Margaret was talking about 'getting older on a narrowboat', and adapting the boat later on. I would like to see you interview long-time-boaters who are getting on in years. How are they coping with bridges and locks and gasbottles and so on. Thanks for this informative and personal info.

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. We’ll see who we can find. Summer people are camera shy though.

@charanvantijn541

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheNarrowboatExperience Why do you couple long-time-boaters/old-timers with summer people?

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Agreed would love to see that too. There is a lovely couple on our pontoon who are in their eighties and live aboard. Anna and Kath, would you like us to speak to them to see if they would be willing? Chris and Margaret

@progwolf12

4 жыл бұрын

@@charanvantijn541 probably just a typo, insert the word Some for Summer and it works well....

@progwolf12

4 жыл бұрын

@@diaryofaherbert7423 Margaret, I missed your absolute best reason for living on a boat... is it the ducks, lol! I have Canada geese and mallards sleep on my pontoon every night, I guess I encouraged them by feeding them but its a joy to have them as my neighbours.... been on my boat since last july now and I feel so much different already....why it took me so long to get to this point is the only thing I would go back and do differently. Chris, what a lovely boat you have, I adore the tugdeck style.

A delightful couple--thank you for including us and sharing your life. Lots of interesting things and, among other things, its lovely to see all the beautifully-polished brass and copper! Well done!

Never fails. If I have a rough day, all I need to do is watch one of your video's. You Ladies have the most infectious, and pleasant attitudes, as well as personalities. And, even the worst days are made better watching your channel.

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

So glad we can help

Watching your videos is good for my mental health xxxx

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I’m so glad

Because that engine occupies their living space this was very different. Lovely couple and a A Times Goes By type love story of reconnecting. I think I'll watch it again.❤️❤️❤️

I love watching your videos. I am from Apache, Oklahoma. I usually watch on my firestick and I can't comment on that device, or I haven't learned how if it is possible.. I watch all your videos and my cats love to watch your videos and love you both and your cats. When I start the videos, the cats run in the room. You ladies are great. Its been hard this winter. without as many new ones so I went back and started watching your very first videos. I love them. If I lived in the UK I would get a narrowboat. Keep up the good work. Give Alice and Muchy a hug for me.

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting. I often watch KZread on my fire stick and have a similar problem. lol

What a beautiful Series came to an End. Thanks for all the insights into other peoples Boats. Good to hear that you already work on Season 2.

Swallows and Amazons FOR EVER! OMG my favorite series of books ever! I'm slowly buying the whole set in audio books.

This was not only a very open and interesting vlog, but for whatever reason, this was also extremely moving. The whole story from start to present time had a sincerity to it that was almost fairy tale like........ I'm one to those individuals stuck in the rat race, competing with everyone else in life, fighting for that last parking space in Tesco's, however at 60 this year I see very little changing. Circumstances are such that I love the idea of a boating life, but my nearest and dearest, would never warm to the idea of a liveaboard as a permanent thing. I would never put my own wishes ahead of anyone else's so I see us down sizing and hopefully getting a small bungalow with a bigger garden for our retirement. Thank you so much for your current series and I will pop over to see Margaret and Chris on their channel. Be safe.......

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for your lovely comments. We are still partially on the hamster wheel as we work Monday to Friday and because of our choice to live where we do have a minimum three and a half hour return journey to work everyday so we take advantage of every possible weekend to get away from it all. I was 57 the first time I stepped aboard a narrowboat , just turned 60 now so please don’t let age put you off. Of course the needs of your family will always come first so if you could perhaps consider a share boat to see if you can get them (onboard) with the idea. Alternatively, when you did downsize, you could maybe find something close to a canal so you can have the lovely walks and maybe help out with locks, I’ve found it a great way to meet and chat to people. Margaret

@theoldhobbit3640

4 жыл бұрын

@@diaryofaherbert7423 Thank you, and I really do wish you all the very very best.

I enjoyed Chris & Margaret's story very much, and thank you both for arranging this with them :-) Good job ladies :-) x

OMG, the Boat and steam locomotive painting! Squeee!

This was most informative! It’s obvious that Chris is a proper boatman. Love the engine. Would like to hear it running. Look forward to meeting more narrow boaters!👍✌️😊🙏🏼

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Hi TD, head over to the Diary of a Herbert You Tube page and you can hear Thumper in all her glory. Chris and Margaret

@tomas5376

4 жыл бұрын

Diary of a Herbert I did right away. She’s a beauty and sounds wonderful!👍✌️😊🙏🏼

YOU'VE DONE IT AGAIN GIRLS. I'V BEEN FEELING REALLY DOWN AND YOUR VID HAS HELPED ME FORGET MY PROBLEMS FOR AWHILE. THANK YOU SO MUCH , BLESS YOU BOTH AND THE KITTIES TOO.

