My love affair with the UK canals and boats has waxed and waned over the last 6 years. I’ve followed, and unfollowed, a number of channels over the last few years but Floating Our Boat has been the constant for me. Thank you Fran and Rich.

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much Carol xx

YAY !!! Two minutes. What a beautiful lock that lost lock. Love the big black cloud above LOL

I envy your lifestyle

Of course you made it. Love to tag along with you. See you soon. Be safe and happy.

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! You too!

Lovely, taking life at your own pace. :-)

Great music guys! Lovely trip too! 😀👍🎵💜

Great to see you again!

YES

Thanks for the ride along the canel. See you again. Take care 😊

Lovely vlog thank you, glad you made it in time

Your choice of music is extraordinary along with what could pass as professional photograhy. Combined to make a fabulous video... Thanks

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 😀

Llangollen for Christmas! That's awesome. Looking forward to that.

Narrowboat, hospitality and hotels lives on his narrowboat. In Manchester, he’s looking for people with special crafts. I told him about Fran and her weaving.

@FloatingOurBoat

4 ай бұрын

Thank you x

Great you cruisers 🙂🙂

Great that you made it through the lock. Hapoy journeys!!!

See you are still going strong!

HELLO! Wow that's a tight squeeze in the 1st tunnel! long too!

Another great video guys.

Time to make preparations for your 🎄.

🐶 Thanks!

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, that is really generous of you and helps us continue what we are doing. Sorry for the late reply but we have been away with family and then without internet!

You two have the very best canal/narrowboat channel I've seen. You are a joy, thank you. 😊

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Aah, thank you so much ❤️

This was very enjoyable thank you from New Zealand

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

You are welcome

That must have been such a lovely feeling once you got through that last lock just in time. Always a joy to find you’ve released a new video. Hope you’re keeping warm. 🤗

My late "significant other" was born in Darbyshire... although she was Canadian by nationality (interesting story). We lived in Peterborough (Ontario, Canada)...AND we have the...TRENT CANAL(!!) running through the east of the city. Nothing much like your canals BUT it features a bloody great liftlocks not unlike Anderton, except for the fact that it was built as a massive concrete structure rather than Anderton's iron framework.

Thanks!

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, Christmas coffee and mince pies I think x

Another fun vlog. Frightening to maneuver through these tunnels. To make you a little jealous, now 29 degrees...... greetings from me from Dakar where there are no canals but very large nature reserves.

great Vvlog guys, Middlewich clost to my hubby's home town of Northwich, Fran you doing well on the smaller canals..... remembering well....

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

It all seemed so different to the wider canals which had made us lazy. We went through Northwich. We have been there so many times and we do like it there.

Well done ,great vlog

Good morning guys and doggies and it is good to see one of your Vids again, our son is bringing his wife and kids over to see us for lunch, and we are going up our local RSL [Returned Service League] Club to see our friends and do a little bit of gameing after dinner tonight. So it is triple whamy of good things for us, and many thanks for the heads up of where you are and what canal you two are on. Stay warm and out of the cold, and greetings from Sydney.

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, hope you had a wonderful day

I done the Llangollen canal in September it was great lovely place and ellesmere is nice to

Fantastic Video Guys … thanks for bringing another video dedicated to the what I call, ‘The Gentle Life’. There was a video from another regular channel that paints a completely misguided depiction of life aboard. For me and if we’re not careful, these essays could actually put people off considering a life afloat, your video’s, both authentic and natural show the life for what it really is …. There are only four channels doing a grand job. Yours is one of them.

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much. Unfortunately drama and exaggeration get views so some vloggers concentrate on this rather than showing the real life. We have always tried to be honest and real with our depiction of life aboard. Glad you like it.

@thoughtsonfitness3249

5 ай бұрын

@@FloatingOurBoat you guys are in my top 4 … modesty prevents me from saying who is number one ☝🏼 😉

Oh, how I know how it is with peoples names. I can stand in the shopping center and talk to people, and all I do is thinking "who are they". And then when I get home I suddenly remember. Often when I am going to comment on your vlog (Fran & Rich) I have to go back to your intro page to refresh your names. This time I had'nt, because you just used it in the example 😀 Lovely rainy vlog! Love from Denmark

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

It seems that there are many of us with the same problem.

