You’ve inspired me Fran. Mist on the canal, Time for the day to begin. Fire first, then coffee.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Perfect. Well done

I’m happy to announce that I heard a cuckoos call in another KZread video recorded in the uk, along a canal about 2-3 months ago. Clear as day, loud and proud. I thought you would like to know 🙂

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

We haven't heard any yet. They are only just arriving so I think that may have been a video filmed last year.

When you retire from the boat Fran, I hope you can have a place next to the canal and sell your wares❤

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

That would be wonderful

I am originally from Georgia in the USA and Pine trees are everywhere. I love to smell them. There are several different kinds such as long needles and short needles.

Lovely pub called The Swan in Marbury, great food, very friendly staff.

Doesn’t it make us all feel better when spring has sprung! It just needs to keep springing and stop being cold and raining and muddy! Thanks for the haiku lesson. Here’s mine A corner table Two pints of Slumbering Monk Sip - beaming faces 😊

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Brilliant! time for me to hang up my pencil. I hope they leave that table alone during their sparkle up operation.

RE:- Tomato plants. I used to save seeds from one or 2 tomatos, wrap them in kitchen roll then dry them out somewhere warm. Great when you have found tomatos you like, as so many are bland and almost tasteless these days.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

I have done that in the past. I took my eye off the ball this year and left ot too late to sow 🙄

You got banging guitar music rich yes mate👍

Glad to see no more rain, and mud, and finally things are greening up. SAD is rough on your head 😊. Love the music and the drone shots. I like Fran's scarf and corduroy jacket ensemble, very stylish. I myst gsve a look sf our local larch trees - the wiggly-branch tree is a bur oak. They look like that throughout their lives.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

Thank you! That was a good trip. I hope you get your tomato plants soon...after all the hail disapppears.

Really nice filming and editing. Those locks were narrow, I would have crashed into all of them 😂. I am glad you had a few decent weather days. I don’t remember another year that has been so windy, and I live in NY. I know you have had horrific storms. Hope good weather comes soon and stays. 😊🤗 Kathy

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Thank you Kathy. It was so windy today we cruised for an hour then had to stop, then came the rain! Still that's April for you.

Beautiful photography..especially enjoyed the drone footage.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

I luv watching your vlogs and the music, the painting I ordered has just arrived and its beautiful and soulful, its so compelling to look at. Keep up the great work.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

That's wonderful. So glad you like it. x

Thanks!

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Thank you so much, this is really appreciated. Glad you enjoyed the video

Thank you two😊

Another perfect cruise!!

Grindley Brook can get in such a tizzy in peak season, they let 3 down / 3 up so the bottom pound on it's bend has boats at all angles and places ! Stopped at those moorings after Quoisley too - recommended 👌

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

They need you at Grindley Brook!!

@Boating_David

Ай бұрын

@@FloatingOurBoat Not in the summer 😂

Love the poem fran 😊, lovely vlog from you both as always. Our boat is at crick this year, then at last we start our journey after a short stay in Bedford marina 😊😊xxx

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Wonderful. We will be at Crick too(more details soon) so we look forward to seeing you. I'm sorry if you have told us before, but who is building your boat? We look forward to seeing it.

@jacquelineryde7339

Ай бұрын

We actually dogged a bullet with one company but have the lovely Swan boat builders, we are so pleased. look forward to seeing you ❤️

Nice vlog Fran & Rich, love the idea of your poetry Fran. Look forward to hearing it in full when the end of the year comes around. 🙏🩷

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Ha Ha! They are not all fit for others to see.

@KatelynsAdventures707

Ай бұрын

@@FloatingOurBoat you could use your little ditty for the chorus on those days. Mind it might end up like the foxes, and Rich saying you can say that. We can then just imagine 🤣🤣🤣

I watch all the narrowboat vlogs but you guys are one of my absolute favourites, i love the fact that not only do you show us the lovely cruising you do but you take us on your walks & give us an insight of all the other things that you do!!! Love the doggies, keep the vlogs coming!! Glad you're feeling better Rich! Such a fabulous couple!! ❤

"Fran and Rich motor, Upon the canals and streams, Through the countryside." my haiku for you

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Brilliant, thank you

A big 'fan' of Ogiwara Seisensui and his writing......

