Hello NB Alchemy! I feel so relieved to know that Alice Grace is your neighbour and that you are keeping and eye on her- thank you so much! Merry Christmas and happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
Love the boating community. Looking after each other. . Next year we’re going into a basin so we are within a community and having neighbours who will keep an eye on ours as we’re not live aboards. Merry Christmas 🎄
Three weeks without you and Zephyr! Fridays will not be the same:) Loved the atmospheric stories from Abraham's Valley. Couldn't agree more that animal companions (aren't we animals too?) bring so much love, joy and freshness into our lives and the loss is deeply felt. The poem at the end was a treat, as were the Coal Tit and king Fisher. I wish you, Mr Mindful and Zephyr a lovely holiday on land and much joy for the start of 2024. Take care Vanessa! W xxx
Hi Wendy, I will only take one week off from vlogging though as I have a special New Years vlog planned and then I'll be back cruising again. Thank you so much for all your support this year and for watching each week. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
What an uplifting experience your videos are. Thanks for the beautiful drawings, beautiful poetry, beautiful views along the canals and your beautiful, sunny personality. Merry Christmas and happy New Year.
I am so pleased that you find the vlogs uplifting. That is so kind of you.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
It is fantastic that you keep record, photographic and in journal of your observations of the birds, plants, trees and animals. These documentations are of significance , highlighting the diversity and number of animals still thriving in and around our waterways. It is heartening for many of us to still get to see that they are numerous enough in number to still be observed in their natural habitat. It is reassuring for us to know that nature is still going strong. I really enjoyed this journey with you.
I am so pleased that you are enjoying the nature aspect of the videos. I get so excited when I learn something new about the natural environment, but I sometimes think that it may not be as exciting to someone watching, so I am really reassured that you like to watch.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat no need to apologize it was a beautiful video. I always get sentimental because he is 12 and his face is getting white. He is a border collie with blue eyes and he is my everything. Safe travels.🌻🙏🌻
Just found your channel and will now be binge watching all of your past videos. Love the nature and wildlife that you include in your videos and the history you provide of the places you are passing. And your journal and art work, as well as your poetry, is great. I may be from the USA but my fathers side of the family came from England so I feel right at home when I watch videos that include the UK. Hope you had a great holiday.
Happy Christmas Vanessa…….it has been a great year getting to know you and following your adventurous travels. I am pretty sure very few boaters know as much about the birds, animals and plants as you do. You are a diamond canal traveller.
Thank you for your smiling presence throughout 2023 Vanessa. Wishing you, Mr M, Zephyr and your family a wonderfully Happy Christmas; may it be filled with love and laughter. Already looking forward to seeing you again in 2024. Take care and enjoy your break. ❤
I live I’n Texas I just found ur videos. I have always ways wanted to go to England n to the canals but now I’m 78 so I dream n experience thru u n I love ur fur baby. U bring living in perspective. God love u two and thank you
What a marvellous vlog this week plenty of wildlife and a cruise full of sunshine, and the comforts of on board luxuries even if it was for ur washing. I wish u and ur family a wonderful Christmas and Zephyr too. 🎉🎄🎅🍾🤶🎁🍰🎂🐭🐕
Love the poem at the end. If I was still teaching catch-up for private students struggling with grades in their English exam, lifting exam performance from a predicted D to F up to B or even A, I would be wanting to use this poem as an example of how to use words and sounds within words and teaching the technicalities of a good poem based on this poem. Have a wonderful time with your friends and family. I see Alice Grace has a friendly neighbour in Alchemy so she won't be lonely.
You made me feel quite emotional with this video, especially the Christmassy music & beautiful wildlife footage. Hubby & I have covid for the first & hopefully last time & I've been feeling very blue about everything but your upbeat happy vlog cheered me up & warmed the cockles of my heart. Hope you have a lovely Christmas - including furry members of the family as 'pet' is not the right word at all - & a very Happy New Year to you all too. Xx❤🏴
Oh no, Annie! I hope you both are feeling much better now. Get well soon xxxxThank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Another very interesting video,as a new subscriber I have a number of your videos to catch up with,but I will get there slowly but surely.I am impressed with your knowledge of the countryside and wildlife,I find your ways of explaining things so relaxing and informative.😊
What a lovely video Vanessa 😊 I live in my lorry all week and I’m in Belfast this week so your videos are helping me relax while I’m waiting to return home 🏡 on Friday. My job is moving a mobile MRI scanner around the country and Ireland 🇮🇪 where we scan poorly or injured woofs or other animals that need a scan. I sit at a vets for three days so watching zephyr & you on your journey is so beautiful 😍 take care love Stevie xxxx
So true what you say about pets.We used to sing Roy Rogers 'Four legged friend' to mother in laws dog.She always showed her appreciation by wagging her tail (the dog not mother in law)😊Hope you all have a lovely Christmas 🎄🎁
People on the canals and rivers are, on the whole, the friendliest people, there’s a “we are all in this together “ mentally among the boating community which is quite unique and very special. I’m glad you made it to Gt Haywood, and I wish you, Zephyr and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and healthy 2024 and beyond. Take care, lots of love. xxxxx
Hello Mindful Narrowboater; what makes your youtube videos so special is your knowledge of flora and fauna and the magical way your closing images appear by hand and crayon. Pete Glyde
Thank you for such a lovely video. The light on your final cruise of the year was exceptional. Merry Christmas to you and your family. See you in 2024. Looking forward to your “northern” adventures. 👏👏👍🎅
You quench my heart with all your Art.. Thankyou. Such balm to my heart, mind & spirit are your videos , observations, poems & drawings. Kingfishers are so fleeting in their presence, always a flash of gold-'orange & iridescent turquoise, usually heralded by their lovely piercing cry. I love those birds & all birds. Beautiful drawing & poem as always. I wish you Seph & your family a wonderful 2024 , with great health, peace & many blessings & I really look forward to you being back cruising on Alice Grace, bringing the blessings you bring to us all. You are such a ray of sunshine. Have a great & happy landlubbing holiday, ( i just made up a word!) , ..Paul
Another lovely vlog, you are so right about our animal companions (I don't like the word "pet" either.) They are family, sometimes more than the humans 😄and their lives are too short compared to ours. Zephyr is so lovely and lucky to have you with her. Have a fantastic Christmas and New Year, look forward to watching your travels, your drawings and your poems next year 💖xx
Nice to see my back garden on your vlog... You were in Brocton Coppice, which is an ancient woodland. I live full-time in my van and often park over the Chase. If you were close to the Shooting Grounds then you probably saw the Stepping Stones, which were originally from the gatehouse at Stafford Gaol... Happy Christmas..
