Michael: I think what need for winter causing is something like the Kayak covers for the back of your boat. with a small heating source keeping every thing within the cover nice and toasty warm
the Basin you were in was clock basin, the others are Lower Basin (By the Broad locks) engine basin (Off towards the Town and the one you go through as you go down the locks) and Litchfield basin, under the newly rebuilt bridge behind the camera in your first shot.Lovely to see my home town!
@@MinimalList it used to be more obvious, Clock Basin has the warehouse with the clock on the roof (Which is still there) and Engine basin used to have a large pumping engine (Long gone) but I agree, less obvious these days. If you happen to pass by again, there is a nice little cafe on a boat in one of the basins (Outside seating and take aways only) and the dry dock sometimes has some interesting craft in there.
I had river anxiety, too. I pulled the anchor out of the hold for our time on the Severn. There were some really nice lock houses on the Droitwich Barge Canal. I also liked the park in the middle of Droitwich, too! Have fun!
I remember swimming in the brine baths at Droitwich in my childhood very difficult to sink like being in the Dead Sea. Another enjoyable vlog thank you.
Hi guys! Another great vlog :) The canals/rivers have served a few "salt towns" Nantwich, Middlewich, Northwich, Leftwich, Netherwich, Shirleywich....notice a similarity? To be fair, not all places ending in "wich" were salt or brine towns, but a lot were! Keep up the good work :)
We also stayed at the top of the same lock on the Droitwich Barge Canal - we were going the other way, though. We enjoyed the cows in the field there! Cheers!
Thank You! You moored at our favourite place at Hawford locks. I look forward to seeing your trip up the double locks and thru the swing bridges at Droitwich. Stop off at Droitwich marina.......we love it there.
they would be the new species of cormorant "inland cormorant" , also known as fish eaters and tree killers as their guano kills the tree and plant life below.
They're not a new species; indeed odds are cormorants and shags would have been found in the treetops of riverine England long, long before the English. They are very efficient fishers, but their effect on trees is really only known in very large roosting colonies, which some species are much more prone to than the ones in Western Europe and the UK. They do often annoy anglers, but then so does anything that's perceived as better at fishing than the anglers themselves. Overall they're a fascinating bird, though usually not also a heron. M
Its the EA that have listed them as a new species, apparently different to the sea birds and therefore they are protected under UK law. I have observed them over a few years on the rivers and canals in my area and indeed they are a very intelegent bird, why else would we use them for fishing ourselves, but like you said they do annoy anglers and fishery owners who believe they strip waters for all the fish.but its the loss of natural coastal fishing that i believe has lead them to venture inland where their food is readily available.
I think that's probably a bit of a misreading... their protection by law seems to stem from an act that automatically protects all resident and visiting wild birds, and a change in habitation behavior and range can't on its own result in speciation, there has to be sizable genetic drift and distinct characteristics and breeding patterns for that to happen. There are two kinds of cormorant typically found in the UK and both have been here since long before human habitation began. Both would have naturally taken up residence in both coastal and inland waters as food supplies and rookery space allowed, as that's their apparently natural inclination everywhere they're found and left alone. The Great Cormorant is "historically" more likely to be found in coastal sites and typically only overwinters inland, but that history is both very short and very sparse; the odds are good they originally moved to relatively remote coastal areas in response to human competition for and destruction of food stocks inland, so they may simply be returning to their normal range now that they're not being wantonly hunted and their food isn't as terribly managed as it was previously. As for the anglers, sure they find the competition annoying, but that's one of the prices of being better stewards of the environment. Plus, at the end of day, very few of them will starve to death if the cormorants take their fill, which isn't true the other way round. M
I do like a M historical tangent They are always interesting ...more tangents please and more George of course who is the star of the show.....and you are building up a backlog again...looking forward to the catchups
We have thought about it, but they're outside our budget. They're also technically illegal to fly over any canal. Jealous of warmth, but not THAT much warmth! M
It might be less sad if it were in full operating order... as is there's a sign up that says they're open during renovations, but there's no one about at all. M
hate to admit it but it doesn't take a lot to please us midlander's were not quite as sophisticated as people from down south and to there credit the crazy golf course in the park behind it very good - maybe next time your around these parts we could have match?
