Hi minimalist, thank you so much for doing shardlow lock for us earlier, and waiting for us to wind, really appreciate it, have a great journey, best wishes Andy, Jules and spud the 🐕. From boat Georgiana. X
No worries at all, was lovely to meet you both... didn't get to do much more than wave at Spud, but looked an awfully happy dog! Enjoy your trip and wave if you pass us by! M
i just love your videos, however long or short they are. i dont want you doing them to the exclusion of all else. You do have a life to lead and enjoy outside You Tube.
Having been a lurker, I decided to watch from the beginning - vlog 001 to see how it all started and how it progressed. I am almost in the same place of your travels with this episode as your most recent episode... Some day I may see it all for myself.
Hey Guys, I have just binge watched all your videos as I happened across them when researching the Basingstoke canal. It was lovely to see you drive through our home town of Aldershot and visit our second home of Hinckley. It’s been a total pleasure following your journey. I would very much enjoy a vlog every two days max of 15 mins but less is more sometimes. I haven’t seen a map of your journey for a little while it would so great to have a map of the network and a different colour for all the bits you have achieved so far at the end of each vlog. I do hope you make it back to the Basingstoke one day it would be great to try and say hi. All the best! Keep on persevering!
Hi there, thanks for watching! Jo has done some maps in our various "review" videos, and some showing specific points of progress, but we could perhaps do a overview map of the whole system progress... maybe not on every video, but I'll mention it to her. We'll have our one year boat-iversary coming up soon, so perhaps in that. Maps can be surprisingly hard, as we're not really able to use one that isn't licensed for TH-cam, and a great many simply aren't. Thanks so much for watching! And yes we absolutely plan on making it back to the Basingstoke some day... can't finish a journey without ending up where you started! M
should be a nice week from today onwards, this is where living on a narrowboat becomes heaven on earth :-) Hope all three of you have a wonderful week, and keep up the good work :-)
You're making quicker progress than I expected and of course I don't know how delayed the vlogs are but two things to consider, if you are not already past them. First, when you get to Willington pop into Mercia marina. Either take the boat in (there is plenty of manoeuvring room) or moor and take George over the foot bridge. Mercia is a very "Marmite" experience but you should see it once. Secondly, despite the extra miles, do include Nottingham, it's a very interesting city and there are fine moorings outside Sainsbury or on the river, by the Civic Hall. Frank.
Thanks Frank! We are moving along at a good clip. We did visit Mercia, and we're hoping to visit Nottingham before turning south... as of today the upper Trent is closed, though, so we'll see what's happening with it once we're up and down the Erewash. Cheers! M
more more more more of the vlogs, keep them coming, we only get away on a hire boat once a year so great to experience the cruising through the year following yourselves, Jono, and Robbie. like the single days.
Mixing in shorter one day cruises would be great, especially if you did some normal speed sections when cruising through the more scenic sections. The sped up bits are great for following along in general, but the slow parts are so much more relaxing!
Sorry, the Vlog doesn’t dictate the cruise the cruise dictates the Vlog. Also we don’t speed up footage we film as timelapse as we don’t have the battery capability or storage so film in real-time on the GoPros. We limit the about of time-lapse we use in each vlog but include but we feel it helps to tell the story!
That was a double treat seeing you help out Jono and Molly!you two do make me laugh!! What is for dinner today? The vlogs are a treat Jo, so if there is one every day...all the better. Thank you..Enjoy your lunch today with Jono xxxxxx
For me, just as long as you produce videos, the cruise length matters little. This includes non cruising videos, when you are moored, and enjoying things. I hope you will stay clear of the A&E videos, just on general principals. I hate needing write get well cards. And the thought of worry, on that face, and in those eyes, hurts from an ocean away. but that smile brings sunshine, around the clock twice a day, and around the calendar once per year. Why the sunniest people live in lands with the most terrible weather is just one of God's mysteries. May god keep you and bless you.
Great vlog. That stretch by the A38 drives me mad too, so much so I have moved my boat further down the T & M to king's Bromley marina to get away from it. Unfortunately you have more of the drone north from Burton to Willington. Enjoy Nottingham, the city I live and work in, the best moorings are on the River Trent just upstream from Trent Bridge near the County Council building, and you can also moor near castle marina but it is noisy and has lots of passing foot traffic. Keep vlogging.
Great to know, thank you. We're heading up the Erewash next, last we saw the flood locks up to Nottingham are still closed, but I do hope we get to swing over before heading south again! M
If the flood locks are closed you might find you get stopped at Shardlow and can't get to the Erewash. Weather is looking good for the next few days and the Trent falls quickly. Best wishes for the trip.
Thank you for explaining the marina, that place looked really cool but it wasn't clear to me what the bridge I could see raising in the video was. It looked like some sort of gate that prevented entry rather than a foot bridge. Also it must have been nice to load coal and get water indoors while it was raining.
It's a good little shelter, that tunnel... the bridge is sort of a barrier, but also the only footbridge for the marina tenants, so it serves both purposes, and is certainly a conversation piece. I think it's actually my favorite marina so far, just for that weird entrance! M
So this actually turned out to be a "shorter, one day cruise vlog" that is actually longer than your multiple day vlogs tend to be on average. Which means that we get more of you, and that can only be a good thing. Keep 'em coming! Oh, and twenty minutes just of that last clip on loop would be amazing!
