I have to admit, after watching your videos, this American desperately wants to experience "the cut". I like the non touristy way of traveling. This would be an amazing vacation.
@David of Yorkshire that and this is clearly their retirement. Slow and easy is what they want now after a busy life. And even the hustle and bustle of daily American life, floating along down your canals does look like a nice little break from all the chaos.
I really enjoyed this video. I am fascinated with cultural perspectives and realities of mixing cultures. I think in these days, its good for Britain and US to find friendship and understanding.
We had the pleasure of meeting Bob and Jayne earlier today on our bit of the “Cut” We walk and run along the canal is just perfect so on our walk with the dog it just so happened Voyageur appeared next to us so we walked and talked. When Bob pulled over, we were invited aboard.
I have lived next to the tennessee river for 47 years. Grew up around the water and have worked on towboates for 23 years. I would love to live over there on a narrow boat. Thanks for all the great videos and hello from the 🇺🇸
What an interesting interview! Great idea for a vlog. It was amusing to hear him say “advertisements” with the British pronunciation. This fellow American wishes them all the best in their travels. 🙂
What a lovely couple. This is narrow boating. It's not where your from. It's where your head is at. People like these and of course the vlogger, makes you want to get into the life
As an American that is totally in love with the British Canal life, vicariously sadly, it is great to see those that can realize the dream of enjoying a narrowboat. I only stumbled upon this life researching American Waterways, for what is called in the US the Great Loop. Maybe someday the wife and I can make our dream come true.
30 year old Aussie here, lovely people and a great lifestyle. As a single bloke I cannot wait to get over there and rent a narrowboat and just relax when I want to and socialise when I can.
If I suddenly became rich I would be hard pressed to not pick up and move over to England and buy a Narrowboat. The slow pace and the sense of adventure is something I long for. And I could also indulge my interest in British Railway history.
I'm glad you made this video. I am retired military and have become very interested by these VLOG's and the possibilities of purchasing one. Hence my interest in this particular vid.
As a Bostonian with family in Guilford this speaks volumes to me. I always had the dream of retiring to England but after watching this video among others of yours i think retiring on a Narrowboat might take the cake for what i would love to do. Keep up the relaxing informative videos!!
david's interviews are great, i agree. Totally Non Invasive, more like a normal flow of conversation between two people, which I must say is quite rare these days! Great Interview and a lovely couple....
I would love to move to the UK but it is so hard if you don't have a huge amount of money to back you up. My son lives there and visiting is just never enough. The Broads are close by and I have seen so many beautiful boats on our travels. To live on a narrow boat is on the top of my bucket list. Love these videos as get a real feel for how it could be. Thanks so much.
As a former expat from the US who lived in London 2004-2007, I have always had the insatiable desire to move back to the UK. Whenever I can, I make a return visit on average once annually. I don't think I can ever rest easy until I get back there. I have talked to other Americans who have spent a good amount of time (and even short visits) in the UK and almost without exception, they all feel the same insatiable desire to return. I call it the London syndrome. One day, on a future return visit to the UK, I would love to get my first experience on a canal boat and see what it's like for myself. It's no surprise to me that people from overseas can potentially buy a canal boat. Whilst living in London, I attended a church whose congregation were largely foreign expats (many of whom were Americans in fact). One American lady in that church actually lived on a narrowboat. During my frequent walks all over London, I would often see those boats and wondered what they were for and what was inside them. Watching your videos really piques my interest. And yes, I still use British English pronunciations, spellings, expressions, etc. on occasion. Once a Londoner, always a Londoner.
Truly enjoyed this VLOG.....I am a South African and have done 2 trips on a hire boat from Oxford and it is on my bucketlist to still do a trip in winter on the cut! Thanks for your VLOG....I've seen them all. Regards from Cape Town!
Another Aussie who thanks you and your very enthusiastic guests. I found your channel via a random TH-cam recommendation, watched a few, and then went back and am currently watching them from number one. I never believed I could be so entranced by someone going around at three miles an hour. This particular "VLOG" gives me hope that one day I may be able to give you a wave as we pass.
I live on one of the oldest and still working industrial canals in the United States. Look up Bellows Falls, Vermont. Fascinating history and a very small village. Most houses are Victorians. Unfortunately, the taxes are killing everything that was good. But most of us at the historical society work very hard to keep stuff up to snuff.
