Tag: braunston

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.

Vlog 50: Golden Oldies

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

Every year sees the rally of historic working boats at and outside Braunston marina on the Grand Union Canal. I went along to get some footage and talk to the people who make it what it is.

Vlog 37: Working Water

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

In this instalment, I move off from Braunston and head to the east side of Rugby, firstly to do a bit of laundry and get some diesel, then onwards to Hillmorton Locks. There I take a look around and chat to volunteer lock keeper Maurice Farndon about a restoration project that’s underway.

Vlog 36: Dunking Doughnut

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

After a lovely couple of days hanging out in the sunshine at Norton Junction it was time to move the canal boat to Braunston ready for a minor engineering fix.

Vlog 12: Bring Out The Braunston

Posted on November 20, 2015February 24, 2024 by David Johns

I was supposed to be taking the narrowboat to a winter mooring in Warwickshire but for reasons I explain in this video, I didn’t. Instead of cancelling the trip though – as I had invited a friend along to show me how to do canalboating properly – we went for a two-day cruise to Braunston. This is the video of that trip.

Vlog 1: How I Came To Be Buying A Narrowboat…

Posted on July 23, 2015February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Here’s my first video ‘blog, describing how I came to be in the market for a narrowboat on which to cruise the UK’s canal network and hopefully take life easy for a bit.

It’s a tale of mid-life crisis, near-purchase of a campervan, and a calender from the RNLI.

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