Leaving London behind for the quiet narrowboat life - 179
Living in London has been exciting, but we're exhausted from the hustle and bustle, and it's time for us to escape to the quiet UK canals in the countryside. With winter creeping in, it's time to head north, but not before one last nostalgic (and slightly eventful) cruise down memory lane... ✌🏻👋🏻
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Eating crumpets from your narrowboats is probably one of the most British Activities there is. haha.
@lifeonable
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for the passing year and may your dreams come true this year of world peace.Everyone should live in their own country and build order and not build mosques where the Orthodox people in Russia have a common language, Russian as well as English. Muslims are brought to different countries in Germany where there are plenty of them. In power, many work from Muslims. Is it possible to build your own order in Russia and build mosques? Or builds high-rise buildings nearby where it does not correspond to the project? War is beneficial to destroy houses and neutralize them from terrorists, as in Israel. Both benefit from the war. And politicians missed this opportunity to protect the borders of Israel 🇮🇱 🤔Or after all, in the USSR (Soviet socialist republics) they talked about the conflict in Ukraine. Before the elections, President Trump and the President of Israel and Russia will remain.Find a way to prosper and not like on the border of Israel. Change the president. We don’t hate ourselves and we are repulsed by sanctions, but we are under control and cannot choose between development and freedom 🗽. Something that will benefit the economy in any country. And before leaving, they take away Russian passports, which are without other citizenship and have a Russian family. This is a mockery and war. Many people have property in Miami with stolen money, is this normal? Where laws are improved for the benefit of the people, the restrictions are worse. Before the elections, they want people abroad to vote for the current government in Russia  Now there is an information war where only the brains of politicians do not work. Where the brothers of Ukrainians, like Muslims, are accepted in Russia and in the West and Europe and all similar problems. On March 8, 2022, Pentagon spokesman John Kirby announced that Ukraine receives weapons from 15 countries, including the United States. Homeless people from the mess that is happening in America, drugs are transported through Chechnya and do not change power. 10 million ethnic Russians in Ukraine. Think about the lies and training began in 2014 military Ukrainians 🇺🇦. 😂😂😂😂😂Young people, not understanding the political issue, vote yes to Trump and expect good things and support for genocide from France and Germany and the USA
Quite a funny turn of events guys - you just went past my old flat! The flat I left 2 weeks ago, leaving London behind to move onto a barge!! I lived by the ever-overflowing bit that you passed “Hackney wick waterfall” haha! Bit emotional watching this as we speak.. as I sit on the floor or my new boat home 😂 The labour of love has well and truly commenced! ♥️
Eep! 😆 Hope you enjoy the GU!! Loved Amy's cool outfits 😁 And shadow puppetry!
It’s been so exciting and interesting following your adventures to London safe journey on to your next adventures chartering new waters I have been to London to see shows but it’s been so lovely to see it from the canals you have given us so many laughs it’s been amazing. ❤
Lovely cruise, through pea soup,🤣 fashion parade and gongoozlers.🤣 love Amy's jumper. Enjoy the peace and quiet from now on. 💚
@kikithecrocheter74
6 ай бұрын
Me too! I was literally writing down the color scheme of her jumper to try to recreate by crochet! 😅 🧶
Amy you were rocking your cute outfit of hat, sweater and red and pink hair. I loved it at the beginning of the video and when your were styling it going thru Camden. You could be modeling so many looks!! Loved this trip!!
Never mind the cruising! Loved Amy's Honey Bear sweater. I want one 🤣🤣 Brilliant Video, Love you guys. Rufus is such a good boy 🐶
what a treat after surviving Covid to spend some lovely time with Honeybear and her pal especially amidst the lush green algae of the london canal. Whew! you two are so special and always make me smile! Thanks for that! you're the light at the end of the dark tunnel I've just been through.
So glad you had such a great experience in London. That duck weed is terrible. Loved your sweater and hat outfit Amy. Good look for Camden lock 😄🤩. Always great to see you with The Bears. Traveling with another couple must add a sense of comfort as well as safety. Great video. 😊🤗 Kathy
The Hackney Wick waterfall looked awful - we managed to get a mooring in Victoria Park, the only one there and I can't believe how lucky we were, especially in a 70' widebeam! Lovely watching you and remembering the different sights.
