There'd be a lot less stress if more of our urbanised population got off their fat arses occasionally - to discover our beautiful countryside by walking through it!
I’m in France watching your vlog, I don’t think I’ve ever missed an episode. In an increasing urbanised world it’s comforting to watch your videos on canal side nature. Always a joy! 😊
How lucky to still be in France, Jack? I bet it is beautiful over there this time of year?Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
I'm envious!!! 😄 Albeit it's 80 degrees fahrenheit height here Gulf Coast maintenant/ahora!! Always looking to relocate!!! I cannot believe I've been in Mississippi Gulf Coast for six years. I have no complaints!! Never dreamed it!!!
I’m not usually one to peruse the comments on the channels I follow on TH-cam. Today I did, and the reactions to your videos affirmed something, I’ve suspected since first finding your channel. Your videos are little islands of refuge where people can lose themselves in the things of life, that are truly important. Thank for sharing your world through this medium.
I am so pleased that you are finding the videos an escape. Making them, helps me too.Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
Through algorithms, your video popped up and I loved every single moment of it. We used to own a 60ft narrow boat, but sold it a couple of years ago. We did constant cruising, but remained on Macclesfield Canal and Peak Forest Canal. This particular episode that you made was like ' Memory Lane'.....such beautiful waterways. The final scene of your video 'blew me away'. What a talented person you are. !!!! The impeccably presented journal brimming full of beautiful hand writing and masterpieces of drawings and paintings was a very pleasant shock. I presume you're a published author/illustrator.
Hello Vanessa - greetings from Poland Your beautiful video put the sunshine back into my life today. Unfortunatley, we had to have Tina put to sleep this afternoon. She was 14 years old and had Cusshings Disease. Our decision came after consultation with our incredible vet. What a shame you have left the Peak forest but the Macclesfield is lovely too. That walk to the postbox was terrific. And all the new life was saw was superb
Oh, Michael, I am so, so sorry to hear about ,Tina. I hope you are okay? I am sure you must have 14 years of incredibly beautiful memories of her. Take care. 🦋🌻🤗🤗💚
Oh Vanessa ! Could this video possibly have been more tranquil and soothing and . . . to see the Green Tiger Beetle sketched at the very end was . . . TRULY SAVING THE VERY BEST FOR LAST ! I was sooooooooooooooooooooooooo hoping he would be included n this weeks drawing. I chuckled at the Fox not giving two hoots at the Heron standing watch :) This was such a treat Vanessa, I so look forward each week spending time with you as you venture out on Alice Grace . The effort which goes into producing such fine films is not lost on me. May God Bless you and Zephyr this week. Cheers from Avondale Arizona.
The Green Tiger Beetle was a delight to draw- what a gorgeous insect it is! I haven't seen one before. It is one of our fastest moving insects and my goodness, it was rapid as it shot across the ground. I had to hold my breath so not to disturb it when filming it.Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
Hi Vanessa, I sensed you were in your Element with Zeph in the wooded area… what a beautiful escape from all the sadness in Britain at the moment. I’m moored right opposite what I believe is a Sedge Warbler… ( had to record its song on my bird app to identify it) every morning it climbs from the long grass and holds onto the highest stem bursting with so many different sounds? I’ve never heard one before as normally I get saturated by Chiff Chaffs and Blackbirds… I hope Zeph gets a new ball very soon 😊
That sounds just like a sedge warbler. They love to sing from the a high position to show everyone how beautiful their song is! I love them!!!!Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
Vanessa you really do get to see the most amazing scenery. Your views you take us on are just astounding. There was a clip of you when you said you were really going to miss the forest views and there was this house that was right there. I want that house LOL right by the canal. I could just picture myself in it looking out one way seeing the beautiful hills and landscape and looking behind the house and seeing the canal and the narrowboats as well as the people walking the paths. Breathtaking. I wish!!!!!! Just love it all
Sorry spell check for ya . We love all your journeys with you boat and your dog ,luke is a serious watcher he loves our industrial heritage . Take care zepper and you .
I just love, love your dog zephyr. She is so calm and sweet.❤ Your walk through the trails and stream was one of my favourites. Thank you. ❤ It looks so much like where I live in British Columbia. Beautiful
I am so pleased that you enjoyed the walk, Darlene. Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Zephyr woofs a 'hello' to you. Have a super weekend. Take care 🌻🦋
Hello again! What a great episode! Loved hearing about the narrowboat prices and builds, very good information. Beautiful scenery and commentary, as usual. Also enjoyed the history, hearing about those brave ramblers who paved the way for future generations to enjoy the peaks, valleys, and waterways that would otherwise be off-limits to the general public today. I always learn something new from your channel, and today is no different. Thanks again, and best wishes, as always!
Weren't those ramblers brave? I am so grateful to them for getting the ball rolling on the right to roam as the places that we can go to and enjoy now are just wonderful.Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
Hi Vanessa another great video. Just love all that you do, I’ve been told I need a new hip, and I lose myself watching you. You have an aura about you that is so peaceful. Thank you for making such beautiful videos. Have great week and see you next week. Xx
Hi Sandy, you must be in a lot of pain to be needing a new hip? I really hope that gets sorted quickly for you. Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care🌻🦋
Treat yourself to one, she seeks them on Etsy. I bought one for myself as a birthday gift, and I absolutely love it! It's even more beautiful in person. 😊
I am so pleased that you are enjoying the vlogs. Thank you so much for your kind words about my art and poetry. Having time to dedicate to creative tasks is such a life enhancing thing. Happy painting and writing, Ann! Take care🦋🌻
That is so kind of you. It's all about the practice. I am not a natural artist, I am just working hard at trying to get better and enjoying every minute of it.Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
Another magical episode,thankyou. Zephyr was so gutted about the ball,bless,but got some good consolation at the end. Look forward to more of your wonderful videos.
