In 1973 on July 4th (U S Independence day ) I was in a pub in Statford Upon Avon where I met a couple who had a Narrow Boat tied up right out the front door of the Pub. They were kind enough to give me a tour of their boat and I have been keen to Narrow Boat England ever since. They, and all the patrons of the Pub, were most hospitable and treated me like a long lot relative,,,,,we had Great fun teasing each other about the independence of the US from England. I will never forget those wonderful people and that memorable evening.
Nick Halford that sounds lovely. You totally should visit England by narrow boat. Just think how much fun you could have. Planning all the places to visit that are accessible via the canals and rivers, enjoying a traditional pub lunch, taking in the scenery, making new friend and memories.
I was born and grew up in the US, have lived in Germany for more than 50 years, but am fascinated with your journeys on the canals and rivers of England and Wales. I have watched all of them up to 113 and am looking forward to the next one. Thank you for the beautiful camera work and excellent narration. I probably will never even get on a narrow boat, but I feel like I have lived on one.
Watching the whole series of vlogs from the beginning. I'll have to say that not only are the quality of videos getting better each time but your puns are also top notch. "Breaker, breaker, looks like got ourselves a swanvoy".
"Isn't it gorgeous" was an UNDERSTATEMENT. Most of what we get to see is Beautiful countryside and Urban sites & historic structures . This vlog is at the top of the list.
This was lovely and the commentary was spiffing! (I’m still miffed at the “gentleman” who had the audacity to criticise the commentary a couple of vlogs back...)
I remember standing looking in awe at Shakespeare's house at the age of 12 in 1958 while we were camping through England and Scotland on a summer vacation out of Paris (S.H.A.P.E. HQ then. I'm an R.C.A.F. brat). I loved the whole trip. What a beautiful country you live in! I must confess to having nicked more than a few shots of the gorgeous greenery along the canals for wallpaper for my computers - forgivings, please.
What a lovely vlog. Those canoeists reminded me of the Sunday afternoon cyclists who frequent the country lanes in my area, cycling two or three abreast and refusing to pull in. Really looking forward to seeing your trip up the Stratford Canal 👍
I genuinely think that had no idea I was there (because if they did then clearly they were just being awkward by not moving over). If I'd pressed on, assuming they'd heard or seen me, I'd probably have run them down...
CruisingTheCut I really find it hard to believe they couldn't hear you behind them. Lol. I give you a lot of credit for being so patient. I probably would have blasted the horn after about 20 minutes.
Pleasure craft, kayaks and even a "swanvoy" on this trip. Lots of traffic! I certainly enjoyed the scenery with you. Glad that massive lock worked out well and you were able to make it to the basin without a lot of fuss. Thanks for another great vlog!
Yes! - it's lovely! What an amazing journey along the River Avon. The question - canals or rivers? Which do you enjoy? I guess each have their merits. Your videos from the Severn to the Stratford Canal/River Avon were amazing. So much to see. So much to take in. Thank you so very much
Thanks for sharing. Here in Queensland Australia it is said to be beautiful one day and perfect the next. By your standards it may well be. I love a rainy day and look forward to grey skies. Your video however showed just how lovely a day can be.
CruisingTheCut I visited my brother when he lived in your area of the world and with me I bought a rain gauge because he couldn't buy one at the hardware to measure rain. Afterwards we realized why. If you get lots of rain you don't care how much you get and if water freezers it will expand and crack gauge.
Frost warning tonight of this side of the Pond. Chilly high winds yesterday. Ever colder as October draws to a close. Perfect timing then for dip back into the high days of summer afforded us vicarious narrow boaters via this vlog. Thanks, David.
I used to camp on the up stream bank (village side) at Welford with 28th St Peters scouts every easter from 1955 to 1959. many happy memories & my introduction to Kayaks, before the lock was rebuilt. One of the peittest villages I have ever known.
Thumbs up! The extra long video made my husband very happy, as did your lovely pun "swanvoy". A treasure, as always. Thank you, Maggie & Dave, Vermont, US
Ok, I'll say it. Your soothingly beautiful videos are too short - just as I'm settling into a very relaxed state, they're over.😟No...wait a minute, I can hit 'repeat'!👏🏻
Having just paddled my canoe from Stratford to Tewkesbury over three days, I really enjoyed re-watching this mini-series to remind myself of just how beautiful the Avon is. Thanks again David
Wow! This is the best vlog yet. Sitting here drinking a large G&T watching the lovely scenery-and I am right there chugging along the river! Really like your vids, gradually working through them, watching a few at a time but this is the best one yet. Great views, many thanks for posting all these super vlogs. Very enjoyable, many thanks, Mark
Ah memories, in my youth help HMP Birmingham refurbish the Stratford lock & basin early 60's, used to walk into Stratford by the cut footpath, thank you for the vlog
I was on your narrow boat last night when I fell asleep rewatching this vlog. It was cruising through places where I use to work, canals springing up in pastures, and next to roads where I use drive so many decades ago. A strange and wondrous dream. You were pleased to be in Massachusetts, you said, and created canals.
