Welcome to the inland waterways!
Hello! My name’s David Johns. In 2015, I quit my job in local television news, sold my house and went to live on a narrowboat, cruising around the canals of England. I documented my time aboard in video and now make films about canal life. On this website I have the complete collection of those videos plus pages of information to help you in your canal journey whether for holiday or living aboard. Welcome along!
Click below for my latest videos or use the menus above to find what you’re after.
- Vlog 412: Tork of the town
I was kindly invited aboard DB1, an all-electric prototype day boat for part of its journey along the length of the Thames, powered purely by the sun. - Vlog 411: There and back again
After the summer canal carnage shown in vlog 410, here’s my return journey when things got even busier! But can you guess how many boats will have gone past me in just over two hours? - Vlog 410: School’s Out
In the midst of the school holidays, in summer, in a heatwave, at a weekend, just how busy do the British canals get? Let’s find out as I take a two hour trip to Braunston on my tiny narrowboat, Gentian.