Thanks for an other beautifully vlog . My friend and I have been on 2 canal boat Holidays and I like you spent many an hour watching the wiled life and painting and writing poems , not as good as your paintings and poems though. Although I cant afford holidays at the moment you allow me to transport my self back to the canals that I love. thank you so much for all your time and effort , I look forward to your next one. Steve XXX
That is wonderful that you spent your canal holiday painting and writing poetry- the water has a very creative affect on us doesn’t it? I bet your creations were amazing. Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care🌻🦋
I grew up in a house that was called Edale, I heard it was for the original owners love of Derbyshire....Nice to see it as I haven't been. Thank you for sharing, I do love your vlogs. x
A great vlog the expense of the boat ,well worth it we dont realise the beauty of our countryside and the wildlife ,your poetry very good with your drawings
England is such a lovely country, and the canals are a wonderful way to see parts of it. I hope they keep the ones they have and even expand on them. Whether I'm crossing Montana or watching one of your videos, I always imagine myself living in the homes I see along the way. Very idyllic scenery. I think narrowboat living would be nice for a season or a year, but I would eventually want to settle back down as I am, on my little acre. Your satisfaction in getting the black on your keel is matched by my getting the 30x36 foot slab poured underneath the pole building that's going to be my greenhouse.
Your videos are really zen, very nicely edited and well narated. It's much appreciated that you take us with you on your exploring walks with the dog, too bad the ball got lost. Your painting and drawing talents are something that is making me sort of jealous, as I've never managed to draw anything that other people would be able to recognise 👍👍👍
Thank you so much for your kindness, Peter. I couldn't draw to start with, but I just practise hard. I know you could draw too if you had the time to dedicate to practising. Take care 🦋🌻
Well done sweetheart! Handling a big boat like that really takes e skill and dedication! You are a true Angel of the waterways, and spirt of the land! Be free be beautiful and always true to yourself and your sole will shine like a beacon forever! Stay safe and stay happy!
Hello dear lady. I am writing to you from Buenos Aires, Argentina. I've been following all your videos for a few months. It gives me a doubt but a positive one. I don't know what to choose as my main choice: his drawings, his poems, his lifestyle in his fantastic and beautiful narrow boat. It really is a peaceful life to imitate. Thank you for sharing your experiences and content. I send you a warm hug, wishing you success and good luck.
everytime your video is up... i must put it full screen, not because i cant see... i want to enjoy every scene that you brought in this video... very lovely... and poor doggy, lost his toy
Found your channel purely by accident and I love it. Looking to move on to a boat permanently soon after much research, please, if you see an Australian looking confused, come and have a cuppa and that gorgeous dog can have some treats. Take care and thank you.
Loved the video and love your journal at the end, you are very talented. We love nature as much as you do. It must be lovely to travel down the canal with such peace and tranquillity. I love your dog too 🐕
@themindfulnarrowboat you too, enjoy the weekend. We have been watching some others. I love your journal and sketches. You inspired me to get out my paints 🎨 I'm no good though 😊
❤Namaste from India - your scenic river cruises are so refreshing on old eyes -bless you for taking us along on your journey - love and light from a 70 year old Granma - for bringing joy to her mostly sedentary life 🙏🦋💙just discoverd your vlog today🍀
I am so pleased that you have found my vlog. I love your country so much that I named my daughter after it! Thank you so much for your kind comment. Have a super weekend. Take care 🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat my heartfelt blessings to your daughter💝 I too loved your Queen because of her sense of duty - a virtue much upheld in India . I’ve been to London several times,Scotland and parts of England ie Bath,Stonehenge ,Oxford& Cambridge & Windsor Castle ie the usual tourist trails but my best friend who I was in boarding school with for 10 years as children up in the Himalayas ,lives in London ! I was last there 12 years ago and she says it’s changed a lot the last few years but I’m glad the canals are still beautiful and serene
Beautiful vlogs. The videography and info on the animals, plants, architecture and history is very fine, and your art and poetry is first class. Pat to Zeph, Go well ok
So look forward to getting home on Fridays after walking my Border Collie Kate , i make a coffee have a KitKat sit back and thoroughly immerse myself in your wonderful vlog thank you so much take care Terence & Kate. 🐾🐾
I hope you had a wonderful walk with Kate this evening. I now have a craving for a KitKat! 🤭Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
Beautiful, never seen a pipit or the green back beetle, thank you for showing us, mountaineering now as well, Zephyr weren't the only one to have a treat 4 biscuits. We have been away again Cleethorpes this time, we heard a cuckoo and a young vixen fox came up to our caravan last night i shared some sliced beef with her and she took a piece out of my hand, she even gave me time to take pictures of her beautiful. Great video again. All the best Gary n Irene.
Oh Gary and Irene, you heard a cuckoo and fed a vixen! That sounds like my idea of paradise. I bet you have some magnificent photos of her.Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
Hello, John! I hope you are both well and enjoying your spring so far? I can't quite believe the subs either!!!🤩 I am very grateful though and to you for your encouragement from the start. Have a super rest of the week. Take care 🌻🦋
I know electric boats are becoming very popular because of the energy savings, however, as experienced sailboat owners we believe it’s best to have alternatives. We cook with both propane as well as an induction cooktop. We do have to use our generator for our heat and a/c if we’re off shore power and I’m very jealous of the wood burning stoves you narrow boaters have.
