Author: David Johns

Vlog 24: Haul Aboard!

Posted on February 25, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

I’ve been shopping. At least, my fingers have shopped online and this video is the haul of stuff I ordered namely things to make me gas safe, gunk, a shower thingummyjig and a map.

Vlog 23: Multiple Choice

Posted on February 18, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

I take a walk around the marina and point out some different types of narrowboat styles and features for the benefit of viewers either in other countries which don’t have narrowboats, or those in this country who might be looking to buy.

Vlog 22: Grate Expectations

Posted on February 14, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

After a viewer request I hereby present a (rather long, sorry) video of how I set and light the Villager Puffin stove on my canal boat. I do two examples, one of lighting it from cold and the other of rekindling it from dying embers.

Vlog 21: The Gas Man Cometh

Posted on February 9, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

A nasty discovery one day when I went to turn the gas bottle off as I left the boat, finding it leaking ever so slightly which it must have been doing since I installed it three months earlier.

Vlog 20: Dirty Laundry

Posted on February 4, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

How on earth do you keep your clothes all clean and lovely whilst on board a narrowboat cruising round the canals? In this video, I explain the options.

Vlog 19: Socket To ‘Em

Posted on January 26, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

In which I do a canal-oriented shopping “haul” type of Vlog and follow it with a intricate explanation of how to run a mains cable half the length of the boat in order to install more power sockets.

Vlog 18: Fire Starter

Posted on January 18, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

With temperatures currently plummeting in the UK and at least a fortnight’s cold snap predicted with sub zero temperatures coming, it’s time to have a look at the main source of heating on my narrowboat, the Villager Puffin stove.

Vlog 17: Watering Hole

Posted on January 8, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

For viewers who do not own a canal boat but are curious about life on board, this Vlog shows one of the most frequent domestic tasks undertaken by liveaboards. No, not the toilet emptying. The other task.

Vlog 16: Crick Thinking

Posted on January 1, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

A couple of weeks ago a friend of mine, a former colleague from my life in TV, came to visit and experience narrowboat life so we went for a cruise. We didn’t get far – to the pub, in fact. But we went by boat so that’s OK. This is the video of that trip.

Vlog 15: Solar Flair

Posted on December 20, 2015May 7, 2024 by David Johns

Once the Spring arrives and I go out continuous cruising on the canals, I will need a way to generate electricity. Ideally this would be done without running the engine. Hence the installation of solar panels. This is the video of that installation.