It must be amazing to park in the Chase, but after reading the supernatural stories about it, I think it would also be a bit nerve-wracking too. I'm glad that you got to see your back garden in the vlog.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
So happy the sunshine for Alice Grace on her last journey of 2023. Have a blessed Christmas and thank you for all the wonderful sights you share with us xxx
I was so happy when the sun came out for our final cruise; it really lifted my spirits.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
A delightful last cruise of 2023 with picturesque scenery along the way. Beautiful blue Kingfishers too (ours are grey in Washington State). Interesting about how Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned at Tixall Hall Gatehouse. The Coal Tit looks similar to a Chickadee. Exquisite illustration of the Kingfisher and Coal Tit! Merry Christmas to you and Zephyr and World Peace in 2024. 🎄☃🌍☮
Lovely video, close to my home! My dad used to own a narrow boat, so the waters round where you filmed this episode are very familiar to me. I’m glad to say the sightings of Kingfishers are a regular spot for most of the year, what a privilege it is to see them. I’ve been living next to “The Chase” for most of my life & as a keen walker & biker up there I’ve never seen Big Foot, The black eyed girl or a werewolf. These are all well documented phenomenon locally. As a mountain biker I ride through the winter months at night up there and these stories are never far from my mind, in fact I think they make me ride faster! Years ago myself and a friend had an encounter with something which we weren’t sure of in Abraham’s Valley. Our conclusion after some investigation, was it was possibly the noise of a big cat. Sadly apart from running deer coming from where we heard the mysterious noise, there was no sighting of anything feline. I still believe there are creatures about up in the forest we don’t know about even if they are just passing through… Anyway please keep doing what you do. I love the canal network especially close to home. Cheers John b😎
Lovely video, my husband was working for a haulage firm across from there at Great Haywood when he died ten and a half year ago. I could see the boats from the cab of his truck, such memories, have a very Merry Christmas and New Year 💕
I am so sorry to hear about your husband, but I am glad that the vlog brought back some happy memories for you of watching the boats from the truck cab.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
I adore your passion for wildlife & the outdoors. You capture the atmosphere perfectly with your videos, poems and your illustrations. I’m a van dweller not a boater but it looks so appealing out there on the water. Keep up the amazing work. Happy Holidays.
You have a unique perspective on seeing things that others take for granted. Though 2023 will be missed, surely 2024 will be a far better enjoyment. Your photography is outstanding. Take care of yourself and be safe. Maranatha
I am so pleased that you are enjoying the vlogs, Maranatha- thank you so much for your lovely comment. 2024 has definitely got off to a lively start! Have a super week, take care🌻🦋
So glad you didn't get frozen in this year! Please enjoy time away with family and friends, and thanks so much for all the lovely videos. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
It was a relief when the ice melted quickly a couple of weeks ago. Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Debba. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you. Wishing all to have a great 2024. This year has had it's ups and downs, The Mindful Narrowboat has definitely been an up. Thanks for being here.
That is so kind of you. I hope you have a year of many ups next year.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Beautifully filmed. I love your love of nature and birds and you are a damned good artist and poet as well. Very taleneted lady! If you ever come up the Thames or the Grand Union, let me know, would love to meet up.
Looks like an amazing way to explore Great Britain. I've noticed the same thing with the hiker and backpacking communities everyone seems to be quite friendly. Merry Christmas.