Hello Mr NB Will? I met Coco the dog that you grew so attached to this week. She is adorable isn't she? Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care 🦋🌻
Well that vlog brought back a memory I was last up Kinder Scout way back in 66 when I was 17, Very interesting on boat prices I always remember somebody mentioned that Warble boats were charging about £1100 per foot for a narrowboat back in 99 seems cheap now.lol, The biscuit challenge come on Vanessa "Four"" I lost ,great vlog have a good week take care.😊
You'll have to revisit Kinder Scout then. It is so beautiful isn't it? Those biscuits don't have any chocolate on them so four is really like 2 chocolate digestives...well that's what I told myself anyway! 🤭 Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend. Take care 🦋🌻
I love your vlogs and you ended your vlog in a very much loved location of ours in higher poynton which my husband and i have a caravan right next to the canal. We love taking our dogs down the canal and on the lovely walks such a lovely area. take care and can't wait for your next adventure xx
I also keep a nature journal like you - here in Australia, I also love to draw birds and insects with coloured pencils. Laying down all the different tones of dry pigment from a coloured pencil, is so soothing - and suddenly you have made something from nothing! A blank page suddenly springs to life! Your sketches have real charm - and when I read this quote from Beatrix Potter, I thought of you and your exquisite talent with pencils - Beatrix wrote in her diary - 'Thank God, I have the seeing eye.'
Hi Polly, I am so pleased that you keep a nature journal too. It is such a wonderful hobby to have isn't it? Every season, there is something wonderful to sketch and think about. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. I am a real fan of Beatrix Potter by the way! Take care 🌻🦋
Ah, 23 minutes of pure entertainment watching yet another relaxing Vlog of yours. And, indeed, you have really inspired me to get out and about doing nature videos. Once again, thank you so much for making and sharing your delightful videos. 🙂
Hi Paul, I hope you get out and do some photography as the trees and hedges are bursting with life!Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
That is such a kind comment and I love that you have called them 'water stories' too! 🥰Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
Hey! I just started watching your videos and I enjoy every single video you post and learning all about living on a narrowboat as well as all the wildlife. Thank you for all you do from Canada!
oh that was lovely thank you, what a wonderful little walk through woodland you did, with the music and birdsong it was just right! Poor Zephyr loosing her ball! I have a small black Lab and she is exactly the same, really panics if she loses her ball and will run franticly around the house and garden looking for it, biscuits do work and normally we find it. thank you also, for talking about the cost and having a Narrow boat. We were looking into it a few years ago, but couldn't go ahead with it due to family illness. I am quite suprised at how much they have gone up since then! so we bought a camper van instead which has been good. hope you are all well and thank you for you lovely drawing and poems. x
Hi Katie, Labradors and their ball obsessions eh! 🐾🐾😂 I bet you have some wonderful adventures in your camper van? Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend. Take care 🌻🦋
Possibly your best video yet, kudos! I'm going to buy you a coffee, use it to by Ms. Zephyr a new ball, she's a great dog and reminds me so much of my own dog.
That is so kind of you- thank you so much! Zephyr has a new ball now and she is very happy about that. Pass on a belly rub to your dog from me. Have a super weekend. Take care 🦋🌻
My dear wife Christine of 47yrs passed away suddenly 8 mths ago she always watched your channel she loved your drawings, This is the first time ive been able to watch you its been a terrible 8 mths and it still is, But I'll try and catch you again sometime❤
Hang in there. I know how hard it is to lose a loved one. If you are a believer,then you know that she is in a great place and one day you will see her again. God Bless You 🙏❤️
Oh Tony, I am so devastated for you. Life is so, so cruel sometimes; Christine was far too young to go. It doesn't make any sense does it? I hope you have loved ones close by. Please email me, if you think it will make you feel any better: themindfulnarrowboat@gmail.com. I am honoured that Christine enjoyed my channel. Thank you so much for leaving this comment. Time will pass and you will feel stronger again. Hold onto those precious memories and try and spend time in nature. There are many signs there. Take care 🌻🦋🕊️
I am sad to hear that you have lost a loved one too, Deborah. Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to Tony. That is very kind and thoughtful of you. Take care 🌻🦋🕊️
I'm a few months in front on you. I know It doesn't seem like it now but it does get easier. I still struggle daily but it is different. I guess this is the price i/we pay for sharing our lives with wonderful ladies. Good luck to you sir. I wish you the best as a member of the same crappy club.
I love your videos I just came across them a few days ago, You are so very talented in what you do and I send my best wishes for your future journey's. 🌞
Thanks Vanessa, for a fab we film. I know the lost ball thing so well. Unfortunately our, totally nuts, Border Collie Islay isn't that fussed for treats...got to find the ball. So, I carry a spare one.😂
That is a smart move to carry a spare! Belly rubs to your collie from me. Take care🌻🦋
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We always enjoy watching your adventures. We have been up Kinder Scout many times. I am now 81, and my father, who was born in Belper, and an avid walker, was on the mass trespass. He took me up Kinder and Mam Tor when I was 7, and I have loved it ever since. Thank you for evoking this lovely memory. Keep living the dream.
What beautiful memories you must have and how proud you must be of your father for paving the way for the right to roam. He was brave. Thank you for such a lovely comment. Take care🦋🌻
Good evening Vanessa ~ another brilliant Friday night in store for me as your vlog/video is ready to watch ~ I couldn’t comment earlier as I was with the head physio and the nurse discussing medication And I didn’t see the notification flash up ~ I hope you have a lovely weekend - sending you loads of love and loads of hugs as always ~ Xxx Xxx
Came across your channel this week so been binge watching your videos, really enjoy all your information with every video.. Just ordered your 2022 journal ... Great videos everyone pouch them ☺
Hi, I just love narrowboats £70,000 for a home is not a bad price the good thing about it you don’t like the neighbours or theoutlook you just move , I am very fortunate here in Australia. I have very good neighbours. Keep up the good work. Love your videos you’re looking pretty fit
That is very true indeed! I am so pleased that you have nice neighbours. 🤭 Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend. Take care 🦋🌻
Thank you for these beautifully done records of your adventures! I so enjoy them. I find myself relaxing and smiling as Alice Grace glides through the canal, and you narrate the scenes with glimpses of nature! Aahhh, so nice! Please give Zephyr a pat from me!
