Author: David Johns

Vlog 217: Not a vlog at all

Posted on June 22, 2020February 24, 2024 by David Johns

A “slow TV” (real-time) bow-camera recording of the trip from Kings Orchard Marina at Lichfield to Fradley Junction on June 21st 2020.

Vlog 216: Miss Congeniality

Posted on June 8, 2020February 24, 2024 by David Johns

In the second of my lockdown Skype interviews with other boaters, we cross the pond to Missouri, USA for a chat with Kay Davis and Jeff Hoesel who own a 1994 Gibson Cabin Yacht and take it for trips along the mighty Mississippi River.

Vlog 215: Up on the Roof

Posted on May 28, 2020February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Over recent months I have noticed a number of unsightly rusty spots erupting on the boat’s roof. Some, I assume, are from bits of grit rubbing through the paint as I’ve walked over it; for others I have no idea as to their origins. All needed tidying up and the rust stopped in its tracks though so in this video I show you my initial attempts, which fall short of a full repaint.

Vlog 214: A Cruise to Amuse

Posted on May 18, 2020February 24, 2024 by David Johns

On Wednesday 13th May, the lockdown restrictions on the English waterways were relaxed slightly to permit day trips for leisure boaters. So I took the opportunity to fire up the narrowboat and do a five-hour cruise down towards Fazeley Junction and back.

Vlog 213: On the Money

Posted on May 9, 2020February 24, 2024 by David Johns

A year after I moved aboard, I did a video about what the annual costs were of life afloat. Now, after four years on board, I present an updated version of the same using averaged figures over the full four years.

Vlog 212: Serenity

Posted on April 28, 2020February 24, 2024 by David Johns

A little thing like a global pandemic and lockdown is not going to prevent further boat videos on this channel so I present the first in what may become a

Attemping to bake bread

Posted on April 19, 2020February 24, 2024 by David Johns

After a surprising number of requests from viewers in my Lockdown vlog for me to film a bread-making video, I decided to retrieve such footage from my archives of when I first attempted the process about a year or so ago. There’s no quality to this production at all because it was never really intended for wide distribution but so many folk said “just upload anything” that I have. So it’s your own fault, really.

Vlog 211: Walking the Cut

Posted on April 12, 2020February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Filmed entirely on a DJI Osmo Action camera – which has the most amazing stabilisation – with a Rode Videomicro microphone, this is a recording of the first brief walk I took after completing 14 days of self isolation having come back from overseas. The weather was beautiful, the birds were chirping like crazy but the waters were almost totally still. Hopefully this is a nice little background video to bring a window of peace and calm into your day.

Vlog 210: Lockdown

Posted on April 5, 2020February 24, 2024 by David Johns

This is a day in the life of a narrowboater who’s self isolating having come back from overseas. There’s not a lot to do so it mostly involves eating, drinking tea and watching the telly.

Vlog 209: Coalfinger

Posted on February 22, 2020February 24, 2024 by David Johns

A few weeks ago, I had the great pleasure of spending a day aboard the fuel boat and butty of “Jules Fuels” on the Grand Union canal. The day started – early! – with loading of supplies and then off we went to deliver to customers south of Milton Keynes.