Amazing, your Windsor mooring is the exact same place we moored when we stopped at Windsor on our cruising holidays when I was a child. I am talking about the mid seventies, but nothing looks like it has changed at all! I would just like to say I am currently in bed with a fever in cold Poland, and watching your films is the best medicine !
Yeah, I have a feeling Windsor isn't really prone to too much change, though the airplanes flying overhead are newer. Hope you're feeling better, glad we could help! M
Red Kite - nice! Having completed 'Cruising the Cut' vlog (soon to be Gongoozling the Cut) I have started sharing your journey and enjoying it immensely. Thank you.
I lived in Crookham when I worked in the MOD for about 10 years, I didn't know it had a canal. But it did have a (slightly out the village) pub called Checkers ran by a couple of 90 year olds who had brewed their own beer in a big bucket in the cellar all their lives. It was very nice popular beer. Until they retired and new owners moved in and showed us all the buckets. Nearly all of the space in each was taken up with green slime that had built up over the years. They was only a tiny bit of beer in each because there wasn't room for it. So we all decided it was a good idea for the new owners to buy in beer barrels instead of making their own.
The Thames splits to go around Bath Island and there is a narrow channel along Barry Avenue by the Camm Memorial on the south side of the river opposite where you appear to have moored. It was a lovely quiet spot with easy access to the castle and the town centre about 15 minutes walk. The reward for climbing the hill is great ice cream!
Poplar Eyot, Cliveden, Eton -- these were exactly the moorings my wife and I stopped at 3 years ago. Bringing back lovely memories -- thanks! (If you're coming back up the K&A, I strongly recommend the upper Thames -- plus free moorings)
Hi guys. hopefully you got to see some of the town/castle. I don't know if you could see but just before you got to Bovenny lock on the right along the bank was a small stream joining the river with a small concrete bridge . well if you looked at the path it took you to a small village ( well it was when I was growing up) it was marked on the map Eton Wick . that's where I am from. our play ground was the stream and the river from Windsor to Bovenny lock. We had a boat made of two 75gal aircraft drop tanks welded together with 2 pieces of scaffolding pole , with holes cut in the tops of the tanks. we could get 5of us on it with out sinking. and of course back then life jackets . What were they!!!!! Love the videos catching up slowly.
adrianuwant3 no that can't be true. The Airbus A380 is from the year Anno 380, hence the name. It flies with people turning the propellers inside by hand, very exhausting i tell you.
Another great vlog you are having a great adventure and lots of fun enjoy the K & A , I have moored on a friends cabin cruiser a few years ago right by the bridge from Windsor and Eton nobody asked us for fee
Well, we were still putting in pins when he showed up, so maybe the lads at Eton are a little low on their allowances? Might have to take up a collection! M.
Sorry we missed it; we actually got distracted by an -- unfortunately not very positive or productive -- visit to the Battersea Dog's Home there, and I think we passed it in a blink while we weren't filming. Next time! M.
Thank you! We will do, having a bit of a slow start to the New Year, what with family visits and me trying to catch up on some much delayed work, but more coming soon! M
A few years ago I went on a French canal holiday. The holiday company stated that nobody ownes the first metre of land alongside a waterway in France so mooring is always free. Not sure if this is true but must admit we never got charged except in marinas.
:) Seriously, you're going to have to stop at the Barge Inn along the Kennet and Avon, Honey Street. It's a pub dedicated to Led Zeppelin and is in the heart of the "Crop Circle" community (yes, they're nutters, but harmless and great fun). The Alton Barnes White Horse looks down over the pub. :) I tent camped there for 4 days a couple of years ago. It's brilliant. :) The ceiling mural in the pool room is amazing. I understand there are new owners, so I can't vouch for their meals any more. On the weekends they often have live music performing out behind the pub. It was my staying there that piqued my interest in narrow boats and life on the canals. :)
have enjoyed watching your vlogs and adventures. I have just purchased my very first narrowboat and will be following in your prop wash this tues 10 July from Hampton going a little further on to Oxford and then up the oxford canal to my home mooring at Crick If you can recommend any overnight moorings along the Thames ......to a complete novice I would be very greatful. keep the excellent videos coming very enjoyable
Well welcome aboard and afloat! It'll be great fun. Our favorite moorings were the ones just south of Cliveden, not far above the Maidenhead Lock. Look for a walking path and a painting near a bench on the right. It was marked on our old Nicholson Guide, but not on the River Thames Guide app. Very pleasant place, and Cookham near by is quite nice. Also really liked the Wargrave area, wild moorings near Poplar Eyeot and also the official Wargrave ones just a little beyond. Hope that helps! M.
