86. Narrowboat Living - What's going on in life outside of the canals?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 27 ก.ค. 2024
- Joining us again this week as we exit Hack Green Locks on the Shropshire Canal. The wind has various powers,making us cruise at angles, pushing us on moored boats and nearly catching us out at a narrow section. We arrive in Nantwich where we may have overstayed our welcome!
A lovely trip to Middlewich Boat Festival, by car, is enjoyed, looking at the many floating traders and then we continue our journey - passing the Llangollen Canal and mooring at Barbridge.
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Chapters:
00:00 Intro
00:25 Hack Green Locks
01:29 Lost in Canal Life
04:39 No steering required
06:43 It's Close!
09:16 Morning fish
10:54 A bit wet!
12:15 Ride it cowboy!
14:19 Nantwich Embankment
15:39 Middlewich Boat Festival
18:30 Overstay!
23:35 Passing by the Llangollen Canal
24:20 Mooring at Barbridge
25:15 Local Walk
26:36 Drone footage
28:27 New Units
30:42 Outro
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Thank you for posting another excellent Vlog with the star Ernie, our Frenchie sits riveted to the TV every time Ernie appears on screen, one of our few moments of calm and peace in a day....
Argh bless your little Frenchie. Thanks for watching and we are glad to hear that you enjoyed the video. 😀
Love watching you both. What a lovely relationship you have. We are in the process of selling the house to buy the canal boat and live life. So thank you for showing us the life on a narrow boat 😘❤️Lisa John and dogs x
@LisaSaunders-k7o hi Lisa, John and of course the dogs...exciting times ahead for you then, its a fabulous life and one we don't regret one bit 😊
@@uponreflection we are so excited and I am also a bit scared about being cold in the winter 🥶 just can’t wait for the house to sell to start our new adventure!! Life is too short for regrets. Thank you for replying and can’t wait to meet you both one day as you crack me up as you are so so laid back 😜🥰
@LisaSaunders-k7o thank you so much for the coffees we really appreciate it. Please don't worry about being cold in winter, it really isn't that bad. You have the fire going 24/7 so it's constantly toasty on the boat...its spring that's colder as you begin to not have fire on and when the temperatures drop in the evenings it catches you out sometimes. I can honestly say I wasn't cold once in the boat in winter...in fact winter is my favourite season on the canals. Hopefully see you out on the cut one day. Good luck with the house sale 😊
Good evening Ernie and liz and Paul I love watching your videos of you and your adventures on your narrow boat I hope that you all are well and enjoying your adventures on your narrow boat please keep your videos going on your you tube channel please keep safe and warm
@Cheekymonkey1 thank you David 😊
Just love watching you three on a Wednesday.
We get our tea on our laps for 6 o'clock.
Just love it.❤
Bless you, thank you so much for watching every week 😍😁
Very graceful dismount from the horse Paul. 😂😂
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Great vlogs guys loved seeing our back garden from another perspective
Oh wow, did I catch it on the drone or as we passed from the boat?😊
Yeayyy, always looking forward to Wednesday to find out what you guys have been up to again! Boatlife suits you so well! Now i feel a vlog about art works coming up! Good to see Captain Erns standing his ground and making new friends and visiting Heidi!
Who'd have thought that Ernie would be making friends with a human dressed as a cow 🤣 I have attempted to video some of my art but every time I do I don't like the artwork so one day maybe 😊 thanks for joining us again Eric 😊
@@uponreflection we are waiting for your art work to appear and feature more. It seems there isn’t anything you can’t do!
@tteric67 bless you 😊 I will show some some day I promise 😀
@@uponreflection email is a possibility too … 👍
I will record the next time I get my brushes out 😊
A nice float.Thanks for taking us along. Where I grew up they were called Sh!t kickers.
Thanks for joining us again and glad you enjoyed 😊
Brilliant video guys, thanx Paul for the fishing absolutely loved it (good Bream)... Take care Rob
You're welcome Rob, have a good week, see you here next week 😀
You're a prince for putting up with these two Ernie.