Great video again , you should make time for your hobbies it we be nice ❤️

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

That's the plan!

Must pop down Wardle and have a nosy how it's going ! Glad you made it, glad I had a teeny part in it ❤

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

You had a very important part David. See you on the way back x

Hello Fran & Rich, It's always a pleasure to see you, wish it was in person but this is close and good enough for now. My dear friend and his wife are at their wits end over their daughter, they live in Galway, Ireland. Their daughter had cancer on one vertebrae, she went into surgery at 4:00 P.M. today, 9hours later she came out and they're waiting on the pain management team to arrive and explain everything to them. We've all been praying for her and it seems like it's done some good, thank heaven. I hope to see more of your videos, I love to listen to you both telling us all about your trip through the locks and the tunnels. You have a very Merry Christmas if I don't get to see you again before then. God Bless you all and your fur babies too.

@FloatingOurBoat

6 ай бұрын

Hello Bobby. I'm so sorry for your friend and their daughter. I do hope the surgery is a success. Difficult times ahead for all of them but hopefully it will be a good outcome.

Another great cruise, even if "rushed", thanks for taking the time to record the journey!!

Lovely cruise, are you spending Christmas on Llangollen? Have a lovely Christmas 🎄 and New Year.🎉💚

Thanks Fran and Rich for always reminding one to slow down! Your videos are always so calming!

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Glad you like them!

Hi Fran & Rich, Well after a few weeks binging we've finally made it through all your back vlogs and are upto date. Shame you had to rush through Bridgewater, Worsley is really nice. We were also strapped for time when we passed through in July bringing our boat from Lancaster canal to Cropredy. We really enjoy your vlog style, a mix of canal, walks and attractions, so like us! Sorry you had to leave your mooring in Yorkshire, Fran seemed really sad about that but you were probably both starting to stagnate there and it look like you've got your mojo back. Lots of love, Brian, Jean and nutty spaniel Meg "Water Angel".

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Hi Brian and Jean. Thank you for your comment. It was a tough move to leave the mooring, but as you say we were getting a little set in our ways and needed to follow our noses

Hurray, you made it! Now you can relax and create and cruise at your leisure. Take care, Jenny

Nice to see you, have a lovely xmas if we don't see you before.xx

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, and you x

Don't know if you have done the Llangollen before, It's my favourite canal especially the section from Grindley Brook to Llangollen, only two locks. If you have time, pay a visit to Whixall Marina, what a lovely spot that is. We had to visit it during our holiday from hell that we thoroughly enjoyed to have our domestic alternator changed when it packed up. We spent most of a lovely day here having meals in the café. what a gorgeous spot. other things that went wrong, 1 Rammed by another boat even before leaving our mooring at Trevor 2 then my wife fell backwards from the welldeck into the boat, 3 one of the black water tanks hadn't been emptied 4 was the alternator and 5 What I thought was a winding hole at Grindel Brook wasn't, but with the help of the lock keepers there we managed to turn the boat, all 65ft of her.

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Wow, that sounds like quite an adventure. We have been to Llangollen on our old boat so this time we know all the places we want to stop at or maybe missed before.

You made it. You must be so pleased. Enjoy a few days rest.

It’s always a delight to see your posts; wishing you both a Merry Christmas !

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, and you x

Lovely to see you out and about on the water in a more leisurely manner. Your episodes are always entertaining.

It's great seeing your vlog, wishing you all the best for a very merry Christmas. xxx

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, and you!

New to your channel. Subscribed and can’t wait for your next adventure. I will be looking back at past videos to see me through the winter. Keep safe and well.

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Hello Nigel and thank you for joining us

Thanks for taking us along on this lovely cruise and it'll be great to see the Llangollen canal adventure. I hope that you are both doing well, and the doggies of course. Take care and all the best. Stevie

Fran there are days that I wish people all wore name tags just so I could remember their names. It times the name just won’t pop out of my brain. Enjoy a break in Middlewich.

I was sitting on the edge but you made it. Relax and enjoy. Thank you both. Greetings from Canada Toronto

Thank you for another delightful viewing! I know the T&M canal but haven't been there since 2017 so it was really nice to see many familiar spots.