Perhaps it's to do with people spending time in places that make them feel happy?Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Enjoy your holidays intermezzo and thank you for shining light on Narrowboat Will, he deserves a "filthy thumbs up" as he himself would say. Your drawings accompanied by poetry will be appreciated also when you return in 2024
He really does deserve a great big filthy thumbs up doesn't he.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
So peaceful that kind of boating. Im much older now and single. No more little speedboats with crazy huge ridiculous motors. Last few years when I see a narrow boat video...i watch it. Last week I saw a video of this boat that delivers different fuels to boaters all along the canals. Found that very interesting. Nice life. This time I'm subscribing to you and I'll wait for your next video. Happy Holidays
Hello Mr Will! I think you do an amazing job of covering the whole network in your boat and filming single-handedly. Hopefully, we'll see you again one day.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
@@themindfulnarrowboat Very close to Mt. Mitchell. Highest peak east of the Mississippi. There is beauty all over this earth. Add poetry and art, wonderful.
Have a lovely Christmas and New Year Vanessa and Zephyr. Stay safe and well where-ever you cruise to on the system next year. Love from Blaze and me xxx
Thanks Vanessa for your Nature Journal which arrived on our doorstep last week in Ontario. I now resides on the table inside our favorite viewing area overlooking our front lawn....fond memories of our recent family visits to Nottingham....
That was so much fun, Vanessa; watching all of 2023 episodes in conjunction with the Nature Journal of a Narrowboater. I have loved cruising with you, Zephyr and the elusive Mr M. I only have 5 months worth of episodes to get up to date with your current cruises and then it will be sad because I shall have to wait a whole week for my nature and mindfulness fixes! I am proud to be one of your patrons and I hope we are all enabling you to carry on with your valuable work!
What a beautiful video to round off 2023. Season's Greetings to you and yours, to Zephyr and to Alice Grace. Have a great one Mrs M! Looking forward to your wonderful travel vlogs in 2024. Best wishes.
What an absolute delight your channel is. I am so chuffed to have stumbled across you in my recommendations. There’s so much to love in your videos and I can see that your back catalogue is going to keep me entertained for a good while. Sending the warmest of wishes ❤
Well deserved rest with the most important people the family. Enjoyed it and hope we will see you again next year. Thanks for makeing my fridays eavings like living among my best friend nature take care
Thank you so much, Pete! And thank you for all of your retweets of my vlog this year and your kind words. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
What a lovely day for the last day on board this year, beautiful scenery and gorgeous artwork and poetry in the end, thank you. Enjoy your time off with the family. And have a Merry Everything and a Happy Always! ❄⛄❄
Beautiful drawing of the kingfisher and a wonderful poem to go with it. I really enjoyed seeing Tixall Wide as I went there on my first narrowboat holiday 20 years ago. Merry Midwinter!
New subscriber and enjoying every minute of every video.My dream to visit Britain, the land of my ancestors,comes true with your wonderful photography,music and narrative.You are a gift I am so happy to have found.Merry Christmas to you and your family and Alice Grace.Love from Canada.Be Well
Happy Christmas, stay safe Alice Grace, dear zephyr loved companion, have a lovely time with your loved ones. I have three labs they are my friends we have lovely adventures come shine or storm.just yesterday a warm stop after a wet and windy day walking along the river soar in our favourite pub getting the warmth of the fire.thanks again fantastic filming and spectacular countryside. Good night all.
How wonderful to have 3 beautiful labs. I loved the sound of your wild walk along the river and then the pub by the fire- perfect combo.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
I wish I had your talent for creating my own music, but I do enjoy listening and choosing the music each week. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care👍🦋🌻
They are definitely more than pets. We lost our older Labrador, Reuben 8 weeks ago and we are really missing him. He was a big part of our family and our other two labs are missing g him too. Have a lovely Christmas.
I am so sorry to hear about Reuben- that is so sad. Sending you my love and best wishes xThank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
These videos are amazing because at times you come across like this sort of almost ditzy, maybe a slightly slapstick Essex girl but then....at the end of the videos, there's this incredibly good poetry & artwork, pulled-off by lady who's clearly very intelligent and talented.....it leaves me in awe every time I watch.
Your comment really tickled me because I am a ditzy Essex girl being born and bred in Essex and I have zero common sense too.😂Thank you so much for your kindness. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Oh my goodness! I just stumbled on to your beautiful channel! What a peaceful and gorgeous and uplifting experience you give! I look forward to catching up on the previous ones, and to seeing the future ones. Thank you!
Thank you for the Bird life / landscapes and stories of Life as you live it and Moments in history as you make travels into your future.... note... Bearix potter has been a Heroine of mine since the early 60's and still is.... so I love seeing your drawings and listen to your poetry... Hop/ Vermont USA happy holiday...
I love Beatrix Potter too. When I was in Gloucester, in one of my summer vlogs, I stumbled upon the shop that she based the Tailor of Gloucester on and it was such a gem of a place to visit.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Happy New Year! 🥳🌻🦋
Vanessa....you surpassed yourself with the atmospheric views and music! Have a great Christmas and more cruising adventures in 2024! GH & Wiggie. (NB Happy Days)
Hi Gerry and Marlene- that is so kind of you- thank you so much. I hope you both have a wonderful Christmas; it was so special getting to meet you this year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Hello again! Late today, as I've been out all day, but it's wonderful to come back and view your always enjoyable vlogs! Hope you and yours are doing well. Merry Christmas, and enjoy the coffee! Best wishes, as always. And Merry Christmas!