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

Hope you are doing ok, glad we could help a little. x

@kiltedbill7594

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheNarrowboatExperience AS LONG AS YOU MAKE YOUR VLOGS , I KNOW EVERY SUNDAY I WILL FEEL A LITTLE BETTER.

What a wonderful couple xx

Interesting vlog ,good to see a couple who are so satisfied with life.That engineis justa gorgeous museum piecea nd its so lovingly looked after by Chris it could run forever as long as Chris is around to pamper it. Thanks for this

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ralph, although the engine was designed in 1928 it was actually built in 2006 but Chris does pamper her

Certainly hope you keep this series going I enjoy learning about other people's boats also!

What lovely interesting people and what a beautiful cat! ❤️

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

She is beautiful.

Loving these interviews and different perspectives. Thanks, friends!

Thank you all, this is such a heartwarming chat with Margaret and Chris. Take care xx

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Christine, we loved doing it. Kath and Anna were so lovely. Chris and Margaret

And thank you and those you featured for these four video's.... Looking forward to season two.

Thank you. Always interesting to hear other people's experiences. Cheers.

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jane. Chris and Margaret

Thanks ladies, hope to see on the cut soon. 😀🐾

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

Definitely. We need a holly Munchy Alice play date.

Thank you very, very much for this series.

This was a delightful interview, and a wonderful account. You all have such terrific people as fellow narrow boat owners.

Enjoying this series.

I haven't had chance to read all of the 140+ comments to date so others may already have mentioned it but I simply loved the handily-placed gin bottle on the wall !! 1😎👍👍

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

You actually didn’t read the other hundred comments- how rude! lol.

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

To be honest Stephen, I was initially a little embarrassed that the first interior shot of the saloon area showed the gin bottle but hey ho, it was all about being honest. Chris and Margaret

What a beautiful boat, and a magnificent engine. I hope to buy a narrowboat in the next couple years. I would love to ask Chris to give advise on a good engine. Thankyou for sharing.

What a beautifully presented video, ladies. Thank you. Your work just gets better and better - from cruising to 'Through the Hedge', to this short series. Always a joy. :-)

If you go back on Herbert again make sure you run that gorgeous vintage engine, lovely couple and another enjoyable video

Brilliant series looking forward to series 2......thanks for sharing

Beautiful couple, lovely boat - Thank you for this video.

These interviews have been great . Each has maybe come to boats for a different reason but, each have voiced the community, the acceptance and the peace found in living on a boat . Love to see more . All the best, Hal

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

we are so glad that has come across in the series that is exactly what we wanted.

Wonderful video. Thanks so much for doing this series and I’m looking forward to more. Only firms up my own resolve to get home and make this my way of life too.

Lovely series I've really enjoyed it...clever you for thinking of it so many interesting people...pleased you are doing another series about all these wonderful folks

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

So glad you liked it.

Loved these videos, and all the wonderful people on the cut. Thanks ladies!

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for helping make the series a good one too.

Very interesting Yay for season two.

Fabulous vlog ladies. Thankyou so much to you both and to Margaret and Chris for taking part and being so honest and open. I am on the way over to Chris' channel right now! Ian

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Gone Googling, we guarantee if you like big engines, lots of brass and gin then you will enjoy diary of a Herbert. Chris and Margaret

FI truly enjoyed this little series that you did! I hope you will continue to do so , it's very interesting!

What a great couple. Nice finish to the series. Keep up the good work ladies.

Thank you for your great series. Can’t wait for the next installment. Just thinking about you two and trusting you are well and safe. Take care, cheers from Canada. R&D

What a heartfelt video. Thank you ladies, that was quite touching.

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

So glad you liked it.

Really liked how they said community was so important and who would need a TV when you have all that polishing to do. Great series girls

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Kathy, everyone I know who lives on a boat talks about community, you can meet someone once at a lock and see them again 18 months later and carry on the same conversation. Chris and Margaret

This was wonderful! Thank you...greetings from 🇨🇦

This is the best interview yet. They are each very interesting, but I found this episode very thoughtful. Please keep sharing the variety of lives and lifestyles on the canal.Thank you.

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jillski, we’ve enjoyed watched the other videos. We didn’t know we were going to talk about mental health but Anna and Kath are just so open and friendly it just felt natural. Chris and Margaret

Lovely to see that couples separate and realise that they do really love each other. Lovely story. Xx

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

Isn't it

What a nice boat and lovely people

what a lovely couple. Another great informative video ,enjoyed it immensely. Well done you two. H

Great video - many of the points are exactly why I lived on a boat in the 90s (kids are why I moved off) - and great series. Thank you

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it

What a lovely video, thanks for sharing with us all 🛥🛥

That was a lovely series - thank you x

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

So glad you enjoyed it Mandy, hope you are doing ok. x

Really enjoyed this.....i like hearing peoples story's why they decided to live on a boat

Good job again! Thanks, very entertaining. 👍👍😁😎

Nice to see another quality boat from rugby boats.i got my boat from them.

