Really enjoyed the vlog and happy memories. It’s really good to see how two different vloggers film the same journey. You are hardcore filming in the rain xx
Isn’t it lovely reliving all the memories! We had the best time ever with you guys. And we have said so many times how different vloggers all have such different takes on the same stretches of canals which makes it so interesting, and in our case it’s exactly the same trip at the same time! You didn’t include the old lady toenails though. I wonder why 😂
Excellent vlog! Great to see Anthony’s birthday - not long til his next one! Loving the black and white photos. Always beautiful 😍. Hope you’re both having a great week xx
Such beautiful scenery,even the orange water! Lovely to watch you two,the sweet pups,and the friendly people along the way.This is such a lift to the spirits for us stuck at home in a concrete world lol
You are so kind Joanne! It's certainly a very different life that we are living now, to when we were in that concrete world, especially our time in Houston! we still have to pinch ourselves sometimes that we are actually doing it! You really can't beat the boating community, as it was lovely to be able to show a little of that in this video 😊
Hi Pete and Caroline. The orange water was interesting. Why? Turns out that Hamish is the same age as my older ginger cat, BooBoo. We are so lucky to have them this long to enrich our lives. Did you find out who Perseverance belonged to? Leigh
Hi Leigh and BooBoo! You are so right, they really do enrich our lives, and even though Hamish is slowing down you can tell he's still enjoying boat life. He and Dexter were so funny when we were cruising with Paul and Anthony, the two old boys putting annoying Poppy in her place quite a few times! Bopping her on the nose so she couldn't board the boat and shatter their peace! We reported Perserveance adrift to the CRT, and let them know we had retied it, so they could contact the owner. We do know it wasn't Jo and Michael's (Minimal List channel) boat Perseverance, as some people have suggested, as it was the wrong colour. hope you are keeping well 😊
My wide and I love your videos particularly the photography and scenery you capture. What a way to live if you can cope with the compact nature of the boat. Certainly introduces a new discipline to life and one well and truly decluttered. Look forward to watching many more videos.
That's so lovely to hear! We really have got used to the size of the boat now, and it's limitations in storing our 'stuff'! The massive downsizing has been very cleansing to be honest. It made us realise that whatever space you have, you always spread into it, and making decisions about what was most important to us to keep was quite enlightening! 😊
Thank you for this new video - glad you are having fun with friends - watching from Vernon in Sussex County, NJ - I'm a Brit myself, here since the late 1970's & often watch videos of various UK places - North Wales being my favorite place - no more trips over tho - 84 & getting doddery - but love to watch TH-cam for other people's adventures !
Thanks so much for joining us Veronica! We are glad we can bring a little of your UK home to you in the States by the power of TH-cam! We were away from the UK for 17 years in total, and have seen so much more of the country than we ever did when we were actually living here! And it's a beautiful way to do it too 😊
That rain was something else wasn't it! I think the worst we have cruised in for sure, and it was SO cold! Massive sense of humour failure there, and me thinking 'why on earth are we doing this!?' That feeling thankfully doesn't happen very often, but when it does it only takes waking up to a beautiful view the next morning to set me right again! I have the Holly book too and bought one for our baking loving daughter in America too! On a mission to try every receipt in the book, although our waistlines won't approve! We will be finding lots of friends to share them with 😊
Even with all the hardships, this still seems like a wonderful way to live. The peace and tranquility outweighs the not so pleasant stuff. I wish I had bought a boat years ago.
Yes you’re so right Janet, the positives far outweigh the negatives! Every now again when I’m questioning our choice of lifestyle as I’m trudging down a muddy towpath in the rain carrying the shopping, but then wake up to a beautiful, ever changing view 😊
started watching you because it is great to see folks my age setting out on a narrowboat lifestyle. still watching because I enjoy you and your videos. best wishes from Mamaroneck, NY.
It was SO much brighter than we had imagined in real life, even from seeing lots of photos and vlogs of the tunnel. It was certainly a memorable experience going through 😳😊
Great !! Fantastic photography. Realy professional. We have seen that tomato soup canal ourselves and our beloved dog had a walk in it and it took a week to clean him up !!
Thanks for the high praise Ken, that’s means a lot! I can’t imagine if our white dogs got in that tomato soup! It’s really is quite something else isn’t it, so much more vibrant that we had imagined. 😊
Hello from Kentucky,I found you several months ago and love your journey it is so relaxing to watch ,excellent videos 🎉and I must say your narrow boat is beautiful ❤
Thank you so much Lisa! We love that you can join us from KY on our travels. Isn't TH-cam a wonderful thing! We love our little community that we have built from all over the world, so we can show off our beautiful country! 😊
Great vlog Caroline lovely to see spring and blue skies. We have not been on our boat for the last two months the constant rain has put us off but we're missing it after your vlog
Oh she really is, and it was funny to see the two old boys, Dexter and Hamish, hanging out together and not wanting to be bothered by her energy! Thanks for watching 😊
thank you so much for another beautiful filmed & edited vlog, love your style and the music, so cute your doggies and Dexter, bless them ❤️🐾 Greetings from Munich/Bavaria 😊
You’re so welcome Claudia! We love having you aboard and for your lovely comments on our videos. You’ll see by the end of our 7 months cruising with the boys that Dexter even warmed up to Poppy! Her energy was very annoying to the two old boys most of the time 😂
Ahoy from Utah!! I saw Pete wearing a U of U shirt and had to comment, it was a nice surprise to see the Crimson on the canals! If ya’ll ever make it to Utah (probably not in your boat I’m guessing ;) give me a shout! Great episode, love the serenity and beauty of the British countryside that you share!
