Category: Vlog

Vlog 63: Deep Thought

Posted on October 11, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

I thought I’d try a Q&A because some stuff comes up quite a lot so here’s my first go at it. Also I reveal the answers to the recent competition plus the name of the winner!

Vlog 62A: Poo Sticks

Posted on October 4, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

This is a follow-up to the last Vlog which was all about narrowboat toilets, hence the odd numbering of this Vlog. In this, I show you how I took out and replaced all the seals, vents and slides inside a Thetford C200 toilet cassette.

Vlog 62: Bog Standards

Posted on September 27, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

A much requested video, this lengthy ramble discusses the three main types of narrowboat toilet, namely the cassette (eg Thetford or Porta Potti type), the pump-out, and the new kid on the block, the composting loo. There is much discussion of poo and wee and even a brief shot of it going through a pipe. You have been warned!

Vlog 60: Mooring the Cut

Posted on September 13, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

In which I try to condense everything that’s happened in July and August into a ten minute video. Spoiler: I succeed because in reality there isn’t much to tell. I also trail what I’m going to be doing over the next few months and some new videos that I’m working on.

Vlog 59: Wyrley Gig

Posted on August 31, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

The August Bank Holiday brought rain at first but sunshine by the Monday and so off I trekked to the annual Festival of Water, organised by the Inland Waterways Association. It’s a free event which sees over a hundred narrowboats moor up on a chosen stretch of canal – different each year – for the long weekend.

Vlog 58: Through the Porthole

Posted on August 28, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

In which I travel – by car – to a legendary canal village and meet the inhabitants both human (should that be “hooman”?) and animal of the narrowboat Ewart and find out what brought them to the waterways.

Vlog 57: Sunny Side Up

Posted on August 20, 2016May 7, 2024 by David Johns

I’ve been sent an 80 Watt semi-flexible solar panel to review by a company called Lensun so here are my thoughts on the panel (until the point where I broke it, for more on which, watch the video).

Vlog 56: The Sky’s the Limit

Posted on August 14, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Up, up and away as I take to the skies to gaze down on the canals from the air. All courtesy of my friend and former BBC “rival” Jon Hunt,

Vlog 55: Davey Johns’ (gas) locker

Posted on August 7, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Now back at Yelvertoft, my narrowboat gets taken out of the water so that I can tackle the rusty gas locker properly, using Fertan rust treatment followed by red oxide primer, bilge paint and then two coats of Intertuf 16 blacking for good measure.

Vlog 54: Jiggity Jig

Posted on July 31, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Here’s my final leg of the First Great Round Trip, taking me back from just outside Braunston to Yelvertoft marina where I began.