Yes, loved it.... and will be subscribing...

Interesting to hear their story. Margaret's hair is beautiful, I just love the color!

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Elspeth, how very kind of you.

another wonderful vlog! Thank you, appreciate these friendly intimate newsy stories.

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you like them

Wonderful series, very heartwarming. What a wonderfull way of life, and pusscat too ! Purŕrfect 🤗🐱

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Yvonne, Life aboard Herbert wouldn’t be the same without Holly. Chris and Margaret

Hey thank you for sharing that’s awesome ❤️👍🙏☮️💪

Really lovely video, thanks!

Really good series and so well presented. You really add the human touch to your videos very thoughtful touching on important issues such as mental health. I know Season 2 is something a lot of us YT viewers are looking forward to so thank you

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Russtafa B, mental health is something we are both so passionate about and with everything that is happening in the world at the moment it seems more important than ever. #Be Kind. Chris and Margaret

Marvellous Series of interviews very inventive and very well done

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

SO glad you enjoyed them. We can't wait to share series two with you all.

Outstanding interview. Thank you for sharing😊😊😊😊😊

Great vlog girls, loved it x

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Great video, great boat and lovely couple. Best wishes.

That was a great interview. Thanks for sharing...Vic

Such a beautiful and interesting life story.

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

I agree

Thanks guys that was great what a lovely couple. That engine is to die for, I can just imagine the smells that go with it. Fingers and toes crossed Im off cruising the cut this week. Cheers Alan x.

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Alan, if we ever cross paths, you will be very welcome to pop aboard for a listen and sniff 😀we can offer offer some polishing cloths. Chris and Margaret

@TheBoatingAdventure

4 жыл бұрын

@@diaryofaherbert7423 Cheers Chris would love to see the engine. Have subscribed so I can catch up with your adventures. Alan.

Thank you for your vlogs that have kept us sane over the last twelve months. Due to family issues were unable to travel to the UK in 2019 so your vlogs were very important to us . We are currently in Perth airport awaiting our flight to Manchester, only 20 hours, but our beautiful boat Lazy Bee is waiting for us. See you on the cut. Harley and Shelley

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

I hope you have made it safely back to your boat.

Fantastic boat and video

Great video. What a nice couple!

I'd like a Herbert, what a beautiful narrowboat. Great couple and fully open. Love the idea of "fairy paw prints" on the engine.

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Rob, we love ‘fairy’ paw prints, think Chris said furry but we like your version much better 😀Chris and Margaret

Fantastic video love it

Nice to hear other people life experiences and how narrow boating as helped them stay safe with what going on in the world at the moment look forward to next video 😉

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kevin, you’re so right; with everything that is going on in the world at the moment - coming home to the sanctuary of Herbert every night keeps us calm. Chris and Margaret

What a beautiful engine room!

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

We agree!

You said it all, great, thanks for sharing 🇩🇰👍😘

I missed what Margaret's absolute best reason for living on a boat was...... I shared Chris's desire to own a boat for years as well.... x

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

Yes... Margaret might tell you if she remembers...

@margaretwenham211

4 жыл бұрын

Just found this question. Best thing about living in a narrowboat is that it takes no time at all to do your housework 😀

I think Chris was on a "cruising the cut" video explaining his wonderful engine. I too like being woken up by the dawn chorus.

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

You’re right Roger Thumper ( yes we named our engine!) was featured on ,cruising the cut. Chris and Margaret

Thank you girls for sharing this! I really was waiting for the 'old pig feed sack' video, but I can wait! :-)

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

Again this made me laugh out loud

@chrisskelhorn5727

4 жыл бұрын

@@TheNarrowboatExperience I have this effect on beautiful young women! :-)

That is a beautiful Russell Newbury engine and, while I might be inclined not to worry over it, he seems to love polishing it to a spit shine. I’m sure that work and the scenery along the canal help keep one from having mental health problems. Engines are not as capricious as people can be. Of course, Holly must help keep their sanity the way Munchy and Alice keep yours. Those of us who do not have canals to live on keep our sanity by watching videos like these. Thanks for sharing.

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, I think polishing is his therapy, he can be in the engine room for hours. You are so right about Holly though, at his darkest times when I was still living in the north east, it was her that kept him going.