Go Utes! As I was editing this video I was wondering if any of our American viewers would comment on Pete's Utah shirt! Our daughter Sophie absolutely loved her time at the U, and we loved to visit. The scenery is so stunning compared the the flatness of Texas where we lived, and she found her love of skiing whilst living in SLC too! She's since graduated, and now lives in Wisconsin, and says the snow is nowhere as good as Utah snow. At least her time in Utah prepared her for cold weather! We love than you can join us on our travels 😊
It is wonderful snow! We went to visit SLC for her last Spring Break, the week before covid shut down the world. We went skiing as a family in Brighton, and Pete and I were quite happy on the bunny slopes, having only skied once before in our teens. Sophie decided we were ready for more of a challenge and took us down what she said was no way a black run! It certainly felt like a black run to us, and there was a heated family discussion along the lines of how it was like us taking her out on the interstate when we were teaching her to drive, after a few circles of the parking lot 😂
Such a great video. We’ve walked some of the Peak Forest but never been through on a boat. It is absolutely on our to do list…but not sure when. The “ big lidl “ made me giggle. We appreciate that you yielded to the canoe but ugh to getting stuck. Look forward to your next vlog… watching from the States but we’re coming back soon though just for a visit.. and a cruise.
Hi Justine and John! When I read your Big Lidl comment it made me think that we never referred to any grocery store in the US as 'The Big Kroger' or whatever, and how often we do it in the UK, and everyone knows what you mean! Make sure you let us know when you are here again. It would be lovely to catch up somewhere. Were are you cruising? 😊
That was a brilliant vlog Caroline. All places I was so much looking to doing very soon in my own boat 🤦♂️. Can’t wait to see what ‘Scarecastle’ is like in your next episode. Xxx
Thanks so much Trev. Glad you enjoyed it! I thought it would have a smell to it, like rusty iron perhaps, but it didn’t. No more smelly than your average canal. Wouldn’t fancy falling in though 😂
Another lovely video - always nice to see the 'good and bad'. Nothing like a 'bit' of cold and rainy to make things miserable. Canoed in the Boundary canoe area in northern Minnesota and lower Canada. (before you needed a passport) Great when warm and dry - way worst when you get wet) Weather - mother nature gave us almost 60F the other day - snowed last night but most of it is gone again. Take care Spinner
Hello Spinner! I really was not at all happy that cold and rainy day and asking why are we doing this! It only took waking up to a beautiful view though to remind me why we love this life! We are looking forward to warmer temperatures and longer days. It’s been a very wet and muddy winter this year. Take care 😊
@@onedaymoreaboard I understand - think of the fires I went to and fought. -20F with wind chills even lower. Up on a ladder at 76ft spraying water on a down town fire. Fire coat frozen and about impossible to climb down. Don't drink coffee but drank a lot in those cold conditions. Thank you for the replay. Take care - pet the puppies for me.
The Voiceover, my most favourite part of editing! Not! See you very soon! Remember to holler when you are heading down Heartbreak Hill and one or both of us will be over to help! 😊
Great vlog guys nice to do party with friends yes the water is like that you will need lots off bread to dunk nice bridge best bridge is the one we're you have to have a pilot for the two hour trip and in places it lower than this one longest deepest lowesr in Britain love to see you do a great vlog on that a 360 view keep up great vilogs stay safe and warm
Thanks so kindle your lovely comments! We haven’t done the Standedge Tunnel yet but have heard that it’s far more claustrophobic that the Harecastle Tunnel as it’s so low for so long. You’re right about needing some bread to dunk in the tomato soup! We were so shocked at how bright orange it was! Take care 😊
I had a complete sense of humour failure that day! Second only to when we were walking back with shopping in sleet, along a very muddy, slippy tow path in Congleton! Thankfully we woke up to a beautiful view and the rain was gone and all was good in my boating world again 😂
Watching from the USA, state of South Carolina. Your videos are very relaxing & interesting. God bless you both. Stay safe. Love your dogs. (Don't tell my cat.) 💖🐈⬛
Ha! Our daughter in Wisconsin always has her cats say hello to the dogs on FaceTime whenever she calls! Sadly we never made it to SC during our years in TX. It’s lovely to hear that you enjoy the videos. Relaxing is the aim 😊
That's so good to hear, all the way from CSTAT! We made quite a few trips there during our time in Houston even though we didn't have any Aggies in the family! Glad to have you aboard 😊
Watching from Perth, Western Australia. I’ve done the Harecastle Tunnel in both directions many times. You are correct about the Orange water, it is due to the Iron Ore within the land around and above the tunnel.
Thanks so much! We are really looking forward to some blue skies and sunshine after all the rain this winter! Still don't have any definite cruising plans, as our original plan to go up the Ashby has been scuppered by the landslide at Easenhall, which I doubt will be cleared in time for us to get up there and back to Crick for the show! Oh well. We may revisit Market Harborough and the Foxton area which we loved 😊
We can highly recommend it! So many highs than lows for sure, and a lovely pace of life, even if you do have to do locks in freezing cold downpours at times! Thanks for watching 😊
Jo, Vic and William are just ace... and those cakes! I don't know how you'd choose which one to try. BTW, I got a 'new to me' car and it is similar to your boat color. I think it is one or two shades darker. I've been calling it aqua. That water did look like tomato bisque soup! I wouldn't like tunnels. Especially ones that are really, really long.