Ha ha ha you can't win them all 🤣 Ernie is living a dogs dream life , but all good things generally have a catch and the catch of him living his best life is having us two with him 🤣🤣😊
Another lovely vlog guys, the boat festival looked good , well done Liz with building the units, and the drone footage was really good, oh and that was a nice Bream Paul , well done mate 👍 Greatstuff 👌
Thanks John, glad you enjoyed it. 😊
Nantwich has so many beautiful medieval, Tudor and Georgian buildings and a stunning church in the square. The town is only a 10-15 minute walk from where you were moored. We moor our boat on one of the leisure permanent moorings just further on from where you moored. Hope you will come back and explore more. We're very friendly here and there's lots to explore like Hack Green Secret Bunker and the lovely Bee Sculpture at Snugbury's Ice Cream Farm ❤
Nantwich is lovely place and we did explore but didn't always film, we definitely want to revisit it for sure as no doubt we missed parts. We must have walked the long way as it took us a good 25mins to get to the town part 🤣 we must have gone around the block and travelled in circles 🤣🤣We actually went to snugburys (that's in next week's vlog) we didn't go to the bunker although saw signs to it, but wasnt sure if Ernie would be allowed as we don't leave him on the boat alone.
Thankyou for a great 😅 video see you next week lizzy Bulgaria xx
Thanks Lizzy, see you next week 😊
getting way from the craziness, especially over here across the pond..... one of the main reasons I find canal life so appealing.
Thanks guys. Take care.
Exactly Roger, if we don't know about it then it's bot worth knowing about really is it. 😉😊
@@uponreflection We hardly turn on the TV anymore. We also started a nightly routine a few months ago where we turn off the TV, computer.... and spend the last few hours before bed putting puzzles together. Yeah, I know, makes us sound old but, guess what, we are! 😁 It has been a BIG help with falling asleep.
If things go south over here in November (election time), I may sell everything and move over to the UK and seek asylum! 😨 Can you tell were just a little bit worried?? 🤣😂 Sorry for the rant... 😜
@rogerr1296 that's a really good thing to do before bed, calms and relaxes the mind..bet you get a much better sleep since you started doing that. Fingers crossed for your November election 😊
Hey guys great vlog. Ernie wasn't impressed getting wet again bless him.
Loving the storage cupboards Liz.
Looking forward to what you are going to paint whilst the Euros are on x
Luckily for me, Paul hasn't watched much football and when he has I've been editing or he's been to pub to watch so I haven't been too disturbed by the euros 🤣😄
I so love watching your videos and it has nothing to do with you having the Dog. lol. x
Little Ernie is definitely the star of the show and we wouldn't have much footage without him 🤣😉😊
My wife and I did the exactly the same thing at Nantwich Marina, boated straight in and had a nightmare trying to turn at the bottom, did manage, just sort of kept our heads down as we embarrassedly cruised out 😂
Thanks for the upload this week guys.
Lots of things that were rhyming this week, loved it ❤👍🔨📐😀
Thanks Gary, that turning I'm sure catches a few people out. We filmed your poem from last week and is in the edit stage so week after next it will delight your screens. I probably didn't do it justice as I read it out though. Hope you have a good week 😊
That's really great, it will be nice to hear ❤
My parents moved to Scotland when I was a baby but I was actually born in Middlewich.
I very vaguely remember seeing canals when I was a baby and I think the UK is all the more great for having them.
Have a nice week guys 😍
Great watch 🤘👍🏻
Thanks Lee, glad you enjoyed 😊
Bless you thank you
Thanks for watching Carol 😊
Hi the tractor was pulling a slurry tanker. Liquid cow muck. Love your vlog and watch you all the time and have done since you started.
Thanks so much for continuing to join us on our adventures weekly. We really do appreciate it and we love to hear that you enjoy them 😊
Lovely vlog. Loving the drawer units. Best wishes. 🎉
Hi there Trevor, those drawers worked out perfectly, I got so excited when I actually found something that would fit the dimensions of the boat and where Paul suggested I put them worked out so well. My art supplies are all neatly tucked away now 😉😊
Thanks for the video. You make my week.