Alice Grace is fine. We're on the boat next door (Alchemy}, and we'll be here right through Christmas and New Year to keep her company🥲
Hello NB Alchemy! I feel so relieved to know that Alice Grace is your neighbour and that you are keeping and eye on her- thank you so much! Merry Christmas and happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
Love the boating community. Looking after each other. . Next year we’re going into a basin so we are within a community and having neighbours who will keep an eye on ours as we’re not live aboards. Merry Christmas 🎄
You're very welcome. Hope you have a wonderful Christmas!
That must be a relief for you. It is a long time to leave her and lots of cash too.
is it a good marina to live at ? we are looking for somewhere for the end of next year.
Thank you all for your beautiful Videos and have a happy Christmas 🎄 XXX
That is so kind of you.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Three weeks without you and Zephyr! Fridays will not be the same:) Loved the atmospheric stories from Abraham's Valley. Couldn't agree more that animal companions (aren't we animals too?) bring so much love, joy and freshness into our lives and the loss is deeply felt. The poem at the end was a treat, as were the Coal Tit and king Fisher. I wish you, Mr Mindful and Zephyr a lovely holiday on land and much joy for the start of 2024. Take care Vanessa! W xxx
Hi Wendy, I will only take one week off from vlogging though as I have a special New Years vlog planned and then I'll be back cruising again. Thank you so much for all your support this year and for watching each week. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
What an uplifting experience your videos are. Thanks for the beautiful drawings, beautiful poetry, beautiful views along the canals and your beautiful, sunny personality. Merry Christmas and happy New Year.
I am so pleased that you find the vlogs uplifting. That is so kind of you.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
It is fantastic that you keep record, photographic and in journal of your observations of the birds, plants, trees and animals. These documentations are of significance , highlighting the diversity and number of animals still thriving in and around our waterways. It is heartening for many of us to still get to see that they are numerous enough in number to still be observed in their natural habitat. It is reassuring for us to know that nature is still going strong.
I really enjoyed this journey with you.
I am so pleased that you are enjoying the nature aspect of the videos. I get so excited when I learn something new about the natural environment, but I sometimes think that it may not be as exciting to someone watching, so I am really reassured that you like to watch.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
😭😭😭 My dog is my everything and that made me cry. You are so right, they are more than animals they are family.❤❤❤❤
They are very, very special companions aren't they? Sorry to have made you cry though. Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat no need to apologize it was a beautiful video. I always get sentimental because he is 12 and his face is getting white. He is a border collie with blue eyes and he is my everything. Safe travels.🌻🙏🌻
Just found your channel and will now be binge watching all of your past videos. Love the nature and wildlife that you include in your videos and the history you provide of the places you are passing. And your journal and art work, as well as your poetry, is great. I may be from the USA but my fathers side of the family came from England so I feel right at home when I watch videos that include the UK. Hope you had a great holiday.
Hi Lisa, I am so pleased that you are enjoying the vlogs and feeling at home in this countryside. Have a super week, take care🌻🦋
Happy Christmas Vanessa…….it has been a great year getting to know you and following your adventurous travels. I am pretty sure very few boaters know as much about the birds, animals and plants as you do. You are a diamond canal traveller.
That is so kind of you.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Thank you for your smiling presence throughout 2023 Vanessa. Wishing you, Mr M, Zephyr and your family a wonderfully Happy Christmas; may it be filled with love and laughter. Already looking forward to seeing you again in 2024. Take care and enjoy your break. ❤
Jill, that is so kind of you.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year too! Take care🦋🌻🎄
Merry Christmas Vanessa and zephyr have a great day and new year all the best from Chris Take care x ❤
all these videeos aree so lovely ,one can dream in the countryside ,Im a retired dairy farmer , now 88 years old . JAYARAICH .
Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🌻🦋
I live I’n Texas I just found ur videos. I have always ways wanted to go to England n to the canals but now I’m 78 so I dream n experience thru u n I love ur fur baby. U bring living in perspective. God love u two and thank you
That is so kind of you! I am so pleased that you are watching. Happy New Year! Take care🥳🦋🌻
Lovely Kingfisher, poem and song of Silent Night. Very peaceful, thank you!
I am so pleased that you enjoyed that, Shirley! Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Happy New Year! 🥳🦋🌻
What a marvellous vlog this week plenty of wildlife and a cruise full of sunshine, and the comforts of on board luxuries even if it was for ur washing. I wish u and ur family a wonderful Christmas and Zephyr too. 🎉🎄🎅🍾🤶🎁🍰🎂🐭🐕
Hi Simon, that is so kind of you. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Love the poem at the end. If I was still teaching catch-up for private students struggling with grades in their English exam, lifting exam performance from a predicted D to F up to B or even A, I would be wanting to use this poem as an example of how to use words and sounds within words and teaching the technicalities of a good poem based on this poem. Have a wonderful time with your friends and family. I see Alice Grace has a friendly neighbour in Alchemy so she won't be lonely.
Wow- I'd be so flattered if my poem was being used like that!Thank you for your lovely comment.Merry Christmas and happy new year! Take care🌻🦋🎄
You made me feel quite emotional with this video, especially the Christmassy music & beautiful wildlife footage. Hubby & I have covid for the first & hopefully last time & I've been feeling very blue about everything but your upbeat happy vlog cheered me up & warmed the cockles of my heart.
