Vlog 371: Cruising Le Cut
Who could resist an offer to try canal boating in the South of France in May? Certainly not me, so with a friend along to help out at the locks, we jetted down to Beziers…
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Vlog 366: Tork Steer
For the second cruise on my ‘new’ tiny narrowboat, Gentian, I turned right out of the marina and headed about 7 miles west along the Fossdyke Navigation until I got to Torksey lock where I stopped for the night before heading back. In this video I also reveal the mystery of how to change the lightbulbs!
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Vlog 363: The Lincs Effect
At last, on my second weekend aboard the boat since purchasing it, I had a sunny day and the time to take it out for a short “test cruise” to see how it went along. I turned left from Burton Waters marina and went the two miles to Lincoln whereupon I turned around and came back. It was a glorious trip!
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Bonus video: Slow TV canal cruise
This is the unedited ‘bow camera’ view of my recent trip on a narrowboat on the Gloucester & Sharpness canal, without voiceover and with just natural sound.
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Vlog 353: Jolly Rhubarb
I was delighted to join one of my Patreon supporters, Ian Davis, on his lovely narrowboat and we went for a short trip on the Gloucester & Sharpness canal, creating this “old style” (!) Cruising the Cut vlog which I hope you like.
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Vlog 347: Fjord Fiesta
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.
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Vlog 321: Cruise Control
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.
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Vlog 318: Gettin’ Twiggy With It
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.
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Vlog 317: Oops! I did it again.
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.
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Vlog 314: Tangerine Dream
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!
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