👍👌👏 Simply fantastic! Thanks a lot for making teaching recording editing uploading and sharing. Best regards luck and health to all involved life forms (humans and animals (

Well that was amazing girls it's just so weird when as "watchers" all of a sudden an unexpected blog pops up out of nowhere on the videos you might like

Great series! Very much enjoyed it! Be safe, ladies! Chin scritches for Alice and Munchie for me, please!

What nice people? And I love 'Herbert', especially that immaculate engine room. I am an engineer and appreciate that sort of thing, but I'm not sure I'd have the patience to keep it so spotless. Oh, and I wouldn't have 'hurricane lamps'; I'd have the real man's lamp, some Tilley lamps! The rest of the boat has, what I would describe as, 'an old signal box feel' (the phrase just came in to my head - sorry) but it is clearly an all 'mod con' home. Very nice. Couldn't handle the 'sleeping under the tug deck, though - I'm already too old! Great vlog as usual girls.

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your kind words Roger, spookily Chris is in the process of acquiring a Tilley lamp and is always talking about getting a set of Class 37 horns (demountable) - can you imagine hearing that coming towards you as you approach a bridge or junction.

Well done guys

I really look forward to your videos

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks

Fantastic video thankyou for sharing.

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Martyn

great way to keep an engine, beautiful boat. intelligent people. ''whats not to like''

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks spymaine89. Chris and Margaret

Thank you for the great video. What a moving story, I am in a similar situation to the one Margaret was. My partner is buying a narrowboat (it won't be ready till 2021) and I will have to decide if I want to live on it. It would not only mean relocating from one town to another but from another country to UK! My plan is to spend blocks of 2-3 weeks living on it before I decide. See how we manage to be in such close quarters all the time as we have never officially lived together. For now, we are navigating the distant relationship challenge...

@margaretwenham211

4 жыл бұрын

Hi MunichStar73, you are absolutely doing the right thing by spending time on the boat before making your decision. I can honestly say that even being cooped up together throughout lockdown when we couldn’t go anywhere or see anyone else, it was still the best decision I ever made. When space is at a premium, it makes you realise that people and relationships are what’s important not material things. I really hope it works out for you both and we get to see you on the cut next year. Margaret

Gin Optic and Railway Memorabilia, they are 100% in my book.ps I would love to see that Engine, a thing of Beauty. Well done ladies x

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Nobby, glad you think we have our priorities right, you are always welcome to visit and see the engine yourself if we meet on the cut. Just get in touch. Chris and Margaret

@OldFloatingSeaman

4 жыл бұрын

Diary of a Herbert I’ll hold you to that. Bottle of Bombay Sapphire will be in hand 🖐

Fantastic and honest vid Wake up with the sky larks What could be better all the best

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks John, even on a day like today when it is wet and windy it is still the best life. Chris and Margaret

Interesting story how people live their lives !!!

For me I'm mostly interested in the views along the canal. So beautiful. Still I enjoyed this. I don't have a canal but I live in the woods. No sirens. I can't hear most vehicles on our little road. Lots of birds songs. An occasional moose passing through. More rare a few bears over 40 years.I understand mental health. If I was made to live in town I'd just fade away.

Great video. A very interesting story. I can only find one fault. I share Chris' love of old engines and would have loved to hear Herbert's "voice"

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

Check out Chris’ channel for that treat

Great vlog, nice couple, love that engine🍷👍

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Mike, the engine is called Thumper, if you ever hear it running you will understand why. Chris and Margaret

Yay, I took it to 1000 likes! I loved this little series you put together. It's been wonderful listening to other narrowboaters stories. My one concern is vandalism and anti-social behaviour. I remember an incident with Jono when kids run across his roof at 2.00am! It would be interesting if this is a rare thing or not, because otherwise, it seems so idyllic. Hoping you girls are keeping safe during this virus panic. Please stay safe and keep well.

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I hear or read of things, but we have always been fine. We are pretty safety conscious and I think sometimes women just learn early on in life to look out and trust that gut feeling. So if it feels like not the right place to stop we don't. We are ok for now during the pandemic, but thank you for asking. x

Great video thank for sharing 👍

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Garry. Chris and Margaret

Wonderful video :)

Great story guys and I love the boat. Now tell the truth Margaret, you saw Herbert and realised it came with Chris :) You made a good choice either way.

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

So true.

@diaryofaherbert7423

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Geodun, if Herbert hadn’t swung it for me, Holly certainly did. Margaret

One of the attractions of the English canals is the history. And Herbert is a wonderful example, with its boatman's cabin and that superb engine, what shame we didn't see that running!

@TheNarrowboatExperience

4 жыл бұрын

Check Chris‘ Owen channel for that treat

@bobhunter7767

4 жыл бұрын

I've done that, but still (IMHO) why waste an opportunity!

Really interesting series thanks for putting it together. Would love to know what other people do for work whilst continuously cruising.