Hi Dorothy! We love the Holly The Cafe boat crew too! We have met them a few times now and sampled quite a lot of cakes, and Vic's awesome coffee from that fancy machine, and they are as lovely in real life as they come across on their vlogs. Good choice of colour for your new to you car! The official name of our colour on colour charts is Pastel Turquoise, and we are SO glad we went out on a bit of a limb and chose it. We had been thinking some shade of grey, right up until the time that we had 24 hours to choose, or we would lose our paint slot! We get so many lovely comments about the colour, and you know you will never lose your car in a car park with it being a little different! That water at the tunnel entrance just needed a grilled cheese sandwich to dip in the tomato soup! You can come through the tunnel safely with us on the next vlog that I'm editing now. It was actually far better than the two way tunnels we have been in, like Braunston. Even though you are shut in and then hear the big fans start, which is a little disconcerting, at least you know you will not meet another boat going the other way! That for me is always the scariest moment, and it's such a tight fit! Take care, and as always thanks for watching 😊
@@onedaymoreaboard If I were much of a baker I would get Jo's cookbook so I could try to make them myself. Sadly I am not. 😊 My car is "Mystic Blue Metallic" but there seems to be two different colors with the same name. One is a royal blue and the other for my Chevrolet Spark is aqua. Very different colors. It's hard to find cars in colors now and I didn't want to replace my red hatchback with another red one. Very happy to find such a great and different color. I don't like any tunnels. Did some tunnels in Virginia years ago and I was terrified. I guess I don't like land or water above me. I don't do caves either. 😀
I'm not one for caves either. Far too claustrophobic! I googled a Chevy Spark in aqua and it's a beautiful shade, a little bluer than our boat I think, which is more on the green side of blue. It's lovely to have something a little different isn't it 😊
@@onedaymoreaboard Thank you. It really is a lovely color. It's a perfect little local car. I can't remember the last time I was on an interstate or drove a lot of miles at one time.
Hi Ruth! We know the Leander area well! we had good friends there and used to visit to see their kids in shows at Vandergrift High School. Our son Alex was also in a couple of productions at TexArts in Lakeway. Check out that lovely little theatre if you've never been. The talent of the performers in their professional shows is outstanding! Thanks for watching 😊
Much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed it! We loved the Austin area, and visited friends often when we were in Houston, and would often try and fit in a visit to Salt Lick BBQ!😊
The photography is incredible you 2 take care . A real shame about the landslide .i hope people don't get stranded where they don't want to be a real bummer . From what i can see the clearing the fire wood and moving dirt is not going to be the real problem but shoring up the banks that's a whole other story . stay safe you 2
Thanks so much for your lovely comment Mike. We had planned to cruise the Ashby Canal in the next couple of months, but the landslide has put a stop to that, and I think it's going to be sometime before it's cleared and made safe for navigation again. We have so many other places to explore though, so the Ashby can wait a while. We may even go back and enjoy Market Harborough and the Foxton locks area again so we can stay relatively close to Crick, for the Crick Boat Show at the end of May. We always say our plans are 'vague at best', and that is the beauty of this life really 😊
Ooh, did not envy you having to navigate in that downpour! Had to have been miserable, so sorry. There are the downsides to cruising on a narrowboat. Bad weather and emptying the toilet would not be my favorites. I see Hamish slowing down, but he's such a trooper and so cute! The boat out in the canal you guys needed to help out, it was called the Perseverance, right? Is that the one belonging to Jo and Michael of the Minimalist channel? Can't recall their boat colors, haven't seen their videos in awhile. The orange color of the water as you approach the Harecastle tunnel is familiar to me. You head north in Minnesota up towards the Mesabi iron ore range and you'll see the same in the rivers around that area. Used to be heavy mining up there. Anyway, thanks for the great vlog, as always! 😊
I have to admit I did have a bit of a sense of humour failure that day in the pouring, freezing cold rain, but it normally only takes waking up to a beautiful view to remind me that this a great life! The boat Perseverance was just the same name as Jo and Michael, I think their boat was blue. They’ve taken a break from blogging for quite a while now. We randomly bumped into Michael in a department store once, nowhere near a canal! Hamish really is showing his age now but still seems to be happy pottering around at his own pace, in between naps! Thanks for watching and take care 😊
Thanks for joining us from FL! We were actually with friends who lived in Orlando for a while when I read your comment, and corrected my very bad pronunciation of your town! 😂
My wife and I love your channel, I noticed Pete's University of Utah T-shirt, any connection to Utah? My wife and are both from Utah, however we have lived in California for 20 years now. I spent a few years in England in the mid 1980's and we want to come back now and the Narrowboat looks like a great way for us to spend a long visit.
That’s lovely to hear, and we wondered how many viewers would comment on the Utah shirt! Our daughter Sophie graduated from the U! It was a 27 hour road trip from Houston that we did a few times, but through such spectacular scenery. The campus is stunning and she loved her time in SLC and found a love for skiing that she never knew she had! Now she’s working and living in Wisconsin where the snow is nowhere near as good she says! We can highly recommend a narrowboat holiday. Such a wonderful way to see the beautiful British countryside 😊
That water color was bizarre. Curious and wondering if you visited any national parks while living in the US. If so do you have a favorite? Your videos are going to be great entertainment for me this winter. Best wishes.