Oh, these are nowhere near my weirdest dreams. My weirdest ones all involve me being a frog, and every time I hop I sing "I'ma da frog" which is always backed by a chorus of the Pointer Sisters doubt "he'sa da frog!"... had those for years. M
Hi guys. Not happy with you two,costing me money lol,been watching your video's over the last couple of months and really enjoying them,anyway decided after watching them that we needed a Go Pro for our little Freeman cruiser on the broads this coming season,probably not for you tube but for our own consumption, nice to keep memories,and to relive them when we're old and grey,scrub that I'm already old and grey 😁, keep the video's coming,I'm sure they are a inspiration to many people. As an aside any advice on your mic,not impressed with the internal one one the Go Pro black 7?
Hi there, sorry we caused a shopping impulse! We've not used the 7, but GoPro has never been well known for their audio, at all. We use a Zoom H4N Pro as a separate audio recorder, though we discovered after the fact that the builtin mics are notoriously easy to damage and not serviceable. The next model up has replaceable mic attachments. That said another option is an external mic for your smart phone, these actually work surprisingly well. M
We actually don't know... her full name is Perseverance 1900... but the only thing we can find on Google that ties that name that year was a shipwreck off Australia, which seems unlikely at best. Sadly the true story of the name of our boat is unknown and apparently unknowable, as the individual who commissioned her appears to be unavailable. M
However I suspect like many things in the UK, tradition and We've Never Done That Before, takes precedent over many things. ha ha Not that we in the "colonies" are that much different.
So, Orsen Wells, has a dream with Ian McShane in it, working as a waiter, probably using a Sean Connery accent. You either need an agent or a psychiatrist, or put more water with it.......
Cold, but no black flies, so that has got to be good, right???? I noticed that you and other narrow boat vlogers have concerns about the amount of condensation you get when you use your boat showers. Depending where your shower is located, ie not under your solar panels, could you not install a trailer (caravan) roof vent with a built in dc fan? We have one in our trailer and that takes care of the condensation problem. If the roof is not an option and you have a window in the bathroom, even a jury rigged dc fan would probably do the trick. Just a thought for what its worth. Fair locks and clear skies.......
There's already a passive vent there, but I did consider an active one ... thing is most people we know who've had them say they don't really help. It's not so much the condensation in the shower area itself, it's that the moment you open the door into the hallway you get condensation on every window in the boat. Problems of being in a steel box that's perpetually sitting in cold water. M
@@MinimalList Oh well its almost a perfect way to live. If there was no condensation issue there would be a million other boaters on the canals and who needs that. Fair locks and clear skies........
I installed a PC cooling fan in the roof vent in my bathroom. It doesn’t work as strong as a domestic one but it uses only 0.2amp so I leave running for an hour or so and it really helps. I put another one through the bulk head above my front doors, where my kitchen is and that’s pretty good at sucking out the cooking steam etc.
Michael: I think what need for winter causing is something like the Kayak covers for the back of your boat. with a small heating source keeping every thing within the cover nice and toasty warm
If anyone wants to design a kayak skirt for narrowboats I'm happy to test one! M
the Basin you were in was clock basin, the others are Lower Basin (By the Broad locks) engine basin (Off towards the Town and the one you go through as you go down the locks) and Litchfield basin, under the newly rebuilt bridge behind the camera in your first shot.Lovely to see my home town!
Thanks for that, bit hard to tell which ones we were in on the day! Glad you got to see it from a new perspective! M
@@MinimalList it used to be more obvious, Clock Basin has the warehouse with the clock on the roof (Which is still there) and Engine basin used to have a large pumping engine (Long gone) but I agree, less obvious these days.
If you happen to pass by again, there is a nice little cafe on a boat in one of the basins (Outside seating and take aways only) and the dry dock sometimes has some interesting craft in there.
I had river anxiety, too. I pulled the anchor out of the hold for our time on the Severn. There were some really nice lock houses on the Droitwich Barge Canal. I also liked the park in the middle of Droitwich, too! Have fun!