What an underwhelming dump 😁 Great video, thanks for sharing
@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for watching!
nice you guys got to see the famous canal shark :D
You pair are a breath of fresh air, thankyou so much for this vlogg, you always pack so much into them! ❤ xx
I think you went at the right time, just stay away from the floods xxx
@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
yeah we saw that even the canals flooded, scary stuff! 😬
Thanks for taking us on an adventure xx
@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
Thanks for joining us!! Xx
❤😊Nice trip, and like the flashbacks too in black n white
Another awesome video! Also Amy, your hair is looking extra majestic! ❤
going through tunnels looks fun! Crikey that overflowing lock looked nerve racking hey
A great trip. Love your hair Amy... Love your beanie, Wes.😘😎 & the best muzak to date.🎵🎶
Love that you fully just went up the waterfall in your converse 😂
Thanks for posting. It was good to see you getting out of London. A whole different life out there! BTW, regarding duckweed being made into food - ducks will eat duckweed if they don't have anything else. However, everyone feeds ducks, frequently with food bought especially for them! So why should they bother?🤔🤔 Enjoy the GU.
New adventure 😮 for you guys!
@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
yess, cant wait to see what the Grand Union has to offer!
Amy & Wes we have done your London cruise many times from our Thames base in Weybridge a very long time ago, it was so nice to see how much things had changed, thank you so much. Clive .
We're going to miss yooooouuuuu! Hope you come back again soon and bon voyage! 🫶 xx
Love it !!
I would've crashed going through the zoo! Such an amazing life
@BoatTime
4 ай бұрын
Haha! We were pretty distracted 😅🥰
Nailed it with the cool Camden outfit! 😍
@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
😮💨 thank god for that haha! thank you ❤️
Now, I wouldn't have expected to hear Amy singing a Blackbeards Teaparty song!!
In Venice they collect it, dry it and use it as biomass to burn in power stations. They looked at using algae in the UK but I’m not sure what happened to the project.
The tunnel gave me a flashback from Blisworth…
Hi Wes & Amy and the fur babies. Amy, love your hair. What a great video this week. I am confused, so this is way before Christmas but we are in January? Just want to make sure i am not crazy. 🤣🤣 Can't wait for the next one. 🩷🩷
Hi Amy and Wez, Whats a great Vlog, Really enjoyed being with you. Love you ❤xx🎉
Somthings telling me one day you four might return.. Love as always guys have a lovely weekend xxxx
omg how green looks yuk....but how awesome is this driving your boat thru London.....great Vvlogs guys looking forward to following you in 2024....
Fantastic episode of leaving London. Great times ahead. Take care and bye for now.
Hey You guys... Will have to get your headlight and horn repaired someday
Hi Amy and Wes. Nice to see you leaving London. That duckweed looked like a right pain to travel through. The leaky lock looked dangerous. Hope the CRT get the gates fixed. I hope that the Grand Union lives up to your expectations. Have a great weekend 🥰Take care. Nick
Amy your hair is STUNNING
Amy your hair colour looks amazing! Love it 🩷❤️💛
What great fun you've had in London and it's been wonderful watching you do everything. So happy you teamed up with Bears, it made it extra special. Forward on the Grand Union looks beautiful except looking on the waterways map I see what looks to be about a Million locks. You'd better get your wrist healed Wes! Amy's going to need a lot of switching out for breaks! Stay safe and well you 4. To the North we go 🎉
Well done wes on creating another awesome video. I love the longer video's, we had to time to have some nibbles whilst we watched
Those crumpets looked SO good. I can't buy them where I live in the USA except through Amazon (expensive!) but I decided to splurge after seeing this vlog!
Ace guys ,enjoyed that so much ! Thankyou ❤
Loved the python reference!!!! Made my day!
What a great one! Thank you! 👍
vlogmas spoiled me so much, i'd forgotten how much i look forward to these every week! yt seemed to switch off my notifications tho... strange. Yall are looking great! Thank you for sharing :D
Love your jumper Amy😊
@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
Thank you!! 😊 a charity shop find!
Must feel so strange leaving somewhere you really like. Safe cruising and every best wish.
Happy birthday wes, 🎂 🥳 🎉
@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😊🥳
Great vlog. Funny watching this after your vlogmas videos !
Nice cruise guys!
Glad you are leaving London...my anxiety about your boat and pets safety has been Sky high!!!!😮
Amy i loved your hat and your jumper. Gongoozlas will definitely be taking notes. X if they are smart😊
@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
hehe thank you! ☺️ glad you liked the camden outfit!
This is fascinating. Thank you for this! Yes, it must have made you feel like you were "under the microscope", with all those people watching. I was in London for three weeks last April and was at the London Zoo. Some of those monkeys are Spider Monkeys. One of them jumped on a guy's backpack and started to unzip it, he might have had food in there. All the animals in the zoo(s) are amazing. In the London Zoo, I wish the bigger animals like the gorillas and tigers, etc. had more outside space to move around in. I wonder what they do with all that green weed. Happy New Year from Gwen in Washington state, out by the Pacific Ocean. 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
@michellec8273
6 ай бұрын
Hi Gwen! I live in Washington State also. North of Seattle. Good to know I have a neighbor also watching these wonderful people on the canals.
