Another wonderful video Heidi, Thank you. I have started binge watching all your videos from the beginning, they put a smile on my face through every episode. It is nice to see Jackie and Nicky appear with you from time to time. I lost my wife of 33 years to cancer in June, so your happy smiling face sort of gives me some comfort and your wonderful sense of humour really helps. Thank you so much.❤️

@anni50ful

7 ай бұрын

Heidi gets ruder as you go along Ron, thats why we all love her so much .Welcome to the crew Ahoy Shipmate ☺

@cazzee2302

7 ай бұрын

Oh bless you. I lost my husband suddenly in March to a heart attack. I agree…I watch Heidi’s vlogs all the time. Take care of yourself 😊

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Aww I’m so sorry ❤️

@Soulfinder-HS

7 ай бұрын

@@anni50ful Ahoy Shipmate ☠️❤️

@Soulfinder-HS

7 ай бұрын

@@cazzee2302 Thank you.❤️

Top vlog as always Heidi, how you saw anything in front of you in the tunnel is beyond me,let alone not hitting the sides some top handling skills on show fair play, bloody typical the CRT are raising the fees when I'm seriously considering doing what you are they definitely are trying to keep the number of boater's down ,and I agree 💯 they need to sort out all the service points for what they are charging people 👍Nick 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 x

We were told to slow down a bit as we entered the Harecastle Tunnel, which we did and the CRT guy said that was an ok speed. When we got to the very low section the boat wedged on the side and we couldn’t get it back on track easily. Obviously the pram cover was down and the cratch was undone and tucked in. The low roof caused a rip in the pram cover and took each corner of the roof at the front. Never again, we feel that if we’d been going a little faster, the momentum would have helped us stay on track. I personally found Heartbreak Hill easy even with some locks closed off. The worst for me so far has been The Bosley flight on the Macc, some of those were so hard to open the paddles.

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Oh eck I hope you got it fixed …. I hate single handing Bosley as all the lock landings are collapsed so I have to leave the boat in the lock and go set the next one then come back for it …. Hard work so bravo for you doing it … it took me all day last time I single handed it because I couldn’t use lock landings 😩😩

@wendycrooks875

6 ай бұрын

@@TheNarrowboatPirate I think all you singlehanded ladies deserve medals. ❤️

We know this route so well, having lived in Sandbach when we first began our boating adventures in 1992. Well done Heidi for such authentic accounts of boating life

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 😃🏴‍☠️

a particularly innuendo packed episode, loving it😊

@thoughtsonnarrowboatingwit3882

7 ай бұрын

Carry on boating 😂

@garry9999

7 ай бұрын

@@thoughtsonnarrowboatingwit3882 oh matron !

@thoughtsonnarrowboatingwit3882

7 ай бұрын

@@garry9999 😃

Hahahaha 'massive shaft'😂 love the history of the Potteries and the bottle kilns still standing ❤ Scarecastle Tunnel looked rather moist 😂 so many innuendos tonight, i know its the mind it falls on 😂 stay safe ❤🌈

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

😂😂

Nice, David from Cruising the Cut always calls this tunnel the scarecastle tunnel. But it’s alway a joy to see how you handle the challenges of Boat life. Looking forward to Future videos. Ben from Australia 🇦🇺

The history of the canals is fascinating. Hope you make it home for Christmas. I am looking forward to watching you and Bonnie trekking around Europe. Rums up to you.

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you

I live in New England in Connecticut. We have a lot of the same type of old mill building here too. Many have been converted to apartment or condominium buildings. They keep a lot of the old brick-work and huge wooden beams whenever they can. i think I enjoy these videos more, because Connecticut has most of it's town named after English towns. It is funny, how things did not change that much when the people from old England made New England. Same mill towns, and now same mill towns that lost all the mills. We don't seem to have dogging. One old England tradition that we don't seem to have.

Harecastle always was a "WET TUNNEL". Remember getting really nice fish and chips in Stoke. If you asked me for an inuendo, i'd give you one.

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

🤣🤣

Another great video, thank you Heidi.

Awesome adventure! Stay warm!

Well, I really enjoyed this one. Westport lake, where I used to sail my boat and just along from Johnsons tiles, who my Father supplied coal gas to from the colliery where he was the methane drainage officer, (I think this was a first, certainly in Stoke-on-trent, and made more money than coal towards the end of the era of the pit). The Harecastle tunnel, where as a young child in the 60s we went on a field trip to learn about the history of the canels at the Northern portal, and years later where I led a crew from the local fire stn at the southern portal in training to use the CRT boat to rescue boats crews trapped by fire in the tunnel, after an earlier incident where tunnel workmen became trapped when plant caught fire deep into the tunnel and had to be rescued; and Red Bull, where you talked about the lack of facilities, where 50 odd yrs ago, as a young teenager, a school friend introduced me to bottle collecting just yards from where you were standing because the canal had been dredged and the spoil was dumped on the towpath for removal later. The spoil was full of old bottles of all types, including many Codds bottles (the ones with the glass marbles to seal the neck), which I still have today. So your vlog was a pleasure to watch and allowed me to think back over the years of my connection with the "cut". And now, from my back garden I look down into the valley where the feeder to the Cauldon canal runs, and where I taught my dog as a pup to not be afraid of water and spent many hours playing with him in the gentle flowing water. The history of the canals is fascinating, and the scale of the network is truly amazing, not least because it was dug by hand, and especially when these days, we can't even manage to complete a railway with all of the modern equipment. Take care, Cheers, 👋