As ever, so many well-deserved accolades posted for last week's vlog. Vanessa, you are indeed a brilliant photographer/storyteller. Around every corner is a wonderfully creative new surprise. A joyful presentation. A true gift for all to embrace. I have said this before... I shall say it again... many, many thanks! ❤️
I always get a wonderful sense of well-being watching your videos.
They really should be on prescription from the NHS to relieve stress.
Priceless x
That makes me feel so happy to know. The vlogs are a pleasure to make.Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
There'd be a lot less stress if more of our urbanised population got off their fat arses occasionally - to discover our beautiful countryside by walking through it!
Thanks! For 23 minutes away from real life, I so needed it!
I am so pleased that you found it a bit of an escape.Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
I’m in France watching your vlog, I don’t think I’ve ever missed an episode. In an increasing urbanised world it’s comforting to watch your videos on canal side nature. Always a joy! 😊
How lucky to still be in France, Jack? I bet it is beautiful over there this time of year?Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
I'm envious!!! 😄 Albeit it's 80 degrees fahrenheit height here Gulf Coast maintenant/ahora!! Always looking to relocate!!! I cannot believe I've been in Mississippi Gulf Coast for six years. I have no complaints!! Never dreamed it!!!
@@themindfulnarrowboat. How did you first get into narrow boating, was it easy to pick up.
I’m not usually one to peruse the comments on the channels I follow on TH-cam. Today I did, and the reactions to your videos affirmed something, I’ve suspected since first finding your channel. Your videos are little islands of refuge where people can lose themselves in the things of life, that are truly important. Thank for sharing your world through this medium.
I am so appreciative of the kind and wonderful comments that I get, including from you too. Thank you so much! Have a super weekend. Take care 🦋🌻
What a wonderful artist and poet you are! Thank you for sharing your beautiful narratives about narrowboating...
That is so kind of you. Thank you so much 😊 Take care 🦋🌻
There still exists poetry in this, often, dark and frightening world; reaffirmation that light and goodness still abide. Thank you for your channel.
I am so pleased that you are finding the videos an escape. Making them, helps me too.Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
There is nothing nicer in the world than a happy dog for a friend 🧡
That is so true! Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
Brilliant that you find joy in the simple things, like a dog's ball, a birds home, and the value of life. Thank you.
The simple things bring the greatest pleasure! Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care🌻🦋
Through algorithms, your video popped up and I loved every single moment of it. We used to own a 60ft narrow boat, but sold it a couple of years ago. We did constant cruising, but remained on Macclesfield Canal and Peak Forest Canal. This particular episode that you made was like ' Memory Lane'.....such beautiful waterways. The final scene of your video 'blew me away'. What a talented person you are. !!!! The impeccably presented journal brimming full of beautiful hand writing and masterpieces of drawings and paintings was a very pleasant shock. I presume you're a published author/illustrator.
I’m so pleased that this was a trip down memory lane for you. Thank you so much for your lovely comment too! Take care 🌻🦋
I can't get over how tidy you are, both literally and mentally, in all you do! I wish I had that in my life.
I really am not that tidy; i just don’t film the messy bits!😂 Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
Thank you so much for playing pleasant mellow music with your videos. It makes them a pleasure to watch.
You are so welcome. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
So I'm just going to stick with 'is it still floating' as a measure! 😂😂😂
I find watching your videos is more entertaining what they show on TV.
That is so kind of you- thank you so much! Have a super rest of the week. Take care 🦋🌻
Hello Vanessa - greetings from Poland
Your beautiful video put the sunshine back into my life today. Unfortunatley, we had to have Tina put to sleep this afternoon. She was 14 years old and had Cusshings Disease. Our decision came after consultation with our incredible vet.
What a shame you have left the Peak forest but the Macclesfield is lovely too. That walk to the postbox was terrific. And all the new life was saw was superb
Oh, Michael, I am so, so sorry to hear about ,Tina. I hope you are okay? I am sure you must have 14 years of incredibly beautiful memories of her. Take care. 🦋🌻🤗🤗💚
Wonderful, yet again...
Informative, interesting and picturesque.....
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That is so kind of you, Glenn!Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
Your vlogs are so relaxing! Many thanks. ❤
I am so pleased that you find them like that.Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Jim. Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
I love your narratives and your walks. Look forward very much to my weekly visit xxx
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That is so kind of you, Terry.Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
What a beautiful video. You capture our natural world with real skill and finesse. Thank you.
That is so kind you. Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
Oh Vanessa ! Could this video possibly have been more tranquil and soothing and . . . to see the Green Tiger Beetle sketched at the very end was . . . TRULY SAVING THE VERY BEST FOR LAST ! I was sooooooooooooooooooooooooo hoping he would be included n this weeks drawing. I chuckled at the Fox not giving two hoots at the Heron standing watch :) This was such a treat Vanessa, I so look forward each week spending time with you as you venture out on Alice Grace . The effort which goes into producing such fine films is not lost on me. May God Bless you and Zephyr this week. Cheers from Avondale Arizona.
The Green Tiger Beetle was a delight to draw- what a gorgeous insect it is! I haven't seen one before. It is one of our fastest moving insects and my goodness, it was rapid as it shot across the ground. I had to hold my breath so not to disturb it when filming it.Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat Thanks Vanessa, I'm enjoying my new Vespa, but it's hot here in Phoenix with a helmet and jacket. Take good care :)
Hi Vanessa, I sensed you were in your Element with Zeph in the wooded area… what a beautiful escape from all the sadness in Britain at the moment. I’m moored right opposite what I believe is a Sedge Warbler… ( had to record its song on my bird app to identify it) every morning it climbs from the long grass and holds onto the highest stem bursting with so many different sounds? I’ve never heard one before as normally I get saturated by Chiff Chaffs and Blackbirds… I hope Zeph gets a new ball very soon 😊
That sounds just like a sedge warbler. They love to sing from the a high position to show everyone how beautiful their song is! I love them!!!!Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
Loved the journey to the post box magical!
