We Swapped CANAL Life for RIVER Life | Ep. 19
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ส.ค. 2020
- Join us for the first two days on the river Thames. We took our home on the river for the first time and wanted to capture it thoroughly. We were pleasantly surprised by how little current there was and how easy it was to find a mooring. This stretch of the Thames is non-tidal and thanks to the lock and weir system the flow is very gentle. Surely it will be different in the winter but in the summer it’s a breeze.
We’ve been dreaming of going on the Thames since last year but felt a little nervous. Then we were going to join the river this March before the lockdown but our engine wasn’t very well, there were flood warnings in some stretches and we didn’t feel it was the right time. That was definitely a smart choice. If you are thinking of doing the Thames, we definitely recommend starting in Oxford.
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yes you do, but mostly when you go on the tidal bit of the river.
Marina...she’s lovely but bridges, dingy, mallets and go pros...all at risk of danger when she’s in charge.Myles has so much patience 😇😂😂😂 love the adventures and vids. Thank you love u both! Thank you 😊
You rock glad you found the camera I sure enjoy following you guys so happy and positive you guys make my day 👍❤️
Well done Miles for getting the go pro. Poor Marina, time for a rest stop x
Watching this beautiful vid was like moving through a painting. Being on a river seems to offer a lot of freedom. Miles was certainly a hero in the lock. 🤩Thank goodness he only came back out with the gopro! 😂.......what lies beneath!!
Great video, so nice to watch younger folk enjoying cruising . Makes a change from the old uns bar Foxes.
At times the video resembled paintings...great work!
Thank you Maryjane! Cheers! 💜 xx
Really enjoying your channel here in the states. So relaxing and beautiful. Thanks for sharing. April and Jesse
Our pleasure! Thanks so much! So glad you are enjoying our films 💜
I am from Washington State here in the USA
The land changes so fast next to the sky.
Fab video thank you! 💜
Great video, great music.
I love your vlogs, thank you so much. Yes I have done the Thames but not in a Narrowboat many many years ago. I live in Texas right now but I really hope to return to the UK and live aboard a Narrowboat, this year if all goes well.
I loved the birds in tall grass, so funny. You've become my favorite narrowboat channel. I so look forward to your vlogs, and am sorry to hear about Miles' having to return to the office.
Thanks Jim, thats so lovely to hear!
Accidents are a part of life.I haven't met anyone perfect yet.
Alba is beautiful, thanks for letting me cruise with you😊
Wow another great video? Yes we have been on the Thames we owned a boat called the Sun Princess at Sudbury on the Thames loved the locks most are done for you but upstream you do them your self still much easier than canals handle to wind ouch? the Thames just spin the wheel he he we do miss our boats we had two. Best wishes Ken and Christine.
First time on your channel. You have stunning shots. Great cinematography.
Thanks so much! So glad you are enjoying our films 💜
Another fantastic vlog and the reflection of the clouds in the water was just wonderful. Marina sending you positive vibes for better luck next month 🤞. The peg, ahh it’s like opening the lid on a jar, Marina loosened the peg and Miles finished it off 😂👍. Have a great week.
Another wonderful vlog enjoyed every minute take care both of you and thankyou
Thank you! You too!
Beautiful vlog and stunning scenery. Hope your luck improves Marina lol. Stay safe and well xx
Sorry Miles we love you too but we are always going to say it was the lovely Marina who did all the hard work getting the pin out. What else would you expect😉. Another great vlog. Stay safe and dry 👍
I loved watching your beautiful vlog! It's the next best to being there! You have such an artful way of capturing what you are seeing. The swimming looked fun! And Miles, your extra dip didn't look too bad. You are always such a good sport. I will look forward to cruising on to Lechlade with you.
Thank you so much!!💜
Love your channel- so chilled, but funny as well. Thanks for posting
LOL! Obviously she did all the work!
Just so peaceful ❤️
lovely scenery and quiet....
Thanks for posting these Videos, we love them and the sound tracks (Music) are so much better than other youtube clips. We will be off the thames and onto the Oxford canal next week.
how lovely, enjoy your trip!
Great episode. I love the Thames.
Good job plus music is good
I like watching these clips late at night its relaxing and can send me to sleep peacefully, I also like it when Marina knocks things like a camera into the water for Miles to go fetch, really funny keep it up.
😂 So glad you like them, have a lovely day! 💜 Marina
Wow! What a life!