Not because they and myself are American, but this has been a nice departure from the norm of vlogging....almost roaming reporter (which of course you are well suited for). Not to be taken that I do not enjoy your vlogs, but another point of view is always enjoyable. Thanks so very much....now go work on the van!
Well, I was jealous at the start and then he said, "We're home.", and that just makes it all the more endearing. Glad you met up with them and shared. I missed if they said what part of the US they're from, may need to review.
Very nice video although I thought you let him get away a bit with his "can't get a bank account" answer. I would have liked a bit, just a bit, more detail there as to the specific hurdles they needed to cross. However, having said that, I thoroughly enjoyed the interview. Well done you. Good idea.
It is very simple. You need a bona fide UK address where you can evidence that you pay utility bills and have a track record of living there and paying bills. This is both an anti fraud and money laundering measure imposed on banks by the regulators. It is tough on the ordinary joe.
I recently watched your videos on vintage and old engines in canal boats and I must have watched each 5 or 6 times in the last 2 days. I love them. If you have the opportunity to make more videos on engines or working boats please do. Love every video. Keep up the good work
CruisingTheCut That is quite alright. I’m not bothered exactly what type of narrow boating content you produce whatever it is I’m sure that I will enjoy it. Thanks :-)
As someone who's been in America his whole life, and quite frankly never left his time zone (-6 GMT... although I have been all over this time zone) don't believe everything you see on TV. Yeah, we're dealing with a lot of issues right now, but from what my British friends tell me, not anymore than you guys are. I would say that these guys are representative of most Americans when it comes right down to it.
Very heartwarming. David if you are still in contact with this couple it would be lovely to see a follow-up, now that they have had their boat for almost 4 years, to see how they have been getting on.
The States had hundreds of canals. It's to bad they were all covered up and placed in huge pipes. Well for the most part any way. Canals in the States were the biggest transport system before the railroad. There were canals in Boston, Baltimore, DC, PA, Va, And the list goes on.
Hi David, I'm as Aussie who has always hankered for pottering about on the canals. I'm planning a holiday! These folk have answered a lot of questions for me. I thoroughly enjoy your vlog. All the best cobber. Rob 😎
Hi David.. we saw you at Crick you were working,. So not a good time for a chat. We have a wide beam that was at crick this year. Got 3rd in show. Very pleased. As you said in another vlog this year you will be on other peoples boats. Would you like to try a wide beam in Cambridgeshire. Something different.
Very good topic. I'm from the new world colones and for a little over a year I have been slowly making moves as to allow me to head over in 2021 for a few years running up and down the canals.
Ah, yet again the importance of homework! Thanks for another insightful Vlog. It seems you can take the Reporter out of the Newsroom... but he's still sniffing around getting a story for us 🎥 🙂 👍
Thanks for this one, David, from one of your U.S. fans. I will continue to dream of an idyllic UK vacation, puttering along the cut in a beautiful, cozy, spider-free hire boat....
Interesting couple, came over to help their friend research her heritage, what a sweet gesture! Jane mentions Zelanders Aussies and South Africans! Ahh the lovely Anglosphere!
I became fascinated by the British canals on my visits from the US to see members of my mom’s family. When dining at a pub at Barnwell, we watched someone going through the locks and I couldn’t look away. The daughter of Mom’s cousin lives with her son in a narrowboat on the Fens of East Midlands. I follow her posts all the time. Then I found your vlog and want to watch every post. Thanks and Happy New Year!
Many viewers have said it but please permit me to say once again how good an ambassador to cruising you are and especially to the spirit of the real people who make it special. You've captured it again here and it's so charming, delightful and genuine. Thank you.
Somehow this one slipped past us but we are so glad to have found it! We are Americans as well and have almost the exact same dream with the exception of traveling in an RV here in the US and possibly, HOPEFULLY, we can do both and realize our dream of living on a narrowboat! This video was very inspiring! Might I add, what a fantastic job of interviewing from you! We so love this channel and I'm sure you've noticed many comments from me as of late. We've been getting a lot of rain here which has allowed me the time to be indoors and to comment. Hope I'm not pestering! Hope this comment finds you well. Btw, my wife immediately recognized the tune Bob was playing on his guitar...Joni Mitchell, Paved Paradise put up a parking lot. Loved this video!!!!