It was a real adventure delivering parcels to that postbox! Thank you for watching. Take care 🌻🦋
Thank you for your lovely vlog xx
That is so kind of you. You are very welcome. Take care🦋🌻
Vanessa you really do get to see the most amazing scenery. Your views you take us on are just astounding. There was a clip of you when you said you were really going to miss the forest views and there was this house that was right there. I want that house LOL right by the canal. I could just picture myself in it looking out one way seeing the beautiful hills and landscape and looking behind the house and seeing the canal and the narrowboats as well as the people walking the paths. Breathtaking. I wish!!!!!! Just love it all
Hi David, I hope you get that canalside house one day. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
I'm watching your blog from cape town south africa. What I love most is the way you show us the canals wonderful wildlife. ❤
I hope you enjoyed it all the over in Cape Town?Thank you so much for watching. 😊 Take care 🌻🦋
Wonderful, Absolutely Wonderful 🎉
I am so pleased that you enjoyed it.Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
Sorry spell check for ya . We love all your journeys with you boat and your dog ,luke is a serious watcher he loves our industrial heritage . Take care zepper and you .
I’m so pleased you enjoyed it and Luke likes the history bits! Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super week. Take care 🌻🦋
I just love, love your dog zephyr. She is so calm and sweet.❤ Your walk through the trails and stream was one of my favourites. Thank you. ❤ It looks so much like where I live in British Columbia. Beautiful
I am so pleased that you enjoyed the walk, Darlene. Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Zephyr woofs a 'hello' to you. Have a super weekend. Take care 🌻🦋
Hello again! What a great episode! Loved hearing about the narrowboat prices and builds, very good information. Beautiful scenery and commentary, as usual. Also enjoyed the history, hearing about those brave ramblers who paved the way for future generations to enjoy the peaks, valleys, and waterways that would otherwise be off-limits to the general public today. I always learn something new from your channel, and today is no different. Thanks again, and best wishes, as always!
Weren't those ramblers brave? I am so grateful to them for getting the ball rolling on the right to roam as the places that we can go to and enjoy now are just wonderful.Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
Hi Vanessa another great video. Just love all that you do, I’ve been told I need a new hip, and I lose myself watching you. You have an aura about you that is so peaceful. Thank you for making such beautiful videos. Have great week and see you next week. Xx
Hi Sandy, you must be in a lot of pain to be needing a new hip? I really hope that gets sorted quickly for you. Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care🌻🦋
beautiful drawings and a beautiful video very relaxing to watch
That is so kind of you. Thank you so much 😊 Take care🦋🌻
I just found you on TH-cam, and I am thoroughly enjoying your content. As an artist myself, your sketchbook and poetry is absolutely beautiful.
Treat yourself to one, she seeks them on Etsy. I bought one for myself as a birthday gift, and I absolutely love it! It's even more beautiful in person. 😊
I am so pleased that you are enjoying the vlogs. Thank you so much for your kind words about my art and poetry. Having time to dedicate to creative tasks is such a life enhancing thing. Happy painting and writing, Ann! Take care🦋🌻
Your artwork keeps getting better and better. ❤
That is so kind of you. It's all about the practice. I am not a natural artist, I am just working hard at trying to get better and enjoying every minute of it.Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
I first climbed Kinder Scout with my grandmother in 1948. Next week I hope to take my grandchildren there….
That is amazing! How wonderful as well that you are making it part of a family tradition too. Happy climbing. Take care 🦋🌻
Gorgeous photo of the pipit. Thanks again for the journey.
They are sweet, little birds aren't they?Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
It was me who asked about electric. Very nice video V.
Very good question- thank you so much for that. Take care🦋🌻
Love your choice in accompanying music - so beautiful and peaceful! ✨🙏🏻🇬🇧
I am so pleased that you enjoyed the music. Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🦋🌻
Another magical episode,thankyou. Zephyr was so gutted about the ball,bless,but got some good consolation at the end. Look forward to more of your wonderful videos.
Zephyr had her ball is an ongoing story! 😂🐾🐾 Thank you for your kindness. Take care 🌻🦋
Thanks for an other beautifully vlog . My friend and I have been on 2 canal boat Holidays and I like you spent many an hour watching the wiled life and painting and writing poems , not as good as your paintings and poems though. Although I cant afford holidays at the moment you allow me to transport my self back to the canals that I love. thank you so much for all your time and effort , I look forward to your next one. Steve XXX
That is wonderful that you spent your canal holiday painting and writing poetry- the water has a very creative affect on us doesn’t it? I bet your creations were amazing. Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care🌻🦋
I grew up in a house that was called Edale, I heard it was for the original owners love of Derbyshire....Nice to see it as I haven't been. Thank you for sharing, I do love your vlogs. x
How wonderful! I can see why they loved it there. Thank you so much for watching 😊 Have a super week. Take care 🌻🦋
🌱 i so enjoyed those walks ...thank you ✨
I am so pleased. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care 🦋🌻
"Higher Poynton", I was born there in the 1960s but have not returned since the age of 2. You make summer rain macks look parisienne chic Ms. Mindful.
It is a lovely place! And what a kind compliment about my raincoat too. 😊Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🌻🦋
A great vlog the expense of the boat ,well worth it we dont realise the beauty of our countryside and the wildlife ,your poetry very good with your drawings
Hi Keith, thank you so much for your kind comment. Have a super rest of the week. Take care 🌻🦋
England is such a lovely country, and the canals are a wonderful way to see parts of it. I hope they keep the ones they have and even expand on them.
Whether I'm crossing Montana or watching one of your videos, I always imagine myself living in the homes I see along the way. Very idyllic scenery.