Thanks Colin, glad you enjoyed 😊
Just like sunday mornings Lobby, you going round them swans on the tow path XXX
🤣🤣 that's made me chuckle..Good Times Paul says 😉😊
That's a nice slab you caught there Paul, isn't it stunning getting up at six in the morning with a coffee outside and just listening to nature :) Well I thought you were going on the Golly, but good choice it's to busy on there in summer you'll enjoy it better autumn and winter. I was in Aquaduct marina and Venetian last week looking at a boats if i'd of known you were coming that way I'd of avoided it. haha! (Only kiddin) :) Swans are lovely to look at but this time of year they go into full metal jacket mode protecting thier young. Never a dull moment with you three, always a joy to watch :) Ernies got you sussed Paul if he lays down he doesn't get an ear bashing lol :)
Shame we didn't know you were going g to be so near us we could have meet you for a coffee. Did you see any boats that you liked? 😊
@@uponreflection Saw one in Aquaduct called rusty Nail the engine was knocking it's brains out venetian only has trad sterns at the mo so i'll keep looking :)
Rusty nail, I like that name. Shame about the engine noise, although remember back when we got our boat and our engine pretty much blew up during survey 🤭 could maybe do a deal with the marina to get a recon engine incorporated into the sale 😉
Good evening Paul Liz & Ernie l said sod it a few weeks ago and lit my fire it's no good being cold, were has the summer gone l can't believe it's July and hardly any sun. Great vlog again guys. Your right about boat life who cares what goes on in the world and politics except that l hope Labour reinstates the funding for the canals, life should be laid back with no worries except were the next water and elsan point are. It makes me smile this time of year when the swans go on the defensive last week they were attacking me in the duck hatch and l was only feeding them and their four young. Keep the vlogs coming it's a great Wednesday treat watching the 3 of you with my feet up.
We've had our summer Simon, it was a couple of day's back, remember those 3 dry lovely warm days we had 🤣🤣
Couldn't agree more about not worrying about life outside the canals. Thanks for watching and commenting again and see you here next week 😀
LOOKS GOOD FROM HERE
Hi Liz, Paul & Ernie! I am subscribed to lots of narrowboat TH-cam channels, but have only recently come across yours. I cannot remember who recommended yours, but I am glad they did. Love your content, and the banter between you. I cannot understand why your numbers of subscribers are only about 6.9k. You deserve at least three times that number. Perhaps, when you ask people to subscribe, you need to tell them that it is free, that there are no catches, and that it will mean that TH-cam will tell them when you next post. Stay safe, and keep them coming.
Hi there, I'm glad whoever it was recommended us, and we are happy that you've found our channel and enjoy our weekly videos. Its good to have you along with us on our adventures. Our numbers have grown steadily since we started the channel way back when we were renovating the boat, so in terms of videos I'd say half at the moment are renovation ones and half are since we've lived on it so we found we picked up a few people but also lost a few people that just wanted to see the reno side. Hopefully we will continue to grow steadily and as long as people enjoy the videos that's all good. Thank you so much for you kind comment though and it means a lot to us that you enjoy them 😊 😀
Hi fantastic vlog as always, heres a tip for Paul, i watch umpteen narrowboat vlogs and a lot feed the ducks etc rolled oats, so i bought some for my houseboat stay in Norfolk and preceeded to feed them the oats, to discover 90% of it sinks. But hey within an hour i had so many Bream mopping up all the sunken oats fishing was amazing xxx
Great little tip thank you so much he shall give that a go 😊
Feed ducks NO bread though, ducks get not nutrients and starve to death
Lovely video guys X
Thank you glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting 😀
*Kia ora Captain Liz, young Ernie & equestrian Paul 🙂 What can one say about Equestrian Paul riding the huge wooden horse... well it was fabulous viewing indeed. Just has to be more mindful of his dismounting tho 🙂 Almost hit a certain part... but instead got his butt & hip 🙂 Well done Captain Liz on taking the tiller at the helm and taking the boat around them curvy parts. Job well done 🙂 Young Ernest oops Ernie... frolicking in the long grass and enjoying himself... 🙂nz*
Hi Andrea, those bendy parts were quite tricky to manouvre but proud that I did it. That dismount from the horse could have ended with a trip to a&e 🤣 hope you have had a good week 😀
@@uponreflection *Morena Captain Liz 🙂 There is no stopping you at the tiller now.... next up is doing the locks... you can do it 🙂 Yeah I thought Paul would slide down and thought ouchie all them splinters that would have to be pulled out...! Then I reckon he had second thoughts but it was a still a OUCH dismount. lol 🙂 Hey my shower unit has finally arrived and I am picking it up Sunday.🙂You, Paul & young Ernie also have a fabulous week too 🙂.*
@andreacrashe9894 woohooo finally arrival of the shower unit, now they'll be no stopping you.
