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Hi Alan Im not sure what a mummy bag is? Is it like a sleeping bag. Your little room is going well. Looking forward to your Ashby trip if weather is better. 20.23 😊

Two hot water bottles (the furry ones are the best), two duvets and the cat and you'll be as warm as toast all night.

Another pleasant production, thank you.

Hi Alan I think our little boat wants a good clean when we get back, it looks like your boat green, i gather Sawley marina has got high water up to the pontoons. 😢 You have been doing a grand job with your little room. Good old Wickes.! 😊 14.43

Just an fyi - if you place your pins from right to left rather than north to south you can sew straight over them then remove after it’s completed. Makes the job much quicker :)

Hi Alan It looks a lovely big area for your caravan and Sandy to run around. 😊 13.43

Yes footage can be a real problem when you are a one man production. I try to really only film things once (if I can help it) and only what I'm sure I am going to use. So easy to end up with way too much footage which can really slow you down. Sometimes in the edit, the more you cut the better it gets :)

Happy New Year to you both! It great that you have done a recap on your trips. See you back on the Swamp Duck. 😊 16.32

Happy Christmas Alan & Steve, looking forward to your trips out next year! We have escaped to a sunny place. 😊 14.22

Have a good one you two.

Happy Christmas to you both - looking forward to seeing your adventures in 2025 sending regards

Happy Christmas

Many thanks for this Alan, I’ve only just by chance seen your comment on FB, so very sorry for the delay, I have now responded to you. Have a lovely Christmas 🤠🎄

I miss my little boat

Hi thanks glad you are enjoying them. Like you when I was looking for cruiser vlogs I struggled as there are very few. With regard to live aboards on grps there is one site that I followed. The guy has since stopped posting but his stuff is useful however the language is a bit colourful at times! It is called Aussie Boater. He also started a facebook group called The Yogurt Pots which I think is still going and there was an off shoot group called yoghurt pots r us. I will check through some more sites I have followed for you.

Not sure about the AI !

Hi mate. Recently found your channel and subbed. Enjoying your videos. I'm hoping to get a cruiser soon for next year. Struggling to find GRP channels on TH-cam. Can you recommend any..? Particularly live aboards. Thanks

I'm on jetty B, nice clean boat

Hi Alan The dash looks good now, and the vent . The plate which is a bit of boat history. Good tip about the can of air as that happened to us and alarms came on. You have been busy with jobs. We have to give our boat a wash she's going green. 😢 Enjoying your tips. 😊 13.46

Nice job with the brass plate.

Nice job

Hi Alan The Ashby does look high, you did pick a nice day to start with. Your varnishing will look better and make it ligher inside.😊18.00

Hi Alan It was a good tip with hose to clear your engine and tell tale, we had the same problem with our boat its alarm went off and we stopped and we had some nice man with a hose at a very posh house to help us. 👍 😊 to go on our travels. 17.00

Witam,mam ten model lodzi samodzielnie ja wyremontowalem od podstaw,zostawiłem tylko skarupe reszta zrobiona od nowa.Obecnie pływam nią za co mi się odwdziecza przyjemnoscia plywania.

Well done. Greetings from Jetty b

Hi yes it can be tricky sharing locks. If there is a ladder towards the back and the boat you are sharing with is about 45 ft or less it can be ok so long as a steel boat has a centre line on to stop it drifting and the paddles are opened slowly, but I much prefer the single locks or to be on our own. Alan 😊

Hi Alan Yes we have been in a lock with 3 cabin cruisers, which i have not seen before, it took some doing, we like your boat are small. 😊 Some narrow boats don't like going with us either, not a problem. Love the cafe boat. Looks like you speeding along with the wind. 14.20

Thanks for the Gastro tips ,the ships rations didn’t look too bad 😊Don’t blame you for wanting to do the locks singly,always a worry with steel boats.

Hi Alan Your second video of Leicester looked very scenic, i think been in foxton locks a long time ago in a hired boat. Not done it in our little boat yet. Not another poorly boat its sad seeing them. 😊 15.25

It’s probably best done either side of the school holidays. We’ve done the journey four times now. Never moored overnight as yet. The Leicestershire Countryside south of the city is beautiful as you will see in the next video. Thanks for your comments, keep them coming I do appreciate your feedback . Alan ❤ 8:24

Hi Alan Your trip to Leicester looks ok, we have not been all the way in our little boat yet. Perhaps next year now. Thanks for video given us a view of what to see. 😊 18.55

Looking forward to it.

Hello Alan, Just a note to say how much I enjoyed this episode of your vblog. Life affirming is what it is. Our yoghurt pot journey is just beginning. We are purchasing a Viking 26' centre cockpit (in rough condition). So, we will be glued to your channel.

Hi Alan & Steve , I hope you are both well, just watched this vlog as I do all of them, have to say this is one of the best you have done, loved the bit of you going up the Soar with the lovely song playing, (summer love) I need to get the same work done to my boat. Engine service and anti fouling, I am moored at Redhill Marina and would be very interested in the cost where you went, my Engine is a 15hp Suzuki and boat is 20ft so very similar to the Swamp Duck. Please keep the vlogs coming.

Hi Alan Glad to see you on your boat again going to places we like too. Going up the trent and mersey to fradley then on to great haywood. We did Loughborough. Saw radcliffe lock with all the equipment they need. Enjoying your videos. 😊 18.48

Hi, I'm new to your channel. Really like your videos. I'm intrigued at the reference to the Lisbon House? Could you clarify...are you in the UK? Cheers 🍷🍷

Thank you it’s a great finishing touch.

Nice to see the Relcraft logo on show! Lovely job.

A Dandy was my first boat in 1990, I now CC on my 56ft narrowboat

How are you getting on with the Tohatsu? I've have a 20 hp on my fishing boat and have been really pleased with it. Very economic.

I thoroughly enjoyed the train. It was a very enjoyable weekend. I hope you were enjoying yourselves too. Alan

Hi Alan Hope you enjoyed your train journey and the scenery. See you back on board.! 13.10

It was a longish day took about 7 hours that day. Some of the Oxford canal is very remote.

Hi Alan The oxford canal looks lovely, wow all those locks, how long did it take you.? 15.35 Sun.

Hi Alan Your trip on the Derwent looks great. I used to sing in a choir but not as grand as that. We have just come back from the river Soar now the lock is fixed. 😊 18.00

Alan , good video sir, and definitely something I’ll need to think about soon, I like the idea of sending the old as a template and doing some of the work yourself as it will save money and of course give me some diy content for me to show so thanks… Send us some shots of your boat I’d love to put her on the channel at the end dear boy 😎👍

Looks like a great adventure and awesome dog! We are getting ready to start our own adventure with our pups so we love watching other boaters with dogs. Keep posting!!

Hi Alan It looks like Sandy is having a pawsome time! A real boating dog. 19.23 PJ

ENJOYABLE VIDEO, ENOY THE CUT MATE,

Hi Alan It looks like you have been very busy getting your boat ready for the safety check. Looked very nice your trip out. We are at Loughborough near the basin where we had a chat with you. See you soon. 😊 19.30