What a lovely couple the interview technique was excellent , good luck to our American friends living their dream 6 months of the year on the cut in their narrowboat .
What a wonderful vlog. Such a lovely couple to listen to. You should consider doing more interviews with people like these two Found it very interesting . Thank you.
A really enjoyable interview David, thanks for that. It's always a pleasure to see people enjoying themselves and having their dreams come true after putting the effort into doing their homework.
Brilliant interview. Bob and Jane looked so comfortable chatting with you, and have added to my confidence that I'll be bale to do exactly what they are doing...soon. Well done.
Excellent video. I'm so jealous. I want to hire a boat one day and spend at least a month on it. I've never been across the pond, as they say, but your vids are so much fun to watch it's almost like I'm there.
This is something I'd love to do. My wife not so much. Lol. Would love just to cruise along and take in all the history of the land. Great Britain being so much older than the U.S. would love that
Lovely interview David of two lovely people. I've watched this episode before don't think I left a comment, I'm doing catch up, trying to find where I got to before I got distracted and watched your other amazing Camper Van build adventure channel but I'm in no hurry and every chance of catching up through your impressive array of travelogues now we are in shut down. Shut down is a bit ridiculous to me but moving swiftly on. I am resisting the temptation to skip forward though preferring to follow the stories but I did see you successful bread baking which was very entertaining. Hope you are keeping yourself occupied and I am sure you will emerge with your sanity in tact.
Great interview & answers for them & your viewers. I learn something new on your videos everytime I watch them. Just all around a great video. You do a wonderful job. You have the touch in about away that others try to get it & they never do. Keep it up. And thank you for sharing your videos. Chris
This couple looks exactly like a couple who are friends of ours, so I sent them the video, and they said oh my goodness, we have always talked about doing a narrowboat trip..theyre going next year so keep an eye out for them! Cheers!
Until I moved to the USA from the UK in 2000, I could never understand how Americans seemed so rich and able to afford things like a sail boat in the US and also a narrow boat in the UK. I found that the US tax is much lower, and everything is much cheaper, especially housing and cars. So on a regular job people can do some much more in the US than you could ever imagine doing in the UK. If you land a good job in the US, you really can rake the money in and be allowed to keep most of it.
You're describing life for the top 5% though. Half of us make less than $30k a year, and our taxes are quite high, plus having to pay for things Brits don't have to like health care.
@@alexcarter8807 average income is definitely more than 30k... Plus if you made 30k your insurance is likely subsidized in some way. Not to mention our housing, food, gas are all cheaper than Europeans. I'm not saying that having private health insurance is better I'm just saying it doesn't really make much difference in the scheme of it all
Hi David, We are from Seattle and bought our boat as a used hire boat. I do understand the issue with UK credit cards as opposed to US based credit cards. We have had a real issue with getting UK mobile phones and had to find a work around. When we top up now we have to actually go to a Three store to keep our phones working. We have been here only two months on a six month stay and haven't figured out the bank account work around yet. We are living on credit cards and cash at the moment. As for buying a narrowboat we found that to get what we wanted we had to grab one instantly as they sell withing 24 hours or less. You just put a down payment on the boat and the final payment is contingent on the marine survey. You have to have a survey or the risk is incredibly high. You can get a bad boat that actually looks good. As for transferring funds I was astounded by bank charges. They actually have hidden fees that have to do with exchange rates and they take what I thought were outrageous fees especially when one is dealing in large dollars and pounds. I investigated transferring money and found a way to transfer safely and easily for about one third of what the banks charge. Thank you for all your videos. You made our boat search so easy and clear.
There’s an online service app called Transferwise, basically you can transfer money for an eight to a tenth of what a bank transfer international will cost you. They also do an international MasterCard so you can load dollars in and spend pounds with no fees ! Glad to see the younger generation resolving schemes by these old bankers. I’ve used them for two years and pay my sons college. I am looking at a narrow boat or a wider boat. I did penichete vacations in France which were excellent esp
This piece in particular was of intrigue to me living in New York State. I have through UK mates in Manchester fallen in love with these Narrow Boats. I hope to maybe spend bit of time on this wonderful mode of transport when I fly into Manchester late in this year. This was yet another fun piece to see. Thank you.
sir,you are very lucky to live in N.Y. Go to the Erie canal and rent one of the finest canal boats in the world.Midlakes navigation near Macedon,N.Y. will rent you a canal boat for you and your wife to tour on for a week or however long you want to go on the canal.We did it 4 times and every time was better that the last.The towns along the canal really want the visitors to have a good time .Hope you try it.It is alot cheaper that flying to England and using a really skinny boat.Midlakes boats are beautiful, well equiped,and you do not open and close the lock yourself.The lock master or bridge tender will take care of all those dutiesP.N.