Beautiful scenery. I love these videos. Also, I totally agree with you that the large multimillion homes are lovely. However your lifestyle is also very nice in your 56ft boat. You don't need to sit in traffic, grind away in office meetings and sell your soul to survive. I think in all honesty I'd prefer the lifestyle of a canal/river pirate. You may not have a Ferrari and a maid, but you do things on your own clock. There's something to be admired about being able to step away from the hustle and bustle of life in 2018. If you aren't starving and have a roof over your head then your doing fine.
14:05 I've said it before and I'll say it again I love when the water is that still and you can see the sky reflected so perfectly in it it makes me want to just lie down on a narrowboat roof and read poetry all day long
Recently watched a short 'Look at life' film from 1962. It showed the river at Stratford-upon-Avon as one mass of white foam pollution. Also shown were barges ploughing through the same stuff at Burton-upon-Trent. When visiting Warwick castle in the 1960s I witnessed the same. The water quality of these rivers has improved considerably since then and the fish/wildlife returned.
Watching the person in the kayak on the right at 4:45, I think the reason they didn't move out of your way was because it was their first time in a kayak. The way they were splashing at the water and swerving their kayak all over I don't think they meant any offense or disrespect. They were too busy not tipping over to notice you.
Lovely vlog thank you David so restful...so peaceful......So glad the lock gates were left open for you.Wonderfull day for cruising..Question is.....did you have an ice cream : - ) look forward to next episode, Thank you..
Thats just what i needed. After just moving aboard our first live aboard with all the stress that involves a twenty minute time jump to next summer was the reminder of why we chose this life in the first place. Top vlog. And thankyou.
CruisingTheCut its taken a week of the horrendous realisation of how very little we know but were slowly relaxing... takes time to shrug off the tension of city life.
Trying to think of a word to describe this video. Perhaps you would oblige ............................. oh wait. Lovely, now how did I think of that. A great part of the English countryside. Many a year since I was there, thank you for sharing.
Hi David great vlog as always noticed that cruiser was get a shift on in the early parts of this vlog take it he didnt care about the speed limit and the damage his wake is doing to the canal washing the bank sides away . keep up the good work looking forward to the next vlog. S C.
I was very surprised - I know it's much quieter at the bow but surely in a kayak/canoe you need to keep alert for craft around you and they really didn't see to know I was there.
Avon navigation trust not CRT, which means that either they are members of British Canoeing, paying the same as you did for your narrowboat licience or on the water illegaly! The first 2 seem unlikly so they don't have a log to stand on when you run them over.
I'm an American in university and I have to say, these videos are so relaxing and interesting. I'd love to be able to go do this. Thanks for making such good content
What a lovely Vlog David , you should have given those kayaker's a blow on the horn . You Pom's are so lucky to had all those canals and rivers to navigate and explore , lovely scenery too :-)
Super video, brough back many happy memories of our trip a couple of years ago when the festival was held in Stratford. I distinctly remember having to breathe in to get under the bridge on exiting the basin.
Really good videos. That was us you passed at 1.53, can’t believe I didn’t recognise you. We moor at Bidford on Avon & use this beautiful stretch of the river all the time
BRAVO! Another wonderful vlog! "Isn't it LOVELY!" (It really is!) Thanks so much for sharing your adventures. Eagerly looking forward to your next installment... J.
While watching this episode, I realized I had two Lockmaster Maps, No. 15 and 16, that I picked up at what you would call a boot sale. So, I got to follow your progress visually on video and on the map. Maybe I'm a dullard, but what fun!