Thanks for bringing us along for the ride again. Great job catching the first tunnel with two minutes to spare! 😅 enjoy the next few days of a more leisurely pace, but so .oozing forward to seeing the Llangollen canal again! Happy travels ❤

Once again, Rich doing a fab job on music! Maybe for Christmas we can see you guys doing up a Christmas dinner or something like that!

Dang! Saw and misread "Tunneling To Middlewich" as "Tunnelling To Midwich" and the teeth started chattering over visions of "the Cuckoos!" 😱🙄😈

Well done both of you, and thank you for sharing your winter cruising on the cut. quite amazing to see how high the water is. I do hope you get some time out to do your art and weaving, its nice to stop and have a focus where ever you are living. good job getting through the tunnels and hope you are managing with the weather, cold up north and rain down south at the moment. take care.

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

We are so glad we have our crafts on these long dark days which are meant for such things and not for long cruises

I was a few hours in front of you I misjudged the sharp turn under the bridge at wardle and headlamp took a hit lol Steve on jonadab

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Oh dear, it happens to all the best boaters.😂

The issue of remembering names - It doesn't have to be an age thing. Studies have shown that some people just don't remember names no matter how hard they try - and I am one of those. My wife remembers all family and friends car number plates but struggles with some names. We actually have a crib sheet to remember all our favourite canal vloggers names, boat names and pets names. We were getting names too mixed up. Merry Christmas to the both of you. We are really enjoying watching vlogs with some winter weather. I miss it a lot. Christmas in the tropics is not the same and I genuinely miss seasons. We were home to UK for September (first trip since before Covid) and naturally expected autumnal weather - and packed accordingly. Instead we had around 30 centigrade, so not much cooler than we have here. Tim & Jalika

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Glad we are not the only ones forgetting names. Rich is better than me but I have always been the same with names and faces. Funny how I can remember plant names and where I found them though! I think I would miss the winter weather as well. Just 3 degrees tonight.

@user-xw6wj2qh5n

5 ай бұрын

@@FloatingOurBoat My late mother used to remember all plant names - common, proper and botanical. She was a teacher and somehow could remember all the kids names - the entire school since apart from being a class teacher she had them all class by class for music - and concert practices. Outside of school she had a heck of a time trying to remember names though - and never ever knew a single phone number, even in the days of 4 digit numbers. She didn't know her own car number either, so many's the time she's tried to get in the wrong car in a supermarket carpark. It's a cool evening here due to a few hours of rain - only 25 centigrade. Yes, some Christmas weather would be nice.

Absolutely love your videos. UK canals are beautiful. Thank you for sharing your adventures.

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

I am not, by nature, claustrophobic but travelling through tunnels with histories of subsidence (or even collapses) would have my nerves on edge. I have explored disused mine tunnels and lava caves in the west coast of Canada and the U.S. but some of those canal tunnels ...!

Good morning from the Canadian Rockies l*l. Cheers and God Bless !!

Lovely video as always - you made it 👍❤️

We picked up our very first hire boat at Preston Brook. We had the safety talk etc from the company and then he said, 'Just pop through the tunnel and I'll meet you on the other side at the lock'! And that was our introduction to narrowboat life! Talk about in at the deep end lol. Glad you made it through :)

@katienorthenmore1892

6 ай бұрын

goodness, that's not much learning, did you manage ok?

@nb.silverfern1

6 ай бұрын

Yes, thanks, we learned how steer really quickly lol @@katienorthenmore1892

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

That is the best way, just get on with it. Rich did much the same with me and my first lock

Hi there we saw you today on your way to town fri 8th Dec ..did not stop to say hi as you seemed cold but hope you enjoyed your shop 😊

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Aah, you should have stopped. I was on the way to get a train to see family then Rich was going into do Christmas shopping. Say hello if you see us again

@mariachase2174

5 ай бұрын

@@FloatingOurBoat will do i was telling the other half I got a no egg no milk cake from you both he enjoys it and takes to work would of given you lift but I was going other way. Have a great day

The music gets better and better. Glad to see your fireworks at the end. Lots of good lessons on-board in between. It's a thing to see 10-12 miles in a day as the pace, but there you go. You made it

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Don't worry, it wont be a regular thing. Back to 2-3 miles on a cruise now

I'm glad your need to hurry is over. Amazing how accustomed we become to a slower pace. Here's to a peaceful Christmas!

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Same to you!