It was proper tomato soup wasn’t it Marcia! Our favourite place we visited was Arches National Park on our way to drop off our daughter Sophie at the U of Utah. Absolutely spectacular! I wish we had had a chance to visit all of the Utah National Parks. Our other favourite place was the Black Hills and Custer State Park in South Dakota, when Alex was acting in the summer season at Black Hills Playhouse in the heart of the park, with buffalo roaming around! 😊
Wasn't it just perfect, like it was built just for us! From what I have been reading I think it has always been like that, and limestone was quarried and brought to the basin to be loaded onto barges and transported around the country. Here's a little more about it form the Canal & River Trust Website collections.canalrivertrust.org.uk/themes/the-history-of-bugsworth-basin 😊
Good question Brian! Sometimes we drive ahead to where we are cruising to check out the parking situation before we get there. Other times we use the satellite image on google maps to zoom in on canal bridges or villages near by and can spot potential parking areas that way. Where we are cruising familiar areas we know now where we can park safely and considerately. Glad to hear you are enjoying the videos 😊
Thanks so much Gary and Juliet! Only made it as far as Niagara and Toronto when we lived in the USA sadly. We would love to explore Canada more. The wagon came from Amazon when we were still in Texas, and we specifically looked for one with wide wheels to cope with the towpaths bumps and potholes 😊
Thanks for watching from MA! I didn’t even know there was a Swansea in MA, just Wales over here! I looked on the map to see where. Not far from Providence, which we flew into a few times to visit friends on the Cape 😊
hey guys love your Vvlogs have you ever thought of doing 2 Vvlogs a week just to catch up to re time?. sorry just a thought..... doesn't matter I still love watching your Vvlogs....just a thought to try get into 2024 asap.
Hi Lynn! That has been my plan, and a couple of times I have managed two a week as that was my goal, but life happens sadly. I am really trying my best to catch up, as I want nothing more than to feel on top of all this good footage that we have. It takes hours and hours to pull everything together with the music and maps and voice overs, etc, and I don't want to compromise the quality at all. I have set myself the end of March as a goal, we shall see how that goes! thanks for sticking with us. it's lovely to hear than you're enjoying the vlogs irrespective of how far behind they are 😊
Good question! The canals and rivers in the UK follow global marine law which instructs vessels to keep right when passing each other. Thanks for watching 😊
Hi from Australia. The scenery along the canals is beautiful
Hi Wendy! Thanks for joining us on our travels from the other side of the world! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Really enjoyed the vlog and happy memories. It’s really good to see how two different vloggers film
the same journey. You are hardcore filming in the rain xx
Isn’t it lovely reliving all the memories! We had the best time ever with you guys. And we have said so many times how different vloggers all have such different takes on the same stretches of canals which makes it so interesting, and in our case it’s exactly the same trip at the same time! You didn’t include the old lady toenails though. I wonder why 😂
I'm from Denmark and watch every episode - with joy 👍
Mange tak! That’s wonderful to hear 😊
Excellent vlog! Great to see Anthony’s birthday - not long til his next one! Loving the black and white photos. Always beautiful 😍. Hope you’re both having a great week xx
I was laughing editing this video thinking it’s almost his birthday again! Lovely to relive the memories all over though. Thanks for watching 😊
That was a lovely vlog! And great to see the birthday party in that special location! Very memorable for Anthony, i’m sure! 🥂❤️🎂🍜
Thanks so much Eric! We couldn’t believe we had the most perfect spot for Anthony’s surprise party! Wonderful memories for sure 😊
@@onedaymoreaboard just like your own private playground and party place! How wonderful to have his 50th birthday party there with your friends! ❤️
Another wonderful tripe with you on the canals .
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Such beautiful scenery,even the orange water! Lovely to watch you two,the sweet pups,and the friendly people along the way.This is such a lift to the spirits for us stuck at home in a concrete world lol
You are so kind Joanne! It's certainly a very different life that we are living now, to when we were in that concrete world, especially our time in Houston! we still have to pinch ourselves sometimes that we are actually doing it! You really can't beat the boating community, as it was lovely to be able to show a little of that in this video 😊
The combination of the earthy orange water and your bright friendly coloured boat is striking, I love it!
It's a fabulous contrast isn't it! Thanks for watching 😊
Hi Pete and Caroline. The orange water was interesting. Why? Turns out that Hamish is the same age as my older ginger cat, BooBoo. We are so lucky to have them this long to enrich our lives. Did you find out who Perseverance belonged to? Leigh
Hi Leigh and BooBoo! You are so right, they really do enrich our lives, and even though Hamish is slowing down you can tell he's still enjoying boat life. He and Dexter were so funny when we were cruising with Paul and Anthony, the two old boys putting annoying Poppy in her place quite a few times! Bopping her on the nose so she couldn't board the boat and shatter their peace! We reported Perserveance adrift to the CRT, and let them know we had retied it, so they could contact the owner. We do know it wasn't Jo and Michael's (Minimal List channel) boat Perseverance, as some people have suggested, as it was the wrong colour. hope you are keeping well 😊
My wide and I love your videos particularly the photography and scenery you capture. What a way to live if you can cope with the compact nature of the boat. Certainly introduces a new discipline to life and one well and truly decluttered. Look forward to watching many more videos.