I thought the same thing! Did you see the video with the meet-up of other canal TH-camrs? I thought "they have the same humor as Monty Python.... oh right... of course they do!" . David's videos are Absolutely Fabulous. hehe
Stratford-upon-Tourist looked surprisingly quiet for a summer's day, but then Monday is probably the second-quietest day of the week there (after Wednesday). You were correct that a nice sunny Sunday would have been mayhem; I've been there at weekends when the tourists have been nose-to-tail all the way over the tram bridge, along Bridge Street and the waterfront!
i think one of your best trips so far .so glad you shut up on occasions ..... and just let us enjoy being there on the canal with you ,with just the sound of the engine water and nature ...swan voy did make me smile catch you on your next trip {:-) PAV
Just to prove the consistantly high quality of your productions that we have been treated too, I did actualy reach out to the laptop screen to wipe off a smudge beleiving the smudge had to be at my end, only to find, to my suprise, it was in the video. Well done on another well crafted peice, I truley do like your output.
Oops, sorry about the smudge! The bow cam sits behind the glass in the well deck cratch board, to stop it getting wet in locks and that glass is always getting mucky :-(
In 1973 on July 4th (U S Independence day ) I was in a pub in Statford Upon Avon where I met a couple who had a Narrow Boat tied up right out the front door of the Pub. They were kind enough to give me a tour of their boat and I have been keen to Narrow Boat England ever since.
They, and all the patrons of the Pub, were most hospitable and treated me like a long lot relative,,,,,we had Great fun teasing each other about the independence of the US from England. I will never forget those wonderful people and that memorable evening.
What a fabulous memory!
Nick Halford that sounds lovely. You totally should visit England by narrow boat. Just think how much fun you could have. Planning all the places to visit that are accessible via the canals and rivers, enjoying a traditional pub lunch, taking in the scenery, making new friend and memories.
Great David, for 20 minutes or so I forgot about Covid 19.
I was born and grew up in the US, have lived in Germany for more than 50 years, but am fascinated with your journeys on the canals and rivers of England and Wales. I have watched all of them up to 113 and am looking forward to the next one. Thank you for the beautiful camera work and excellent narration. I probably will never even get on a narrow boat, but I feel like I have lived on one.
Thank you; glad you're enjoying them. Cheers.
Watching the whole series of vlogs from the beginning. I'll have to say that not only are the quality of videos getting better each time but your puns are also top notch. "Breaker, breaker, looks like got ourselves a swanvoy".
When you exhausted your vocabulary, your pictures said it for you. And what a song they sang.
:-)
"Isn't it gorgeous" was an UNDERSTATEMENT. Most of what we get to see is Beautiful countryside and Urban sites & historic structures . This vlog is at the top of the list.
Glad you liked it!
Well what an I say... utterly lovely!!! Thank you once again for a wonderful escape from reality!!! Do love!!!
:-)
Whatching this on Election Day in the US. YOUR VIDEOS ARE SO CALM AND SOOTHING
This was lovely and the commentary was spiffing! (I’m still miffed at the “gentleman” who had the audacity to criticise the commentary a couple of vlogs back...)
Seeing the canals through your eyes gives us an entirely new perspective of the English countryside. And yes, it IS lovely. Thank you!
Cheers
LOL "breaker, breaker; we got a swan-voy" lol that was great!!!
:-)
“Swan-voy”
Cracked me up 😂
🙂🐿🌈❤️
Yes, you're right David, very lovely indeed :-)
:-)
Now that was a real treat. I never realised that the Stratford Avon was some beautiful and tranquil except perhaps for the wash creating cruiser!.
He's allowed to do 8mph downstream :-)
Glad you made it out of Midsommer safely. According to DCI Barnaby there are a LOT of murders in Midsommer ;)
Someone calculated that the murder rate in Midsomer was far worse than the worst neighborhoods in the Americas.
That may be, but I'm sure the estate agents are doing very well!
I remember standing looking in awe at Shakespeare's house at the age of 12 in 1958 while we were camping through England and Scotland on a summer vacation out of Paris (S.H.A.P.E. HQ then. I'm an R.C.A.F. brat). I loved the whole trip. What a beautiful country you live in!
I must confess to having nicked more than a few shots of the gorgeous greenery along the canals for wallpaper for my computers - forgivings, please.
It's just like being there, and the joy you feel comes across wonderfully, thank you so much
Much appreciated, cheers
What a lovely vlog. Those canoeists reminded me of the Sunday afternoon cyclists who frequent the country lanes in my area, cycling two or three abreast and refusing to pull in. Really looking forward to seeing your trip up the Stratford Canal 👍
I genuinely think that had no idea I was there (because if they did then clearly they were just being awkward by not moving over). If I'd pressed on, assuming they'd heard or seen me, I'd probably have run them down...