Hope you have a lovely Christmas - including furry members of the family as 'pet' is not the right word at all - & a very Happy New Year to you all too.
Xx❤🏴
Oh no, Annie! I hope you both are feeling much better now. Get well soon xxxxThank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
@@themindfulnarrowboat Thank you Vanessa, look forward to seeing your return to TH-cam in a few weeks.
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Thank you for taking me on your cruises through 2023, have a great time with family. See you in 2024. =-)
Thank you so much for joining me each week, Lorraine. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
All the best to Vanessa, Mr Mindful, who we never see, and I understand why - and Zephyr..
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Another very interesting video,as a new subscriber I have a number of your videos to catch up with,but I will get there slowly but surely.I am impressed with your knowledge of the countryside and wildlife,I find your ways of explaining things so relaxing and informative.😊
Thank you so much for subscribing to the channel and watching the vlogs. I am so pleased that you are enjoying them. Welcome aboard! Take care 🦋🌻
What a lovely video Vanessa 😊 I live in my lorry all week and I’m in Belfast this week so your videos are helping me relax while I’m waiting to return home 🏡 on Friday. My job is moving a mobile MRI scanner around the country and Ireland 🇮🇪 where we scan poorly or injured woofs or other animals that need a scan. I sit at a vets for three days so watching zephyr & you on your journey is so beautiful 😍 take care love Stevie xxxx
It must break your heart seeing all those sick animals, but what a wonderful thing you are doing.Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care🦋🌻
Best Christmas present was receiving a copy of your journal. Hope your Christmas is full of joy.
I am so pleased that it arrived and you like it.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Happy New Year! 🥳🌻🦋
The best narowboa you have done .We laughed so hard we nearly had an accident. Mike and family
I am so pleased and also that the accident was only a 'nearly' too!🤭Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super week, take care🦋🌻
So true what you say about pets.We used to sing Roy Rogers 'Four legged friend' to mother in laws dog.She always showed her appreciation by wagging her tail (the dog not mother in law)😊Hope you all have a lovely Christmas 🎄🎁
I have just listened to that song and it's so gorgeous!Thank you for your lovely comment.Merry Christmas and happy new year! Take care🌻🦋🎄
Absolutely wonderfully, thankyou.
You are so welcome. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Take care 🦋🌻
Just beautiful. Thanks, Vanessa.
That is so kind of you. Thank you so much 😊 Take care 🦋🌻
People on the canals and rivers are, on the whole, the friendliest people, there’s a “we are all in this together “ mentally among the boating community which is quite unique and very special. I’m glad you made it to Gt Haywood, and I wish you, Zephyr and your family a very Merry Christmas and a Happy and healthy 2024 and beyond. Take care, lots of love. xxxxx
It definitely does feel like ‘we’re all in this together’ Thank you for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and happy new year, take care🦋🌻🎄
I so enjoy your love of nature, animals, plants, architecture, history and Zeph, and the beautiful videography as usual. Thank you Vanessa Go well ok
They are a pleasure to make, Rob. Thank you so much. Take care🌻🦋
Hello Mindful Narrowboater; what makes your youtube videos so special is your knowledge of flora and fauna and the magical way your closing images appear by hand and crayon. Pete Glyde
It is great to know that you are enjoying the vlogs, Pete! Thank you for your lovely comment.Have a super rest of the week, take care🦋🌻
Thank you for such a lovely video. The light on your final cruise of the year was exceptional. Merry Christmas to you and your family. See you in 2024. Looking forward to your “northern” adventures. 👏👏👍🎅
It was such a wonderful light wasn't it? Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋
You quench my heart with all your Art.. Thankyou. Such balm to my heart, mind & spirit are your videos , observations, poems & drawings. Kingfishers are so fleeting in their presence, always a flash of gold-'orange & iridescent turquoise, usually heralded by their lovely piercing cry. I love those birds & all birds. Beautiful drawing & poem as always. I wish you Seph & your family a wonderful 2024 , with great health, peace & many blessings & I really look forward to you being back cruising on Alice Grace, bringing the blessings you bring to us all. You are such a ray of sunshine. Have a great & happy landlubbing holiday, ( i just made up a word!) , ..Paul
What a kind and poetic comment, Paul- thank you so much; I really appreciate your words. Happy New Year to you too! See you in 2024! Take care🦋🌻🥳
Another lovely vlog, you are so right about our animal companions (I don't like the word "pet" either.) They are family, sometimes more than the humans 😄and their lives are too short compared to ours. Zephyr is so lovely and lucky to have you with her. Have a fantastic Christmas and New Year, look forward to watching your travels, your drawings and your poems next year 💖xx
We agree about our wonderful animals then. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Nice to see my back garden on your vlog... You were in Brocton Coppice, which is an ancient woodland. I live full-time in my van and often park over the Chase. If you were close to the Shooting Grounds then you probably saw the Stepping Stones, which were originally from the gatehouse at Stafford Gaol... Happy Christmas..