That's so lovely to hear! We really have got used to the size of the boat now, and it's limitations in storing our 'stuff'! The massive downsizing has been very cleansing to be honest. It made us realise that whatever space you have, you always spread into it, and making decisions about what was most important to us to keep was quite enlightening! 😊
Looking wonderful as always. Poppy is such a bundle of energy!!!
Thank you for this new video - glad you are having fun with friends - watching from Vernon in Sussex County, NJ - I'm a Brit myself, here since the late 1970's & often watch videos of various UK places - North Wales being my favorite place - no more trips over tho - 84 & getting doddery - but love to watch TH-cam for other people's adventures !
Thanks so much for joining us Veronica! We are glad we can bring a little of your UK home to you in the States by the power of TH-cam! We were away from the UK for 17 years in total, and have seen so much more of the country than we ever did when we were actually living here! And it's a beautiful way to do it too 😊
Always loving your videos, Greetings Jan from Holland!
Bedankt! We love that we reach so many international viewers 😊
Ah! Your videos are such balm for the soul - wholesome like the Holly Café's cakes.
That rain was something else wasn't it! I think the worst we have cruised in for sure, and it was SO cold! Massive sense of humour failure there, and me thinking 'why on earth are we doing this!?' That feeling thankfully doesn't happen very often, but when it does it only takes waking up to a beautiful view the next morning to set me right again! I have the Holly book too and bought one for our baking loving daughter in America too! On a mission to try every receipt in the book, although our waistlines won't approve! We will be finding lots of friends to share them with 😊
Even with all the hardships, this still seems like a wonderful way to live. The peace and tranquility outweighs the not so pleasant stuff. I wish I had bought a boat years ago.
Yes you’re so right Janet, the positives far outweigh the negatives! Every now again when I’m questioning our choice of lifestyle as I’m trudging down a muddy towpath in the rain carrying the shopping, but then wake up to a beautiful, ever changing view 😊
started watching you because it is great to see folks my age setting out on a narrowboat lifestyle. still watching because I enjoy you and your videos. best wishes from Mamaroneck, NY.
Hello to you in NY state! Great to have you aboard. We decided to not wait to give this life a go. It’s a little different to our life in TX 😂😊
It’s so nice to follow this trip and great memories ❤❤❤
I love editing all of these videos, so many lovely memories, and we get to relive it all again! This will be you two soon ❤️
Wow! The colour of that water! Hopefully we’ll get to do that tunnel soon, looking forward to seeing you go through there next week! See you soon! xx
It was SO much brighter than we had imagined in real life, even from seeing lots of photos and vlogs of the tunnel. It was certainly a memorable experience going through 😳😊
Once again, you’ve shared another lovely video with us! Can’t wait for the “scarecastle” tunnel next time! Cheers from Iowa, USA.
Great !! Fantastic photography. Realy professional. We have seen that tomato soup canal ourselves and our beloved dog had a walk in it and it took a week to clean him up !!
Thanks for the high praise Ken, that’s means a lot! I can’t imagine if our white dogs got in that tomato soup! It’s really is quite something else isn’t it, so much more vibrant that we had imagined. 😊
Always love watching your vlogs, and this was no exception ☺️ Hope you are both keeping well 🥰
That's so lovely to hear Lesley! It's been wonderful to wake up to so many beautiful comments this morning. Take care 😊
Thank you for another great vlogg
You’re so welcome Pauline! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Hello from Kentucky,I found you several months ago and love your journey it is so relaxing to watch ,excellent videos 🎉and I must say your narrow boat is beautiful ❤
Thank you so much Lisa! We love that you can join us from KY on our travels. Isn't TH-cam a wonderful thing! We love our little community that we have built from all over the world, so we can show off our beautiful country! 😊
Oh blimey that rain looked biblical! I bought The Holly Cafe Boat recipe book, it’s brilliant. Lovely easy recipes.
Thank you for all these lovely videos.
Thank so much! 😊
Hi. I love the landscape, amazing. And the puppy, is gorgeous
Thank you so much! 😊
Lovely blog
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Great vlog Caroline lovely to see spring and blue skies. We have not been on our boat for the last two months the constant rain has put us off but we're missing it after your vlog
Thanks so much David & Ruth! We are looking forward to blue skies and longer days. It has been such a wet and muddy winter 😳
Another excellent video. I am watching from The Dandenong Ranges outside Melbourne, Australia. Thanks a lot guys. Great stuff!
Oh she really is, and it was funny to see the two old boys, Dexter and Hamish, hanging out together and not wanting to be bothered by her energy! Thanks for watching 😊
Another Lovely video. Have enjoyed watching your content from North Carolina. Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it Roy! Sadly we never made it to NC during our time in TX! Thanks for joining us 😊
Quite agree with the tomato soup lol. We watch all your clips when you put them up. We live near the K and A just outside Aldermaston. Keep boating.x
watching from Wiltshire, great vids, thanks for sharing
thank you so much for another beautiful filmed & edited vlog, love your style and the music, so cute your doggies and Dexter, bless them ❤️🐾 Greetings from Munich/Bavaria 😊
You’re so welcome Claudia! We love having you aboard and for your lovely comments on our videos. You’ll see by the end of our 7 months cruising with the boys that Dexter even warmed up to Poppy! Her energy was very annoying to the two old boys most of the time 😂
Ahoy from Utah!! I saw Pete wearing a U of U shirt and had to comment, it was a nice surprise to see the Crimson on the canals! If ya’ll ever make it to Utah (probably not in your boat I’m guessing ;) give me a shout! Great episode, love the serenity and beauty of the British countryside that you share!
