Went wells, next times and lots of questions. Nope not a corporate retreat but a look back at our narrowboat adventure and one step closer to constantly cruising the English canals! Can you answer our questions, they're listed in the description below!

When you come back, come to Yorkshire and experience the Leeds/Liverpool canal. You can experience the 2, 3, and 5 Rise Locks at Bingley. The wonderful countryside on the way past Silsden, Kildwick to Skipton, with its castle and known as the gateway to the Yorkshire Dales. Then there is the Curly Whirlies, a twisty contour experience through some of the most scenic countryside in the UK. Then on to Foulridge Tunnel, famous because it was built as a huge trench, a tunnel arch roof built over the cut and then the soil was covered over the whole thing as if nothing had happened. Plus the famous cow that fell into the canal and swam the whole way through and was revived with a pint of beer from the pub at the other end. You can thank me later. ❤

@LoveTwoTravel

7 ай бұрын

This sounds like exactly what we're looking for! Would this be something we do when we start out journey in our own NB, or do it using a rental. We're renting one more time before launching our own home on the canal :) Thanks for the great ideas!

Glad you enjoyed your trip! 🥳 Here’s our take on the answers: 1. Most of the time it’s a case of waiting for someone to turn up, but in very rare circumstances when there’s no one around, a very careful bit of encouragement from the boat may be required! (But you didn’t hear that from us 😅) 2. You can’t really avoid the nettles, but we sometimes trim them a bit when we moor up if necessary. As for the stings, washing with soapy water or a dock leaf can work, but generally we just get used to the sting 😂 3. Be less clean 😂😂 4. The bruises never stop. To be honest we’re impressed it was just bruises and not cuts too 😂 where they come from is often a mystery!

@LoveTwoTravel

7 ай бұрын

Great hearing from you and thank you for your answers!!! 1. Understood, wink wink. A boater went that route on a diamond lock further up Oxford and prepped us in case we made it that far! 2. lol 3. 🙄 4. Ugh. We just want to add here, because the comment may get lost among all the others on your @BoatTime KZread Channel. We were so happy to hear you're shooting for being full time youtubers by the end of 2024. Wendy and I have our fingers crossed for you both. If anyone deserves it, you guys most certainly do!

@BoatTime

7 ай бұрын

@@LoveTwoTravel aw thank you so much guys! sorry if we didn’t reply to your comments, we got so many during vlogmas it’s been hard to reply to them all! but the support means a lot so thank you ☺️

@LoveTwoTravel

7 ай бұрын

@BoatTime You didn’t miss it:) we’re going to post the congrats on the video later. You two were the last thing we watched last night so haven’t had time to post the congrats :) As we said, you’re both adorable and deserve the full YouTubing world :):)

@weetravels

7 ай бұрын

Loved Vlogmas. What is a boat leaf?

On gloves, I'd suggest cycling gloves, they arent too cumbersome but offer a decent amount of protection. Ive long hair and i often run a large bowl ( like a mixing bowl) of water and take it in the shower. I find it rinses through easier. Ive never used a radio when ive had a travel companion. I think you'll find that once youve been out for a few weeks, you'll know what the other is doing. I mentioned the Upper Thames elsewhere, i do love rivers, thats quite a challenge. For your shopping, you need a shopping trolley, aka a granny trolley. You can always spot narrowboaters doing their shopping🤣 Id think the only thing i could suggest and i guess its too late now, is do a trip in winter, when its cold, muddy and raining non stop for 5 days. For the full experience. I have really enjoyed your vlogs on the Oxford. Look forward to bumping - not literally - on the cut in your own boat

@LoveTwoTravel

Ай бұрын

Wonderful hearing from you Hilary and thank you for all the great feedback and tips! Your idea about the winter cruise isn’t too late! Although not technically winter, we’re coming over in late March 2025 for another NB experience 😄 Unlike a lot of boaters we’re hoping for some cold and slightly wet weather for just the reasons you had for the suggestion! Sorry if we jinx that time of year for everyone 👀

@hilarygibson3150

Ай бұрын

​@@LoveTwoTravelWe've got that in June this year😂

Enjoyed the video. When and where are you renting from next? Answers to some of your questions (sorry can't remember them all!) Not had a big problem with stinging nettles, just try not to moor too near them. Have however had a few problems with bees recently which was more concerning 😂😂 Water, ours lasts over a week but we make sure to top up every Wednesday so we don't run out other than that we don't worry about it too much, just be careful not to waste it. Unless we're iced in that is, then have to be really careful and fill up bottles etc. Communicating - we use walkie talkies for locks, when we remember to charge them 😂 They can be really useful. We don't have a problem when cruising as our engine is really quiet thankfully 😁 Are you having a boat built?

@LoveTwoTravel

7 ай бұрын

Wonderful hearing from you and thank you for your answers! Charging the two-way radios was a real aha moment for us and can see how it would be easy to forget that. To your point and answering your question about our future boat, yes we're having one built and we're leaning heavily into electric. Like you, we wouldn't have to battle the engine noise. We're hoping to decide on a builder in the next few months (fingers-crossed!) We should squeeze at least one more NB holiday before launching our own boat! Where we rent from will come down to which canal we're hoping to cruise, so any suggestions would be great!

@narrowboatpuravida

7 ай бұрын

@@LoveTwoTravel I believe most builders mostly have long waiting lists so that might be worth checking out as might help make your decision. I'm not sure where to suggest canal wise. We did a number of hiring holidays but our choices were highly influenced by location as was during COVID so we didn't want to travel far, and we also chose by the boats themselves as we wanted to try different lengths, layouts etc to help us decide whether we wanted to live aboard initially, and then to help choose our own boat. We normally watched KZread videos of canals we were thinking of holidaying on to get an idea what they were like before we decided so you could do that. Oh the only other suggestion I have is maybe look at the Monmouth & Brecon canal in Wales. It's stunning and isn't connected to the main network so you're unlikely to do it again in your own boat 😊

@LoveTwoTravel

7 ай бұрын

@@narrowboatpuravida We like the way you're thinking. We had the Monmouth & Brecon canal on our short list for the last trip, for many of the reasons you mentioned. We're lucky the builders we're talking to have room for us and we're hoping to have that deposit on the slot sooner than later :) Enjoying your videos!

@narrowboatpuravida

7 ай бұрын

@@LoveTwoTravel that's fab, hopefully won't be too long until you get your boat then. And glad you're enjoying our videos, thanks so much 😁😁😁

@weetravels

7 ай бұрын

I had read that sometimes the 2 way radios have too much voice traffic on them, so hoping w an electric boat, that would be workaround!