It's a nice area! Our anchor stayed in-hold this time, as it was a short hop and the river very calm, but usually I'm required to drag it out! M
I remember swimming in the brine baths at Droitwich in my childhood very difficult to sink like being in the Dead Sea. Another enjoyable vlog thank you.
Sounds like fun. Though strange how "Brine Bath" is still less appealing than "Dead Sea". M
Droitwich is an amazing place, amazingly lucky the place is still standing
Some bits of it are more leaning than standing, but yes indeed! M
Hi guys! Another great vlog :) The canals/rivers have served a few "salt towns" Nantwich, Middlewich, Northwich, Leftwich, Netherwich, Shirleywich....notice a similarity? To be fair, not all places ending in "wich" were salt or brine towns, but a lot were! Keep up the good work :)
Yep, apparently it derives from an Old English nee Norse word for bay, as in bay salt. M
We also stayed at the top of the same lock on the Droitwich Barge Canal - we were going the other way, though. We enjoyed the cows in the field there! Cheers!
Cows are always nice! M
Enjoyed your video as always. Thanks!
Thanks for watching! M
Thank You! You moored at our favourite place at Hawford locks. I look forward to seeing your trip up the double locks and thru the swing bridges at Droitwich. Stop off at Droitwich marina.......we love it there.
Afraid we basically just had to turn around at the marina and head back... was a bit of a busy day! M
Looks cold! Love the shot of the heron in silhouette up the tree. Keep warm folks put a stew on!
they would be the new species of cormorant "inland cormorant" , also known as fish eaters and tree killers as their guano kills the tree and plant life below.
They're not a new species; indeed odds are cormorants and shags would have been found in the treetops of riverine England long, long before the English. They are very efficient fishers, but their effect on trees is really only known in very large roosting colonies, which some species are much more prone to than the ones in Western Europe and the UK. They do often annoy anglers, but then so does anything that's perceived as better at fishing than the anglers themselves. Overall they're a fascinating bird, though usually not also a heron. M
Its the EA that have listed them as a new species, apparently different to the sea birds and therefore they are protected under UK law. I have observed them over a few years on the rivers and canals in my area and indeed they are a very intelegent bird, why else would we use them for fishing ourselves, but like you said they do annoy anglers and fishery owners who believe they strip waters for all the fish.but its the loss of natural coastal fishing that i believe has lead them to venture inland where their food is readily available.
I think that's probably a bit of a misreading... their protection by law seems to stem from an act that automatically protects all resident and visiting wild birds, and a change in habitation behavior and range can't on its own result in speciation, there has to be sizable genetic drift and distinct characteristics and breeding patterns for that to happen. There are two kinds of cormorant typically found in the UK and both have been here since long before human habitation began. Both would have naturally taken up residence in both coastal and inland waters as food supplies and rookery space allowed, as that's their apparently natural inclination everywhere they're found and left alone. The Great Cormorant is "historically" more likely to be found in coastal sites and typically only overwinters inland, but that history is both very short and very sparse; the odds are good they originally moved to relatively remote coastal areas in response to human competition for and destruction of food stocks inland, so they may simply be returning to their normal range now that they're not being wantonly hunted and their food isn't as terribly managed as it was previously.
As for the anglers, sure they find the competition annoying, but that's one of the prices of being better stewards of the environment. Plus, at the end of day, very few of them will starve to death if the cormorants take their fill, which isn't true the other way round. M
Jo: George, where's your ball?
George: My ~new~ ball is right there in your pocket
He's a smart one like that. M
thx for my daily history lesson brill guys stay safe
Thanks for watching it! M
Another great vlog love outtakes at end of your vlogs more of george please
We shall try to squeeze in more George! M
I do like a M historical tangent They are always interesting ...more tangents please and more George of course who is the star of the show.....and you are building up a backlog again...looking forward to the catchups
Jo is editing furiously trying to clear it, but it's hard! As for tangents, that's pretty much my shtick, so there will be more! M
Micke looks like a young Burl Ives with that hat on
Well that’s reaching back a ways! M
Great video 👍🏻
Thanks! M
So the boat is 'Perseverance', you're Jo and Michael, and the dog is George; but what's the name of that very fluffy guinea pig you're often carrying?