Go Utes! As I was editing this video I was wondering if any of our American viewers would comment on Pete's Utah shirt! Our daughter Sophie absolutely loved her time at the U, and we loved to visit. The scenery is so stunning compared the the flatness of Texas where we lived, and she found her love of skiing whilst living in SLC too! She's since graduated, and now lives in Wisconsin, and says the snow is nowhere as good as Utah snow. At least her time in Utah prepared her for cold weather! We love than you can join us on our travels 😊
@@onedaymoreaboard that’s awesome! Glad she got to experience the greatest snow on earth! I look forward to your future adventures on the canals!
It is wonderful snow! We went to visit SLC for her last Spring Break, the week before covid shut down the world. We went skiing as a family in Brighton, and Pete and I were quite happy on the bunny slopes, having only skied once before in our teens. Sophie decided we were ready for more of a challenge and took us down what she said was no way a black run! It certainly felt like a black run to us, and there was a heated family discussion along the lines of how it was like us taking her out on the interstate when we were teaching her to drive, after a few circles of the parking lot 😂
Such a great video. We’ve walked some of the Peak Forest but never been through on a boat. It is absolutely on our to do list…but not sure when. The “ big lidl “ made me giggle. We appreciate that you yielded to the canoe but ugh to getting stuck. Look forward to your next vlog… watching from the States but we’re coming back soon though just for a visit.. and a cruise.
Hi Justine and John! When I read your Big Lidl comment it made me think that we never referred to any grocery store in the US as 'The Big Kroger' or whatever, and how often we do it in the UK, and everyone knows what you mean! Make sure you let us know when you are here again. It would be lovely to catch up somewhere. Were are you cruising? 😊
That was a brilliant vlog Caroline. All places I was so much looking to doing very soon in my own boat 🤦♂️.
Can’t wait to see what ‘Scarecastle’ is like in your next episode. Xxx
Thanks Phil and Pauline! We will come up to the Peak Forest with you! ❤️
That really does look like tomato soup. Wow. Does it smell at all too ? Lovely cruise as always. Best wishes. ❤
Thanks so much Trev. Glad you enjoyed it! I thought it would have a smell to it, like rusty iron perhaps, but it didn’t. No more smelly than your average canal. Wouldn’t fancy falling in though 😂
From Australia and loving your videos.
Thanks so much for joining us from the other side of the world 🌍
Another great Vlog, we’re off to the basin in May so it was nice to watch your trip.
Thanks so much Colin! I was born in Salisbury! 😊
Another lovely video - always nice to see the 'good and bad'. Nothing like a 'bit' of cold and rainy to make things miserable. Canoed in the Boundary canoe area in northern Minnesota and lower Canada. (before you needed a passport) Great when warm and dry - way worst when you get wet) Weather - mother nature gave us almost 60F the other day - snowed last night but most of it is gone again. Take care Spinner
Hello Spinner! I really was not at all happy that cold and rainy day and asking why are we doing this! It only took waking up to a beautiful view though to remind me why we love this life! We are looking forward to warmer temperatures and longer days. It’s been a very wet and muddy winter this year. Take care 😊
@@onedaymoreaboard I understand - think of the fires I went to and fought. -20F with wind chills even lower. Up on a ladder at 76ft spraying water on a down town fire. Fire coat frozen and about impossible to climb down. Don't drink coffee but drank a lot in those cold conditions. Thank you for the replay. Take care - pet the puppies for me.
It's voice over Caroline 😅 feels a long time since Anthony's 50th 😮 Poppy is such a little character 💖 see you all soon xx
The Voiceover, my most favourite part of editing! Not! See you very soon! Remember to holler when you are heading down Heartbreak Hill and one or both of us will be over to help! 😊
@@onedaymoreaboard thank you x I'm going to head down the Shroppie, just my preferred route 😀 take care xx
Great vlog guys nice to do party with friends yes the water is like that you will need lots off bread to dunk nice bridge best bridge is the one we're you have to have a pilot for the two hour trip and in places it lower than this one longest deepest lowesr in Britain love to see you do a great vlog on that a 360 view keep up great vilogs stay safe and warm
Thanks so kindle your lovely comments! We haven’t done the Standedge Tunnel yet but have heard that it’s far more claustrophobic that the Harecastle Tunnel as it’s so low for so long. You’re right about needing some bread to dunk in the tomato soup! We were so shocked at how bright orange it was! Take care 😊
Oh my word that was some rain at Bosley!
Wouldnt have blamed you for stopping halfway for a dry cuppa 😂
I had a complete sense of humour failure that day! Second only to when we were walking back with shopping in sleet, along a very muddy, slippy tow path in Congleton! Thankfully we woke up to a beautiful view and the rain was gone and all was good in my boating world again 😂
So educational
Thanks so much 😊
Watching from the USA, state of South Carolina. Your videos are very relaxing & interesting. God bless you both. Stay safe. Love your dogs. (Don't tell my cat.) 💖🐈⬛
Ha! Our daughter in Wisconsin always has her cats say hello to the dogs on FaceTime whenever she calls! Sadly we never made it to SC during our years in TX. It’s lovely to hear that you enjoy the videos. Relaxing is the aim 😊
good vid on the channel cranking it thanks lee
Thanks so much Lee! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Ya'll are fun to watch (college station tx)
That's so good to hear, all the way from CSTAT! We made quite a few trips there during our time in Houston even though we didn't have any Aggies in the family! Glad to have you aboard 😊
Watching from Perth, Western Australia. I’ve done the Harecastle Tunnel in both directions many times. You are correct about the Orange water, it is due to the Iron Ore within the land around and above the tunnel.