It's good to see that you're having fun on your trip, I would be worried if I saw people that were prepared to pay £100 for a nights mooring, there certainly must be some wealthy people around that don't understand what money is for many others.
"More money than common sense" fits too. I'm always amazed to discover how many of this kind of "poor" people exist. They often think that it can only be good if it's outrageously expensive.
Another good video. Well done to you both.... Don't hold me to it. But I think WINDSOR CASTLE was there before the airport was 🤔😀.. haha. Keep the outakes coming aswell they are funny.
I blame my ancestors... they should of known that hundreds of years later a loud arse airport would be built there. Good luck with your travels👍 As you head north I will keep an eye out for you.
Well, to be honest, I've got more sympathy for John Heathrow, cause it literally landed on top of him! ;-) Wave if you see us going past, we're always happy to stop and chat. Heading west now, but north comes next! M.
You silly man. It wasn't Elizabeth who built the castle under the flight path. Sheesh, she's way to young. It was the Normans to project their dominance over the London outskirts, to oversee the strategically important River Thames and against invaders who might try to use the runways at Heathrow.
Really? I heard those were the first Roman Roads leading west from Londinium, and that Caesar used to race chariots round the M25 before some fool added the junction with the M3.
@@MinimalList The name (Sir) Stanley Spencer is forever associated with the place. This is his "The Resurrection" set in Cookham churchyard www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/spencer-the-resurrection-cookham-n04239 He lived there most of his life which was not without it's complication. Divorcing his first wife to Patricia Preece, and artist and model, who he was obsessed. Unfortunately for him, she continued to live with her lover, Dorothy Hepworth (another artist) and refused to consummate the marriage (and who refused him a divorce). She did, however, evict him from his house when she persuaded him to sign it over to her. Despite all this, he remained close to his first wife. Dorothy Hepworth and Patricia Preece are both buried in Cookham churchyard, the scene of that famous resurrection painting. There's a whole lot more to the man, but his works no sell for millions (one sold of £5.4m in 2011).
We've got a bunch of old edition Nicholson Guides that were left in the boat. They're reasonably accurate, though often quite a bit off on moorings, Elsan points, and such. What I keep thinking I need to do is write an app that just pinpoints laundrettes and late-hours chip shops within walking distance. Thanks for watching! M.
Dude that's a great idea, I'll be up for that, in the mean time I need to find suitable maps and guides. Saving to move asap, before next May, and want to be as prepared and educated as possible. Thanks, Ad
Minimal List Are you aware of the Aylesbury Canal Society's laundrette list? About £5, covers the whole canal network with estimated walking times and locations. I've found it useful.
Hi all, it have enjoyed your channel a lot, have you considered using an anchor instead of mooring up? It might get around the hi cost of mooring on the Thames?
An interesting idea, and it explains why we have two anchors. Frankly never considered it, but now I look it's perfectly legal so long as you're "out of the channel"... good to know for when we head up again! Thanks! M.
I've always been fascinated with canal boating and these are great videos.I'm learning quite a bit and you guys are really having great fun.If I may ask,as how did you,as an American,end up in the UK and get into this?
Bit of an odd story; a few years back I visited the Camden Locks and happened to see a narrowboat moving along. It just struck me as a pretty amazing spin on life. Fast forward several years and Jo and I were not really enjoying LA and we need to both have residency somewhere, and this seemed an excellent way to pass a year or two of that process. It was either this or an RV up in Alaska, and frankly this has fewer bears! And Palins! M.
Your time-lapse is superb but I would expect a guy from Silicon Valley to be good with camera technology. Are you still working from the boat Michael or just living on your savings?
Not everyone from California is from Silicon Valley! I worked in Hollywood, and I do know my way around cameras, especially the Arri and Panavision rigs, probably MUCH better than anyone from Palo Alto... but I must confess Jo does all the shooting and editing! M.
