Category: Travels

Vlog 347: Fjord Fiesta

Posted on October 10, 2024October 21, 2024 by David Johns

After enjoying my first cruise last December, I decided to go on another this year and the place that was on my ‘must go’ list was Norway. So I booked a week with P&O and this video is my review of the trip.

Vlog 321: Cruise Control

Posted on January 7, 2024February 24, 2024 by David Johns

After various friends raved about enjoying holidays on cruise ships, and having wanted to go to the Canary Islands for a week over winter anyway, I decided to take the trip as a cruise, choosing a fly-cruise on P&O’s ship “Azura”. This is my review of the vacation.

Vlog 318: Gettin’ Twiggy With It

Posted on November 29, 2023February 24, 2024 by David Johns

My journey from Ashwood Marina down to Stourport continues in “Twiggy”, the 20-foot long Microplus 600 cabin cruiser I just bought, and I might just be getting the hang of the steering. Maybe.

Vlog 317: Oops! I did it again.

Posted on November 19, 2023February 24, 2024 by David Johns

I’ve bought another boat!! Not a traditional steel narrowboat this time but something very cheap and cheerful, just to bob about in at weekends and on short trips.

Vlog 314: Tangerine Dream

Posted on October 22, 2023February 24, 2024 by David Johns

I was delighted to be invited to spend a day aboard a wonderfully quirky canal and river cruiser boat by Samantha Rigley whose adventures I follow on Instagram. Join us, in this video!

Vlog 309: Dream Team

Posted on August 28, 2023February 24, 2024 by David Johns

My ‘canal wife’ Lorna and I continue our voyage down the Thames in a former Norfolk Broads hire boat, in this episode going from Reading to Windsor where the trip ended.

Vlog 308: Living the Dream

Posted on August 19, 2023February 24, 2024 by David Johns

A long-standing viewer offered me and my “canal wife” (aka good friend) Lorna the use of his boat on the upper River Thames for a few days – thanks Ed! – which we were delighted to accept. This is the first of two videos of that trip.

Vlog 306: Carry On Up The Thames

Posted on July 31, 2023February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Part 3 of my trip through London (including going along the Regent’s Canal and down to the Thames Flood Barrier) this episode sees a convoy of up to 34 boats heading up the River Thames, under Tower Bridge and along to Teddington.

Vlog 305: Left Turn, Clyde

Posted on July 23, 2023February 24, 2024 by David Johns

This is Part 2 of the cruise I was invited on by the St Pancras Cruising Club. We went out onto the River Thames and east towards and through the Thames Flood Barrier, in a convoy of 16 narrowboats.

Vlog 303: A shark? In a London canal?

Posted on July 12, 2023February 24, 2024 by David Johns

The Regent’s Canal runs through much of the middle of London and is a surprisingly peaceful oasis of calm amongst the hustle and bustle of the city. And yes, there is a shark! I joined the St Pancras Cruising Club who’d arrange for a huge convoy of boats to travel along the canal, assembling at Limehouse Basin by the end of the day.