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Stans Happy Hour - Diary of an Urban Grandad
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 9 ธ.ค. 2018
Normally, I post films about narrowboat holidays and canal walks.
But.
I'm not going on many Narrowboat holidays right now. So I'm posting films of myself out and about, made on my phone. (So they're a bit slapdash. Sorry.)
If you want to see films when they are posted - just hit the SUBSCRIBE button and the bell button next to it.
If you want to read my daily blog - it's here ... stancullimore.substack.com/cheers
Stan
But.
I'm not going on many Narrowboat holidays right now. So I'm posting films of myself out and about, made on my phone. (So they're a bit slapdash. Sorry.)
If you want to see films when they are posted - just hit the SUBSCRIBE button and the bell button next to it.
If you want to read my daily blog - it's here ... stancullimore.substack.com/cheers
Stan
Norfolk Broads Adventure: Stunning Hired Boat Journey
#NorfolkBroadsBoatHire, #BoatTripNorfolkBroads, #ExploringNorfolk
Welcome to my channel: th-cam.com/users/StansHappyHour
For this film, we thought we'd try a week on a different kind of boat - a sleek cruiser on the Norfol Broads. And it was amazing.
I used to be an 80s music popstar, now I'm a waterways enthusiast, with a thing for canal boats, canal boat holidays, canal walks, river walks and discovering the gorgeous English countryside.
Thirty years ago, I was in the band The Housemartins, with my talented friends Paul Heaton, Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) and Hugh Whittaker. We had chart success with songs like Happy Hour, Caravan of Love, Build and Me And The Farmer.
But that was then. These days, my happy hours consist of family time - and making films about the UK's amazing waterways. Either on foot or at the tiller of a narrowboat. I love canals, canal boats and canal boat holidays, making films about my time on or near the water. I also love to take English countryside walks alongside rivers and canals.
Usually with my havanese puppy Rufus or my son's dog Foggy. I talk sometimes, Rufus and Foggy don't. But we always have fun and we'd love you to join us - just hit the SUBSCRIBE button (please!)
Welcome to my channel: th-cam.com/users/StansHappyHour
For this film, we thought we'd try a week on a different kind of boat - a sleek cruiser on the Norfol Broads. And it was amazing.
I used to be an 80s music popstar, now I'm a waterways enthusiast, with a thing for canal boats, canal boat holidays, canal walks, river walks and discovering the gorgeous English countryside.
Thirty years ago, I was in the band The Housemartins, with my talented friends Paul Heaton, Norman Cook (aka Fatboy Slim) and Hugh Whittaker. We had chart success with songs like Happy Hour, Caravan of Love, Build and Me And The Farmer.
But that was then. These days, my happy hours consist of family time - and making films about the UK's amazing waterways. Either on foot or at the tiller of a narrowboat. I love canals, canal boats and canal boat holidays, making films about my time on or near the water. I also love to take English countryside walks alongside rivers and canals.
Usually with my havanese puppy Rufus or my son's dog Foggy. I talk sometimes, Rufus and Foggy don't. But we always have fun and we'd love you to join us - just hit the SUBSCRIBE button (please!)
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Inside the ultimate UK holiday home with its own yoga room and vinyl collection
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I booked the Gatehouse, Folkestone Farmyard, through Airbnb. This is a tour of the property - which is AMAZING.. To read about my stay please visit my blog stancullimore.substack.com/ #LuxuryHolidayHome #PembrokeshireRetreat #HolidayHomeTour
Widebeam wins! Inside our only repeat choice for a canal boat holiday
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Only one canal boat we've booked has made us want to replay the whole experience and book it again - and this is it. The music is Mike's remix of Are You Mine by our talented friend Seb Hawley. Here's a link to the original on Spotify: open.spotify.com/track/2g4Cpc0PbHizrazpvFR2QK?si=Jshh6ucUSpCn_GKJIS0BOQ Welcome to my channel: th-cam.com/users/StansHappyHour I used to be an 80s music popstar,...
Why I'm making these new films...
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making this films because I'm not going on a boat trip for a few weeks. My daily blog has more details ... stancullimore.substack.com/
Daily Blog - update
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click below to read my daily blog - Diary of an Urban Grandad stancullimore.substack.com/
Telephone Box
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@StansHappyHour to check out my blog ... stancullimore.substack.com/
I've started a blog!