@@hollyferguson7340 Thats part of the UK diy charm of canal life. Be really fun to see some old footage of when the canals were used for moving goods to market & a commercial necessity. In the day I rode by daily an old disused lock of the Chenango Canal outside of Norwich NY. It was always fascinating to see the old tech for transporting goods. Heard the fall tours on the Erie are stunning.
Sometimes you have to be "bold." I searched and searched for an old 3/4 ton Suburban. I found a '97, in great condition, in Tennessee [I live in Arizona]. I bought it over the phone, and I'm glad I did! Maybe I'm just lucky, but the sale turned out well.
This answers a lot of questions I have had for a long time. Moving to the UK and narrowboating is little more than a dream at this point in my life, but there is hope! Ta!
Being fairly new to narrowboating I'm continually delighted by how lovely narrowboat people are. The very best of humanity. Hope to see Bob and Jane on the cut sometime
What a lovely couple. May I say to all from around the world we are a friendly lot here in the UK even if there are a few wrong-uns. David. Binge watching the whole series from your first vlog, and enjoying it all again. It would be great to help you through the Hanwell Flight on the Grand Union, should you choose to come down to Brentford. All the best from a proud West Londoner and Hanwellian.
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I have to admit, after watching your videos, this American desperately wants to experience "the cut". I like the non touristy way of traveling. This would be an amazing vacation.
Harrison Ford did.
NO !!!
What pleasant people. May they putter about pleasantly and discover much that is fine.
@David of Yorkshire that and this is clearly their retirement. Slow and easy is what they want now after a busy life.
And even the hustle and bustle of daily American life, floating along down your canals does look like a nice little break from all the chaos.
I really enjoyed this video. I am fascinated with cultural perspectives and realities of mixing cultures. I think in these days, its good for Britain and US to find friendship and understanding.
I think so to good thinking
We had the pleasure of meeting Bob and Jayne earlier today on our bit of the “Cut” We walk and run along the canal is just perfect so on our walk with the dog it just so happened Voyageur appeared next to us so we walked and talked. When Bob pulled over, we were invited aboard.
They are lovely folk!
What a lovely couple. So nice that they feel right at home on our waterways.
As ever, David, another interesting and informative video.
I have lived next to the tennessee river for 47 years. Grew up around the water and have worked on towboates for 23 years. I would love to live over there on a narrow boat. Thanks for all the great videos and hello from the 🇺🇸
What an interesting interview! Great idea for a vlog. It was amusing to hear him say “advertisements” with the British pronunciation.
This fellow American wishes them all the best in their travels. 🙂
This couple is living my dream.
God bless ‘em.
I'm a Texan. I've owned a narrow boat for two years and spent three months each of the last three Summers on it in the UK. I love it.
How do you prep the boat for the "off-season"?
Whereabouts in Texas? I have a sister near Houston.
@@CP140405 Yeah where do you live Michael? Would love to buy you a beer and chat about it.
Yes, Yes you can. We're Americans and my parents live 6 months out of the year on their narrow boat in the UK.
The Fultons are such nice people! Thank you for sharing!
What a lovely couple.
This is narrow boating. It's not where your from. It's where your head is at.
People like these and of course the vlogger, makes you want to get into the life
As an American that is totally in love with the British Canal life, vicariously sadly, it is great to see those that can realize the dream of enjoying a narrowboat. I only stumbled upon this life researching American Waterways, for what is called in the US the Great Loop. Maybe someday the wife and I can make our dream come true.
I am from Canada and I love the idea of this! I would love to own a canalboat one day!
The canals of the UK are lovely. It reminds me of a story like Wind in the Willows of some other Edwardian era novel.
30 year old Aussie here, lovely people and a great lifestyle. As a single bloke I cannot wait to get over there and rent a narrowboat and just relax when I want to and socialise when I can.
Russell Coight did you enter the competition.
Cruising the cut sounds like a nice way to pass the time during hurricane season.