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Aww thanks for sharing 😃🏴‍☠️❤️

Awesome adventure.

You’re so brave to go through the tunnel. Love your adventures!

Cheer’s Heidi, fantastic video. Thank you.

As always a great vlog Heidi ❤ thankyou

Thank you,❤

good vid cranking it on the cut keep up the cool vid thanks lee

A very merry Christmas to you Heidi and thank you for all the entertainment you have provided over the last year hope there will be as much next year

Love your videos dear

Happy Christmas Heidi!!!!!!! Hope your holiday season is just fantabulous!! Big hugs from Kenny Ohio USA!!!!!!!!!!!!!

love it Heidi as i always do x

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 😄🏴‍☠️

I don’t know if you actually read the comments but just wanted to say that you’re a blast to watch. Keep them coming!

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 😃🏴‍☠️

Another very enjoyable experience with you Heidi looking forward to seeing you again 😂😊

Hello Heidi mick from Hull another lovely episode I really enjoyed it and hope you and bonny are very well and I will look forward to your next episode xx 😊😊😊

fantastic vlog cya next week

Thar she blows! Bless you Heidi and all who sail in you!❤

Wow that was a big-un lol 😅 glad that your on the home stretch now xx

Good day Heidi, love your music Flow Job

Thoroughly enjoyed that vid Heidi, thank you 😊...just love the canal history and the way you share it with us.....yet more awesome helmsmanship negotiating Harecastle and videoing whilst chatting and concentrating 👍....take great care on the homeward stretch and 🤞the old girl's smoking was nowt to worry about. See you next time.😊

It's a real life on your beautiful narrow boat. Have lots of fun and giggles with Bonnie. Have a lovely Christmas. ❤

i could see you were amused about your propeller and shaft🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Another great video.

Surprise rain gear yahoo, your inunos are to much fun. happy trails

Heidi, you are a breath of fresh air sweetheart. I look forward to your vlogs all the time and they brighten up the dullest days. Long May they continue.❤️😘😂👍🎄xx

Bonny safely stowed down below, best way. Just imagine legging it in the olden days (not so long ago eh). My 3rd gt grandfather was a narrowboat owner on the Erewash and Grand Union out of Sawley and Long Eaton, name of Samuel England (late 1700s and into the mid to later 1800s). I discovered the England family seemed to run the town certainly in the 1800's, one was a policeman, another a coal merchant, several shops were run by various other England families, cousins I expect. Great videos Heidi, thank you so much. Take care you two, all best wishes, Frank the smuggler (mind you that was actually in the early 1700's, t'was my 5th cousin David!).

Another entertaining, and a great insight of your alternative but lovely lifestyle choice, cheers Heidi, hurry up with the next video ❤

Your videos are so professional. I lived aboard for 10years so watching them brings back lots of memories. But you have such a great way of narrating your travels, it is delightful ❤

Great

Just wonderful, you are a treasure.

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😊

Great vlog, Heidi have alovely Christmas 🎄 with family. 🎉

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! You too!

Your humor is a crack up .HE HE HE

Merry Christmas to you and Bonny and the Pirate Crew 🎉

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you and Merry Christmas to you too

What a woman for 1 woman happy Christmas to you and your family 💯💯💯

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Same to you!

Loved the pottery, lot of history there, well you have a Merry Xmas from North Queensland Australia.

Another great, get on with it, no fuss video. Cheers.

Oh my, the scarecastle tunnel, you're brave! I have seen from other blogs that the low roof line is caused by subsidence, which has caused nasty injuries and even deaths over the years, hence how it's got it nickname! Safe travels now you're heading home for Christmas x

The day started out bum, but it sure turned out nice. Really like your videos of historic places whether they've been restored or are still "old". I too suspect the old stuff will outlive the new stuff. Funny, my head has been ducking lower and lower as I watch your video going through the tunnel. I'm sitting here at my computer but my head is almost on my desk! ha! 🙂 I have a photo of my great-grandmother legging through a canal in England, with her "friend" also legging along with her (also a woman). Thank you for everything, Heidi, thank you. Cheers!