I think narrowboat living would be nice for a season or a year, but I would eventually want to settle back down as I am, on my little acre. Your satisfaction in getting the black on your keel is matched by my getting the 30x36 foot slab poured underneath the pole building that's going to be my greenhouse.
It does sound idyllic where you are. I like the comparison between hull and greenhouse too🤩 Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat Blessings be!
Your videos are always beautifully done they are very peaceful and I always learn a bit. Thankyou take care
I am so pleased that you enjoy the vlogs and find them peaceful. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
Your videos are really zen, very nicely edited and well narated. It's much appreciated that you take us with you on your exploring walks with the dog, too bad the ball got lost.
Your painting and drawing talents are something that is making me sort of jealous, as I've never managed to draw anything that other people would be able to recognise 👍👍👍
That is so kind of you, Peter! Thank you so much. Have a super rest of the week. Take care 🌻🦋
Thank you so much for your kindness, Peter. I couldn't draw to start with, but I just practise hard. I know you could draw too if you had the time to dedicate to practising. Take care 🦋🌻
A new subscriber.
What a lovely time I spent watching your vlog. Hope to see next one soon.
Enjoy your peaceful way of living together with your dog.❤
Super video and love how you capture nature and your overall style. Wonderful drawings, by the way.
That is so kind of you!Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
Well done sweetheart! Handling a big boat like that really takes e skill and dedication! You are a true Angel of the waterways, and spirt of the land! Be free be beautiful and always true to yourself and your sole will shine like a beacon forever! Stay safe and stay happy!
That is such a kind comment- thank you so much! Take care 🦋🌻
Hello dear lady.
I am writing to you from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
I've been following all your videos for a few months.
It gives me a doubt but a positive one.
I don't know what to choose as my main choice: his drawings, his poems, his lifestyle in his fantastic and beautiful narrow boat.
It really is a peaceful life to imitate.
Thank you for sharing your experiences and content.
I send you a warm hug, wishing you success and good luck.
I am so pleased that you are enjoying the vlogs.Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
everytime your video is up... i must put it full screen, not because i cant see... i want to enjoy every scene that you brought in this video... very lovely... and poor doggy, lost his toy
That is so kind of you- thank you so much 😊 Have a super week. Take care🦋🌻
Found your channel purely by accident and I love it. Looking to move on to a boat permanently soon after much research, please, if you see an Australian looking confused, come and have a cuppa and that gorgeous dog can have some treats. Take care and thank you.
Good luck with the boat buy! I’ll keep my eyes peeled. Thank you so much for watching. Take care🦋🌻
Good luck with the boat buy. I’ll keep my eyes peeled. Thank you so much for watching. Take care🦋🌻
Loved the video and love your journal at the end, you are very talented. We love nature as much as you do. It must be lovely to travel down the canal with such peace and tranquillity. I love your dog too 🐕
I am so pleased that you love nature too. It is such a wonderful thing to have in your life. Thank you so much for your kind comment. Take care 🌻🦋
@themindfulnarrowboat you too, enjoy the weekend.
We have been watching some others. I love your journal and sketches. You inspired me to get out my paints 🎨 I'm no good though 😊
❤Namaste from India - your scenic river cruises are so refreshing on old eyes -bless you for taking us along on your journey - love and light from a 70 year old Granma - for bringing joy to her mostly sedentary life 🙏🦋💙just discoverd your vlog today🍀
I am so pleased that you have found my vlog. I love your country so much that I named my daughter after it! Thank you so much for your kind comment. Have a super weekend. Take care 🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat my heartfelt blessings to your daughter💝
I too loved your Queen because of her sense of duty - a virtue much upheld in India .
I’ve been to London several times,Scotland and parts of England ie Bath,Stonehenge ,Oxford& Cambridge & Windsor Castle ie the usual tourist trails but my best friend who I was in boarding school with for 10 years as children up in the Himalayas ,lives in London !
I was last there 12 years ago and she says it’s changed a lot the last few years but I’m glad the canals are still beautiful and serene
So pleased to have discovered your channel ♥thoroughly enjoyed the natural beauty, very calming, and a great way to relax. Thank you!
I am so pleased that you discovered my videos too.Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
Beautiful vlogs. The videography and info on the animals, plants, architecture and history is very fine, and your art and poetry is first class. Pat to Zeph, Go well ok
That is so kind of you, Rob! Thank you so much. Zeph enjoyed her pat too. Take care 🦋🌻
So look forward to getting home on Fridays after walking my Border Collie Kate , i make a coffee have a KitKat sit back and thoroughly immerse myself in your wonderful vlog thank you so much take care Terence & Kate. 🐾🐾
I hope you had a wonderful walk with Kate this evening. I now have a craving for a KitKat! 🤭Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
Beautiful discovery 🌿😍
Thank you so much! Take care 🦋🌻
Wow! Thanks for the video. I'll have to look for more. Cheers, wonderful
I am so pleased that you enjoyed it.Thank you for watching. Take care 🌻🦋
Beautiful, never seen a pipit or the green back beetle, thank you for showing us, mountaineering now as well, Zephyr weren't the only one to have a treat 4 biscuits. We have been away again Cleethorpes this time, we heard a cuckoo and a young vixen fox came up to our caravan last night i shared some sliced beef with her and she took a piece out of my hand, she even gave me time to take pictures of her beautiful. Great video again. All the best Gary n Irene.
Oh Gary and Irene, you heard a cuckoo and fed a vixen! That sounds like my idea of paradise. I bet you have some magnificent photos of her.Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
Look at you Vanessa, 34.6 K subscribers. Way to Go!