If I suddenly became rich I would be hard pressed to not pick up and move over to England and buy a Narrowboat. The slow pace and the sense of adventure is something I long for. And I could also indulge my interest in British Railway history.
Same here.
I'm glad you made this video. I am retired military and have become very interested by these VLOG's and the possibilities of purchasing one. Hence my interest in this particular vid.
As a Bostonian with family in Guilford this speaks volumes to me. I always had the dream of retiring to England but after watching this video among others of yours i think retiring on a Narrowboat might take the cake for what i would love to do. Keep up the relaxing informative videos!!
What I like is that you are nosy in just the right way.
We are Australians and we cruised the canal for 2 years on our narrowboat, it was a wonderful experience!
How hard or easy was it to organise vias for that length of time?
I’m a “Yank” and am currently looking at used boats- I don’t know how I’m going to live in the UK, but I’m getting ready 😅 Great channel ❤️👏
Thank you
Great interview David! Nice to see people from around the world who share the passion for narrow boats. :)
Lovely people , I hope you enjoy your adventure , welcome to the UK .
Lovely couple. Enjoy your travels and broader Blighty.
Done one trip in 2016 and had a blast, always looking to afford another trip to the UK and the cut.
the audio quality on this video is absolutely fanbloodytastic, well done!
You still have that touch for doing great interviews!
david's interviews are great, i agree. Totally Non Invasive, more like a normal flow of conversation between two people, which I must say is quite rare these days! Great Interview and a lovely couple....
I would love to move to the UK but it is so hard if you don't have a huge amount of money to back you up. My son lives there and visiting is just never enough. The Broads are close by and I have seen so many beautiful boats on our travels. To live on a narrow boat is on the top of my bucket list. Love these videos as get a real feel for how it could be. Thanks so much.
A very usefull vlog for those that are not based in the UK. Nice one David..
Very nice American couple.
Heart warming story and wish them well on their stay and travels in England.
As a former expat from the US who lived in London 2004-2007, I have always had the insatiable desire to move back to the UK. Whenever I can, I make a return visit on average once annually. I don't think I can ever rest easy until I get back there. I have talked to other Americans who have spent a good amount of time (and even short visits) in the UK and almost without exception, they all feel the same insatiable desire to return. I call it the London syndrome. One day, on a future return visit to the UK, I would love to get my first experience on a canal boat and see what it's like for myself. It's no surprise to me that people from overseas can potentially buy a canal boat. Whilst living in London, I attended a church whose congregation were largely foreign expats (many of whom were Americans in fact). One American lady in that church actually lived on a narrowboat. During my frequent walks all over London, I would often see those boats and wondered what they were for and what was inside them. Watching your videos really piques my interest. And yes, I still use British English pronunciations, spellings, expressions, etc. on occasion. Once a Londoner, always a Londoner.
London and the rest of the UK are two entirely different experiences. This has always been the case but more so now than ever before.
Truly enjoyed this VLOG.....I am a South African and have done 2 trips on a hire boat from Oxford and it is on my bucketlist to still do a trip in winter on the cut! Thanks for your VLOG....I've seen them all. Regards from Cape Town!
What a delightful couple.
Another Aussie who thanks you and your very enthusiastic guests. I found your channel via a random TH-cam recommendation, watched a few, and then went back and am currently watching them from number one. I never believed I could be so entranced by someone going around at three miles an hour.
This particular "VLOG" gives me hope that one day I may be able to give you a wave as we pass.
Glad you like them
I live on one of the oldest and still working industrial canals in the United States. Look up Bellows Falls, Vermont. Fascinating history and a very small village. Most houses are Victorians. Unfortunately, the taxes are killing everything that was good. But most of us at the historical society work very hard to keep stuff up to snuff.
Too Bob and Jayne , who both fell in love with the narrowboat lifestyle and loving it!
Not because they and myself are American, but this has been a nice departure from the norm of vlogging....almost roaming reporter (which of course you are well suited for). Not to be taken that I do not enjoy your vlogs, but another point of view is always enjoyable. Thanks so very much....now go work on the van!
Lovely couple, interesting conversation...and I really liked the flowers, so bright and cheerful.
It sounded like he liked the boat and loved the people and culture. Pretty high praise indeed. Thanks for the video.
Well, I was jealous at the start and then he said, "We're home.", and that just makes it all the more endearing. Glad you met up with them and shared.