Two comments. At about 5.50 of this vlog there is a old boat moored to your starboard. My notes from 2017 indicate she was at Dunkirk. The other thing is as you came through Marlow did you note the floating house featured on Grand Designs? Because of the flooding of the Thames, they built a caisson in which they form and poured a concrete base upon which they build a house. When the river floods the house just floats and is retained on guide posts. Very cool! www.baca.uk.com/amphibious-house.html
Ya ok I know hemp is not legal down there so I will not mention it again.But you did insinuate you have had pickle juice at some point in your life And quite frankly the entire video was kind of like being on acid. Its nice to see the only headaches you had was the expense of staying anywhere. Rent and taxes what a shock. Hope it does not cost a fortune to bring it back up to speed
Well, yes, actual pickle juice, from a jar of Polish dill pickles! My days of chemical curiosity lasted about three and a half minutes during one particular depressing moment in my life, and then I snapped out of it. Hell, I've never even been drunk! I just like pickles, and once had a bit of a Red Bull habit. And yeah, hope we can keep the costs down a little, but as we're running through solar and battery calculations it doesn't look like that's going to happen! M.
OK I believe you ,I have met a lot of people who naturally seem a little too happy for real life,And It turned out they just were.It would appear the days of being a hippy and just coasting are pretty much over. It looks like they are trying to gentrify the canals. Considering my fantasy involve the entire area now looks and behave's like the Tudors That's really not too bad for me. But then it is just a fantasy. Who knows once you have the boat done up to what you really want it to be. Maybe the cost would go down. I would imagine it takes more diesel to move down or up a river then it does to move on a canal. The currents does not appear to be as strong on them
I'm happy by dint of a lot of life spent being unhappy, followed by realizing what a waste that was. I try to always see the bright side. It helps that a few years ago an elephant sent by the gods hit me on the head and knocked some screws loose, though. True story, but a long one! Costs should definitely plummet once the electrical issues are sorted. Not having that fixed drives up diesel costs far more than the currents. M.
Your humour goes a long way to make your Blog so pleasurable, as has been said you have way to much fun. ha ha
The light of love shines bright.
There's nothing better!
True that!
Stunning little cruiser at 5:53
Yeah, that was a gorgeous boat. There were a few really lovely ones. Many worth enough to feed all the refugees from Syria for about a decade, though.
you guys have way too much fun with your video out takes - please don't ever stop.
Well, we'll try not to. Lord knows I'll keep flubbing my lines! M.
Amazing, your Windsor mooring is the exact same place we moored when we stopped at Windsor on our cruising holidays when I was a child. I am talking about the mid seventies, but nothing looks like it has changed at all! I would just like to say I am currently in bed with a fever in cold Poland, and watching your films is the best medicine !
Yeah, I have a feeling Windsor isn't really prone to too much change, though the airplanes flying overhead are newer. Hope you're feeling better, glad we could help! M
Red Kite - nice! Having completed 'Cruising the Cut' vlog (soon to be Gongoozling the Cut) I have started sharing your journey and enjoying it immensely. Thank you.
I lived in Crookham when I worked in the MOD for about 10 years, I didn't know it had a canal. But it did have a (slightly out the village) pub called Checkers ran by a couple of 90 year olds who had brewed their own beer in a big bucket in the cellar all their lives.
It was very nice popular beer. Until they retired and new owners moved in and showed us all the buckets. Nearly all of the space in each was taken up with green slime that had built up over the years. They was only a tiny bit of beer in each because there wasn't room for it.
So we all decided it was a good idea for the new owners to buy in beer barrels instead of making their own.
+Rob M eek! That is quite a story!
Another very enjoyable time watching your videos! Keep up the wonderful times and enjoy!
Thanks! Doing our best to stay afloat! M.
The Thames splits to go around Bath Island and there is a narrow channel along Barry Avenue by the Camm Memorial on the south side of the river opposite where you appear to have moored. It was a lovely quiet spot with easy access to the castle and the town centre about 15 minutes walk. The reward for climbing the hill is great ice cream!
Yep. I think that must be where we moored the second time we came through!