Thanks for the great video :-)
So glad you enjoyed it Heather! 💜 Big hugs xx
Aww bless you Marina you really aren't having much luck at the moment, but hey Miles proved what a hero he was and truly showed he is worthy of Marina's hand in marriage hehe
Hi both great video has always lotes of love 😊❤️😊
Beautiful vlog so nice 👍 thanks 🙏
Thank you so much 🙂
Such beautiful reflections 💗💙🙋♀️
Thank you Bobbie 💜
This is really a great video. And nice editing too plus the music. More power! ✨
Thank you so much Sachi! So nice of you 💜
Really good video and great editing... thanks for my escape from Florida heat
Glad you enjoyed it Ray! Thank you for watching 💜 Marina
Hi guys another great blog , had to laugh at Miles going for a swim , & how to remove a mooring peg , Marina could we please see your leg tattoo &'??💐💐💝💝
A most moving video! You're videography skills have really improved. Well done and thank you for sharing.
Wow, thank you Michael!
New subscriber, enjoying the content guys, keep it up and most importantly enjoy every mile travelled!
Cheers,
Chris
Hi Chris, thank you so much for watching and subscribing! Welcome 🥰 ❤️
This was a great video. Sorry Miles had to go swimming. Did he find the go pro? Don't worry Marina as I know I have had things happen to me. Many years ago, I had a very nice Minolta camera. I set it on the hood of my car by the windshield, and I was putting my boys in their car seats in the van am I forgot and drove off. Ugh, I was so very sad as I had so many pictures that were so special on it. Now I am talking back about 28 years ago. But it still hurt to loose it. I absolutely love your vlogs. You kids are a breath of fresh air. The scenery is so beautiful. Please keep on doing what you are doing. Hugs from Las Vegas, NV. 💕💕💕
Love the music and the serine views
Thank you millions, that means a lot to us ☺️
You are a lovely couple! And you produce great videos.
Thanks so much Mike! 😊
Marina, you are human and humans make mistakes. I'm sure Miles has made many himself along the way. Be gentle with yourself ❤️
Absolutely stunning episode!!!...I'm really enjoying your journeys....you are a beautiful couple....fantastic music...and energy you both bring to my day....Thankyou...very inspiring...💞
Nice music guys,xx🍺🍺
So glad you are on our wave length Keith, thank you for watching our films 😀 Marina x
Great vlog!! The reflection on the water was stunning, swimming looked like fun, and your dinner looked so damn tasty! Would you mind sharing the recipe??
What work does Miles do at the office? Do you both have employments, or maybe on furlough right now? Another enjoyable presentation, thank you.
........Best of ...
Lovely video, not sure about swimming in the river though! Happy travels from Allan ~~
Hi Allan, thank you for your kind words! So good to know you enjoyed our film! The Thames is safe to swim in, we checked, and lots of people do 💜 Sending you hugs from the river xx
Marina accidents are a part of boating, if you didn't have them then your doing something wrong lol :) I've lost cameras, E-Cigs, even my dinner went into the cut lol :) You are a lovely couple and I enjoy watching your journeys.
Thanks Steven!
Accidents at the beginning of traveling are ok as you learn from them. Not nice to experience but still a learning situation. Now should the SAME mistakes and accidents continue I would be worried Marina.
I like the music :-)
Thank you Brendan! 💜
Oh dear another accident Marina ur having not much luck lately, l bet there was a lot of editing of the go pro incident lol 😂😂. U don't realise how beautiful the water ways are until u see them in ur vlogs. Who sorts out the back ground music as its complements the filming😊. Nice to see u both going for a swim. Have a lovely Bank Holiday weekend and try not to have any more mis haps. Simon 😊
Thank you so much Simon, hope you had a lovely break too! I sort out all of the music as I do the editing 😁 Marina
We will jump into canals to make a pretty girl smile--- even when they drive us crazy!
The part where you guys go swimming you looked like Robin Hood and Maid Marin ! Well you are in Britain !
😂 Hahaha
Hi Marina,,,Miles great video most interesting,sorry Marina you knock the camera in the lock ,was it ok when you got it back I hope so ,,it look great to watch you both in the water swimming,think Miles thought it was cold lol what is he like I did not hear you moan mmmmm well guys take care keep safe till next time ,I love the music by the way ,John 💐🌹🥃🍷🥂
Haha poor old Miles not quite handling the cold hehe, I think i'm right in thinking that you are Russian so it must be them cold winters you are used to lol us Brits aren't quite as tough hehe
I think I saw you in Kingston! 💕
Hey, don't think it was us!
Lovely vlog guys - Oh and Miles, Marina did all the work and it is also your fault that the go-pro fell in the lock (how long have you been in this relationship?:) lolol
New to your channel. We live in South Africa and my wife is British and we are planning to immigrate to the UK and live on a narrow boat. Could you tell me where we can go and look at the boat's on line. Thanks for an awesome video 👍🍺🇿🇦
Hi Gary, thank you for watching! One of the websites we used was apolloduck. Good luck with the move 💜
You missed two great pubs on this stretch. The Trout and The Perch,
Hi Paul, we have been at the Perch, just a bit later 🙂
Love you videos were can you hired one of these boats Iam from Northen ireland
Hiya again..I feel like I should have collected my questions and then ask them...but here's another single question..^^ how do you get our car wherever you are at the moment? I've seen you use it every now and then ..but how does it get there ?? love you videos!