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Thank you, I will look him up x

Lovely vlog and cruise. So relaxing. Best wishes.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Thank you

Role on the 🌞

Con thuyền thật đẹp ,thiên nhiên sông nước cũng rất đẹp .

Fran you are so lovely. I can imagine you having a spot to sell your goods with tremendous success. Rich you are the kindest man with a great tenderness and respect for nature. Wonderful channel. I will love hearing the poetry. Thank you and cheers.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

What they need is you!!!!!

Oh the memories. 8 months ago I dropped my phone into the lock at lock 6 whilst trying to take a photo of the pretty cottage. Never got it back of course. Lovely drone footage.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Oops. We have all been there!

Beautiful cruise. Loved that pine tree. Hope your eggs were tasty. Lovely scenery. Good to see you both so well. Thank you.

Thanks for your videos. I am continually amazed by the beautiful countryside there in England. I know that the canals go through cities as well but, even in the cities the canals are so peaceful. All the best, Hal

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

That is very true. We have been moored up right in the middle of a city and the canal was still calm and green

Just keep enjoying life, a great couple.

❤💐

Enjoyed the video have a lovely weekend and let's hope the sun is shining 😊

Always nice. Thanks for taking us along. Snow is slowly going away here. Bits of bare ground showing.

It's lovely to see you both enjoying cruising again. Spring is an amazing time of the year xx

Rich and Fran! loved this one. I'm so glad to see the smile on your faces. Thanks for sharing with all of us! Mark in Colorado

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Thank you Mark ❤️

Glad to see that your depression appears to have abated Rich. Spring is good for you.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Yes. I’m feeling great 👍 thank you.

@JuliaHopewell

Ай бұрын

@@FloatingOurBoat Very good to hear.

@myhillslife27

Ай бұрын

@@FloatingOurBoat that's wonderful Rich..

Stunning pine tree! Thankyou! wonderful catchup, please don't leave it so long again its always so nice to hear from you. I watch ad for you and only you. Take care and hope to see you soon xo xo Jane from Oz

The weeping willow where you were filling up with water was so pretty. Imagine having a remote control for all the locks! I reckon, especially in the bad weather, it would be nirvana.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

We do have a friend with a remote control for her boat so she can stand on the lockside and steer her boat in.

@AfterTheRains

Ай бұрын

@@FloatingOurBoat 😆 A bit like the latest cars with auto parking. I really need one of those because I feel like the parking spaces are getting narrower and there are too many folk buying bigger cars.

I love your videos you are both such lovely people love Dave🎉

That was lovely music to accompany a lovely vlog. Also, you have a very soothing voice, Rich. Cheers to both of you.👍

i will always love the people that live on the canal you are awesome its a pleasure to see your footage thank you

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

Frans chiff chaff poem was a bit like Bawldricks in black adder ...Boom boom boom...boom boom..boom 😂😂

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

That was my inspiration😁

From Deb…Eccles Cakes! When my US Air Force family moved to the UK in the 1960s, we discovered Eccles cakes. I loved them dearly. Alas, Stateside, no one has ever heard of them. Thanks for reminding me of this delicious treat. But now I want one.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Shame we can't send some over to you 😋

Your tulips and daffodils are gorgeous! Makes me hopeful that spring will actually arrive here (Alberta, Canada). Lol!

Fran, your haiku was high-larious. Thanks to both of you for sharing your journeys, I’ve enjoyed them for some years now. Take care, love from Florida. 🧡🤗🧡

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

I'm not very good, but it is fun and quite a good brain workout

02:08 "Wind?" "Yeah." "See." Made me LOL. I'd buy a book of Fran's Haiku if it's all as incisive as that. 🤓 Love, love, LOVE your vids. 😚

SPRING ON THE CANALS Locks letting us through Water running fast and free Cruising, you and I. ❤ Lovely happy vlog without mud on the towpath - temporarily!! Take care and keep smiling.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

lovely, thank you

@jillosler9353

Ай бұрын

@@FloatingOurBoat You are welcome. Just a fun haiku. 🙏

Hello my lovelies! waited till I got home from my sisters so I could watch and enjoy on my laptop. I love the drone shots and that you always give us a map! So I can get my bearings thankyou!