It must be amazing to park in the Chase, but after reading the supernatural stories about it, I think it would also be a bit nerve-wracking too. I'm glad that you got to see your back garden in the vlog.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
So happy the sunshine for Alice Grace on her last journey of 2023. Have a blessed Christmas and thank you for all the wonderful sights you share with us xxx
I was so happy when the sun came out for our final cruise; it really lifted my spirits.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
I'm pleasantly surprised how much your videos relax me, much appreciated thank you. My grandchildren are going to love viewing with me!
I’m so pleased that you find them relaxing. Thank you for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
A delightful last cruise of 2023 with picturesque scenery along the way. Beautiful blue Kingfishers too (ours are grey in Washington State). Interesting about how Mary, Queen of Scots was imprisoned at Tixall Hall Gatehouse. The Coal Tit looks similar to a Chickadee. Exquisite illustration of the Kingfisher and Coal Tit! Merry Christmas to you and Zephyr and World Peace in 2024.
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That is so kind of you. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas to you too and World Peace in 2024. Take care🦋🌻🎄
Thank you for a delightful Friday afternoon vlog, wishing you All a very blessed Christmas, good health, keep safe for 2024🙏✝️🙏🎄🧑🏻🎄🇨🇦
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, James. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
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Thank you so much 😊 Take care 🌻🦋
Have a peaceful and nature filled Christmas....All the best, Tricia and Neil....x
What a wonderful Christmas that sounds like! 🤩 Thank you so much. Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you too, take care 🦋🌻🎄
So tranquil, So educational, So glad I found your channel recently! Merry Christmas and a happy 2024 back aboard Alice Grace!
That is so kind of you.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Lovely video, close to my home!
My dad used to own a narrow boat, so the waters round where you filmed this episode are very familiar to me. I’m glad to say the sightings of Kingfishers are a regular spot for most of the year, what a privilege it is to see them.
I’ve been living next to “The Chase” for most of my life & as a keen walker & biker up there I’ve never seen Big Foot, The black eyed girl or a werewolf. These are all well documented phenomenon locally.
As a mountain biker I ride through the winter months at night up there and these stories are never far from my mind, in fact I think they make me ride faster! Years ago myself and a friend had an encounter with something which we weren’t sure of in Abraham’s Valley. Our conclusion after some investigation, was it was possibly the noise of a big cat. Sadly apart from running deer coming from where we heard the mysterious noise, there was no sighting of anything feline.
I still believe there are creatures about up in the forest we don’t know about even if they are just passing through…
Anyway please keep doing what you do. I love the canal network especially close to home.
Cheers John b😎
Oh my goodness- peddle fast!😱 How exciting to think a big cat inhabits that area though. Thank you for your great comment. Take care 🦋🌻
Lovely video, my husband was working for a haulage firm across from there at Great Haywood when he died ten and a half year ago. I could see the boats from the cab of his truck, such memories, have a very Merry Christmas and New Year 💕
I am so sorry to hear about your husband, but I am glad that the vlog brought back some happy memories for you of watching the boats from the truck cab.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
I adore your passion for wildlife & the outdoors. You capture the atmosphere perfectly with your videos, poems and your illustrations. I’m a van dweller not a boater but it looks so appealing out there on the water. Keep up the amazing work. Happy Holidays.
I bet you see some amazing places by van?Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Happy New Year! 🥳🌻🦋
Have a Great New Year !!
Thanks so much for this past year…it’s been a real treat !!
That is so kind of you.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
Have a lovely Xmas! Looking forward to more adventures next year.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
You have a unique perspective on seeing things that others take for granted. Though 2023 will be missed, surely 2024 will be a far better enjoyment. Your photography is outstanding. Take care of yourself and be safe. Maranatha
I am so pleased that you are enjoying the vlogs, Maranatha- thank you so much for your lovely comment. 2024 has definitely got off to a lively start! Have a super week, take care🌻🦋
Love the sketch of the Kingfisher. Thanks for sharing💜
Thank you so much!Have a super rest of the week. Take care 🌻🦋
So glad you didn't get frozen in this year! Please enjoy time away with family and friends, and thanks so much for all the lovely videos. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
It was a relief when the ice melted quickly a couple of weeks ago. Thank you so much for your lovely comment, Debba. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you. Wishing all to have a great 2024. This year has had it's ups and downs, The Mindful Narrowboat has definitely been an up. Thanks for being here.
That is so kind of you. I hope you have a year of many ups next year.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Beautifully filmed. I love your love of nature and birds and you are a damned good artist and poet as well. Very taleneted lady! If you ever come up the Thames or the Grand Union, let me know, would love to meet up.
That is so kind of you. Thank you so much. Merry Christmas and happy New Year, take care 🌻🦋🎄
Looks like an amazing way to explore Great Britain. I've noticed the same thing with the hiker and backpacking communities everyone seems to be quite friendly. Merry Christmas.
Perhaps it's to do with people spending time in places that make them feel happy?Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Enjoy your holidays intermezzo and thank you for shining light on Narrowboat Will, he deserves a "filthy thumbs up" as he himself would say.