@galaxy98765
6 ай бұрын
@@michellec8273 Hi Michelle! Good to hear from you! I actually live just north of Olympia, but most people in other countries don't know where that is, and I don't want anyone to think I'm in Washington D.C., so this is what I write. Yes, these are lovely videos .... and nice people ..... such a different way of life on the narrow boats. It is fun learning about this type of living. I hope you are staying warm! It was minus 7 Celcius at my house today! Gwen
@michellec8273
6 ай бұрын
@@galaxy98765 thanks for the reply. Yes, I'm doing my best to stay warm. Thankful for propane. I'm actually out on Tulalip reservation area. I enjoy following several narrowboaters and vanlifers. Stay safe and warm.
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@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
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Construction ASMR 😂
You horn reminds me of Jessica Knappet on Taskmaster.
Missed the Lea and Stort navigations again then! Seems like a huge ommission if you are serious about completing the network - when you were so close!
@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
we did them and vlogged it all on our channel
See you in Manchester soon then 😂
Really loved this video. Very interesting and can see you thoroughly enjoyed it. Lots of life going on. Are you actually going to stop at Milton Keynes? Take care and safe🎉🙋🙏♥️
@BoatTime
5 ай бұрын
Thank you! 😊 That's the plan, around spring/early summer time for us!
Hey guys, looking forward to your wonderful adventures for 2024. To start the year off I have a question. Why are some canals called "cuts"? Mark Alberta, Canada
@michellec8273
6 ай бұрын
They're all called cuts but people just don't always say it. It's because they were "cut" into the earth or through the rock.
Duckweed is very edible
The duckweed is very high in protein :-) I skim it off the top of our wildlife pond and give it to our hens. They love it! X
Love your pure content- never been a patron - how do I become so please.
RUFUS ... you are so adorable 🥰🤗❤
@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
Rufus says thank you 🤭🐕❤️
I see that the A406 North circular Road was in its normal condition, namely grid locked in both directions, sat it that traffic enough times😤
Duckweed biomass for producing green energy is probably the most viable option
welcome to the gu, say hello if you pass braunston , NB Serenade
@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
thank you! will keep an eye out 👋🏻
There is a way of processing duck weed for human consumption, apparently it's highly nutritious!
Here in the US your touch is ca
duck weed a bit mad
Called a flash light
@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
not in the UK 😉
So we just bought our own narrowboat and will ve our home from the 28th January. The servicing of the engine says every 250 hours but as continuous cruisers that could be just 50 days from the last. How often do you guys service your engine?
If only you could make HVO out of duckweed...
Amy I thought you said a turd vs. Turn
Love you both can I ask what vegan spread do you use and is the a cheese that's OK thank you
Great vlog that was some water at that leaking lock, you've totally lost me now with Vlogmass could you tell me what date this was filmed, take care Rob.😊
@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
thank you! 😊 We skipped forward for vlogmas so that they could be up to date, but have now gone back to our footage from October where they will continue. They’ll probably catch up abit over winter as we aren’t doing as much cruising as we did in the summer 😊
You really need to get light on boat sorted out................
I think you can make BIO DIESEL with it.
@BoatTime
5 ай бұрын
now that would be great!
How many boats are on the canal? Did they limit the total number of licenses?
Won't the boats be stuck in frozen water around London?
We are confused. What month did you leave London in the latest video?
@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
October! We jumped forwards for vlogmas, now we’re back where we left off!
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@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
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Called
@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
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Are she’s a good little wife isn’t she 😄😃😀
What Month was this?
@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
October 23 😊
@diamondhandsdarrell59
6 ай бұрын
Oh WOW, Hi, you answered me, I feel special, and I'm not kidding. Love the show from Ohio USA@@BoatTime
@BoatTime
6 ай бұрын
@@diamondhandsdarrell59 aw thank you so much ☺️👋🏻
£175 per week 😳 (That’s around $334/week in Australian money) I guess if you’re working in the city, it’s still a lot cheaper than paying rent. But £25/night which is almost $50 Australian dollars seems incredibly expensive for one nights mooring. If it was a secured area, that might be worth £25, but it’s not 😳 I’m going to guess that they have some sort of limit on the number of consecutive nights that you could moor there - but I don’t really know what the rules are. Don’t get me wrong though, I wouldn’t want to pay that much. And that’s the whole point isn’t it, they want to get rid of some people and only have those people that can afford it - it’s really appalling behaviour. 🙂🐿🌈❤️
Don't know if it is just me? Best thing about london is not being in it.