Shobnall Marina is right next to Marstons brewery, where beer is still made to this day. But back in the day, there were tons more in that area, there is still parts of breweries around there but not as many. Branston isn't that far from Shobnall, around a 20-minute walk and 35-minute walk into the center of Burton where there are two more Birds Bakery shops, the actual Bakery is in nearby Derby. You're right about the pickle, but something else is made still in Branston, some love it some hate it, yep it's Marmite, they even have a Marmite Taxi (Cab).
For those pesky locks with double gates and a long hike to the footbridge at the far end, pass a length of line through the Lock Beam handle and carry both ends across the closed gates. You can then pull the far gate open from the opposite landing, release one end of the line and retrieve it, then open the near gate. (Only works on gates you can safely cross). It will save a lot of walking on flights of multiple locks...
Dunno how we'll ever make it to daily (Jo has gotten really quick, but she's already spending most of the time we're not cruising editing), but we'll definitely try to keep to and maybe improve our pace. Thanks! M
We do indeed meet other boaters, haven't considered interviewing any of them, but mainly because neither of us knows thing one about interviewing. Will ponder the idea though, thank you. M
Bloopers always make me laugh.. I'm not sure Michael nearly slipped at that lock gate, looked like a shady trip from George in revenge for no ball throwing lol. Always look forward to your vlogs so short or long is ok.... The weather is salamandery hahaha
It was an unintentional -- but still quite shady -- trip ... the ol' "I'll just put my ball where he can kick it" trick. Still, no harm, and Jo nearly peed herself laughing when she saw it and heard that clunk, and her giggle always brightens my day, so I'll give the crafty little mutt a mulligan! M
I was reading the remarks and you made your face, I burst out laughing. at 3:11 am I had to catch my noise, or wake my room mate. I thought that was another U- tuber. Great vid's !!! You make them We'll Watch them all !!!
I’ve just watched your last three videos in a row and enjoyed them all. I would love daily vlogs as I could make time to watch shorter videos more regularly but either way I will watch because I love boats, dogs and cooking and your channel has all three! Thanks.
We're exhausted by just doing roughly weekly vlogging, I'm not sure how the daily vloggers even do it (I think Casey Neistat for instance secretly had a staff of 20 or so), but we'll try to keep up and even increase the pace! M
Strange scenes on your travels today! Loved it! Loved the meet up with Jono and Molly! George and Molly would be quite a pair! And yes...I liked the one day cruise vlog very much.
Thanks! We may shorten the travel vlogs a bit, the multiple-day ones can be a bit hard to keep from falling behind on. More DIY no doubt coming as we get into the dry season and can actually do some work! M
Minimal List I was going to say - just a matter of time surely! Nice to get another take on the journey Lou and I did recently. That pile of gravel/tiles got me too! Hopefully see you on the Trent somewhere 8^)
Watching the vlog playlist whilst work from home covid good background noise for me...We live near a freeway in MI. We call it sic freeway the river because it sounds like a fast moving river. In the winter it is very loud because no leaves block the sound.
Vlogs are fine, the issue I have is with the channel name "minimal list" So I have two suggestions to correct this small issue. Change the name to either "minimal George" or my preferred choice "George's List" I don't think Craig will object..... and George is the class act of you three, so deserves top billing. It's simple logic really, I'm surprised this oversight hasn't already been corrected...😎
Thing is George doesn't like list... makes him all sea sick, and he starts wobbling about... plus the balls roll everywhere of their own accord. But we do try and feature him prominently, since we know he's really our main draw! M
That was indeed Jono. And yeah, our sound recorder got knocked out due to lack of batteries (finally able to buy more yesterday), and our stabilizer doohickey has been acting up... technical difficulties, grr! M
Maybe this has been answered if not I’m curious: Do you ever worry about someone stealing coal or other things from the roof of the boat that are not permanently attached? It gives me anxiety just watching.
Well we don't have much of value up there, really just the coal and the solar panels... the panels you'd have to damage to remove without special tools, and hightailing it down a muddy towpath with 25KG of coal over your shoulder doesn't seem to be the smartest or most profitable form of crime. A little anxiety the couple of times we've been away overnight, but little worry the rest of the time... for the most part I've gone through life assuming that people are generally decent, and so far it's been borne out. Besides, in the end, it's just stuff... if someone needs the coal enough to risk jail for it, I'd rather give the poor soul a bag. M
I want longer daily vlogs... Generally just more! More shorter is better than less longer. Since Jono and cruising the cut seem to have given up regular canal vlogging you need to make up their slack.
We're no where near daily vlogging -- honestly not sure how those people do it, except the ones that are purely talking heads -- but we're trying to keep up a good pace. Finding the right balance of something that can be edited relatively quickly but still be interesting. Jo's already spending most of any day we're not cruising editing, so not sure how much we'll be able to increase output, but hopefully with slightly shorter videos we can keep up our intended pace without too many breaks. I think the winter naturally interrupts vlogging -- it's bloody dark on these boats and the cameras aren't that good in low light -- so I'm hoping everyone picks up again with the warmth and sun! M
Minimal List I don't think many people realise got l how long editing takes. Sailing lavagabond did a breakdown of their week a while ago and said they sail and film for 2 days then do prep and editing for 5. Fine if it's your living but serouse commitment as a hobby.
Sorry Mike, I do realise I haven't been up to speed recently. I have been struggling to finalise the solar setup but finally cracked it yesterday. I have that mostly filmed and the whole Caldon Canal filmed so lots to come. However, I agree, I need to up my game - a LOT!