Your drawings accompanied by poetry will be appreciated also when you return in 2024
He really does deserve a great big filthy thumbs up doesn't he.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
Have a great Xmas. Wonderful vlogs. Looking forward to your next year's vlogs.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
scenery was great, such great blue skies wth the trees in foreground. the water reflects
That is so kind of you.Thank you for your lovely comment.Merry Christmas and happy new year! Take care🌻🦋🎄
Simply thank you for all your vlogs they are always uplifting just when needed Seasons Greetings to you and family look forward to next year 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
That is such a kind comment, Ann.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
simply beautiful
Thank you so much! Happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🥳
Hi Vanessa,here’s wishing you a merry Christmas & hope to see new videos in 2024,atb Colin & Liz,❤
Hi Colin and Liz,Thank you for your lovely comment.Merry Christmas and happy new year! Take care🌻🦋🎄
Beautiful. Many thanks for sharing this fabulous scenery and your thoughts. You are so much appreciated.
I am so pleased that you enjoyed it! Thank you for your lovely comment, take care🌻🦋
So peaceful that kind of boating. Im much older now and single. No more little speedboats with crazy huge ridiculous motors. Last few years when I see a narrow boat video...i watch it. Last week I saw a video of this boat that delivers different fuels to boaters all along the canals. Found that very interesting. Nice life. This time I'm subscribing to you and I'll wait for your next video. Happy Holidays
Thank you so much for subscribing to my channel and for your lovely comment too.Merry Christmas and happy new year! Take care🌻🦋🎄
My goodness, absolutely adorable. Merry merry and best wishes! xo
That is so kind of you! Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Your videos calm the heart.. thank you
That is so kind of you- thank you so much! Have a super weekend, take care🌻🦋
You are being drawn on a voyage of a lifetime, enjoy each day and cherish it as you move forward.
I will do- that is so kind of you!Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Thanks
best one yet
I’m so pleased that you enjoyed it! Thank you so much for watching. Take care 🦋🌻
oh that was lovely, thank you so much, have a wonderful festive time where ever you are x🐕
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
I really enjoyed watching this can't wait to see you up north in middlewich chesh I will be looking out for you
Thank you so much for your lovely comment! Take care🦋🌻
Yes Merry Christmas to all.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
Hello Mrs Mindful and mindful family. Thanks for the shout out. Have a wonderful Christmas and a very lucky new year.
Hello Mr Will! I think you do an amazing job of covering the whole network in your boat and filming single-handedly. Hopefully, we'll see you again one day.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Thank you so much from the mountains of North Carolina.
It sounds beautiful where you are.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
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Very close to Mt. Mitchell. Highest peak east of the Mississippi. There is beauty all over this earth. Add poetry and art, wonderful.
Have a lovely Christmas and New Year Vanessa and Zephyr. Stay safe and well where-ever you cruise to on the system next year. Love from Blaze and me xxx
That is so kind of you.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
Thanks Vanessa for your Nature Journal which arrived on our doorstep last week in Ontario. I now resides on the table inside our favorite viewing area overlooking our front lawn....fond memories of our recent family visits to Nottingham....
I’m so pleased that it arrived! Thank you so much for buying it. Happy New Year! Take care🥳🦋🌻
That was so much fun, Vanessa; watching all of 2023 episodes in conjunction with the Nature Journal of a Narrowboater. I have loved cruising with you, Zephyr and the elusive Mr M. I only have 5 months worth of episodes to get up to date with your current cruises and then it will be sad because I shall have to wait a whole week for my nature and mindfulness fixes! I am proud to be one of your patrons and I hope we are all enabling you to carry on with your valuable work!
Well, Diana, I am so proud and grateful to call you a Patron. Thank you so much ☺️ Take care🌻🦋
who is MR M ? I thought it was just Vanessa and her dog?
@@Emma-jn2zk Mr Mindful, Vanessa’s husband, whose job requires no social media presence,
I really love the peacefulness of your vlogs. What a cool way to live. Thanks for sharing! :)
I am so pleased that you find the vlogs relaxing. Have a super rest of the week, take care🌻🦋
My mum was born in Tixall....I have never heard it mentioned anywhere before! Thank you! XPX
It is so pretty there! Thank you so much for watching. Take care🌻🦋
What a beautiful video to round off 2023. Season's Greetings to you and yours, to Zephyr and to Alice Grace. Have a great one Mrs M!
Looking forward to your wonderful travel vlogs in 2024. Best wishes.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Fabulous ❤
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Happy New Year! 🥳🌻🦋
What an absolute delight your channel is. I am so chuffed to have stumbled across you in my recommendations. There’s so much to love in your videos and I can see that your back catalogue is going to keep me entertained for a good while. Sending the warmest of wishes ❤
Hi Maxine, thank you so much for finding my channel and making such a lovely comment too! Happy New Year🥳🦋🌻
Merry Christmas to you and your beautiful dog zephyr. We are new to watching your channel and are looking forward to more updates.
Welcome aboard!Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Beautiful 😊
😊 Thank you so much ☺️ Have a super rest of the week. Take care🌻🦋
Beautiful good work 😇💗💗💗 love and bless you guys.
Happy Christmas 🎄 and a lucky New year 😁🎉.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
Happy Christmas and a lucky New Year to you too- thank you so much for watching. Take care🌻🦋🎄
Well deserved rest with the most important people the family. Enjoyed it and hope we will see you again next year. Thanks for makeing my fridays eavings like living among my best friend nature take care
That is so kind of you.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Have a good time with family, see you next year.