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My first blog is now up on Substack. "Diary of an Urban Grandad" If you fancy checking it out ... here's a link stancullimore.substack.com/ I'll also put the link in the comments below. If that all fails, you can just Google; Diary of an Urban Grandad. Hope to see you over there (and do please comment if you DO read any of it.) cheers Stan
Riverside Cabins - Shropshire
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Review of Riverside Cabins, Ruyton XI Towns. Look around a cabin with hot tub (very nice), go on a stroll through the Shropshire scenery (also very nice) to the local cafe (mmm... very nice too). Along the way, you meet our motorbikes. (Very lovely.) ps. this is where we stayed ... www.riverside-cabins.co.uk/
Goodbye Mabel
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Welcome to my channel: th-cam.com/users/StansHappyHour Here's the film of our latest narrowboat holiday. It's a tribute to my mini schnauzer Mabel, who we recently sadly lost. I used to be an 80s music popstar, now I'm a waterways enthusiast, with a thing for canal boats, canal boat holidays, canal walks, river walks and discovering the gorgeous English countryside. Thirty years ago, I was in t...
Renter meets real boater. A week crewing on the Narrowboat Sessions boat.
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Welcome to my channel: th-cam.com/users/StansHappyHour I've just spent a week crewing for Mark, the amazing bloke who has recorded more than 1,000 musicians - including me - on his narrowboat. If you want to hear the bands featured in the film, you can do so here at Mark's channel - th-cam.com/channels/llSH2nzwspSEVqJVSORv3A.html. I used to be an 80s music popstar, now I'm a waterways enthusias...
Join me on a luxury widebeam with a difference
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TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 Arriving 00:23 A Sneak Peek 00:57 Welcome to Widebeam Luxury 04:52 Tour of the Boat 05:32 Day Two 07:42 A Swim and Home Welcome to my channel: th-cam.com/users/StansHappyHour My second widebeam experience, and it was definitely different. And very lovely. I used to be an 80s music popstar, now I'm a waterways enthusiast, with a thing for canal boats, canal boat holidays, canal...
Diary of an urban grandad #2
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time to make decision about the future of this channel
Our first widebeam rental! Includes a boat tour.
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Welcome aboard for our first widebeam holiday. Join us as we navigate the Leeds Liverpool Canal. Welcome to my channel: th-cam.com/users/StansHappyHour I used to be an 80s music popstar, now I'm a waterways enthusiast, with a thing for canal boats, canal boat holidays, canal walks, river walks and discovering the gorgeous English countryside. Thirty years ago, I was in the band The Housemartins...
Relax and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the Warwickshire canals.
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Welcome to my channel: th-cam.com/users/StansHappyHour A new year and a new boating holiday - this time from the Stratford Canal to the Grand Union with my son Robin and friend Mike (who makes the films). Mabel and Robin's dog Foggy joined us, too. And, considering it was pretty cold, we had a lovely time. I used to be an 80s music popstar, now I'm a waterways enthusiast, with a thing for canal...
Saying goodbye to the beautiful River Thames
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Saying goodbye to the beautiful River Thames
We had the River Thames to ourselves on our narrowboat holiday
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We had the River Thames to ourselves on our narrowboat holiday
At last! We've booked another narrowboat holiday!
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At last! We've booked another narrowboat holiday!
We've written a song about how great narrowboat holidays are
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We've written a song about how great narrowboat holidays are
Amazing narrowboat holiday on The Shropshire Union Canal: Part 2
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Amazing narrowboat holiday on The Shropshire Union Canal: Part 2
Relaxing calmness of a narrowboat holiday on "The Shroppie"
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Relaxing calmness of a narrowboat holiday on "The Shroppie"
BarkLife #5: Exploring a watery park with an unruly special guest!
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BarkLife #5: Exploring a watery park with an unruly special guest!
It's great to be back on the Kennet & Avon Canal
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It's great to be back on the Kennet & Avon Canal
#4: The best-ever bench plaque ends a precarious dog walk.
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#4: The best-ever bench plaque ends a precarious dog walk.
BarkLife #3: Check out the view from this friendly Bristol park
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BarkLife #3: Check out the view from this friendly Bristol park
BARKLIFE: #1 Exploring Britain's oldest park
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BARKLIFE: #1 Exploring Britain's oldest park
Navigating rivers on our narrowboat holiday was joyous
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Navigating rivers on our narrowboat holiday was joyous
How to steer your rental holiday narrowboat
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How to steer your rental holiday narrowboat
When a boat has this layout what’s it called as I prefer it to the reverse layout
not sure. Centre cockpit cruiser, maybe?
