Category: Travels

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.

Vlog 301: Challenge Accepted!

Posted on June 25, 2023February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Every year, the Birmingham Canal Navigations Society hosts the 24-hour BCN Challenge with the aim to cover as much of the 100-mile BCN as possible. This is my account of being a passenger on the 2023 Challenge.

Vlog 299: Riveting Stuff

Posted on June 9, 2023February 24, 2024 by David Johns

In order to film the boats featured in my last video, we took them out for a cruise. It was raining. Here is the footage from that gentle trip along the canal.

Vlog 297: A Wynn, Wynn Situation

Posted on May 21, 2023February 24, 2024 by David Johns

If you’re a fan of boating on YouTube you surely must know Nikki and Jason Wynn, ex-RVers turned global sailors. Now having a brand new boat built, they decided to take a little time out to visit Britain and have a go at narrowboating. So I sorted them a 10-day trip on the Llangollen Canal.

Vlog 296: I Like To Move It, Move It

Posted on May 7, 2023February 24, 2024 by David Johns

I spend a day with Connor Warner, a professional boat mover who takes customers’ narrowboats, cruisers, Dutch barges … you name it …. around the rivers and canals of Britain.

Vlog 291B: A Pirate’s Life For Me

Posted on March 16, 2023February 24, 2024 by David Johns

This is Part 2 of the day I spent with Heidi, the Narrowboat Pirate, aboard her boat “The Rum Wench”. In this video, we cruise a little way up the Llangollen Canal in north Wales, starting from the Prees branch.

Canal Life