Sorry guys basking in 35c heat here ,down from 40c . wonder have you thought about a drone ? cheers all the best from OZ .
We have thought about it, but they're outside our budget. They're also technically illegal to fly over any canal. Jealous of warmth, but not THAT much warmth! M
We can see good old george
I can't believe you thought the fair in stourport was a bit sad! Believe it or not that's the biggest tourist attraction in the area? Great video
It might be less sad if it were in full operating order... as is there's a sign up that says they're open during renovations, but there's no one about at all. M
hate to admit it but it doesn't take a lot to please us midlander's were not quite as sophisticated as people from down south and to there credit the crazy golf course in the park behind it very good - maybe next time your around these parts we could have match?
I'm up for crazy golf! Terrible at it, but willing! M
Ok they are the weirdest dreams I’ve ever heard of 😹 At least it didn’t involve pigs
Oh, these are nowhere near my weirdest dreams. My weirdest ones all involve me being a frog, and every time I hop I sing "I'ma da frog" which is always backed by a chorus of the Pointer Sisters doubt "he'sa da frog!"... had those for years. M
Hi guys.
Not happy with you two,costing me money lol,been watching your video's over the last couple of months and really enjoying them,anyway decided after watching them that we needed a Go Pro for our little Freeman cruiser on the broads this coming season,probably not for you tube but for our own consumption, nice to keep memories,and to relive them when we're old and grey,scrub that I'm already old and grey 😁, keep the video's coming,I'm sure they are a inspiration to many people.
As an aside any advice on your mic,not impressed with the internal one one the Go Pro black 7?
Hi there, sorry we caused a shopping impulse! We've not used the 7, but GoPro has never been well known for their audio, at all. We use a Zoom H4N Pro as a separate audio recorder, though we discovered after the fact that the builtin mics are notoriously easy to damage and not serviceable. The next model up has replaceable mic attachments. That said another option is an external mic for your smart phone, these actually work surprisingly well. M
Great vlog, what does 1900 mean under the name of the boat?
Metric system??.. the boat is 1900 centimeters long :)
We actually don't know... her full name is Perseverance 1900... but the only thing we can find on Google that ties that name that year was a shipwreck off Australia, which seems unlikely at best. Sadly the true story of the name of our boat is unknown and apparently unknowable, as the individual who commissioned her appears to be unavailable. M
@@MinimalList ok Michael get your tape measure out.
Not the length. Not unless meters were significantly different in 2004. M
However I suspect like many things in the UK, tradition and We've Never Done That Before, takes precedent over many things. ha ha Not that we in the "colonies" are that much different.
So, Orsen Wells, has a dream with Ian McShane in it, working as a waiter, probably using a Sean Connery accent. You either need an agent or a psychiatrist, or put more water with it.......
No Connery, was definitely Ian, in full American Gods mode... but talking about a Sikh guru. Very strange dream. M
Cold, but no black flies, so that has got to be good, right???? I noticed that you and other narrow boat vlogers have concerns about the amount of condensation you get when you use your boat showers. Depending where your shower is located, ie not under your solar panels, could you not install a trailer (caravan) roof vent with a built in dc fan? We have one in our trailer and that takes care of the condensation problem. If the roof is not an option and you have a window in the bathroom, even a jury rigged dc fan would probably do the trick. Just a thought for what its worth. Fair locks and clear skies.......
There's already a passive vent there, but I did consider an active one ... thing is most people we know who've had them say they don't really help. It's not so much the condensation in the shower area itself, it's that the moment you open the door into the hallway you get condensation on every window in the boat. Problems of being in a steel box that's perpetually sitting in cold water. M
@@MinimalList Oh well its almost a perfect way to live. If there was no condensation issue there would be a million other boaters on the canals and who needs that. Fair locks and clear skies........
It's a great way to live. Damp, but great! M
I installed a PC cooling fan in the roof vent in my bathroom. It doesn’t work as strong as a domestic one but it uses only 0.2amp so I leave running for an hour or so and it really helps. I put another one through the bulk head above my front doors, where my kitchen is and that’s pretty good at sucking out the cooking steam etc.
Good to know. M