Crikey guys if I had a £for every time I've gone up the A38 in a truck looking at THAT canal thinking i'd rather be in one of those than one of these then I would have my boat.
My apologies. I will certainly refrain from "taking sides". I do enjoy your channel and hope you will continue putting out the quality both in the editing and conversations. Oh, please tell George I said hi.
Oh no apologies needed, you can say whatever you want about any hypothetical petulant orange children (with or without proportional hands) who may or may not occupy certain offices, I'll just take a tongue-lashing and a stern glance from Jo if I go off on any political diatribes on our channel about narrowboating. M
He also like water sports, firing people and saying the word "uge:. To much info? I feel a slight kinship to Jo. My grandfather grew up in Barwell, England. I don't know if that's a bad thing or not. Growing up my pop would make yorkshire pudding, sheppards pie and yes egg custard. He was made to go to the church of England as a kid. I have 2 years to retirement. I going to try to make to England if time and age allows. Thanks again for the entertainment and witty as well as informative banter.
Alleged water sports. Alleged. Ughhh. I totally recommend an extended visit to the UK, if you can make it; it's grown on me immensely, and I find that the people are far friendlier than Fawlty Towers might indicate! It's a fascinating country, with what seems like about eleven different languages packed into one, and more colloquialisms than a people could ever rightly deserve. Most visitors never really get out of London, though... amazing city, but not by a long shot the story of England, never mind Britain. Just remember, to them it's not the wrong side of the road, no matter how sure you are you're about to die. M
Ah, the power of the female editor to turn an intelligent, articulate and elegant male TH-cam celebrity into a ham-footed, gibbering Mos Eisley Cantina bar loiterer! ;-)
More like Leia, Jo! It's interesting to see how far so-called "amateur" TH-camrs have progressed. The level of skill involved in the filming and editing only really becomes apparent when there is a slight issue (wind noise, etc). For the most part these short films just get accepted with the same expectation as any footage you might see on commercial TV.
Yeah, Jo's skill with editing is really progressing, and it's amazing how much help the equipment gives you these days. I mean I used to work with cameras costing > $300,000 with resolution about two thirds of what the latest iPhone can do... it's been a ridiculous improvement, which just democratized the ability to pick up and start learning the tools! M
It's true that technology has democratized many areas of the arts and entertainment. I myself use music recording and production equipment (much of it software based) that far exceeds that available in top flight studios only a few decades ago; and at a fraction of the cost. Nevertheless, it will always be the creativity, imagination and facility with the equipment of the creators that makes the difference. And this is what I find interesting; it's not surprising that someone like David from CTC would have skills in presenting, filming and editing, but these skills are now demonstrated by people who not very long ago would have been expected to undergo years of training to reach even a modest level of proficiency.
That's what I feel the tech has done; you can now do an edit on a £100 app that cost over £3500 when I was going through film school... and you had to go to school back then to learn how to use it, because there was no TH-cam to watch 500 tutorials on. All the hardware becoming accessible right at the same moment that everyone can effectively teach themselves means that the base knowledge required to do so spreads further, faster. And you can iterate quicker, which means you gain experience quicker. By the time I finished 4 years of university I had two 11 minutes short films and a crippling debt load ... spend 4 years making TH-cam videos and (by the end of it) you'll have thousands of hours more experience than I got in the same duration, at a fraction the cost. So yeah it's definitely creativity and talent and skill, but the tech allows everyone to develop all three to a degree impossible just a decade ago. M
Please like comment and subscribe dammit! Lol She measures in woman inches? Obviously we measure inches MUCH smaller than men 😉 Cool to see Jono! PS - I don't care if you do day trip videos or week trip videos as long as you do them. They are the best giggles to wake up to! Have A Super Fantastic Day!
I think if you measure them in smaller increments, men would be happier... I think the problem is that men tend to use smaller inches when looking down, for some reason. Glad you enjoy the videos! M
I think if you measure them in smaller increments, men would be happier... I think the problem is that men tend to use smaller inches when looking down, for some reason. Glad you enjoy the videos! M
Oh dear, opportunity missed. It might be the oldest joke in history. "Pass me the pneumatic drill" "I haven't got a new one" "Well pass me the oldmatic drill then" And erm, live long and prosper. Why are we doing the Spock salute again?
hi. I personally like shorter vlogs....being an older person my concentration goes after about 15 minuets.....this is just my opinion....no doubt other people think differently.
I'm not that old -- at least in relation to the rocks -- but mine tops out around the same point. For some reason though TH-cam seems to prefer the longer videos. M
We try to; there can be enough that it can be a bit overwhelming, especially when we're stuck in an area with no signal ... and at some point we may not be able to keep up, but we try and at least read them all and reply if possible (or helpful). M
That's the problem... we're gonna try one-day vlogs (as in one day's cruising, we're a long way off from being able to edit quick enough to do one vlog per actual calendar day), but I'm an editor's nightmare! M
Making this comment before I've watched the whole video. Egg Custard is what the English call Crème Brulee. Prefer Egg Custard myself, just as tasty but not so pretentious.
You could have gone another round with that last bit I wouldn't have objected in the slightest. Sorry M but you have to admit if it had been Jo you would have done exactly the same. Yep like the new thoughts on daily but only if you can comfortably keep up with it? As long as you don't feel pressured to religiously knock them out daily you'll take the fun out of it for yourselves. George will probably barely notice even though he obviously has the Lions share of the workload. If you're desperate Egg Custards are easy to make apparently. Looked like some sort of pastry based torture to me!