CruisingTheCut I really find it hard to believe they couldn't hear you behind them. Lol. I give you a lot of credit for being so patient. I probably would have blasted the horn after about 20 minutes.
Pleasure craft, kayaks and even a "swanvoy" on this trip. Lots of traffic! I certainly enjoyed the scenery with you. Glad that massive lock worked out well and you were able to make it to the basin without a lot of fuss. Thanks for another great vlog!
Cheers
A great vlog with all that beautiful countryside. David, thank you for posting.
Cheers Marian
Yes! - it's lovely! What an amazing journey along the River Avon. The question - canals or rivers? Which do you enjoy? I guess each have their merits. Your videos from the Severn to the Stratford Canal/River Avon were amazing. So much to see. So much to take in. Thank you so very much
A day with a new CTC vlog is a good day.
Thank you
"Oh what terrific hardship it was to continue..." Ha! I feel your pain.
So darned lovely, it’s true.
Thanks for sharing. Here in Queensland Australia it is said to be beautiful one day and perfect the next. By your standards it may well be. I love a rainy day and look forward to grey skies. Your video however showed just how lovely a day can be.
The occasional rainy day is fine, I agree!
CruisingTheCut I visited my brother when he lived in your area of the world and with me I bought a rain gauge because he couldn't buy one at the hardware to measure rain. Afterwards we realized why. If you get lots of rain you don't care how much you get and if water freezers it will expand and crack gauge.
Haha love it
As we said in the U.S. Navy.........."Well done". And that's for all your episodes!
Thank you!
As many have said, this was one of your best vlogs.........superb! Who doesn't love Stratford on a sunny Sunday?
Thank you. It was a glorious day.
greetings from Ohio USA - I love your vlogs where you actually get off the boat and walk around
This is why I like your video's. You focus on the beauty of the countryside, and the subtle little details of the journey.
Glad you enjoy them, cheers
I adore Stratford ,it's just so...... civilized! I have lived in Spain for 13 years and sometimes miss certain places.
Absolutely beautiful, makes me even more determined to keep saving for my boat😊
Good - keep going!
I think it was quite.... I think the correct expression is, although I could be wrong... lovely.
Frost warning tonight of this side of the Pond. Chilly high winds yesterday. Ever colder as October draws to a close. Perfect timing then for dip back into the high days of summer afforded us vicarious narrow boaters via this vlog. Thanks, David.
Bit nippy today here too; stove's on though so that's OK
Have to make a note to watch this in mid February in Hamilton, Ontario :) Thanks David
I used to camp on the up stream bank (village side) at Welford with 28th St Peters scouts every easter from 1955 to 1959. many happy memories & my introduction to Kayaks, before the lock was rebuilt. One of the peittest villages I have ever known.
Thumbs up! The extra long video made my husband very happy, as did your lovely pun "swanvoy". A treasure, as always. Thank you, Maggie & Dave, Vermont, US
Glad you liked that, I was rather pleased with it myself!
I feel very fortunate to have found you on youtube. I find you to be a delightful jocular person.
Ok, I'll say it. Your soothingly beautiful videos are too short - just as I'm settling into a very relaxed state, they're over.😟No...wait a minute, I can hit 'repeat'!👏🏻
Thank You for another scenic cruise through the verdant British countryside.
Cheers
Having just paddled my canoe from Stratford to Tewkesbury over three days, I really enjoyed re-watching this mini-series to remind myself of just how beautiful the Avon is. Thanks again David
I loved it
Wow! This is the best vlog yet. Sitting here drinking a large G&T watching the lovely scenery-and I am right there chugging along the river!
Really like your vids, gradually working through them, watching a few at a time but this is the best one yet.
Great views, many thanks for posting all these super vlogs.
Very enjoyable, many thanks,
Mark
Thank you. I think this was one of the loveliest bits of boating I've yet done!
Geese, swans, cows, and "Jaws"!! The Avon has it all!! Great video!! Best wishes!!
Thanks Walther!
Beautiful mature trees all along the banks, such variety. The stuff that dreams are made of in that sunshine.
Indeed.
3:11 that is a work of art, your photography composition is very good
Ah memories, in my youth help HMP Birmingham refurbish the Stratford lock & basin early 60's, used to walk into Stratford by the cut footpath, thank you for the vlog
How absolutely delightful.
:-)
It is VERY LOVELY.
