Tag: Grand Union

Vlog 341: You can’t hurry ‘Glove

Posted on August 10, 2024August 10, 2024 by David Johns

My good friend Lorna of “Lorna Jane Adventures” on YouTube has just taken delivery of a brand new narrowboat, after two years of waiting. It’s a 25-foot Aintree Beetle which

Vlog 263: Berthday Cruise

Posted on April 20, 2022February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Here’s the third and final part of the voyage taking my narrowboat to North Kilworth Marina for sale with ABNB boat brokers.

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 245: Hire Calling

Posted on July 24, 2021February 24, 2024 by David Johns

Lots of folk ask me about hiring a narrowboat for a holiday so I thought I’d make a video about it. By coincidence, friends and fellow YouTubers Greg & Lou Virgoe, and John & Mandy, had decided to book a week’s hire – their first time on a narrowboat – so I tagged along to document the hiring handover.

Vlog 243: A Grand Day Out

Posted on June 28, 2021February 24, 2024 by David Johns

The canals are an oasis of calm, peace and tranquility – and now of culture too, as The Piano Boat brings concert-hall level classical concerts to the inland waterways, courtesy Masa Tayama and Rhiana Henderson. Join me as I talk to them about the project, the hurdles they’ve had to overcome and their plans.

Vlog 209: Coalfinger

Posted on February 22, 2020February 24, 2024 by David Johns

A few weeks ago, I had the great pleasure of spending a day aboard the fuel boat and butty of “Jules Fuels” on the Grand Union canal. The day started – early! – with loading of supplies and then off we went to deliver to customers south of Milton Keynes.

155b Not A Vlog: Weedon to Whilton

Posted on December 16, 2018February 24, 2024 by David Johns

A bonus video, the realtime bowcam footage of the trip from Weedon to Whilton (the bottom of the Buckby lock flight)

155a Not A Vlog: Blisworth to Weedon

Posted on December 16, 2018February 24, 2024 by David Johns

The penultimate Not A Vlog of the 2018 cruising, this is the trip on the narrowboat from Blisworth to Weedon via Gayton Junction on the Grand Union canal.

Vlog 155: The End is Nigh

Posted on December 9, 2018February 24, 2024 by David Johns

After several weeks, at last I embarked on the final leg of my autumn 2018 cruise along the Grand Union canal, the return stretch taking me from Blisworth, through Gayton, Weedon, Norton Junction and ultimately to Braunston.

Vlog 154: The Ghost of Blisworth Past

Posted on November 29, 2018February 24, 2024 by David Johns

After several days at Yardley Gobion, during which time I had the boatyard opposite look at – and hopefully fix – the diesel leak, I carried on with my return journey up the Grand Union canal, going back through Gayton, up the Stoke Bruerne locks and up through Blisworth tunnel (no signs of any ghosts this time round).