I loved your video. I've been searching for a canal route that isn't over-touristed (like Llangollan) and I've enjoyed following you on your journey on the Leeds Liverpool Canal. It looks lovely. I've also enjoyed understanding the differences between the narrowboat and the widebeam. Cheers Stan!
Thanks. Glad you enjoyed it!
From Herbert Woods in Wroxham you must have passed through Breydon Water to get get to Loddon..........now you must be going back??
You keep enthusiastically enjoying life, Stan. Good for you. What’s wrong with all you other people and your petty, snippy comments. 🇦🇺
Yep, reckon that's what we should try and do, enthusiastically enjoy life. Great phrase. Might have to steal it!
Glad you loved the Broads, they are magical. Lovely looking video, but very confusing the way video clips from different parts of the Broads north and south were pieced together. Given the character of the northern and southern broads are so different, you missed an opportunity to distinguish between them. By the way you weren’t approaching Rockland Broad @ 10.25, you were going up Upton Dyke (northern broads). Then the next bit you jumped back to Reedham (southern broads). Good advice about the low bridges and tides.
Thanks for the feedback. I’m sure you’re right about Upton, it was hard to work out where we’d been when it came to editing the video. Sorry about the clip confusion. Our videos aren’t usually a chronological linear record of our trips - mainly because Mike is really bad at remembering which clips relate to which place 😂. But we hope we gave a good overall account of what is a beautiful place.
My favourite place 😊
Great video of a relaxing trip. Are you sure that was Rockland St. Mary? It looked very much like Upton... If so make sure to use public mooring at end on the left, as all those on the right as you enter are private mooring. It's a lovely spot to stay.
Fab video. I'm going myself in 10 more 😴. So looking forward to it
enjoy!
Great to see you back Stan and back on the water. You’ve been missed big time. The broads are lovely. Hopefully you’ll come down to the fens sometime.
The Fens are definitely on my boat bucket list...
@@StansHappyHour that’s cool!👍
Lovely vlog Stan and scenery from what has been my home for last 16 years. Having my OAP bus pass means i get to travel all over and love the areas of Loddon and Beccles. Plenty of subjects for my camera all over the Norfolk County and neighbouring areas. Look forward to more of your travels and adventures.
Thanks for that. Glad you enjoyed it. It really it a very lovely part of the world.
Great to see you Stan, fantastic video with amazing scenery and wonderful tranquil music, thoroughly enjoyed that 🙌 take care mate you and the crew 💙💙🐶✊
Glad you enjoyed it. Cheers👍
Fabulous! Great boat and lovely scenery.
Lovely to see you back on the water again.
Quality over quantity and you haven't disappointed ❤
Just love your energy. Don’t stop being you! And if people don’t like you they find another Chanel they like❤️👍🏾
I'm a bit late to this, but looks lovely. Pity about the other accusatory commenter, but the pompous tone as they slam their imaginary door, demanding 'wit and whimsy' is very funny. I hope it hasn't put you off uploading though.
Thank you.
How has this fabulous channel not got a million subscribers. Just a gem.🙂
we try to upset the YT algorithm on a regular basis ... that keeps the subscribers away😁
@@StansHappyHour 🤦🏻♂️😂
Absolutely brilliant video. I subscribed straight away. Have a bad day, just watch this, and I bet you will feel so much better for doing so.😊
thanks, Chris
That looks like a good time wrapped in beautiful scenery. Nice work.
Whats the length of the boat please?
Your channel has become a disastrous, boastful, advertising exercise. It’s not why I come here - and I won’t be back unless you wake your ideas up.
well - if that's what you think, that's fair enough. Each to their own and all that. I did make a short film recently explaining WHY we've changed the sort of films we make - and how we make them. But if they're not for you - that's fair enough. All the best Stan
@@StansHappyHour Wit and whimsy, please. Not websites.
@@eyelevelxyz6088 youtube is a website...
What a lovely little place.
Lovely boat, what is the beam & length?
Bear with my ignorance please, but when you hire these boats do you have to clock up certain hours of lessons on how to operate the boat, and are there river/canal rules?
Thanks for your comment. No hours required. The boat company gives you a quick crash (not that kind) course and then you’re off. It’s not difficult and you pick up steering and locks as you go along. Everything is a lot easier at 3mph! Funnily enough, I’ll be posting a film on this very subject in the next week or so.
Great vlog , great music, and great scenery. Thanks
@@andreaamer1183 glad you enjoyed it. Always good to hear!
Ohh, just the sort of break I need right now. Thanks.
You’re welcome!
I enjoy all your cinematic exploits!
thanks! Much appreciated.