@Phil Weatherley LOL
I was on your narrow boat last night when I fell asleep rewatching this vlog. It was cruising through places where I use to work, canals springing up in pastures, and next to roads where I use drive so many decades ago. A strange and wondrous dream. You were pleased to be in Massachusetts, you said, and created canals.
Sounds lovely!
Another great episode once again 👍Thanks, David.Poor Shakespeare 😲
What an indignity :-(
Well I must admit it was very lovely 😊
Beautiful scenery. I love these videos.
Also, I totally agree with you that the large multimillion homes are lovely. However your lifestyle is also very nice in your 56ft boat.
You don't need to sit in traffic, grind away in office meetings and sell your soul to survive.
I think in all honesty I'd prefer the lifestyle of a canal/river pirate. You may not have a Ferrari and a maid, but you do things on your own clock. There's something to be admired about being able to step away from the hustle and bustle of life in 2018. If you aren't starving and have a roof over your head then your doing fine.
14:05 I've said it before and I'll say it again I love when the water is that still and you can see the sky reflected so perfectly in it it makes me want to just lie down on a narrowboat roof and read poetry all day long
Thoroughly enjoyed that tour of the river Avon, not the least bit envious of your lifestyle, of course. ;-)
Absolutely stunning ! A cruise I look forward to 😏
Ahhhhhhhhhhh......Beautiful...spectacularly so, for which i am indeed grateful. Thank you !
Cheers
So lovely, 20 minutes without a care in the world.
Recently watched a short 'Look at life' film from 1962. It showed the river at Stratford-upon-Avon as one mass of white foam pollution. Also shown were barges ploughing through the same stuff at Burton-upon-Trent. When visiting Warwick castle in the 1960s I witnessed the same. The water quality of these rivers has improved considerably since then and the fish/wildlife returned.
Watching the person in the kayak on the right at 4:45, I think the reason they didn't move out of your way was because it was their first time in a kayak. The way they were splashing at the water and swerving their kayak all over I don't think they meant any offense or disrespect. They were too busy not tipping over to notice you.
Thanks again David.
The C.W. McCall reference was absolutely hilarious! Breaker breaker here comes a swanvoy I busted out laughing
And for anyone who doesn't know it ... th-cam.com/video/Sd5ZLJWQmss/w-d-xo.html
I am Shocked , Shocked ! That you even know that song. Cheers from California !
it was a number 2 spot in the uk charts in 75/76
th-cam.com/video/d189uP-48sU/w-d-xo.html
the uk alto of convoy hahahah
i enjoyed that, great views and commentary Thank you.
Lovely vlog thank you David so restful...so peaceful......So glad the lock gates were left open for you.Wonderfull day for cruising..Question is.....did you have an ice cream : - ) look forward to next episode, Thank you..
I actually didn't even though it was blazing hot - I was too lazy to move!
The courntryside was simply so darned lovely!
Hi there. I love your videos. You have a calming effect on me.Thank you.
Thats just what i needed. After just moving aboard our first live aboard with all the stress that involves a twenty minute time jump to next summer was the reminder of why we chose this life in the first place. Top vlog. And thankyou.
Well done with the move, hope you can chill out and relax into it :-)
CruisingTheCut its taken a week of the horrendous realisation of how very little we know but were slowly relaxing... takes time to shrug off the tension of city life.
Indeed it does.
Trying to think of a word to describe this video. Perhaps you would oblige ............................. oh wait. Lovely, now how did I think of that. A great part of the English countryside. Many a year since I was there, thank you for sharing.
Good choice of word :-)
As usual, a beautiful video! Swan-voy, ha ha. Hope you have a nice comfy winter mooring picked out. Maybe time to get a cat?
I won't get a cat, I'd worry too much about one on board even if it was perfectly fine.
Pretty sure Top Gear went down this section of water in their Hovervan hover craft.
Great video! Jealous
Nice one David, I look forward to the next instalment. It really was quite lovely
Ta
I definitely agree it is lovely. There is no better place than the uk in summer.
Hi David what a lovely day you had fantastic weather and surroundings and scenery And only 200 odd miles away from York 👍😀😀😀
Hi David great vlog as always noticed that cruiser was get a shift on in the early parts of this vlog take it he didnt care about the speed limit and the damage his wake is doing to the canal washing the bank sides away .
keep up the good work looking forward to the next vlog. S C.
8mph downstream speed limit so he can get as shift on. 6mph upstream.
Love seeing the canal drifting gently past your boat.
Great shot right at 10:11 into the video. I may make a wallpaper of that one.
