have had a good week 😀

@@uponreflection *Morena Captain Liz 🙂 There is no stopping you at the tiller now.... next up is doing the locks... you can do it 🙂 Yeah I thought Paul would slide down and thought ouchie all them splinters that would have to be pulled out...! Then I reckon he had second thoughts but it was a still a OUCH dismount. lol 🙂 Hey my shower unit has finally arrived and I am picking it up Sunday.🙂You, Paul & young Ernie also have a fabulous week too 🙂.*

@andreacrashe9894 woohooo finally arrival of the shower unit, now they'll be no stopping you. I will do a lock but we are still going down in locks at the moment and you have to be very careful with the big cills at the back. I'm waiting until we travel up a canal so I can have a go at them. 😀

@@uponreflection *I shall be looking forward to seeing you navigating a lock sometime in the near future 🙂 Yep just still waiting on the two quotes to arrive.... and then hopefully it won't be too long before all work can begin.... watch this space 🙂.*

Thanks for watching Carol 😊

Ha ha ha you can't win them all 🤣 Ernie is living a dogs dream life , but all good things generally have a catch and the catch of him living his best life is having us two with him 🤣🤣😊

Initially my answer to this was a no...but actually upon googling I found some information stating that very few narrowboats used sails. Cuckoos used them on the River Trent when navigating up to Torksey Lock to access the Fossdyke in order to reach Lincoln and even Boston, so I stand corrected.😉😊

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Hi there, no limitations really with finding groceries as we still have a car so we usually drive 20-30mins to a nearby supermarket but I can imagine this being a different story if you didn't have a car. Cooking is very similar really as we have quite a large kitchen for a narrowboat so have plenty of worktop space, storage wise I'd say is the only real difference, storing less tinned and dry foods due to lack of storage. But other than that it's pretty much the same as in a house 😊

Exactly Roger, if we don't know about it then it's bot worth knowing about really is it. 😉😊

@@uponreflection We hardly turn on the TV anymore. We also started a nightly routine a few months ago where we turn off the TV, computer.... and spend the last few hours before bed putting puzzles together. Yeah, I know, makes us sound old but, guess what, we are! 😁 It has been a BIG help with falling asleep. If things go south over here in November (election time), I may sell everything and move over to the UK and seek asylum! 😨 Can you tell were just a little bit worried?? 🤣😂 Sorry for the rant... 😜

@rogerr1296 that's a really good thing to do before bed, calms and relaxes the mind..bet you get a much better sleep since you started doing that. Fingers crossed for your November election 😊

Thanks John, glad you enjoyed it. 😊

We've had our summer Simon, it was a couple of day's back, remember those 3 dry lovely warm days we had 🤣🤣 Couldn't agree more about not worrying about life outside the canals. Thanks for watching and commenting again and see you here next week 😀

Oh wow, did I catch it on the drone or as we passed from the boat?😊

Thanks Lee, glad you enjoyed 😊

Thanks for joining us again and glad you enjoyed 😊

You're welcome Rob, have a good week, see you here next week 😀

Honestly we put it on every 10days or so just to catch up..After about 15mins they just repeat everything they already said. I find out more from tiktok 🤣😊

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Another great vlog, Wednesday is now my favourite day of the week🥳. I never watch tv, it sits up the corner collecting dust. My iPad is my entertainment when I need it. Paul on the horse was magic.

Argh that's lovely, we are so glad that you enjoy our videos and love having you along with us on our adventures 😀

Shame we didn't know you were going g to be so near us we could have meet you for a coffee. Did you see any boats that you liked? 😊

@@uponreflection Saw one in Aquaduct called rusty Nail the engine was knocking it's brains out venetian only has trad sterns at the mo so i'll keep looking :)

Rusty nail, I like that name. Shame about the engine noise, although remember back when we got our boat and our engine pretty much blew up during survey 🤭 could maybe do a deal with the marina to get a recon engine incorporated into the sale 😉

Thanks Gary, that turning I'm sure catches a few people out. We filmed your poem from last week and is in the edit stage so week after next it will delight your screens. I probably didn't do it justice as I read it out though. Hope you have a good week 😊

That's really great, it will be nice to hear ❤ My parents moved to Scotland when I was a baby but I was actually born in Middlewich. I very vaguely remember seeing canals when I was a baby and I think the UK is all the more great for having them. Have a nice week guys 😍

Hi Mark, funny you should day that as its coming up to a year living aboard I was going to do a special vlog to celebrate so I went back over our older vlogs..I'm not doing it now as it was quite a lot of work involved but I notice how the editing style has changed over the course, is that what you mean or did you mean we've changed as people? Paul says he doesn't really miss his bike thing he prefers the slower side of life these days 😉😊

Sorry Liz, I should have been more specific. I meant that you two have changed as people. You come across much more relaxed and easy going. I can appreciate the stress of starting up a new series and all, but it's more than that. Boat life definitely agrees with you three. Mark Alberta, Canada@@uponreflection

@markrant1460 argh thanks Mark. I'd say I'm definitely a lot more chilled these days, I don't let the little things bother me as they used to and Paul has less rants I suppose but then again, he's not really doing a lot to rant about 🤣🤣😊

Hi there Trevor, those drawers worked out perfectly, I got so excited when I actually found something that would fit the dimensions of the boat and where Paul suggested I put them worked out so well. My art supplies are all neatly tucked away now 😉😊

Thanks so much for continuing to join us on our adventures weekly. We really do appreciate it and we love to hear that you enjoy them 😊

Thanks Colin, glad you enjoyed 😊