Thanks so much! We are really looking forward to some blue skies and sunshine after all the rain this winter! Still don't have any definite cruising plans, as our original plan to go up the Ashby has been scuppered by the landslide at Easenhall, which I doubt will be cleared in time for us to get up there and back to Crick for the show! Oh well. We may revisit Market Harborough and the Foxton area which we loved 😊
Heller from Kinna in Sweden. Love your vlog.❤
Tack! That’s the limit of my Swedish 😂. It’s lovely that you can join us 😊
Beautiful ❤❤❤ I'm thinking about the same style of living 😎
We can highly recommend it! So many highs than lows for sure, and a lovely pace of life, even if you do have to do locks in freezing cold downpours at times! Thanks for watching 😊
Jo, Vic and William are just ace... and those cakes! I don't know how you'd choose which one to try. BTW, I got a 'new to me' car and it is similar to your boat color. I think it is one or two shades darker. I've been calling it aqua. That water did look like tomato bisque soup! I wouldn't like tunnels. Especially ones that are really, really long.
Hi Dorothy! We love the Holly The Cafe boat crew too! We have met them a few times now and sampled quite a lot of cakes, and Vic's awesome coffee from that fancy machine, and they are as lovely in real life as they come across on their vlogs. Good choice of colour for your new to you car! The official name of our colour on colour charts is Pastel Turquoise, and we are SO glad we went out on a bit of a limb and chose it. We had been thinking some shade of grey, right up until the time that we had 24 hours to choose, or we would lose our paint slot! We get so many lovely comments about the colour, and you know you will never lose your car in a car park with it being a little different! That water at the tunnel entrance just needed a grilled cheese sandwich to dip in the tomato soup! You can come through the tunnel safely with us on the next vlog that I'm editing now. It was actually far better than the two way tunnels we have been in, like Braunston. Even though you are shut in and then hear the big fans start, which is a little disconcerting, at least you know you will not meet another boat going the other way! That for me is always the scariest moment, and it's such a tight fit! Take care, and as always thanks for watching 😊
@@onedaymoreaboard If I were much of a baker I would get Jo's cookbook so I could try to make them myself. Sadly I am not. 😊
My car is "Mystic Blue Metallic" but there seems to be two different colors with the same name. One is a royal blue and the other for my Chevrolet Spark is aqua. Very different colors. It's hard to find cars in colors now and I didn't want to replace my red hatchback with another red one. Very happy to find such a great and different color. I don't like any tunnels. Did some tunnels in Virginia years ago and I was terrified. I guess I don't like land or water above me. I don't do caves either. 😀
I'm not one for caves either. Far too claustrophobic! I googled a Chevy Spark in aqua and it's a beautiful shade, a little bluer than our boat I think, which is more on the green side of blue. It's lovely to have something a little different isn't it 😊
@@onedaymoreaboard Thank you. It really is a lovely color. It's a perfect little local car. I can't remember the last time I was on an interstate or drove a lot of miles at one time.
We drove far too many miles when we were living in Texas, with one kid at college in St Louis and the other one in Salt Lake City! 😂
Watching from Leander, Texas.
Hi Ruth! We know the Leander area well! we had good friends there and used to visit to see their kids in shows at Vandergrift High School. Our son Alex was also in a couple of productions at TexArts in Lakeway. Check out that lovely little theatre if you've never been. The talent of the performers in their professional shows is outstanding! Thanks for watching 😊
What a small world!
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Really enjoyed this video. I can tell you put a lot of effort into the content and time spent editing. Watching from just south of Austin, TX.
Much appreciated! Glad you enjoyed it! We loved the Austin area, and visited friends often when we were in Houston, and would often try and fit in a visit to Salt Lick BBQ!😊
Made me homesick - not in a bad way though :)
Thanks for watching 😊
The photography is incredible you 2 take care . A real shame about the landslide .i hope people don't get stranded where they don't want to be a real bummer . From what i can see the clearing the fire wood and moving dirt is not going to be the real problem but shoring up the banks that's a whole other story . stay safe you 2
Thanks so much for your lovely comment Mike. We had planned to cruise the Ashby Canal in the next couple of months, but the landslide has put a stop to that, and I think it's going to be sometime before it's cleared and made safe for navigation again. We have so many other places to explore though, so the Ashby can wait a while. We may even go back and enjoy Market Harborough and the Foxton locks area again so we can stay relatively close to Crick, for the Crick Boat Show at the end of May. We always say our plans are 'vague at best', and that is the beauty of this life really 😊
Ooh, did not envy you having to navigate in that downpour! Had to have been miserable, so sorry. There are the downsides to cruising on a narrowboat. Bad weather and emptying the toilet would not be my favorites. I see Hamish slowing down, but he's such a trooper and so cute! The boat out in the canal you guys needed to help out, it was called the Perseverance, right? Is that the one belonging to Jo and Michael of the Minimalist channel? Can't recall their boat colors, haven't seen their videos in awhile. The orange color of the water as you approach the Harecastle tunnel is familiar to me. You head north in Minnesota up towards the Mesabi iron ore range and you'll see the same in the rivers around that area. Used to be heavy mining up there. Anyway, thanks for the great vlog, as always! 😊
I have to admit I did have a bit of a sense of humour failure that day in the pouring, freezing cold rain, but it normally only takes waking up to a beautiful view to remind me that this a great life! The boat Perseverance was just the same name as Jo and Michael, I think their boat was blue. They’ve taken a break from blogging for quite a while now. We randomly bumped into Michael in a department store once, nowhere near a canal! Hamish really is showing his age now but still seems to be happy pottering around at his own pace, in between naps! Thanks for watching and take care 😊
Watching from Hampshire in Southern England
Thanks for joining us Catherine 😊
Hello from Okeechobee Florida.