I will do a lock but we are still going down in locks at the moment and you have to be very careful with the big cills at the back. I'm waiting until we travel up a canal so I can have a go at them. 😀
@@uponreflection *I shall be looking forward to seeing you navigating a lock sometime in the near future 🙂 Yep just still waiting on the two quotes to arrive.... and then hopefully it won't be too long before all work can begin.... watch this space 🙂.*
Hi Liz and Paul, thanks for your very entertaining and informative videos. As a foodie myself, how does cooking compare on a narrow boat and do you find limitations finding groceries? Have a great week?
Hi there, no limitations really with finding groceries as we still have a car so we usually drive 20-30mins to a nearby supermarket but I can imagine this being a different story if you didn't have a car. Cooking is very similar really as we have quite a large kitchen for a narrowboat so have plenty of worktop space, storage wise I'd say is the only real difference, storing less tinned and dry foods due to lack of storage. But other than that it's pretty much the same as in a house 😊
Here's question for Liz. Have narrowboats ever used sails?
Initially my answer to this was a no...but actually upon googling I found some information stating that very few narrowboats used sails. Cuckoos used them on the River Trent when navigating up to Torksey Lock to access the Fossdyke in order to reach Lincoln and even Boston, so I stand corrected.😉😊
lol, you don’t want to be watching BBC then if you want to know what’s going on. 🤣🤣🤣😎
Honestly we put it on every 10days or so just to catch up..After about 15mins they just repeat everything they already said. I find out more from tiktok 🤣😊
@@uponreflection 🤣
Another great vlog, Wednesday is now my favourite day of the week🥳. I never watch tv, it sits up the corner collecting dust. My iPad is my entertainment when I need it. Paul on the horse was magic.
Argh that's lovely, we are so glad that you enjoy our videos and love having you along with us on our adventures 😀
Liz, Paul and Captain Ernie
It appears that Captain Ernie has been around too many cows, just as well he consider them as play mates.
Liz, have you and Paul ever gone back to some of your first videos?? The two of you have changed (good change) since you have been on the boat. I really hope that the two of you get to enjoy many, many years ahead on her.
Paul do you miss not having the bike?
Mark
Alberta, Canada
Hi Mark, funny you should day that as its coming up to a year living aboard I was going to do a special vlog to celebrate so I went back over our older vlogs..I'm not doing it now as it was quite a lot of work involved but I notice how the editing style has changed over the course, is that what you mean or did you mean we've changed as people? Paul says he doesn't really miss his bike thing he prefers the slower side of life these days 😉😊
Sorry Liz, I should have been more specific. I meant that you two have changed as people. You come across much more relaxed and easy going. I can appreciate the stress of starting up a new series and all, but it's more than that. Boat life definitely agrees with you three.
Mark
Alberta, Canada@@uponreflection
@markrant1460 argh thanks Mark. I'd say I'm definitely a lot more chilled these days, I don't let the little things bother me as they used to and Paul has less rants I suppose but then again, he's not really doing a lot to rant about 🤣🤣😊
The horse was made of old lock gates? I have seen before somewhere.
Was it really, that's amazing, true craftsmanship there. 😊
@@uponreflection I panicked there thinking I was wrong, but no, made from a pair of old lock gates: The sculpture, in wood and iron is by John Merrill and Julian Taylor. It was made from material salvaged from old lock gates. It is one of several sculptures celebrating the restoration work carried out to the Nantwich Embankment. The others are smaller, and were made by Nantwich students.
@SLOWLYdoesit1 thats great to find out, thank you so much. Yes we saw a few of the other sculptures like you say a lot smaller than the horse but all as equally brilliant. 😊
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Thanks for watching 😊