Big grin on my face I love the out takes, loving your videos, you look like your having so much fun. Keep them coming x
Will do! Well, for at least as long as we can afford to! M.
i love your vids and your sense of humor. and your out takes!
Thanks! We’ll try to keep up all three! M
Poplar Eyot, Cliveden, Eton -- these were exactly the moorings my wife and I stopped at 3 years ago. Bringing back lovely memories -- thanks! (If you're coming back up the K&A, I strongly recommend the upper Thames -- plus free moorings)
Some debate as to coming back up or sailing up the tide, but Jo will probably underrule me, so good to know! M.
Great video guys like the Blooper reel afterwards ..
keep them coming S C.
Thanks!
In the bloopers section, I guess I found the Thor of the Thames showing his mallard to the world ;-)
Another great vlog
Thanks! M.
Hi guys. hopefully you got to see some of the town/castle. I don't know if you could see but just before you got to Bovenny lock on the right along the bank was a small stream joining the river with a small concrete bridge . well if you looked at the path it took you to a small village ( well it was when I was growing up) it was marked on the map Eton Wick . that's where I am from. our play ground was the stream and the river from Windsor to Bovenny lock. We had a boat made of two 75gal aircraft drop tanks welded together with 2 pieces of scaffolding pole , with holes cut in the tops of the tanks. we could get 5of us on it with out sinking. and of course back then life jackets . What were they!!!!! Love the videos catching up slowly.
Sounds like good fun! Though I'm not sure how any of us survived to adulthood! M
Great stuff. Glad you enjoyed Clivedon - my favourite spot on the Thames. Love the out-takes!
Thanks! It's a beautiful spot. M,
I've been having Henley Regatta videos recommended to me recently, because the Irish lads who won the Olympic rowing also won at Henley.
Ahh, the algorithm. M
I think your find the castle was built a long time before flight was invented lol, thanks for the vlog.
Really? Good lord, I'm shocked! Heathrow certainly hasn't aged well. ;-) M.
adrianuwant3 no that can't be true. The Airbus A380 is from the year Anno 380, hence the name. It flies with people turning the propellers inside by hand, very exhausting i tell you.
lol
Another great vlog you are having a great adventure and lots of fun enjoy the K & A , I have moored on a friends cabin cruiser a few years ago right by the bridge from Windsor and Eton nobody asked us for fee
Well, we were still putting in pins when he showed up, so maybe the lads at Eton are a little low on their allowances? Might have to take up a collection! M.
I was hoping for a scene or two as you went past Datchet, my old home village. Next time maybe. Looking forward to the K and A.
Sorry we missed it; we actually got distracted by an -- unfortunately not very positive or productive -- visit to the Battersea Dog's Home there, and I think we passed it in a blink while we weren't filming. Next time! M.
Hi guy's , I hope you had a great Christmas, I love your vids watching you have great fun, keep them coming, happy new year.
Thank you! We will do, having a bit of a slow start to the New Year, what with family visits and me trying to catch up on some much delayed work, but more coming soon! M
New subscriber from Puerto Rico!
Welcome! How's the long road to statehood going? M
Minimal List lol, we'll never be a state! It would add two democrat senators and 4 congressmen. It would tip the balance.
A few years ago I went on a French canal holiday. The holiday company stated that nobody ownes the first metre of land alongside a waterway in France so mooring is always free. Not sure if this is true but must admit we never got charged except in marinas.
Sounds very French! Now, if only Jo comes around to my plan to sail Perseverance across the Channel to Normandy! M.
:) Seriously, you're going to have to stop at the Barge Inn along the Kennet and Avon, Honey Street. It's a pub dedicated to Led Zeppelin and is in the heart of the "Crop Circle" community (yes, they're nutters, but harmless and great fun). The Alton Barnes White Horse looks down over the pub. :)
I tent camped there for 4 days a couple of years ago. It's brilliant. :) The ceiling mural in the pool room is amazing.
I understand there are new owners, so I can't vouch for their meals any more.
On the weekends they often have live music performing out behind the pub.