Hello, John! I hope you are both well and enjoying your spring so far? I can't quite believe the subs either!!!🤩 I am very grateful though and to you for your encouragement from the start. Have a super rest of the week. Take care 🌻🦋
I know electric boats are becoming very popular because of the energy savings, however, as experienced sailboat owners we believe it’s best to have alternatives. We cook with both propane as well as an induction cooktop. We do have to use our generator for our heat and a/c if we’re off shore power and I’m very jealous of the wood burning stoves you narrow boaters have.
Having options is good- you’re right. Thank you so much for watching. Take care🌻🦋
Lovely walk. Sorry to hear Z girl lost her ball. Our Nuthatch is a bit different. Enjoy watching them climb the Dougals Fir looking for bugs.
Zephyr has a new ball again and she is very happy.😅 Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Enjoy nuthatch watching. Take care🦋🌻
Great video. The nuthatch was my favorite!
Very relaxing watch. Thanks
They are beautiful birds aren’t they? Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care🦋🌻
Hello Mindful family. Blimey you've got some comments to answer.
Superb filming as usual.
Hello Mr NB Will? I met Coco the dog that you grew so attached to this week. She is adorable isn't she? Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care 🦋🌻
Well that vlog brought back a memory I was last up Kinder Scout way back in 66 when I was 17, Very interesting on boat prices I always remember somebody mentioned that Warble boats were charging about £1100 per foot for a narrowboat back in 99 seems cheap now.lol, The biscuit challenge come on Vanessa "Four"" I lost ,great vlog have a good week take care.😊
You'll have to revisit Kinder Scout then. It is so beautiful isn't it? Those biscuits don't have any chocolate on them so four is really like 2 chocolate digestives...well that's what I told myself anyway! 🤭 Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend. Take care 🦋🌻
Awesome countryside views, Thanks for sharing
You are so welcome, Henry. Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🌻🦋
I love your vlogs and you ended your vlog in a very much loved location of ours in higher poynton which my husband and i have a caravan right next to the canal. We love taking our dogs down the canal and on the lovely walks such a lovely area. take care and can't wait for your next adventure xx
It is such a beautiful place to be isn't it? Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care 🦋🌻
Just came across the vlog what an exciting day you have just love it, it's like being free as a bird, loved it 🎉
Thank you for watching, Joan. It is a good life even when the engine breaks and things go wrong! Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
I also keep a nature journal like you - here in Australia, I also love to draw birds and insects with coloured pencils. Laying down all the different tones of dry pigment from a coloured pencil, is so soothing - and suddenly you have made something from nothing! A blank page suddenly springs to life! Your sketches have real charm - and when I read this quote from Beatrix Potter, I thought of you and your exquisite talent with pencils - Beatrix wrote in her diary - 'Thank God, I have the seeing eye.'
Hi Polly, I am so pleased that you keep a nature journal too. It is such a wonderful hobby to have isn't it? Every season, there is something wonderful to sketch and think about. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. I am a real fan of Beatrix Potter by the way! Take care 🌻🦋
Ah, 23 minutes of pure entertainment watching yet another relaxing Vlog of yours.
And, indeed, you have really inspired me to get out and about doing nature videos.
Once again, thank you so much for making and sharing your delightful videos. 🙂
Hi Paul, I hope you get out and do some photography as the trees and hedges are bursting with life!Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
Beautiful video🙌👌 Love the rich colours & your wonderful adventures, also your incredible artwork.
That is so kind of you, Mick. Take care 🦋🌻
Beautiful views!❤
It is such a beautiful canal! Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🌻🦋
Fantastyczne i pełne romantyzmu są te twoje wodne opowieści . Dzięki za kolejny cudowny filmik !
That is such a kind comment and I love that you have called them 'water stories' too! 🥰Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
Love your bee t-shirt! More wonderful nature, and the depressing realisation I will probably never afford to buy a narrowboat 😆
I’m sure the prices of narrowboats will go down again one day soon. Thank you for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
Beautiful and magical as ever....thank you 🙏
That is so kind of you- thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend. Take care 🦋🌻
Simply phenomenal content, thank you so much.
That is so kind of you! Thank you so much. Take care 🌻🦋
Absolute Bliss....Had My Cuppa Ready this Time. The Walk & Bird Song Was Divine 🌳💚🪶 "Thank You So Much Vanessa" 💐
Did you have some biscuits with that tea, Sally?Thank you so much for your lovely comment.Have a super weekend.Take care 🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat Yes I did indeed have some biscuits & A Blueberry Muffin Lol Have a Lovely Week End Too 🐕💖🦋
Hey! I just started watching your videos and I enjoy every single video you post and learning all about living on a narrowboat as well as all the wildlife. Thank you for all you do from Canada!
I am so pleased that you are enjoying the vlogs! Thank you so much. Take care 🦋🌻
oh that was lovely thank you, what a wonderful little walk through woodland you did, with the music and birdsong it was just right!
Poor Zephyr loosing her ball! I have a small black Lab and she is exactly the same, really panics if she loses her ball and will run franticly around the house and garden looking for it, biscuits do work and normally we find it.
thank you also, for talking about the cost and having a Narrow boat. We were looking into it a few years ago, but couldn't go ahead with it due to family illness. I am quite suprised at how much they have gone up since then! so we bought a camper van instead which has been good.
hope you are all well and thank you for you lovely drawing and poems. x
Hi Katie, Labradors and their ball obsessions eh! 🐾🐾😂 I bet you have some wonderful adventures in your camper van? Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend. Take care 🌻🦋
I just came across you i love your walks and your beautiful dog and love your art journal great video a lovely cozy boat your art is amazing.
I am so pleased that you are enjoying the channel. Thank you so much for watching.Take care 🦋🌻
Possibly your best video yet, kudos! I'm going to buy you a coffee, use it to by Ms. Zephyr a new ball, she's a great dog and reminds me so much of my own dog.