Well we mean more "vlog per cruising day" than "daily vlog" ... our non-cruising days are pretty dull, as they're often just Jo cutting the last cruising vlog as fast as possible, but we're hoping the single cruise day per video format will smooth out and hopefully speed up the schedule a bit, as the multiple cruise days per video pattern was getting to be a bit hard to keep up the frequency of release with. M
Sorry that's exactly what I meant and as usual I didn't really articulate myself very well. However if you ever get excited the whole live instagram thing is really good at filling in gaps between high grade edited vids. Even if it's just throwing the ball for George & Molly etc.
Jo has done some videos of George on our instagram (apparently they only stick around for a day though), but I'll admit their video feature is a wee bit beyond me. M
people when we are arrive on the cut I will cook you a rhubarb crumble from off our allotment and for you George a rhubarb scoobie snack shall be baked as for jono get your finger out son we need more electrics
Michael, you are a goof ball, I mean this in a nice way, you do add to the levity of the journey.
I am, by any known measure,. a goof ball, yes indeed! M
Love all your vlogs. The more frewuent the better, so I guess the day cruises is my choice.
Thanks! Hopefully they can help us keep the frequency up! M
Hi minimalist, thank you so much for doing shardlow lock for us earlier, and waiting for us to wind, really appreciate it, have a great journey, best wishes Andy, Jules and spud the 🐕. From boat Georgiana. X
No worries at all, was lovely to meet you both... didn't get to do much more than wave at Spud, but looked an awfully happy dog! Enjoy your trip and wave if you pass us by! M
Like the one day episodes!! Great stuff by the way.
Thanks! M
i just love your videos, however long or short they are. i dont want you doing them to the exclusion of all else. You do have a life to lead and enjoy outside You Tube.
We are definitely enjoying, though balance can be a bit hard at times! M
Having been a lurker, I decided to watch from the beginning - vlog 001 to see how it all started and how it progressed.
I am almost in the same place of your travels with this episode as your most recent episode...
Some day I may see it all for myself.
Quite an effort, catching up to us! Hope it was worth it! And do see it for yourself, absolutely worth the effort! M
More Please. I really enjoy watching.
Thank you! M
Thank you both for operating the Branston Lock for me! I will buy you both a coffee tomorrow when we meet for lunch :-)
Our pleasure! Just glad for the fluke of timing! M
How frequently do Narrowboat Tubers cross paths in the wild?
Depends, for a while it seemed like Jono and us were following each other, but at other times nothing. Now we're in London it happens a fair bit! M
Hey Guys, I have just binge watched all your videos as I happened across them when researching the Basingstoke canal. It was lovely to see you drive through our home town of Aldershot and visit our second home of Hinckley. It’s been a total pleasure following your journey. I would very much enjoy a vlog every two days max of 15 mins but less is more sometimes. I haven’t seen a map of your journey for a little while it would so great to have a map of the network and a different colour for all the bits you have achieved so far at the end of each vlog. I do hope you make it back to the Basingstoke one day it would be great to try and say hi. All the best! Keep on persevering!
Hi there, thanks for watching! Jo has done some maps in our various "review" videos, and some showing specific points of progress, but we could perhaps do a overview map of the whole system progress... maybe not on every video, but I'll mention it to her. We'll have our one year boat-iversary coming up soon, so perhaps in that. Maps can be surprisingly hard, as we're not really able to use one that isn't licensed for TH-cam, and a great many simply aren't.
Thanks so much for watching! And yes we absolutely plan on making it back to the Basingstoke some day... can't finish a journey without ending up where you started! M
Awesome guys. Love the video.
Thank you! M
should be a nice week from today onwards, this is where living on a narrowboat becomes heaven on earth :-) Hope all three of you have a wonderful week, and keep up the good work :-)
Thank you. Today has been one of those incredibly lovely spring days, and yeah it's so nice when that happens, suddenly it's just a dream! M
You're making quicker progress than I expected and of course I don't know how delayed the vlogs are but two things to consider, if you are not already past them.
First, when you get to Willington pop into Mercia marina. Either take the boat in (there is plenty of manoeuvring room) or moor and take George over the foot bridge. Mercia is a very "Marmite" experience but you should see it once.
Secondly, despite the extra miles, do include Nottingham, it's a very interesting city and there are fine moorings outside Sainsbury or on the river, by the Civic Hall.
Frank.
Thanks Frank! We are moving along at a good clip. We did visit Mercia, and we're hoping to visit Nottingham before turning south... as of today the upper Trent is closed, though, so we'll see what's happening with it once we're up and down the Erewash. Cheers! M
more more more more of the vlogs, keep them coming, we only get away on a hire boat once a year so great to experience the cruising through the year following yourselves, Jono, and Robbie.
like the single days.
Glad you're enjoying them! More on the way! M
Mixing in shorter one day cruises would be great, especially if you did some normal speed sections when cruising through the more scenic sections. The sped up bits are great for following along in general, but the slow parts are so much more relaxing!
Sorry, the Vlog doesn’t dictate the cruise the cruise dictates the Vlog. Also we don’t speed up footage we film as timelapse as we don’t have the battery capability or storage so film in real-time on the GoPros. We limit the about of time-lapse we use in each vlog but include but we feel it helps to tell the story!