I missed if they said what part of the US they're from, may need to review.
Very nice video although I thought you let him get away a bit with his "can't get a bank account" answer. I would have liked a bit, just a bit, more detail there as to the specific hurdles they needed to cross. However, having said that, I thoroughly enjoyed the interview. Well done you. Good idea.
It is very simple. You need a bona fide UK address where you can evidence that you pay utility bills and have a track record of living there and paying bills. This is both an anti fraud and money laundering measure imposed on banks by the regulators. It is tough on the ordinary joe.
I recently watched your videos on vintage and old engines in canal boats and I must have watched each 5 or 6 times in the last 2 days. I love them. If you have the opportunity to make more videos on engines or working boats please do. Love every video. Keep up the good work
There will be more of those but not immediately - the last mini-series only just finished! Sometime though :-)
CruisingTheCut That is quite alright. I’m not bothered exactly what type of narrow boating content you produce whatever it is I’m sure that I will enjoy it. Thanks :-)
These are the kind of normal decent Americans that do their country credit - sadly not shown on news casts of late
As someone who's been in America his whole life, and quite frankly never left his time zone (-6 GMT... although I have been all over this time zone) don't believe everything you see on TV. Yeah, we're dealing with a lot of issues right now, but from what my British friends tell me, not anymore than you guys are. I would say that these guys are representative of most Americans when it comes right down to it.
Welcome to our canals Bob and Jayne. I'm a year-round liveaboard based on the Kennet and Avon. Hope to see you sometime.
Very heartwarming. David if you are still in contact with this couple it would be lovely to see a follow-up, now that they have had their boat for almost 4 years, to see how they have been getting on.
They’ve since sold the boat after two years when they couldn’t get here due to covid travel restrictions
What a shame that they had to sell. Hope you are both happy and well, Bob and Jane.
The States had hundreds of canals. It's to bad they were all covered up and placed in huge pipes. Well for the most part any way. Canals in the States were the biggest transport system before the railroad. There were canals in Boston, Baltimore, DC, PA, Va, And the list goes on.
Excellent video bro and what a lovely couple too. All the best from a frosty morning in NZ
This needs to be said. you are amazing at naming these videos
Thank you
Hi David, I'm as Aussie who has always hankered for pottering about on the canals. I'm planning a holiday! These folk have answered a lot of questions for me. I thoroughly enjoy your vlog. All the best cobber. Rob 😎
Hi David.. we saw you at Crick you were working,. So not a good time for a chat. We have a wide beam that was at crick this year. Got 3rd in show. Very pleased. As you said in another vlog this year you will be on other peoples boats. Would you like to try a wide beam in Cambridgeshire. Something different.
Very good topic. I'm from the new world colones and for a little over a year I have been slowly making moves as to allow me to head over in 2021 for a few years running up and down the canals.
Ah, yet again the importance of homework! Thanks for another insightful Vlog. It seems you can take the Reporter out of the Newsroom... but he's still sniffing around getting a story for us 🎥 🙂 👍
Thanks for this one, David, from one of your U.S. fans. I will continue to dream of an idyllic UK vacation, puttering along the cut in a beautiful, cozy, spider-free hire boat....
Interesting couple, came over to help their friend research her heritage, what a sweet gesture! Jane mentions Zelanders Aussies and South Africans! Ahh the lovely Anglosphere!
I became fascinated by the British canals on my visits from the US to see members of my mom’s family. When dining at a pub at Barnwell, we watched someone going through the locks and I couldn’t look away. The daughter of Mom’s cousin lives with her son in a narrowboat on the Fens of East Midlands. I follow her posts all the time. Then I found your vlog and want to watch every post. Thanks and Happy New Year!
Many viewers have said it but please permit me to say once again how good an ambassador to cruising you are and especially to the spirit of the real people who make it special. You've captured it again here and it's so charming, delightful and genuine.
Thank you.
Thank you :-)
Great video, nice people. Excellent presentation, Thank you
Somehow this one slipped past us but we are so glad to have found it! We are Americans as well and have almost the exact same dream with the exception of traveling in an RV here in the US and possibly, HOPEFULLY, we can do both and realize our dream of living on a narrowboat! This video was very inspiring! Might I add, what a fantastic job of interviewing from you! We so love this channel and I'm sure you've noticed many comments from me as of late. We've been getting a lot of rain here which has allowed me the time to be indoors and to comment. Hope I'm not pestering! Hope this comment finds you well. Btw, my wife immediately recognized the tune Bob was playing on his guitar...Joni Mitchell, Paved Paradise put up a parking lot. Loved this video!!!!
