Category: Video

Posts including videos

Merry Christmas (and chocolate mousse)

Posted on December 31, 2021February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Wishing my viewers a very Merry Christmas 2021 and a happy new year; plus bonus content of me in the galley knocking up a chocolate mousse.

Vlog 254: The Forest for the Trees

Posted on December 15, 2021February 24, 2024 by David Johns

In some of my early cruising videos I would moan about how much over-hanging vegetation there is along the canals but it turns out there’s a load of work going on behind the scenes in winter to cut the bad stuff back. This is a look at that work.

Vlog 253: That Sinking Feeling

Posted on December 4, 2021February 24, 2024 by David Johns

This is the terrible tale of how a woman who’d always dreamed of living aboard a narrowboat on the canals has had her dreams – and almost the boat – sunk because, she says, she was mislead by the professional surveyor on whose advice she bought the boat.

Vlog 252: Reg Prescott

Posted on November 18, 2021February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Boat life is much like owning a house inasmuch as there’s always something to be fixed or maintained or tarted up. Here’s a compilation of minor things I did around the boat over the last few months, including fixes after the boat failed its four-yearly Boat Safety Scheme examination.

Vlog 251: The Bright Side of Life

Posted on November 3, 2021May 7, 2024 by David Johns

This is a long video indeed. It covers the complete installation and configuration of an additional 540W solar panel along with two new Epever Tracer MPPT solar charge controllers and all the wiring etc.

Vlog 250: Trow Believers

Posted on October 18, 2021February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Built in the late 1700s but abandoned in the mid-20th century, the Stroudwater Navigation and the Thames & Severn Canal are currently undergoing a mammoth, volunteer-led programme of restoration. This is their story.

Vlog 249: The Price is Right?

Posted on October 3, 2021February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Prices of used narrowboats have shot up in the last couple of years; what do you now get for your money compared to just a few years ago? I went to broker ABNB to find out.

Vlog 248: When the ship hits the fans

Posted on September 15, 2021February 24, 2024 by David Johns

This is not a video about canals or narrowboats but it’s a project which I found very interesting and the couple taking it on are absolutely lovely and worthy of your attention.

Vlog 247: The L’eaudown

Posted on September 1, 2021February 24, 2024 by David Johns

locks), how do the British canals stay full of water? This video attempts to shed some light.

Vlog 246: Pub of the Week

Posted on August 11, 2021February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Having meant to do a video with Robbie Cumming for many years, we finally got around to it a few weeks ago. I’m always getting requests from overseas viewers to go into the canal pubs but don’t tend to do that alone. Who better to team up with to do so then than Robbie Cumming, whose youTube channel features a regular “Pub of the Week” slot!