Thanks for explaining the difference. And yes, it definitely does. Thanks for including it!
Great vlog as usual, entertaining and fun. Love the outtakes I even followed with a thumbs up 🤣
Yay! M
That was a double treat seeing you help out Jono and Molly!you two do make me laugh!! What is for dinner today? The vlogs are a treat Jo, so if there is one every day...all the better. Thank you..Enjoy your lunch today with Jono xxxxxx
Lunch was good fun! Every day might be a bit -- a lot really -- beyond what we can realistically achieve, but we're trying to keep up the pace! M
For me, just as long as you produce videos, the cruise length matters little. This includes non cruising videos, when you are moored, and enjoying things. I hope you will stay clear of the A&E videos, just on general principals. I hate needing write get well cards. And the thought of worry, on that face, and in those eyes, hurts from an ocean away. but that smile brings sunshine, around the clock twice a day, and around the calendar once per year. Why the sunniest people live in lands with the most terrible weather is just one of God's mysteries. May god keep you and bless you.
We’re always trying to avoid the A&E, don’t you worry! M
Great vlog. That stretch by the A38 drives me mad too, so much so I have moved my boat further down the T & M to king's Bromley marina to get away from it. Unfortunately you have more of the drone north from Burton to Willington. Enjoy Nottingham, the city I live and work in, the best moorings are on the River Trent just upstream from Trent Bridge near the County Council building, and you can also moor near castle marina but it is noisy and has lots of passing foot traffic. Keep vlogging.
Great to know, thank you. We're heading up the Erewash next, last we saw the flood locks up to Nottingham are still closed, but I do hope we get to swing over before heading south again! M
If the flood locks are closed you might find you get stopped at Shardlow and can't get to the Erewash. Weather is looking good for the next few days and the Trent falls quickly. Best wishes for the trip.
Apparently the path has been opened, so we should be good to go! M
Thank you for explaining the marina, that place looked really cool but it wasn't clear to me what the bridge I could see raising in the video was. It looked like some sort of gate that prevented entry rather than a foot bridge. Also it must have been nice to load coal and get water indoors while it was raining.
It's a good little shelter, that tunnel... the bridge is sort of a barrier, but also the only footbridge for the marina tenants, so it serves both purposes, and is certainly a conversation piece. I think it's actually my favorite marina so far, just for that weird entrance! M
half mile along great park to moor outside the dog would love it
We moved there the next morning! 😊 Jo
More frequent cruising vlogs would be nice. One day cruises wouldn't be a hardship.
Good to know... by moving to a vlog per cruising day we're hoping to get the frequency and upload schedule up a bit. Thanks! M
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Good! Thanks! M
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Thanks! M
So this actually turned out to be a "shorter, one day cruise vlog" that is actually longer than your multiple day vlogs tend to be on average. Which means that we get more of you, and that can only be a good thing. Keep 'em coming!
Oh, and twenty minutes just of that last clip on loop would be amazing!
Yeah we might have to do a little work on that "shorter" part! ;-) M
Minimal List Please don't!
Shobnall Marina is right next to Marstons brewery, where beer is still made to this day. But back in the day, there were tons more in that area, there is still parts of breweries around there but not as many. Branston isn't that far from Shobnall, around a 20-minute walk and 35-minute walk into the center of Burton where there are two more Birds Bakery shops, the actual Bakery is in nearby Derby. You're right about the pickle, but something else is made still in Branston, some love it some hate it, yep it's Marmite, they even have a Marmite Taxi (Cab).
Didn’t know that about marmite! Thanks! Jo
Oh, we know Marmite, just didn’t know it was made in Branston! M
For those pesky locks with double gates and a long hike to the footbridge at the far end, pass a length of line through the Lock Beam handle and carry both ends across the closed gates. You can then pull the far gate open from the opposite landing, release one end of the line and retrieve it, then open the near gate. (Only works on gates you can safely cross). It will save a lot of walking on flights of multiple locks...
More vlogs? Yes please :) As always, the time lapse/speed up cruising is 'medicinal'. Thanks guys. ....An 'antique' George at the start?
He was a sweet old one! Jo
Hi from vs in us a love your show or video i look forward to it I like the i de r of more of them !!!!!!!
My vote is for daily vlogs! Shorter is fine, as long as its not too short. 😀
Dunno how we'll ever make it to daily (Jo has gotten really quick, but she's already spending most of the time we're not cruising editing), but we'll definitely try to keep to and maybe improve our pace. Thanks! M
nice of youto be lock keeper for JONO
It was very nice of them
It was nice to have such good timing! And to see Molly so excited! M
Do you ever meet, have dinner, or interview any other boaters or dog people? That would be interesting.
We do indeed meet other boaters, haven't considered interviewing any of them, but mainly because neither of us knows thing one about interviewing. Will ponder the idea though, thank you. M
Bloopers always make me laugh.. I'm not sure Michael nearly slipped at that lock gate, looked like a shady trip from George in revenge for no ball throwing lol. Always look forward to your vlogs so short or long is ok.... The weather is salamandery hahaha
It was an unintentional -- but still quite shady -- trip ... the ol' "I'll just put my ball where he can kick it" trick. Still, no harm, and Jo nearly peed herself laughing when she saw it and heard that clunk, and her giggle always brightens my day, so I'll give the crafty little mutt a mulligan! M
I was reading the remarks and you made your face, I burst out laughing. at 3:11 am I had to catch my noise, or wake my room mate. I thought that was another U- tuber. Great vid's !!! You make them We'll Watch them all !!!