Really enjoyed the scenery; the beautiful old bridges and the locks; - even with the rain! Good luck with getting your tomato seedlings!

Looks and sounds as though spring is arriving. Thanks for taking us along for the cruise. Fran looking forward to hearing more Haiku poems. Wishing you both a wonderful week! 🤗

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

We thought spring was arriving too until yesterday

@ruthvork2815

Ай бұрын

@@FloatingOurBoat yes we are having that issue in U.S. too. 🤣you think it is here then the temps head to the basement again.

Enjoy your videos so much! A lovely life…a lot of good sunshine, fresh air and activity to keep you healthy! Cheers Fran and Rich🎉☮️

Fran, thanks for the reminder that I have a green corduroy jacket in the cupboard that really deserves more wear than it gets! Hope you found some tomato plants 🪴 later on.

What a lovely day and wonderful lock volunteers! wow!

Ey Up Me Ducks! Yet another splendiferous video for which i send my love & thanks to You Both. Love your music in the background splendid.. Cheers Rich/ Fran ❤️☕

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Splendiferous...that's one on my words!😊

Thank you Rich & Fran what a lovely start to my day. I really liked the drone shots at the beginning, Fran’s poem gave me a laugh! I buy my eggs from my enterprising 7 & 9 year old grandchildren they are saving for a Summer pass to a Waterpark near their home.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

You are so lucky.

Oh for an Eccles cake !!!! XX

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Yes, it's like an all year round mince pie (ish) x

You look pretty today Fran, love the scarf so your translator today Fran LOL just teasing Rich ahah

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Thank you

I really love your videos. I've been watching for years and hope you keep them com I ng. Thank you both.

Hi guys! Nice to see the sun, at last. Shades of Weather Report in that first piece of music, Rich. As for the Haiku? Sorry, Fran, but it needs a bit of work. 🤭 All the best, to you both.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

My poem's not good? I would practice if I could But I'm chopping wood. 😂😂😂

@sarkybugger5009

Ай бұрын

@@FloatingOurBoat That one works, and actually makes sense, which is more than a lot of them do. Well done, you. 👍

Happy spring, you seen to be in good humor. Thank you for sharing.

All very relaxing and enjoyable ,beautiful area , as always a pleasure to watch

I rich and fran a lovely country and a good vlog theakyou all.the best for now 😊

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Thank you! 😃

Your channel always has the best music! Thanks for your content.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

Love the poem Fran 😂 just love watching you cruise down the canals so relaxing 📚💞📚

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Thank you! 🤗

Beautiful place to wait though!

Thank you that was a lovely mix of different things and angles of things.❤❤😊😊

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it

Your flowers are so pretty!

Thanks for sharing all that with us. It was a lovely cruise... and not a drop of this seemingly endless rain we down here in Devon. It was lovely though to be so involved. No wonder if you're walking lop-sided... at one time I could swear I was up there on your shoulders, you felt so close!! I hope you have a peaceful time and look forward to seeing you and hearing you both again soon. Go to it! Enjoy this 😊 Life! All best wishes, Pam xx

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

We seem to have has your rain up here recently, so thank you.😂❤️

@beckyrobinson5672

Ай бұрын

Thanks again for video. Nice ride on the mazie.hi to the dogs. I probly got the name of boat. God bless. Later.

Ummmm I think you are cheating there Fran HAHA keep practicing hahaha, too busy but as you say great little selling spot Fran! you sound like me! I 've just stock up on home made jams, cherry, rhubarb, mulberry, apricot, proper old fashion style from an op shop

Glad s to see you two back and seem happy

Thanks guys, brilliant video as always

Brilliant ride thankyou Fran and Rich❤😅

Just love your vlogs.❤

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Thank you 😊

Hey guys lovely to see you on the vlog tonight. Love the idea of the poems Fran, a very interesting read in the future. Enjoy the rest of your weekend 🎉

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

It is just a bit of fun, but you definitely get a feel of what was happening on looking back

@deballen6147

Ай бұрын

@@FloatingOurBoat definitely precious memories x

Superb video.

Your videos are so calming and relaxing. I love watching the land waking up where you are and where I am in the US.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

Lovely Spring vlog. Relaxed and comforting.

