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?
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Category: Life aboard
Vlog 398: Immersion Therapy
This is day 2 of my ‘weekend’ (actually a Wednesday and Thursday) aboard my little narrowboat on the South Oxford canal at Napton, just bobbing about having an escape from the world. I also tried to work out why the electric immersion heater doesn’t work but gave up!
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Vlog 397: Nap Time
With the weather being bright blue skies and sunshine, I took to the narrowboat for a couple of days to just chill and enjoy being on the water. Come and enjoy it with me in this video.
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Vlog 385: Festive Fun at Christmas
For Christmas Day, what could be finer than bringing my canal wife and canal mistress together for a lovely spot of lunch aboard the narrowboat, eh? So I did.
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Vlog 364: Water, water everywhere
The day before I went on my first cruise on NB Gentian (see the link for that video below), I pottered around the boat doing a variety of odd jobs as this was only the second weekend I’d spent aboard since buying the boat so there was still lots to finesse to my liking. This is the document of that day.
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Vlog 362: Chores for Thought
Recorded on Feb 1st & 2nd when it was still very chilly, this was my first full weekend spent aboard the boat and only my second visit since purchase. As you can imagine, I had lots of things to sort out from a new propane cylinder to new mooring lines and many other miscellaneous jobs.
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Vlog 359: First Night
I had a chance to take a flying midweek visit up to my tiny narrowboat and spend the first night aboard. This was a great opportunity to bring all the things I’m likely to need and then realise what I’d forgotten!
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Vlog 356: Fee Range
This is a long talky video in which I discuss the various costs associated with owning and running a canal boat whether traditional narrowboat or fibreglass canal cruiser.
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Vlog 345: Gifts of the Gabs
About three months ago I visited Gabs Heneghan who’d bought a widebeam boat and was about to refurbish it. Mid-way through the process, I’ve been back to see how she’s getting on.
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Vlog 322: Make It So
In May 2022, I published a video about a narrowboat being built for a couple who had specific mobility and agility requirements following illness. This is a follow-up video to see how they’ve been getting on with it since launch.
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