Not pestering at all!!! :-)
What a lovely couple the interview technique was excellent , good luck to our American friends living their dream 6 months of the year on the cut in their narrowboat .
A very good interview without the hesitation between words and sentences that some interviewees suffer from.
What a wonderful vlog. Such a lovely couple to listen to. You should consider doing more interviews with people like these two Found it very interesting . Thank you.
Haha, it's a question of finding interesting people, who are eloquent and willing to be filmed!
Worth looking David, that was a really good idea.
There's a lot more history in the Uk than the USA! Best of luck to them, enjoy all the Uk can offer! All the Best from One Man and His Whippet
Have you just discounted Native American history?
very nice people. I hope they enjoy it.
Im a new subscriber and i now know what i want to do when i retire. Im getting myself a narrowboat.
A really enjoyable interview David, thanks for that. It's always a pleasure to see people enjoying themselves and having their dreams come true after putting the effort into doing their homework.
Great video, i love your style, what lovely people, you are speaking to, I wish them every happiness here in their new narrowboat adventures.
Brilliant interview. Bob and Jane looked so comfortable chatting with you, and have added to my confidence that I'll be bale to do exactly what they are doing...soon. Well done.
Excellent video. I'm so jealous. I want to hire a boat one day and spend at least a month on it. I've never been across the pond, as they say, but your vids are so much fun to watch it's almost like I'm there.
Grew up on the Erie Canal in Upstate New York. You can rent the same style narrow boat as yours and Tour the Canal
What lovely people. Thanks for sharing their story!
Thanks for watching!
wonder whare they are now?
This is something I'd love to do. My wife not so much. Lol. Would love just to cruise along and take in all the history of the land. Great Britain being so much older than the U.S. would love that
Hats off to two very lovely people. They are living my dream and best of luck to them, thanks David for sharing this. Regards, Geoff.
Lovely interview David of two lovely people. I've watched this episode before don't think I left a comment, I'm doing catch up, trying to find where I got to before I got distracted and watched your other amazing Camper Van build adventure channel but I'm in no hurry and every chance of catching up through your impressive array of travelogues now we are in shut down. Shut down is a bit ridiculous to me but moving swiftly on. I am resisting the temptation to skip forward though preferring to follow the stories but I did see you successful bread baking which was very entertaining. Hope you are keeping yourself occupied and I am sure you will emerge with your sanity in tact.
awesome, i'm us citizen, and this is exactly what i was hoping to learn
I hope they have a lovely time.
Nice to see and hear about people from different countries joining the community and having a go at the locks
Hope they both enjoy exploring
Great interview & answers for them & your viewers. I learn something new on your videos everytime I watch them. Just all around a great video. You do a wonderful job. You have the touch in about away that others try to get it & they never do.
Keep it up. And thank you for sharing your videos.
Chris
This couple looks exactly like a couple who are friends of ours, so I sent them the video, and they said oh my goodness, we have always talked about doing a narrowboat trip..theyre going next year so keep an eye out for them! Cheers!
Hello. Totally agree with Bob when he said, "Do your homework." That is what I have been doing since April 2020.
Hey their you forget Philippines and I am only 11 years old and your diy video's and sailing videos are great video s
Until I moved to the USA from the UK in 2000, I could never understand how Americans seemed so rich and able to afford things like a sail boat in the US and also a narrow boat in the UK. I found that the US tax is much lower, and everything is much cheaper, especially housing and cars. So on a regular job people can do some much more in the US than you could ever imagine doing in the UK. If you land a good job in the US, you really can rake the money in and be allowed to keep most of it.
10 more years in the US and you might have had occasion to visit a hospital or two. You'll feel the "tax" then
@@embretr.string5204 I mean. Depending on his income even if his health costs are higher he's still coming out better
You're describing life for the top 5% though. Half of us make less than $30k a year, and our taxes are quite high, plus having to pay for things Brits don't have to like health care.
Err we do pay for our health care but through our taxes rather than privately through insurance.