Great little video Stan it’s always wonderful to see and hear you no matter what the subject 👍 as a Mod and scooter rider I’d like to see a bit more of you’re bike 🏍️ now that would be good, anyway enjoy you’re day and safe riding from a long time fan of yours ✊🛵✊
Thanks 👍 much appreciated. Loved my time riding scooters - no doubt they'll be back at some point. Safe travels to you too.
Love the videos and the blog 😁😁😁 and yes moving house is a giant pain lol
isn't it just!
Well we like them Stan. Bike looks cool too. Glad you have some boat trips lined up. Will look forward to watching them! I wonder if you’ll ever come down the Fens on a hire boat! 🤔🤞😜
Thanks. As for the Fens ... went on a boat from Cambridge to Ely and around. Loved it - must do it again some time - does that count as the Fens?
@@StansHappyHour yes. All Part of the Fens. Fox Narrowboats hire from March marina which is on the Middle Level and Black prince from Ely. All rivers connect up. And up to the Nene then onto the canal network!👍
@@caz-nbgalatea1528 yep - definitely want to do that agian some time!
@@StansHappyHour cool. May see you down there sometime. We’ll be moored in fox’s marina in March from April. We hired their boats before buying. Highly recommend 👍
Love the videos and subscribe to the blog(glad you’ve got your gloves). I say keep the videos coming. The wife and i had a walk up Glastonbury Tor today after watching your video.Take care.
Thanks - and great to hear you had a stroll inspired by our video. Always like that part of the world!
Good bye Mabel, run free :-(
Hi Stan…I hate wasting food… so I normally grate my rind up with the rest of the cheese!! Happy days!!!
perfect use of rind. Top marks!
I hope YOU have a wonderful day
cheers!
Yorkshire before you meet scotland !!!!!!! i think you forgot Durham and Northumberland a distance of 200 plus miles. i know your excited but christ know your geography
Is it ,,10 ft or 12 ft wide ?
I think Rufus was a bit miffed that there's no Dog section in the Library.
He much prefers bite sized books...
Thanks for your reply Stan, made me very yappy.@@StansHappyHour
Great attitude there fella
Stan the man from The Fish City Five
Yup. That's me 👍
I’ve just read it and it’s great. I’m not a reader really… now a podcast is more my type of thing and would def listen to it if you decide to go down that path!!! Hope You’re still going to make vlogs as love them… especially the nb ones!🙏🙏
I would like to do a podcast on substack. Have to wait and see how things progress first. Finding the technology needed to write a blog tricky enough. 😅
@@StansHappyHour will keep fingers crossed!🤞🤞😜
HA!
All thanks to YOUR comment on Substack, Patrick. Hope you don't mind, I'm writing a piece about your comment too!
@@StansHappyHour Brilliant! Not at all, not at all. Hope it helps.
stancullimore.substack.com/
My friends and I have been on that very boat a couple of times, except there were six of us and your double bed converts into two separate single bunk beds about 2 ft wide! Now that makes for a smelly morning! We've always gone up to Gargrave rather than through thr Bingley five rise - Saltaire looks incredible from the water. I'm jonesing for another holiday now. Btw, the Lancaster Canal has a widebeam rental too, not quite as wide as the Silsden boats. Also well worth a visit.
Cheers for the heads up about the Lancaster Canal Widebeams. They look great, but their boats are too small for a bunch of blokes. Sigh. Maybe one day...
Great video you have an excellent presenting style .
how much does the wide beam restrict your waterway access. IE: locks ect ???
Loads of space in there .. lovely.. Just a quick one.. How much of the network is inaccessible to Wide beams??
Looks brilliant - I must go there!
I loved it!
Brilliant! Not only did you start your substack, you`re also back here. Hope to see you back soon. On a boat, on a bike, in a cabin… whatever it may be.
thanks, Patrick!
Awww good to see you back Stan. You’ve been missed. Funny….. was strolling though my you tube folks last night and said to other half I miss your vlogs! One to watch later. Hoping more to come. 🙏👍🤞
Thanks for the thought - hope you enjoy this one!
@@StansHappyHour just watched it Stan. You didn’t disappoint! Maybe not the nb but cabins looks amazing and our other passion…… bikes….. faboulous.
@@caz-nbgalatea1528 need to find a way to film more of the bikes...
@@StansHappyHour def. Try an i360 camera.
Gorgeous!! Thank you 🍁❄️☀️
You are very welcome 😁
Nice to see you back 👍
thanks!😍