That is so kind of you- thank you so much! Zephyr has a new ball now and she is very happy about that. Pass on a belly rub to your dog from me. Have a super weekend. Take care 🦋🌻
This was a delight to watch! Thank you!
Thank you so much! Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
My dear wife Christine of 47yrs passed away suddenly 8 mths ago she always watched your channel she loved your drawings, This is the first time ive been able to watch you its been a terrible 8 mths and it still is, But I'll try and catch you again sometime❤
Hang in there. I know how hard it is to lose a loved one. If you are a believer,then you know that she is in a great place and one day you will see her again. God Bless You 🙏❤️
Oh Tony, I am so devastated for you. Life is so, so cruel sometimes; Christine was far too young to go. It doesn't make any sense does it? I hope you have loved ones close by. Please email me, if you think it will make you feel any better: themindfulnarrowboat@gmail.com. I am honoured that Christine enjoyed my channel. Thank you so much for leaving this comment. Time will pass and you will feel stronger again. Hold onto those precious memories and try and spend time in nature. There are many signs there. Take care 🌻🦋🕊️
I am sad to hear that you have lost a loved one too, Deborah. Thank you so much for taking the time to respond to Tony. That is very kind and thoughtful of you. Take care 🌻🦋🕊️
I'm a few months in front on you. I know It doesn't seem like it now but it does get easier. I still struggle daily but it is different. I guess this is the price i/we pay for sharing our lives with wonderful ladies. Good luck to you sir. I wish you the best as a member of the same crappy club.
Condolences. Sorry for your loss 😢.
Great video, enjoyed watching this and seeing your way of life, what a great way to enjoy life's journey
I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it. Thank you so much 😊 Have a super weekend. Take care 🌻🦋
Thank you from Australia, love these videos.
I am so pleased that you are enjoying them all the way from, Australia! Take care 🌻🦋
You always have such beautiful music as a soundtrack.
I am so pleased that you like the music. Thank you so much. Take care 🦋🌻
I love your videos I just came across them a few days ago, You are so very talented in what you do and I send my best wishes for your future journey's. 🌞
Thank you so much for your lovely comment and for watching the vlogs. Take care 🌻🦋
Thanks Vanessa, for a fab we film. I know the lost ball thing so well. Unfortunately our, totally nuts, Border Collie Islay isn't that fussed for treats...got to find the ball. So, I carry a spare one.😂
That is a smart move to carry a spare! Belly rubs to your collie from me. Take care🌻🦋
We always enjoy watching your adventures. We have been up Kinder Scout many times. I am now 81, and my father, who was born in Belper, and an avid walker, was on the mass trespass. He took me up Kinder and Mam Tor when I was 7, and I have loved it ever since. Thank you for evoking this lovely memory. Keep living the dream.
What beautiful memories you must have and how proud you must be of your father for paving the way for the right to roam. He was brave. Thank you for such a lovely comment. Take care🦋🌻
I can see Tye, and Amy on the Tiller! And Edwin!😍
It sounds like you have a very exciting life, Anita! Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend. Take care 🌻🦋
Good evening Vanessa ~ another brilliant Friday night in store for me as your vlog/video is ready to watch ~ I couldn’t comment earlier as I was with the head physio and the nurse discussing medication And I didn’t see the notification flash up ~ I hope you have a lovely weekend - sending you loads of love and loads of hugs as always ~ Xxx Xxx
I hope that you have had a good week? I wish you a calm and pain-free weekend. Take care, Louise. 🦋🌻
Love the peaceful life. Great video and love the boat
Thank you so much for your kind comment. Have a super rest of the week. Take care 🌻🦋
Came across your channel this week so been binge watching your videos, really enjoy all your information with every video.. Just ordered your 2022 journal ... Great videos everyone pouch them ☺
I am so glad that you like the vlogs. Thank you so much for buying my book too. Have a super week. Take care🌻🦋
A nice cup of tea with biscuits ( hope they are digestive biscuits) nice vlog love the wildlife you draw 👍😀😀
They were wholemeal digestives.😋Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care.🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat same as you I love my digestive biscuits with a nice cup of tea. Take care. 😀😀
Thanks for identifying species that are “ new” to me….birds, insects and plants. Great video !!
It is my pleasure! Thank you so much for your kind comment. Take care 🦋🌻
Hi, I just love narrowboats £70,000 for a home is not a bad price the good thing about it you don’t like the neighbours or theoutlook you just move , I am very fortunate here in Australia. I have very good neighbours. Keep up the good work. Love your videos you’re looking pretty fit
That is very true indeed! I am so pleased that you have nice neighbours. 🤭 Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super weekend. Take care 🦋🌻
Thank you for these beautifully done records of your adventures! I so enjoy them. I find myself relaxing and smiling as Alice Grace glides through the canal, and you narrate the scenes with glimpses of nature! Aahhh, so nice! Please give Zephyr a pat from me!
I am so pleased that you are enjoying them. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
As ever, so many well-deserved accolades posted for last week's vlog. Vanessa, you are indeed a brilliant photographer/storyteller. Around every corner is a wonderfully creative new surprise. A joyful presentation. A true gift for all to embrace. I have said this before... I shall say it again... many, many thanks! ❤️
Thank you so much, Lynn. It means such a lot to me to read a comment like this. Have a super weekend. Take care 🦋🌻🤗
Fox..2hoots…heron standing behind him..GENIUS! You have an eye for such beauty in nature. Thank u for a fab video 🇨🇦 ❤
Thank you so much, Yvonne! Have a super week. Take care🦋🌻
CHi there just found you and your beautiful lab have to say that was just wonderful to watch how lovely. Hugs from Shropshire.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Anna. Have a super rest of the week. Take care 🦋🌻
Un bonjour de France .magnifiques vidéos, vous nous faite rêver, merci Vanessa.
That is so kind of you, Michelle- thank you so much! Have a super weekend. Take care 🦋🌻