Hey, no worries at all 💜 We move the boat first and then get on electric scooter or a foldy bike and go get the car. Usually we don’t go too far. Both scooter and bike fit in the boot, then we move the car. We only had the car on the K&A and found parking very easy. A little bit of research and google maps work wonders. The car stays in one place for weeks, it’s been fine so far, no regrets!
great video and some of those camara shots with the reflection of the sky are priceless, John in NZ Kia-ora
Thank you once again for taking the time to leave us such a wonderfully thoughtful message John 🥰 It means a lot! We are so grateful to have you in our community 💜
What types of fish and turtles are in the river?
Thats a good question, we know there is lots!
Absolutely beautiful music enjoyed the vlog very much 👌
Thank you so so so much, that's very kind of you!
I was enjoying this until someone mentioned Tofu :P Beautiful scenery.
We love tofu, especially smoked 😂 Glad you are enjoying our films!
Hi Marina and Myles loved the vlog despite the calamities. Cheer up just look on these occurrences as part of life's rich pattern .I guess like most of us you're a little tired of the pandemic and all it has forced on us all.Well back in March when it all started by sheer accident I stumbled upon The Avalon Jazz band and the vivacious singer Tatiana Eva Marie .They normally play French 1930's jazz in the style of Django Rheinhart and Stephan Grapelli She has written a little song about the virus which is a lot of fun....she reminds me of you Marina ,same expressive beauty and sincerity.
Lots more songs on You tube under her name or the band I hope you like.Enjoy.
Cheers Ralph
th-cam.com/video/oj27rZr8ODg/w-d-xo.html
Thank you Ralph for taking the time to watch our films and leave such lovely comments. Wow, how interesting, I will make sure to check her music out, thank you for the suggestion! Marina x
I think you went diving.
You did very well Marian removing the pegs, but lift with your knees not your back
you could do your back permanent damage, I did when I was 14 and at 64 I still said suffer..
I'm not hard ass as might seem,simply use gear as designed; much R&D went into best equipment in ALL of World's Navies
accidents do happen they are result of no attention to details
I thought no one was supposed to go into the canal water because it is so filthy and people only swim in the river because it’s cleaner. I’m not sure just what I’ve heard. The canal is full of trash and bacteria and even cow waste ( poop).
Well, people do fall in, or they drop an item which must be retrieved. So contact with the canal water is inevitable.
But, agreed you wouldn't want to swim voluntarily.
As for "animal" wee then some idle buggers empty their cassettes into the wash or over the side in the dead of night.
In "busy" areas the human pathogens might be quite concentrated. During lockdown the London canals were seen to be almost solid with aquaflora ... you won't need me to explain why. You could Google "eutrophication" ...
However the best disincentive to go into the canal is the rat wee. Rat wee can "carry" Weil's disease or leptospirosis. You really, really don't want that.
(In the rural areas you might find the occasional bloated sheep carcase. Do not under any circumstances prod them away from your boat with your pointy boat hook. If the carcase is floating it's because the methane produced by the internal rotting. Making a hole in the skin might well release the gas ... and a sort of "animal ejecta" which could easily coat your boat and "you" in a soup of rotting animal entrails.
If you have new cuts or scratches then might be a shrewd notion to slap on some of the anti bacterial liquid gel when handing ropes or any item wet from canal water. Or if you have been obliged to get the greenery off the prop.
Mind you the stuff wrapped around your prop could just as likely be a duvet or clothing.
If you're really lucky it could be a mattress. Sometimes a person has an "accident" and no facilities for cleaning said item. No prizes for guessing where the item ends up.
If you fall in and ingest the canal water then it is a good idea to seek medical advice via telephone and follow instructions. Do this sooner rather than later.
Plus another good idea is to change clothing and a hot shower as soon as.
The above dangers in a flowing river might be slightly less, but are you going to risk swimming? Could be a rusty shopping trolley or rusty metal or barbed wire.
Definitely not me.
Ok...but drop the "off grid" intro...you ain't off grid .... Diesel, water, propane and toilet dumps....you're actually more in need of the grid than a flat dweller. I spent 2 years in a motorhome....and it sure isn't off grid !
Hey, thank you for your comment. There are many definitions of "off-grid",one of which is not being connected to water, electricity and waste collection, which is the one we are subscribing to. We are continuous cruisers and we create our own electricity by running the engine, use compost toilet etc... Hope this helps! Marina 🙂
Ball caps have bill for reason,shade eyes from sun. Eyes are @ front,bill Must be,too, or I'll unsubscr. Sorry,if you were military,mebbe you'd appease.