That was beautiful David. I think you should get up a petition and hand to the CRT demanding retro fitting of rear view mirrors on canoes.
I was very surprised - I know it's much quieter at the bow but surely in a kayak/canoe you need to keep alert for craft around you and they really didn't see to know I was there.
Avon navigation trust not CRT, which means that either they are members of British Canoeing, paying the same as you did for your narrowboat licience or on the water illegaly! The first 2 seem unlikly so they don't have a log to stand on when you run them over.
What a perfectly beautiful place in the world! Thank you so much for sharing.
I'm an American in university and I have to say, these videos are so relaxing and interesting. I'd love to be able to go do this. Thanks for making such good content
It’s no wonder you are slim with all that walking up and down the locks. Wow. The countryside is gorgeous. Amazing bridges.
I remember visiting there as a teen, in one of my first visits abroad. It is a lovely place, thank you for the new perspective :)
Cheers
Wasn't this lovely. Another splendid VLog!
What a lovely Vlog David , you should have given those kayaker's a blow on the horn . You Pom's are so lucky to had all those canals and rivers to navigate and explore , lovely scenery too :-)
I didn't want to tip them into canal when the horn blasted!
Super video, brough back many happy memories of our trip a couple of years ago when the festival was held in Stratford. I distinctly remember having to breathe in to get under the bridge on exiting the basin.
Yes, it was very much a case of doing that. And the next bridge too!
Was alright. 12/10 for the bovines 💖
Mooo
The right video to christen that new CruisingtheCut-Mug
Oh, perfect! (and thank you)
thanks mate,loved it. from the philippines
:-)
Really good videos. That was us you passed at 1.53, can’t believe I didn’t recognise you. We moor at Bidford on Avon & use this beautiful stretch of the river all the time
Thank you. Perhaps I was in disguise...
Absolutely stunning scenary David and not a rain cloud insight. Great vlog as usual. 👍👏👏👏
Cheers
BRAVO! Another wonderful vlog! "Isn't it LOVELY!" (It really is!) Thanks so much for sharing your adventures. Eagerly looking forward to your next installment... J.
Thanks John
While watching this episode, I realized I had two Lockmaster Maps, No. 15 and 16, that I picked up at what you would call a boot sale. So, I got to follow your progress visually on video and on the map. Maybe I'm a dullard, but what fun!
I allways have this up in a separate tab whilst watching...
canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/canal-and-river-network
Lovely!
I love the video but your commentary is “so British” and so fabulous. Well done and thanks.
Thank you
I thought the same thing! Did you see the video with the meet-up of other canal TH-camrs? I thought "they have the same humor as Monty Python.... oh right... of course they do!" . David's videos are Absolutely Fabulous. hehe
Awesome video thanks ..its always a joy to watch.
Ta
Binge watching, reached here, congrats on reaching 125K!
Stratford-upon-Tourist looked surprisingly quiet for a summer's day, but then Monday is probably the second-quietest day of the week there (after Wednesday). You were correct that a nice sunny Sunday would have been mayhem; I've been there at weekends when the tourists have been nose-to-tail all the way over the tram bridge, along Bridge Street and the waterfront!
Many thanks for the vlog of loveliness David, that appears to be a very well kept navigation.
Worth the £50 week's fee, I thought!
Well David you have done it again. Magic. One of your best so far..
Cheers
David when you go into an historic town or you're going in to tescos I think you should take us with you. I love your videos!
i think one of your best trips so far .so glad you shut up on occasions ..... and just let us enjoy being there on the canal with you ,with just the sound of the engine water and nature ...swan voy did make me smile catch you on your next trip {:-) PAV
I do shut up sometimes... ;-)
hahaha no disrespect but others shut up then play music over the top of the scenic stuff ..... was my point
I have been known to do that but mostly I try not to!
Too pretty for words. Your montages did all the talking. Blissfully beautiful.
Just to prove the consistantly high quality of your productions that we have been treated too, I did actualy reach out to the laptop screen to wipe off a smudge beleiving the smudge had to be at my end, only to find, to my suprise, it was in the video. Well done on another well crafted peice, I truley do like your output.
Oops, sorry about the smudge! The bow cam sits behind the glass in the well deck cratch board, to stop it getting wet in locks and that glass is always getting mucky :-(
Wasnt a negative comment as I know you take a lot of care over your work, just made me smile when I instingtivly reached out lol.
You never cease to amaze me, shawvoy, re, C W Mcall and CONVOY.