Vlog 385: Festive Fun at Christmas
For Christmas Day, what could be finer than bringing my canal wife and canal mistress together for a lovely spot of lunch aboard the narrowboat, eh? So I did.
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Vlog 384B: Homeward Bound
On a sunny day in July, I embarked upon the final leg of my marathon journey from Lincoln to the East Midlands, bringing narrowboat Gentian to its permanent mooring “home” (from which I will now undertake weekend cruises). It was another glorious day, and busy on the canals too as we headed towards summer holiday season. Yes, this was filmed mid-July!
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Vlog 384A: The light at the start of the tunnel
On the final weekend of my long journey bringing narrowboat Gentian from Lincoln to the Midlands, I enjoyed hot sunshine and lots of other boaters saying hello. It was so hot in fact that I ended up having to moor in the shade to keep cool.
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Vlog 383B: On the Brink
It was mid-July and as I journed further along the North Oxford canal in my tiny narrowboat, the heavens opened as if it were already autumn, bringing much-needed replenishment to the low water levels on the canals.
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Vlog 383A: Tow’s Company
We launch into the final stages of my trip bringing narrowboat Gentian down from Lincoln to the East Midlands, here departing Springwood Haven marina and heading for Brinklow, pausing at Hawkesbury Junction.
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Vlog 382: Super Ply Guy
After being called away unexpectedly when I was last working on my fibreglass project cruiser, Twiggy, I was able to return a couple of weeks later to continue shaping the second chunk of wood that will make up the new transom core.
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Vlog 381B: A Spring in my Step
Continuing my journey aboard my narrowboat, this time from Polesworth down to Springwood Haven marina, where it would remain for a further three weeks before I was able to move it again. On the way, I went through the 11-lock Atherstone lock flight, with surprising ease due to help from lockies and fellow boaters.
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Vlog 381A: Polepole
As part of my ongoing journey bringing narrowboat Gentian down from Lincoln to the Midlands over the summer, I had stopped at Kings Orchard marina in Lichfield. The next step was to take it to Springwood Haven marina near Nuneaton so in this video I begin this leg, getting as far as Polesworth, and sharing a (narrow) lock with another tiny narrowboat on the way.
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Vlog 380: The best laid plans…
This was supposed to be a very productive day when I almost finished the new wood core for my fibreglass cruiser’s transom, however part-way through I was called away. So this episode documents what small progress I managed to make on that occasion.
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Vlog 379B: Country Roads
This is a further continuation of my journey taking narrowboat Gentian from where I bought it down to the Midlands where it will be moored for the foreseeable future. Here I go from Alrewas to Kings Orchard marina, managing to let the boat crash forwards in a turbulent lock through not paying attention.
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