@TheNarrowboatPirate

6 ай бұрын

Wow very strong women 😄🏴‍☠️❤️

I can’t believe you put your hands in that water without gloves! It must be so cold and it looked horrible!! So pleased you’re ’nearly home’ - good luck with the last stretch through all those locks.

Love it when I'm on the home straight. =-) Pleased that you and Nikki are sharing the work hopefully makes the task less of a drag, Take care as always =-)

Bonnie is such a doll baby.

Really enjoyed this vlog as all your other vlogs…have a lovely Christmas and New year 😊

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! You too!

Hope you enjoyed the Christmas party in the Lone star state, you should have invited some of us subscribers lol Happy Christmas x x x

Hi Heidi hope you and Bonny are well very interesting vlog full of interesting facts I hope you both have a fantastic Xmas and love to you both and of course stay safe

Love your channel.

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 😃🏴‍☠️

06:19 what beautiful pottery!!

I’m glad you are going to be home for Christmas Heidi, have a good holiday luv!

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! You too!

Great video, boat sounds great, we did the four counties ring in May when we hired a boat, cute dog as well

Mighty brave going through those tunnels, which I could never do. Very claustrophobic. Glad your heading home to family and friends. May you all have a wonderful Christmas and safe Holidays coming up. Take care . Stay safe.

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you, you too 😃🏴‍☠️

Your are my Thursday lunch treat. Well done in the tunnel and safe travels to you and Bonny as you head home for Christmas! Cheers from California.

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 😃🏴‍☠️

Giggles accomplished:) Thanks, Heidi!

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you

its good to see the bad weather days and issues with feesand servicesas well as allthose blissful hot summers days.

Looks a good one! See this episode and you for a Rum on Saturday!😉👍

You're a treat Heidi, love your humor. I could easily spend all day in places like the Pottery Works. Endlessly interesting.

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

😃🏴‍☠️

Watched for a long time now ,first comment from me !! . Vids are always amazing ,love the sense of humour you bring ! , full of historical content and brilliant music 💯 Luv ya .All the very best Phil 👏

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Aww thank you Phil 😃❤️🏴‍☠️

Loved this episode. Hi from California.

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you

Thanks!

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you

Ahoy there Heidi, thanks for another great video. I love your attitude and your bawdy humor makes me giggle.🤣 Good luck on your journey home, thanks for keeping it Merry ! ❤️🎄❤️

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! 😊

I always enjoy your videos. You are fun and funny. I've never been on a narrowboat nor English canal, but I get a sense of the life from your videos. I'd love to see more of the social life within the narrowboat community. You have nice and fun friends, and I'd love to see more of you and them socializing.

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you, watch the earlier videos especially last winter on the Llangollen canal as there was lots of that

Another great video, Heidi. At least you are getting some rain, here in southern Arizona we've been very dry. Ah. Well such is life. It seems as though a lot of costs are going up and amenities are being curtailed. Stay safe, stay happy and stay healthy. Grumpy Bill Arizona USA

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you, you too 😃🏴‍☠️

Yet another great vlog. Loved the Potteries, and travelling through Harecastle Tunnel. It might be worth considering a hat with lights fitted (such as the baseball cap I gave Jules last year), so you can see around you while both hands are full. He found his was useful, as he could use his walker safely in the dark to go down the muddy towpath to the shops, whereas before he was, effectively, trapped on Sapphire during the long nights. I hope the cruise home will be plain sailing (and as hitch free as possible where 30 locks are concerned!). Take care and stay safe, Nicki, Bonny and yourself.

Danke für dein interessantes Video. 🇦🇹 🤗

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 😄🏴‍☠️

Stay safe and dry Heidi

Nice one Bab, stay safe..x

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 😄🏴‍☠️

That was ‘one hell of a tunnel’. Merry Christmas to you and Bonny and your family. Here in new New Zealand we are heading for summer so warmer than you. See you next week

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Aww enjoy and thank you

Thanks Lovely Heidi and Bonny for taking us along to see the old Stoke potteries and through the "Scarecastle Tunnel", it was brilliant, I'd like to do it. I'm glad that you are getting close to home now and I hope that you will have a lovely Christmas. Take care and all the best. Stevie

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Steve, you too xx

Moving the boat on rotten weather days is tough but you got through the moist bits fine. I am craving the warmth of Lanzarote after being there for a week nearly two weeks ago. It was bliss to cycle in shorts and t-shirt compared to the double thermals and goretex I need here. The potteries area is jammed with industrial history. It's great that bits of it have been preserved.

😊Thanks!

