Vlog 291A: The Rum Wench
I spent a day aboard The Pirate Boat with Captain Heidi; this is part 1 of two videos where we tour her boat and chat about her life afloat.
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Vlog 290: On my ¡Hola!-days
I’m just back from a week’s holiday in Palma in Majorca where I thought I’d do a rare ‘real vlog’ where I wander about as a tourist, pointing the camcorder at the boats.
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‘Live’ broadcast at Boat Life Live
A replay of my live broadcast from “Boat Life Live” at the NEC.
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Vlog 289: Gunwales & Roses
Paintings of roses and castles are about as traditional on the canals of Britain as it’s possible to be – but why? Why roses? And castles? And how do you paint them? I went to see a artist and historian Kay Andrews on her boat as as well as Penny Arscott, Manager of Foxton Locks Museum to find out.
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Vlog 288: Supermodel
Here is an actual – albeit scale model – railway line and even a canal within the hold of a narrowboat on the canal.
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Vlog 287: Muddy Waters
If you’ve ever felt your canal boat scrape on the bottom of the canal and wish more dredging was done by the Canal & River Trust, here’s an explainer of how dredging is done, why it’s so expensive and why they can’t do more of it.
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Vlog 286: Click and Collect
For single-handed canal boaters, shimmying up and down lock ladders or trying to get through swing bridges can be a huge nuisance. How much easier it would be if you could steer your boat with remote control! That’s exactly what Gill Gregory can do aboard “Desiderata” so I went to see the system in action.
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Vlog 285B: Jolly fun, they say
Although normally prohibited to powered craft, with permission of the Cam Conservators in winter you can take a narrowboat onto the Cambridge “Backs” where the river Cam flows behind many of the city’s historic colleges.
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Vlog 285A: To the Beyond of the Backs
I was invited to take part in a trip that very few narrowboats are able to enjoy, along the “Cambridge Backs”. This is Part 1 of 2 of the journey.
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Vlog 284: Santa, Baby
A guide to some of the very many gifts you can buy from narrowboaters, hand-made or designed on their narrowboats on the canals of the UK.
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