Loved this as usual. You are just joy to share England with.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

Lovely video. Thank you ! ❤

While the chaffinch sings on the orchard bough In England now!

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

❤️

I love the haiku idea! Going to try writing a few.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Have a go, it is so much fun.

Lovely vlog, Fran's Haiku was inspired! I first saw and heard a Chiff Chaff (?) just after lockdown, what pretty, though noisy, birds.

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

It is lovely to hear them at first but after an hour at 5 am you just need them to take a break!!

Very much enjoyed Fran's Haiku for the day 😊. We've got a poetry contest at the local library and my mind is buzzing with ideas. I'm so envious of your pretty spring blooms! I've got tulips and crocus in a pot outside, but nothing is coming up yet. I hope the bulbs aren't duds! Shame you got skunked at the garden shop, better luck as you go on. Fran, you are looking very fit these days, well done! I need to get on with walking again, now that Minnesota is creeping out of winter. Thanks for a lovely video!

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Ooh, good luck with your poetry competition

Nice 1 folks…

Lovely to see you both as always👍X🐰x

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Enjoyed the new format stay safe

Thanks for a very soothing video. A guess, from 6,000 kms away in Winnipeg, that the 'unknown' trees were Larch.

I love narrowboats, but the bills and the fact I haven't got any money put me off owning one. Maybe one. 😊

Fran’s a poet, don’t you know it, Chiffing and chaffing and chuffing’ Rich ain’ t impressed with the wordsmith’s wit, But recons it’s better than nuffin’. Great video, guys, cheers

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Brilliant. Thank you so much 😁

Nice one guys really enjoy your vlogs. I know it's a while ago now, but did u both finish bleak house during the Christmas period..? I also read it at the same time and really enjoyed it.. It was my second attempt at reading it though after giving up on it the first time. Keep up the great work..👍

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Yes we both really enjoyed it. Then we watched the BBC adaptation after. 😃

@predo46

Ай бұрын

Nice one, I also watched that, it was a great help to make sense of all the different characters. If u haven't done pickwick papers yet u should maybe try that next Christmas, prob my fave so far of the Dickens books I have read. All the best 👍

I was just looking into what channel members get and wondering if you have higher levels of membership with greater perks?

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

This is always a difficult one for us. We decided not to have tiers as we don't want to discriminate against people just because they can't afford to pay more. We are happy that people give whatever they feel is right and just want to support us.

@terenceseymour-tf8rptassie725

Ай бұрын

@@FloatingOurBoat I get that it looks like the perks are very similar to tik tok which only has 1 level but leaves it up to creators to determine what the perks are

*Navigating Still Waters* *Stanza 1: The Water's Whispers* In the quietude of liquid paths, Where canals trace their ancient veins, Narrowboats glide-a slow procession, Their hulls etching stories into water. Locks, guardians of passage, Cogs and chains turning time's wheel, And herons, solemn sentinels, Dip low, seeking sustenance. Bridges arch, stone spines Bearing the weight of centuries, Their keystones cradling sunsets, Each brick a witness to passage. *Stanza 2: A Boat's Lullaby* Within the narrowboat's cabin, Wooden walls hold whispered dreams, Maps unfurling across tables, Routes etched in ink and longing. Smoke curls from chimneys, A fragrant memory of hearth, As we drift through tunnels- Darkness yielding to light. Meadows stretch, a canvas of green, And moonlight dances on ripples, While the boat's timeworn planks Sing tales of wanderlust. I enjoy writing a bit of poetry too!

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

This is wonderful, thank you so much for sharing. I have a long way to go. ❤️

@dereksmith6126

Ай бұрын

​​​​​​@@FloatingOurBoat I love a Haiku and they are perfect for a daily reminder of events. An example: ChiffChaff’s trill echoes, Narrowboat glides through stillness, Morning whispers peace. 🌿🎶

ABSOLUTELY IMPORTANT EVERYONE CARRIES CASH! always

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

We try to always use cash, but when you are miles from a cash dispenser you can run out.

@myhillslife27

Ай бұрын

@@FloatingOurBoat Understand & I run out sometimes 🙂

Where are the dogs?

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Doing doggy things!

I've noticed that you mention "miles' to go. Why not kilometers?

@FloatingOurBoat

Ай бұрын

Because we live in Britain and that’s how we measure distance.