It was Journey With Jono; moving too fast through the smoothly opened lock to get a proper shot of him! Glad you like them! M
I’ve just watched your last three videos in a row and enjoyed them all. I would love daily vlogs as I could make time to watch shorter videos more regularly but either way I will watch because I love boats, dogs and cooking and your channel has all three! Thanks.
We're exhausted by just doing roughly weekly vlogging, I'm not sure how the daily vloggers even do it (I think Casey Neistat for instance secretly had a staff of 20 or so), but we'll try to keep up and even increase the pace! M
Like the idea of one day cruising Vlogs. Keep them coming
Thanks! M
Strange scenes on your travels today! Loved it! Loved the meet up with Jono and Molly! George and Molly would be quite a pair! And yes...I liked the one day cruise vlog very much.
George doesn't really know what to make of Molly's exuberance, but they do seem to have a connection! M
Anything like ‘em all. Well, as long as George appears 😊
He's too much of a ham not to appear! M
hahaha nice vlog i really like the 25 minutes vlogs and how to and DIY narrowboat movies.
Greetings from Holland,, Kitty.
Thanks! We may shorten the travel vlogs a bit, the multiple-day ones can be a bit hard to keep from falling behind on. More DIY no doubt coming as we get into the dry season and can actually do some work! M
ooh nice im looking forward to those kinda video's
Just keep making videos short or long i will watch as i enjoy watching your videos just do whatever is the easiest for you to do for to edit and post
Aww, thanks! M
Burton would have been a great place for one of Michael's beer-tasting segments ;)
daily vlogs are good, so long as we get power saw impressions.
Hah, we haven't done one of those taste-testing things in quite a while. Might have to do one for that Branston pickle! M
You guys and Jono - just needed Robbie, David and Ed there and I’d be in vlogmas heaven 😄
We're all whizzing around somewhat near to each other! Hopefully more cross pathing soon! M
Minimal List I was going to say - just a matter of time surely! Nice to get another take on the journey Lou and I did recently. That pile of gravel/tiles got me too! Hopefully see you on the Trent somewhere 8^)
Hope so! We passed Lou's boat today, on our way through Derwent Mouth! Erewash next, but then probably south again. Still, gotta happen some time! M
Watching the vlog playlist whilst work from home covid good background noise for me...We live near a freeway in MI. We call it sic freeway the river because it sounds like a fast moving river. In the winter it is very loud because no leaves block the sound.
I guess that background noise is something you get used to. I hope the pollution isn't too bad.
Vlogs are fine, the issue I have is with the channel name "minimal list"
So I have two suggestions to correct this small issue.
Change the name to either
"minimal George" or my preferred choice
"George's List"
I don't think Craig will object..... and George is the class act of you three, so deserves top billing.
It's simple logic really, I'm surprised this oversight hasn't already been corrected...😎
Thing is George doesn't like list... makes him all sea sick, and he starts wobbling about... plus the balls roll everywhere of their own accord. But we do try and feature him prominently, since we know he's really our main draw! M
Enjoyed this video as all of your videos!!
Thank you! Jo
Hi like all your vlogs ! However long or short! (Just don’t stop...... pleeeeese!)
Not till there's no more canal, knock wood! M
Single days are quite good
Thanks! M
Careful Michael. And a Jono sighting! Haven't seen any posts from Jono in a little bit
Yep, I've been struggling to finalise the solar setup! Finally fitted last part yesterday and so far it's working!
Journey with Jono so glad to hear. Hopefully be seeing posts from you. This jealous American loves watching all you guys
I'm always careful. I'm just also exceptionally prone to bloopering. M
Minimal List lol looked slippery n muddy. Yah that's what it was
Slippery, muddy, and the half-destroyed tennis ball placed under my foot by a throw-happy dog didn't help! M
Ha, brilliant. Looks like Jono wasn't hanging around for nobody lol. #manonamission
Always in such a rush, that lad! M
I had been invited out to dinner that eve so needed to move on. I am meeting Minimal List crew tomorrow for lunch though :-)
Jono, hope you include the meet up (the lunch) in your next vlog. Really missed you Mate and of course, Molly.
Jono is working on catching up on videos, so expect more soon, I'm sure! Just a lovely fellow, and Molly is just oodles of cute! M
Michael is morphing into something else.
He's been doing so since birth, just keeps getting the cocoon wrong. M
The sound wasn't so bad, but a fix would be welcome, and Hi George! 🖐🐺💙
Wait! Was that Jono? 🖐🖐
That was indeed Jono. And yeah, our sound recorder got knocked out due to lack of batteries (finally able to buy more yesterday), and our stabilizer doohickey has been acting up... technical difficulties, grr! M
Sure was!
Maybe this has been answered if not I’m curious: Do you ever worry about someone stealing coal or other things from the roof of the boat that are not permanently attached? It gives me anxiety just watching.
Well we don't have much of value up there, really just the coal and the solar panels... the panels you'd have to damage to remove without special tools, and hightailing it down a muddy towpath with 25KG of coal over your shoulder doesn't seem to be the smartest or most profitable form of crime. A little anxiety the couple of times we've been away overnight, but little worry the rest of the time... for the most part I've gone through life assuming that people are generally decent, and so far it's been borne out.