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 😄🥃🏴‍☠️

Hey hey, it’s nice to see you’re on the homestretch, getting closer to family for Christmas. I like your blue raincoat, looks a goodun 🙂. Safe travels to yourself and Nikki. Happy Christmas. All my best to your mum and dad.🎄 Keep warm and take care. 🙂🐿🌈❤️

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you! You too! Merry Christmas 😃🏴‍☠️

Love the videos. Merry Christmas from Joan and Carla

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Wow, thank you and the same to you 😄🏴‍☠️❤️

Aup. Just found your channel. I'm really enjoying it 😊 thanks. ❤ ( new subscriber. )

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 😃🏴‍☠️❤️

Hey Heidi, as kids in the late 50's / early 60's, we used to play around the flight of locks at Bedford street Shelton on the Cauldon Canal. These were also adjacent to the Anderton Wharf and Mellor Mineral Mills. The locks are of course still there, but everything else has gone in the name of cheap, modern housing .

Great video 👍 I don’t think I’d like to do that tunnel, it’s a bit low for me. Take care, have a great week xx

Thanks for sharing your adventures, humor and Bonnie with us. Your positivity is as infectious as your laugh!

@heimannyoutube4359

7 ай бұрын

Hope to see you get in that van and head south a bit for winter….

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 😃🏴‍☠️

Huddersfield is my town and me in my late 50's I've never been through the canal tunnel, but then again I've never been on a barge either

You are so right about the licensing going up and facilities going down. In lesser used canals this may initiate them being closed! Very annoying 💕🦆 and would be a tragedy

We always hated the Harecastle tunnel because of the low roof in places, but keep your speed above tickover so that you have more control of your steering. Best wishes for your future xx

You're making my hands feel cold. With you just talking about reaching into the cold water to feel up your propeller. Ah one of my favorite tunnels. Will I make it there ever, nope but it is an amazing tunnel.

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Next time 😃🏴‍☠️

It’s almost Xmas happy Xmas xx

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Same to you 😄🏴‍☠️

What crappy weather to boat in but you keep smiling. Have fun riding your bike on the cobbles and don’t go down too far. You’ll hurt your neck.

Welcome back to UK. what an interesting adventure, we have enjoyed every video. Pete & Lorraine

@TheNarrowboatPirate

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! 😃

Crackin' editing lassy, wow this is pro level, I'm being serious. You've got it figured out. 👍👍👍

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you 😃🏴‍☠️

Thanks

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you

Badges arrived today, most pleased, many thanks.

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Aww I’m so glad they have arrived safely 😄❤️🏴‍☠️

Another good video brave lady going through that tunnel I would be inside with bonny sent your card and alittle extra wishing you bonny and your family a smashing Xmas my daughter is in New York at the moment a kiss and cuddle for bonny you two take care 🙂 ❤❤❤❤❤

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Aww thank you and I hope your daughter has an amazing time 😄🏴‍☠️❤️

Always love your vlogs😊 to many boring boaters posting, excitement is what we want oheer 😂

Hello Heidi .. Bonny ... and Nikki --- that was one LONG tunnel. I am happy for you that you have a motor on your narrowboat ... single handing would not work going through that tunnel if you had to leg it. I am totally loving the history and travel experiences you are sharing with us. I am glad you have a washing machine .. it would be a real bother trying to keep clothing clean if you had to rely on service areas. Here in the US we are experiencing rising costs and reduction of services as well... I am having Victorian Earl Grey tea with you while you have your rum so Cheers! Save my spot on board the Rum Wench for next week, I will be there. Hugs and love to you and Bonny from Gramma Lainee ... praying for peace ....

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thank you Gramma Lainee and see you next week, enjoy your tea xxx

@nigelgregory7308

7 ай бұрын

​@@TheNarrowboatPirateGramma lainie, I think I love you, have a great Christmas/ happy holidays from the UK, big hugs to everyone, this has been a tough year for everybody around the world, 🙏🙏🚺, stop that, don't be!!!, please wish Nikki a wonderful Christmas from me, I know that she doesn't have a KZread thingie, but she deserves respect at Christmas, please wish her all the best wishes for Christmas and the New Year 😊

Done this in three summer when u come out the other end it was warm...must be difficult in the winter Heidi...some top carry on moments as well👍😊

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

Thanks Dave 😄🏴‍☠️

Ahoy Cap'n and FM Bonny, yet another fab episode full of history and laughs- (There's nothing worse than running out of batteries made me chuckle 😂😂 ) that tunnel was fab, would love to see ye and Nikki having a go at legging it, would be quite a sight i reckon 😆 Happy boating home for Christmas, best wishes from another moist day in Ireland 🏴‍☠️🏳️‍🌈

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

😂😂 Merry Christmas to you too xxx

Stay warm & dry dear Heidi. 🔥 Thanks once again for sharing your adventures. Give Bonny some scratches & kisses for me. Missing your little ditties in the rear cabin ("don't be rude").

@TheNarrowboatPirate

7 ай бұрын

I need some sending in 😄🏴‍☠️