Category: Vlog

Vlog 30: Master and Commander (Part 1)

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

In advance of leaving the marina for the summer and going touring non-stop, I decided to have a practise run / warm-up. So me and marina manager Neil took our boats in convoy up the Grand Union Canal Leicester Arm to the Welford Arm and down the end (to the pub again).

Vlog 29: Internet Explorer

Posted on March 26, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

A question that I’ve had a lot lately is “how do you get the Internet on board a narrowboat in the middle of a canal?” So in this video I explain how I do it for both local WiFi and 3G or 4G access when cruising.

Vlog 28: Route Canal

Posted on March 15, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Several people have asked me where I plan to take the narrowboat over the summer and several possibilities have occurred to me. In this video, I describe why I abandoned one plan and have settled (mostly) on another.

Vlog 27: Pump Up The Volume

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

This was going to be an entirely different Vlog but I have a problem with my water pump going off randomly – usually the sign of a leak somewhere in the pipework. But where?

Vlog 26: Dinette Is Served

Posted on March 5, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Just a few weeks after putting in the order for new dinette cushions for my canal boat, they have arrived! No doubt to immense anticipation, in this video I described why I didn’tlike the old ones and show off the replacements.

Vlog 25: Changing Rooms

Posted on February 29, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Could this be the end of my watery adventures..? There’s only one way to find out and that’s by watching this episode when Things Are Changing. How very teasing of me.

Vlog 24: Haul Aboard!

Posted on February 25, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

I’ve been shopping. At least, my fingers have shopped online and this video is the haul of stuff I ordered namely things to make me gas safe, gunk, a shower thingummyjig and a map.

Vlog 23: Multiple Choice

Posted on February 18, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

I take a walk around the marina and point out some different types of narrowboat styles and features for the benefit of viewers either in other countries which don’t have narrowboats, or those in this country who might be looking to buy.

Vlog 22: Grate Expectations

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

After a viewer request I hereby present a (rather long, sorry) video of how I set and light the Villager Puffin stove on my canal boat. I do two examples, one of lighting it from cold and the other of rekindling it from dying embers.

Vlog 21: The Gas Man Cometh

Posted on February 9, 2016February 24, 2024 by David Johns

A nasty discovery one day when I went to turn the gas bottle off as I left the boat, finding it leaking ever so slightly which it must have been doing since I installed it three months earlier.