It was my staying there that piqued my interest in narrow boats and life on the canals. :)
Hah! Sounds interesting, we'll keep an eye out for it! M.
have enjoyed watching your vlogs and adventures. I have just purchased my very first narrowboat and will be following in your prop wash this tues 10 July from Hampton going a little further on to Oxford and then up the oxford canal to my home mooring at Crick If you can recommend any overnight moorings along the Thames ......to a complete novice I would be very greatful. keep the excellent videos coming very enjoyable
Well welcome aboard and afloat! It'll be great fun. Our favorite moorings were the ones just south of Cliveden, not far above the Maidenhead Lock. Look for a walking path and a painting near a bench on the right. It was marked on our old Nicholson Guide, but not on the River Thames Guide app. Very pleasant place, and Cookham near by is quite nice. Also really liked the Wargrave area, wild moorings near Poplar Eyeot and also the official Wargrave ones just a little beyond.
Hope that helps! M.
Many thanks for info will let you know how I get on
It's good to see that you're having fun on your trip, I would be worried if I saw people that were prepared to pay £100 for a nights mooring, there certainly must be some wealthy people around that don't understand what money is for many others.
I saw one fellow whose teak was easily five to six times the price of our boat. As they say in America, the rich have more dollars than sense! M.
"More money than common sense" fits too. I'm always amazed to discover how many of this kind of "poor" people exist. They often think that it can only be good if it's outrageously expensive.
Another good video. Well done to you both....
Don't hold me to it. But I think WINDSOR CASTLE was there before the airport was 🤔😀.. haha.
Keep the outakes coming aswell they are funny.
You don't say? Seems a right fool place to put a castle, at least to us cheeky, loud, slow-wittted colonials! ;-) M.
I blame my ancestors... they should of known that hundreds of years later a loud arse airport would be built there.
Good luck with your travels👍
As you head north I will keep an eye out for you.
Well, to be honest, I've got more sympathy for John Heathrow, cause it literally landed on top of him! ;-)
Wave if you see us going past, we're always happy to stop and chat. Heading west now, but north comes next! M.
You raised me, I know exactly where to direct the once Saxe-Goetheburgs!
Hi mum!
You silly man.
It wasn't Elizabeth who built the castle under the flight path. Sheesh, she's way to young.
It was the Normans to project their dominance over the London outskirts, to oversee the strategically important River Thames and against invaders who might try to use the runways at Heathrow.
Really? I heard those were the first Roman Roads leading west from Londinium, and that Caesar used to race chariots round the M25 before some fool added the junction with the M3.
I just Googled that, and by crikey, your right.
No mention of the artists Stanley Spencer in Cookham? There's a nice little gallery there.
We must have missed it, I’m afraid. M
@@MinimalList The name (Sir) Stanley Spencer is forever associated with the place. This is his "The Resurrection" set in Cookham churchyard
www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/spencer-the-resurrection-cookham-n04239
He lived there most of his life which was not without it's complication. Divorcing his first wife to Patricia Preece, and artist and model, who he was obsessed. Unfortunately for him, she continued to live with her lover, Dorothy Hepworth (another artist) and refused to consummate the marriage (and who refused him a divorce). She did, however, evict him from his house when she persuaded him to sign it over to her. Despite all this, he remained close to his first wife.
Dorothy Hepworth and Patricia Preece are both buried in Cookham churchyard, the scene of that famous resurrection painting.
There's a whole lot more to the man, but his works no sell for millions (one sold of £5.4m in 2011).
Hi guys, great channel, keep it up please :) What books/maps are you using to CC and plan routes? Thanks, Ad
We've got a bunch of old edition Nicholson Guides that were left in the boat. They're reasonably accurate, though often quite a bit off on moorings, Elsan points, and such. What I keep thinking I need to do is write an app that just pinpoints laundrettes and late-hours chip shops within walking distance. Thanks for watching! M.
Dude that's a great idea, I'll be up for that, in the mean time I need to find suitable maps and guides. Saving to move asap, before next May, and want to be as prepared and educated as possible. Thanks, Ad
Minimal List Are you aware of the Aylesbury Canal Society's laundrette list? About £5, covers the whole canal network with estimated walking times and locations. I've found it useful.
No, but we definitely need to get one of those.
And then maybe put it in an app.
Just be prepared for the fact that there's no being prepared for this! A learning curve awaits! M.
Hi all, it have enjoyed your channel a lot, have you considered using an anchor instead of mooring up? It might get around the hi cost of mooring on the Thames?