Besides, in the end, it's just stuff... if someone needs the coal enough to risk jail for it, I'd rather give the poor soul a bag. M
Was Michael channelling Mork and Mindy???
He's always channeling Mork. To no known degree had he ever channeled Mindy. M
Ah, yes. Badly worded question :)
I want longer daily vlogs... Generally just more! More shorter is better than less longer. Since Jono and cruising the cut seem to have given up regular canal vlogging you need to make up their slack.
Mike Tipping Crusing the Cut has got to get his van converted as he has a deadline.
We're no where near daily vlogging -- honestly not sure how those people do it, except the ones that are purely talking heads -- but we're trying to keep up a good pace. Finding the right balance of something that can be edited relatively quickly but still be interesting. Jo's already spending most of any day we're not cruising editing, so not sure how much we'll be able to increase output, but hopefully with slightly shorter videos we can keep up our intended pace without too many breaks.
I think the winter naturally interrupts vlogging -- it's bloody dark on these boats and the cameras aren't that good in low light -- so I'm hoping everyone picks up again with the warmth and sun! M
Mike Shipp if he didn't recut each piece of wood 5 times it would be done by now!
Minimal List I don't think many people realise got l how long editing takes. Sailing lavagabond did a breakdown of their week a while ago and said they sail and film for 2 days then do prep and editing for 5. Fine if it's your living but serouse commitment as a hobby.
Sorry Mike, I do realise I haven't been up to speed recently. I have been struggling to finalise the solar setup but finally cracked it yesterday. I have that mostly filmed and the whole Caldon Canal filmed so lots to come. However, I agree, I need to up my game - a LOT!
Crikey guys if I had a £for every time I've gone up the A38 in a truck looking at THAT canal thinking i'd rather be in one of those than one of these then I would have my boat.
We wondered just today how many people in the cars and trucks are doing exactly that, so good to know! M
Score! george, molly + Jono and Ya'll
Thanks! M
We like regular and short vlogs if that is possible.
Thanks for that! M
You are a welcome and wonderful distraction from the orange 6 year old petulant child we have to deal with over here.
I try not to get political on our channel, but let's just say I'm glad we can distract you, in whatever way we can! M
My apologies. I will certainly refrain from "taking sides". I do enjoy your channel and hope you will continue putting out the quality both in the editing and conversations.
Oh, please tell George I said hi.
Oh no apologies needed, you can say whatever you want about any hypothetical petulant orange children (with or without proportional hands) who may or may not occupy certain offices, I'll just take a tongue-lashing and a stern glance from Jo if I go off on any political diatribes on our channel about narrowboating. M
He also like water sports, firing people and saying the word "uge:. To much info?
I feel a slight kinship to Jo. My grandfather grew up in Barwell, England. I don't know if that's a bad thing or not. Growing up my pop would make yorkshire pudding, sheppards pie and yes egg custard. He was made to go to the church of England as a kid. I have 2 years to retirement. I going to try to make to England if time and age allows. Thanks again for the entertainment and witty as well as informative banter.
Alleged water sports. Alleged. Ughhh.
I totally recommend an extended visit to the UK, if you can make it; it's grown on me immensely, and I find that the people are far friendlier than Fawlty Towers might indicate! It's a fascinating country, with what seems like about eleven different languages packed into one, and more colloquialisms than a people could ever rightly deserve. Most visitors never really get out of London, though... amazing city, but not by a long shot the story of England, never mind Britain. Just remember, to them it's not the wrong side of the road, no matter how sure you are you're about to die. M
Nice Video.
Have i see right?
Jono?
Schönes Video.
Habe ich richtig gesehen?
Jono?
Yep, that was him we locked through, right after I slipped on George's ball. M
Ja, du hast richtig gesehen! Vergiss Molly nicht! :-)
wrong Branston, right one is 5 miles south of Lincoln
well Michael was naughty and will need to be punished LOL
Methinks he's had enough punishment! M
Minimal List dirty!!
Did you change the font?
Ah, the power of the female editor to turn an intelligent, articulate and elegant male TH-cam celebrity into a ham-footed, gibbering Mos Eisley Cantina bar loiterer! ;-)
Jo's first response to this was "What's Mos Eisley?"... me, I feel like Ephant Mon.
More like Leia, Jo!
It's interesting to see how far so-called "amateur" TH-camrs have progressed. The level of skill involved in the filming and editing only really becomes apparent when there is a slight issue (wind noise, etc). For the most part these short films just get accepted with the same expectation as any footage you might see on commercial TV.
Yeah, Jo's skill with editing is really progressing, and it's amazing how much help the equipment gives you these days. I mean I used to work with cameras costing > $300,000 with resolution about two thirds of what the latest iPhone can do... it's been a ridiculous improvement, which just democratized the ability to pick up and start learning the tools! M
It's true that technology has democratized many areas of the arts and entertainment. I myself use music recording and production equipment (much of it software based) that far exceeds that available in top flight studios only a few decades ago; and at a fraction of the cost.
Nevertheless, it will always be the creativity, imagination and facility with the equipment of the creators that makes the difference. And this is what I find interesting; it's not surprising that someone like David from CTC would have skills in presenting, filming and editing, but these skills are now demonstrated by people who not very long ago would have been expected to undergo years of training to reach even a modest level of proficiency.