@@alexcarter8807 average income is definitely more than 30k... Plus if you made 30k your insurance is likely subsidized in some way. Not to mention our housing, food, gas are all cheaper than Europeans. I'm not saying that having private health insurance is better I'm just saying it doesn't really make much difference in the scheme of it all
What lovely people.
Nice interview! It gives me something to look forward to - retirement isn't too far away!
Hi David, We are from Seattle and bought our boat as a used hire boat. I do understand the issue with UK credit cards as opposed to US based credit cards. We have had a real issue with getting UK mobile phones and had to find a work around. When we top up now we have to actually go to a Three store to keep our phones working. We have been here only two months on a six month stay and haven't figured out the bank account work around yet. We are living on credit cards and cash at the moment. As for buying a narrowboat we found that to get what we wanted we had to grab one instantly as they sell withing 24 hours or less. You just put a down payment on the boat and the final payment is contingent on the marine survey. You have to have a survey or the risk is incredibly high. You can get a bad boat that actually looks good. As for transferring funds I was astounded by bank charges. They actually have hidden fees that have to do with exchange rates and they take what I thought were outrageous fees especially when one is dealing in large dollars and pounds. I investigated transferring money and found a way to transfer safely and easily for about one third of what the banks charge. Thank you for all your videos. You made our boat search so easy and clear.
Can you not go to a branch of a US bank in London and arrange something? Pay for cellphone credit online and pay by Paypal.
There’s an online service app called Transferwise, basically you can transfer money for an eight to a tenth of what a bank transfer international will cost you. They also do an international MasterCard so you can load dollars in and spend pounds with no fees ! Glad to see the younger generation resolving schemes by these old bankers. I’ve used them for two years and pay my sons college. I am looking at a narrow boat or a wider boat. I did penichete vacations in France which were excellent esp
@@noname-mq6vwWish an owner would take bitcoin!
This piece in particular was of intrigue to me living in New York State. I have through UK mates in Manchester fallen in love with these Narrow Boats. I hope to maybe spend bit of time on this wonderful mode of transport when I fly into Manchester late in this year. This was yet another fun piece to see. Thank you.
sir,you are very lucky to live in N.Y. Go to the Erie canal and rent one of the finest canal boats in the world.Midlakes navigation near Macedon,N.Y. will rent you a canal boat for you and your wife to tour on for a week or however long you want to go on the canal.We did it 4 times and every time was better that the last.The towns along the canal really want the visitors to have a good time .Hope you try it.It is alot cheaper that flying to England and using a really skinny boat.Midlakes boats are beautiful, well equiped,and you do not open and close the lock yourself.The lock master or bridge tender will take care of all those dutiesP.N.
@@hollyferguson7340 Thats part of the UK diy charm of canal life. Be really fun to see some old footage of when the canals were used for moving goods to market & a commercial necessity.
In the day I rode by daily an old disused lock of the Chenango Canal outside of Norwich NY. It was always fascinating to see the old tech for transporting goods. Heard the fall tours on the Erie are stunning.
Sometimes you have to be "bold." I searched and searched for an old 3/4 ton Suburban. I found a '97, in great condition, in Tennessee [I live in Arizona]. I bought it over the phone, and I'm glad I did! Maybe I'm just lucky, but the sale turned out well.
Loved this interview thanks so much David.
This answers a lot of questions I have had for a long time. Moving to the UK and narrowboating is little more than a dream at this point in my life, but there is hope! Ta!
Being fairly new to narrowboating I'm continually delighted by how lovely narrowboat people are. The very best of humanity. Hope to see Bob and Jane on the cut sometime
Lovely couple, enjoy your times here.
a tour of their boat would have been good.
Another great vid, you never disappoint..
What a lovely couple. May I say to all from around the world we are a friendly lot here in the UK even if there are a few wrong-uns. David. Binge watching the whole series from your first vlog, and enjoying it all again. It would be great to help you through the Hanwell Flight on the Grand Union, should you choose to come down to Brentford. All the best from a proud West Londoner and Hanwellian.
Great video David "Its always nice to meet nice people"
The wife and I love these boats. I doubt I’ll ever own one ($), but We so enjoy viewing and dreaming. Thanks so much. (J.B.)
Glad I found this channel,Ive seen these type boats a few weeks ago in the river Shannon here in Ireland as I was passing by.
This is Brilliant! Such an interesting couple well filmed and relaxed.
What a nice couple.
"Absolutely lovely couple". Agreed :)