An interesting idea, and it explains why we have two anchors. Frankly never considered it, but now I look it's perfectly legal so long as you're "out of the channel"... good to know for when we head up again! Thanks! M.
No worries, Rev.
you guys keep me laughing
Good! M.
I've always been fascinated with canal boating and these are great videos.I'm learning quite a bit and you guys are really having great fun.If I may ask,as how did you,as an American,end up in the UK and get into this?
Bit of an odd story; a few years back I visited the Camden Locks and happened to see a narrowboat moving along. It just struck me as a pretty amazing spin on life. Fast forward several years and Jo and I were not really enjoying LA and we need to both have residency somewhere, and this seemed an excellent way to pass a year or two of that process. It was either this or an RV up in Alaska, and frankly this has fewer bears! And Palins! M.
@@MinimalList Avoiding Palins seems wise.
I think it's free moorings above Windsor.
Most are free for at least 24 hours, but some of the town councils will charge per night. M
Your time-lapse is superb but I would expect a guy from Silicon Valley to be good with camera technology. Are you still working from the boat Michael or just living on your savings?
Not everyone from California is from Silicon Valley! I worked in Hollywood, and I do know my way around cameras, especially the Arri and Panavision rigs, probably MUCH better than anyone from Palo Alto... but I must confess Jo does all the shooting and editing! M.
Also, savings for now, aiming to build up a business from the boat, possibly as a vendor or consultant for VFX companies.
Two comments. At about 5.50 of this vlog there is a old boat moored to your starboard. My notes from 2017 indicate she was at Dunkirk.
The other thing is as you came through Marlow did you note the floating house featured on Grand Designs? Because of the flooding of the Thames, they built a caisson in which they form and poured a concrete base upon which they build a house. When the river floods the house just floats and is retained on guide posts. Very cool! www.baca.uk.com/amphibious-house.html
Oh wow! Didn’t know that - fascinating!
Sounds like you are really on Narrow Boat time now.. You aren't even sure what day of the week it is anymore.
She's normally spot on. I have to keep asking how old I am now! M.
What are we talking about???.... :) Keep up the videos... they are great fun to watch....
Will do! Keep watching! M.
Hahaha
Just as well you're coming off of the Thames as it's running out of water. www.canalboat.co.uk/news/river-thames-running-short-of-water-1-5083741
Everyone up north, to the loo!!
Ya ok I know hemp is not legal down there so I will not mention it again.But you did insinuate you have had pickle juice at some point in your life And quite frankly the entire video was kind of like being on acid. Its nice to see the only headaches you had was the expense of staying anywhere. Rent and taxes what a shock. Hope it does not cost a fortune to bring it back up to speed
Well, yes, actual pickle juice, from a jar of Polish dill pickles! My days of chemical curiosity lasted about three and a half minutes during one particular depressing moment in my life, and then I snapped out of it. Hell, I've never even been drunk! I just like pickles, and once had a bit of a Red Bull habit. And yeah, hope we can keep the costs down a little, but as we're running through solar and battery calculations it doesn't look like that's going to happen! M.
OK I believe you ,I have met a lot of people who naturally seem a little too happy for real life,And It turned out they just were.It would appear the days of being a hippy and just coasting are pretty much over. It looks like they are trying to gentrify the canals. Considering my fantasy involve the entire area now looks and behave's like the Tudors That's really not too bad for me. But then it is just a fantasy. Who knows once you have the boat done up to what you really want it to be. Maybe the cost would go down. I would imagine it takes more diesel to move down or up a river then it does to move on a canal. The currents does not appear to be as strong on them
I'm happy by dint of a lot of life spent being unhappy, followed by realizing what a waste that was. I try to always see the bright side. It helps that a few years ago an elephant sent by the gods hit me on the head and knocked some screws loose, though. True story, but a long one!
Costs should definitely plummet once the electrical issues are sorted. Not having that fixed drives up diesel costs far more than the currents. M.
well every true story is a long one. will you be able to live on 12 volt or less Lights and fixtures. Or will a inverter always be a necessary evil?
I think it's a necessary evil, due to cordless drills, wall warts that are funny voltages and connectors, and the occasional other mod con.
Americans with too much money. What are you saying???
I honestly cant remember.