See you next year, Mike! Merry Christmas and happy New Year!🌻🦋🎄
Well that was a lovely way to finish 2023 ..... Very lucky with the sunshine showcasing those views ... Have A Very Happy, Mindful Christmas 🙂
Thank you so much, Pete! And thank you for all of your retweets of my vlog this year and your kind words. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
What a lovely day for the last day on board this year, beautiful scenery and gorgeous artwork and poetry in the end, thank you. Enjoy your time off with the family. And have a Merry Everything and a Happy Always! ❄⛄❄
It was a special last cruise of 2023. I wish you a Happy Always too! Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care🦋🌻
Lovely poem - gonna miss you Vanessa. xx
That is so kind of you! Merry Christmas and a happy New Year, Richard! 🦋🌻
Beautifully done!
Thank you so much!Take care🦋🌻
Beautiful drawing of the kingfisher and a wonderful poem to go with it. I really enjoyed seeing Tixall Wide as I went there on my first narrowboat holiday 20 years ago. Merry Midwinter!
It is such a beautiful place to moor your boat.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
New subscriber and enjoying every minute of every video.My dream to visit Britain, the land of my ancestors,comes true with your wonderful photography,music and narrative.You are a gift I am so happy to have found.Merry Christmas to you and your family and Alice Grace.Love from Canada.Be Well
Thank you so much for subscribing! Welcome aboard. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Thanks for all the great content this year, thoroughly enjoyed it. Have a good Yule, thank you.
I am so pleased that you have enjoyed watching this year.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Happy Christmas, stay safe Alice Grace, dear zephyr loved companion, have a lovely time with your loved ones. I have three labs they are my friends we have lovely adventures come shine or storm.just yesterday a warm stop after a wet and windy day walking along the river soar in our favourite pub getting the warmth of the fire.thanks again fantastic filming and spectacular countryside. Good night all.
How wonderful to have 3 beautiful labs. I loved the sound of your wild walk along the river and then the pub by the fire- perfect combo.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
You pick some beautiful music. Perfect for the clips.
I wish I had your talent for creating my own music, but I do enjoy listening and choosing the music each week. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care👍🦋🌻
Lovely lovely vlog.So glad we have found you Vanessa.We will follow you now,always.❤
That is so kind of you!Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
@themindfulnarrowboat Thankyou for taking the time to reply.We wish you a Happy Christmas,and Happy New Year too.See you in 2024.Stay safe and well.
Another stunning video have a fantastic Christmas roll on 24 x
That is so kind of you.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
They are definitely more than pets. We lost our older Labrador, Reuben 8 weeks ago and we are really missing him. He was a big part of our family and our other two labs are missing g him too. Have a lovely Christmas.
I am so sorry to hear about Reuben- that is so sad. Sending you my love and best wishes xThank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
These videos are amazing because at times you come across like this sort of almost ditzy, maybe a slightly slapstick Essex girl but then....at the end of the videos, there's this incredibly good poetry & artwork, pulled-off by lady who's clearly very intelligent and talented.....it leaves me in awe every time I watch.
Your comment really tickled me because I am a ditzy Essex girl being born and bred in Essex and I have zero common sense too.😂Thank you so much for your kindness. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Beutiful film with great nature. Happy new year from Sweden🥂🎉
That is so kind of you. Thank you for your lovely comment. Happy New Year!🥳🌻🦋
Oh my goodness! I just stumbled on to your beautiful channel! What a peaceful and gorgeous and uplifting experience you give! I look forward to catching up on the previous ones, and to seeing the future ones. Thank you!
Thank you so much for finding my channel and for your lovely comment too. Happy New Year! Take care🌻🦋
Thank you for sharing your beautiful vlogs xx happy Christmas xx 🙏🌹
That is so kind of you, Fiona.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
Merry Christmas and thanks so much for so many lovely vidoes.
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋
Thank you for the Bird life / landscapes and stories of Life as you live it and Moments in history as you make travels into your future.... note... Bearix potter has been a Heroine of mine since the early 60's and still is.... so I love seeing your drawings and listen to your poetry... Hop/ Vermont USA happy holiday...
I love Beatrix Potter too. When I was in Gloucester, in one of my summer vlogs, I stumbled upon the shop that she based the Tailor of Gloucester on and it was such a gem of a place to visit.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Happy New Year! 🥳🌻🦋
Thank you
Thank you for your lovely comment. Happy New Year!🥳🌻🦋
Vanessa....you surpassed yourself with the atmospheric views and music! Have a great Christmas and more cruising adventures in 2024! GH & Wiggie. (NB Happy Days)
Hi Gerry and Marlene- that is so kind of you- thank you so much. I hope you both have a wonderful Christmas; it was so special getting to meet you this year. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, take care🌻🦋🎄
Hello again! Late today, as I've been out all day, but it's wonderful to come back and view your always enjoyable vlogs! Hope you and yours are doing well. Merry Christmas, and enjoy the coffee! Best wishes, as always. And Merry Christmas!
I hope you had a great day out! Thank you for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year- take care🌻🦋🎄