That's what I feel the tech has done; you can now do an edit on a £100 app that cost over £3500 when I was going through film school... and you had to go to school back then to learn how to use it, because there was no TH-cam to watch 500 tutorials on. All the hardware becoming accessible right at the same moment that everyone can effectively teach themselves means that the base knowledge required to do so spreads further, faster. And you can iterate quicker, which means you gain experience quicker. By the time I finished 4 years of university I had two 11 minutes short films and a crippling debt load ... spend 4 years making TH-cam videos and (by the end of it) you'll have thousands of hours more experience than I got in the same duration, at a fraction the cost.
So yeah it's definitely creativity and talent and skill, but the tech allows everyone to develop all three to a degree impossible just a decade ago. M
Top work, maybe you could ask jono to crack on with his battery, electrical and miscellaneous videos for us.
Been 3 weeks now👍
He's cracking on, he just had some unfortunate delays due to technical issues... hopefully he'll catch up soon! M
You won't need that coal, there's a heatwave coming! About time too.
We'll need it eventually... I have faith in British weather, and also orbital mechanics! M
If Jono ever paints his boat we will never recognise it!
What if I painted it grey - would that be ok! haha
I like the grey! M
Juno?
Eek! Where does it say that?
Please like comment and subscribe dammit! Lol She measures in woman inches? Obviously we measure inches MUCH smaller than men 😉
Cool to see Jono! PS - I don't care if you do day trip videos or week trip videos as long as you do them. They are the best giggles to wake up to! Have A Super Fantastic Day!
I think if you measure them in smaller increments, men would be happier... I think the problem is that men tend to use smaller inches when looking down, for some reason. Glad you enjoy the videos! M
I think if you measure them in smaller increments, men would be happier... I think the problem is that men tend to use smaller inches when looking down, for some reason. Glad you enjoy the videos! M
Minimal List Ha ha ha ha!
Oh dear, opportunity missed. It might be the oldest joke in history.
"Pass me the pneumatic drill"
"I haven't got a new one"
"Well pass me the oldmatic drill then"
And erm, live long and prosper. Why are we doing the Spock salute again?
It's just automatic. Damned logic! M
hi. I personally like shorter vlogs....being an older person my concentration goes after about 15 minuets.....this is just my opinion....no doubt other people think differently.
I'm not that old -- at least in relation to the rocks -- but mine tops out around the same point. For some reason though TH-cam seems to prefer the longer videos. M
thanks for the reply. I´m afraid to say many youtubers don´t reply to comments.
We try to; there can be enough that it can be a bit overwhelming, especially when we're stuck in an area with no signal ... and at some point we may not be able to keep up, but we try and at least read them all and reply if possible (or helpful). M
Whatever she says, agree with her! Happy wife, happy life.
Thankfully I usually do agree with her anyway! M
George and Molly sitting in a tree...
... wondering how the hell to get down again! M
Lmao!! Please like and subscribe!!!!!! If you think egg custard is weird then what ya make of bacon pud?!! Lol
Daily vlogs sound great, but only if Mike doesn't swear and create sixx millions edits!!!!! :-)
That's the problem... we're gonna try one-day vlogs (as in one day's cruising, we're a long way off from being able to edit quick enough to do one vlog per actual calendar day), but I'm an editor's nightmare! M
There are actually many (quite rude) jokes about man inches vs woman inches - we probably shouldn't go there :0
If we do go there, we won't all arrive at the same time or having traveled the same distance! M
Making this comment before I've watched the whole video. Egg Custard is what the English call Crème Brulee. Prefer Egg Custard myself, just as tasty but not so pretentious.
A Crème Brûlée by any other name is still a Crème Brûlée, but doesn't an egg custard have a crust?
False.. I don't know what kind of egg custard tarts you've been eating but it shouldn't be like creme brulee 😂😂
Minimal List indeed it should have a crust and is completely different to a creme brulee
This reminds me of a line I often heard in India: "Same same. Only different." M
My mum used to make it without a crust and it always tasted the same as Crème Brulee to me.
You could have gone another round with that last bit I wouldn't have objected in the slightest. Sorry M but you have to admit if it had been Jo you would have done exactly the same.
Yep like the new thoughts on daily but only if you can comfortably keep up with it? As long as you don't feel pressured to religiously knock them out daily you'll take the fun out of it for yourselves. George will probably barely notice even though he obviously has the Lions share of the workload.
If you're desperate Egg Custards are easy to make apparently. Looked like some sort of pastry based torture to me!
Well we mean more "vlog per cruising day" than "daily vlog" ... our non-cruising days are pretty dull, as they're often just Jo cutting the last cruising vlog as fast as possible, but we're hoping the single cruise day per video format will smooth out and hopefully speed up the schedule a bit, as the multiple cruise days per video pattern was getting to be a bit hard to keep up the frequency of release with. M
Sorry that's exactly what I meant and as usual I didn't really articulate myself very well. However if you ever get excited the whole live instagram thing is really good at filling in gaps between high grade edited vids. Even if it's just throwing the ball for George & Molly etc.
Jo has done some videos of George on our instagram (apparently they only stick around for a day though), but I'll admit their video feature is a wee bit beyond me. M
Odd... I haven't seen them and I'm sure I'm subbed?!?
It's beyond me as well ... probably needs a bigger hammer?
people when we are arrive on the cut I will cook you a rhubarb crumble from off our allotment and for you George a rhubarb scoobie snack shall be baked as for jono get your finger out son we need more electrics
Ooh, I love rhubarb! M