Thanks for joining us from FL! We were actually with friends who lived in Orlando for a while when I read your comment, and corrected my very bad pronunciation of your town! 😂
My wife and I love your channel, I noticed Pete's University of Utah T-shirt, any connection to Utah? My wife and are both from Utah, however we have lived in California for 20 years now. I spent a few years in England in the mid 1980's and we want to come back now and the Narrowboat looks like a great way for us to spend a long visit.
That’s lovely to hear, and we wondered how many viewers would comment on the Utah shirt! Our daughter Sophie graduated from the U! It was a 27 hour road trip from Houston that we did a few times, but through such spectacular scenery. The campus is stunning and she loved her time in SLC and found a love for skiing that she never knew she had! Now she’s working and living in Wisconsin where the snow is nowhere near as good she says! We can highly recommend a narrowboat holiday. Such a wonderful way to see the beautiful British countryside 😊
That water color was bizarre. Curious and wondering if you visited any national parks while living in the US. If so do you have a favorite? Your videos are going to be great entertainment for me this winter. Best wishes.
It was proper tomato soup wasn’t it Marcia! Our favourite place we visited was Arches National Park on our way to drop off our daughter Sophie at the U of Utah. Absolutely spectacular! I wish we had had a chance to visit all of the Utah National Parks. Our other favourite place was the Black Hills and Custer State Park in South Dakota, when Alex was acting in the summer season at Black Hills Playhouse in the heart of the park, with buffalo roaming around! 😊
the adorable dead end you moored at, was that in the past a canal that continued on or was it always like that..
Wasn't it just perfect, like it was built just for us! From what I have been reading I think it has always been like that, and limestone was quarried and brought to the basin to be loaded onto barges and transported around the country. Here's a little more about it form the Canal & River Trust Website collections.canalrivertrust.org.uk/themes/the-history-of-bugsworth-basin 😊
From an unusually Sunny Loch Lomond, Scotland.
We are jealous of a sunny day! It’s been miserable down here! One day we will make it to Loch Lomond 🏴 😊
Hello Caroline and Pete. Love your videos Could you please tell me how you find safe, secure parking spots for your car ?
Good question Brian! Sometimes we drive ahead to where we are cruising to check out the parking situation before we get there. Other times we use the satellite image on google maps to zoom in on canal bridges or villages near by and can spot potential parking areas that way. Where we are cruising familiar areas we know now where we can park safely and considerately. Glad to hear you are enjoying the videos 😊
Another great vlog Caroline! Gary and I are watching from Calgary Canada 🇨🇦 where did Pete source the folding wagon cart from?
Thanks so much Gary and Juliet! Only made it as far as Niagara and Toronto when we lived in the USA sadly. We would love to explore Canada more. The wagon came from Amazon when we were still in Texas, and we specifically looked for one with wide wheels to cope with the towpaths bumps and potholes 😊
What a shocking comb over
Not sure who or what you’re referring to but thanks for watching 😊
Swansea, Massachusetts
Thanks for watching from MA! I didn’t even know there was a Swansea in MA, just Wales over here! I looked on the map to see where. Not far from Providence, which we flew into a few times to visit friends on the Cape 😊
Brooklyn New York
Great! Thanks for watching 😊
hey guys love your Vvlogs have you ever thought of doing 2 Vvlogs a week just to catch up to re time?. sorry just a thought..... doesn't matter I still love watching your Vvlogs....just a thought to try get into 2024 asap.
Hi Lynn! That has been my plan, and a couple of times I have managed two a week as that was my goal, but life happens sadly. I am really trying my best to catch up, as I want nothing more than to feel on top of all this good footage that we have. It takes hours and hours to pull everything together with the music and maps and voice overs, etc, and I don't want to compromise the quality at all. I have set myself the end of March as a goal, we shall see how that goes! thanks for sticking with us. it's lovely to hear than you're enjoying the vlogs irrespective of how far behind they are 😊
Why do you all stay to the left on pavement but to the right on water?
Good question! The canals and rivers in the UK follow global marine law which instructs vessels to keep right when passing each other. Thanks for watching 😊
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Did you see the size of the rock on her finger?
I'm just curious how a teenage boy can afford that?
Not sure I know what you’re referring to? I don’t think there were any teenagers. Thanks for watching 😊
@@onedaymoreaboard Sorry up too late watching too many videos, wrong channel..
I was commenting on a travelers ( Gypsy) wedding video...
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No worries, that's what I thought! I do the same, as I watch TH-cam videos on the TV, and then go back to them on my phone to leave a comment! 😂
Go utes
I wondered how many people would notice Pete’s shirt! 🙌❤️
I cant imagine a worse way of spending my days, than standing at the arse end of a boat, with a throbbing diesel engine, and a tiller!
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Thanks for your valuable insight 😂
Now, sitting in a warm cab, with electric drive and a steering wheel.......
That would be different!
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