SO pleased you made it ! X

So glad you made it. Loved the tunnels. Enjoy your time now at leisure. Most enjoyable cruise. Thank you. Take care.

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Thank you! Will do!

So glad you made it on time and thank you for letting me ride along. And best wishes for Christmas and New Year.

@FloatingOurBoat

6 ай бұрын

Thank you, It was such a relief to be able to go slow and look around us again

I always look forward to seeing you two these days. And I'll enjoy it at whatever pace you take! I'm a retiree too. cheers!

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Thank you

Good to see you moored up after your 5day race! Those tunnels looked really interesting, as well as the bends, the arch shape seemed subtly different... just a shade more pointy in the apex than some? I love the regional differences that the canal bridges and other architecture has. Watched this with a coffee in bed whilst easing into the day here in NZ.... Thanks for this episode it was a very nice start to the day!

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

You are so right about the architecture and there are some really beautiful bridges about

My wife's and my first experience on the canals was on this part of the T & M very many years ago. I rather think Saltersford and Barnton tunnels were the first tunnels we experienced. We'd hired a boat at Northwich and went along the T & M to the Potteries and then up the Caldon Canal. When we returned we had time to spare before returning the boat and so went past the hire base and continued towards Preston Brook before winding. Many thanks for your wondeful videos, Fran & Rich! Great that you made it through the lock at Middlewich in time! And I look forward to your cruise up the Llangollen Canal, which my wife and I did with friends while the lockdown was still on in Wales. I'm sure you'll enjoy the Llangollen!

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

It is a good place to learn about boating with those tunnels and locks. I bet you had a great time.

I’ve watched a few of your episodes, and all of them I’ve found utterly delightful. It’s got to be your glorious personalities! I have no idea why I’ve waited to “subscribe “. I guess I’m just a slow learner. Happy voyages!

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, it is never too late.

Hi guys! There's no rush, you can be _busy going nowhere..._ If you don't post again before Crimbo, I hope you have a good one. All the best to you both.

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

And you too. Heres to a healthy and happy new year 🍻

Seems a nice part of the world ,enjoyed the travel and it's always good to re visit places that you have been before ,most times you seem to enjoy yourselves more ....good luck and can't wait for the next episode

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

I quite agree.

Charles Dance, I win I win, what do I get ? Never mind i spose lots of people did. Good paintig Wez.

@FloatingOurBoat

6 ай бұрын

Erm....wrong channel I think 😁

Lovely update.. I hear you.. So you where do you plan to be for Christmas?

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Somewhere on the Llangollen canal, probably in the middle of nowhere.

Love watching you two! Merry Christmas and have a wonderful New Year!!!

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Thank you, and you

good vid

I fan and rich nice to see you both a good run up the the canals and tunnels you did well well marry.christmas and happy new year too both all for now all the best 😊

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Thank you and the same to you

Those tunnels are amazing but how do you know if no one is coming the other way 😳😳

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Many or them are timed entry so nobody should be coming. Others you can see through if they are not too long and you just have to wait.

A kinky tunnel to go with that kinky music, come on, Rich, get it in the hole. Great steering x

Leeds is COLD. How on earth you cope on a metal boat in winter is beyond me. Chris

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

It is fine. The fire is constantly alight and it is so cosy.

Quick question, what happens if you get half way through the 'Bendy' tunnel and another boat is heading your way

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

That is why it is timed entry, nobody should be coming the other way

Glad you made it, now relax. I have a question about the tunnel with the bend. When you go in you can‘t see if a boat is coming the other way. What do you do if there is? Best wishes to you ❤

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

These tunnels have timed entry slots so there should not be a boat coming the other way.

@gabrielecox365

5 ай бұрын

@@FloatingOurBoat thank you for your answer. And a big thank you for all your wonderful vlogs ❤️😍🥰

Hello you two. Tell me. If you can t move because the locks are closed. Can you stay put , moored up until the locks🎉 reopen without getting fined? Bext wishes for Christmas . See you again soon.

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Usually you can. CRT do not fine you if you are stuck for reasons beyond your control. They never fine people anyway, just send a warning letter and if you continue they may refuse to renew your licence.

Wuuf

I never heard a single horn. Do you not blow the horn for thaws tunnels?

@FloatingOurBoat

6 ай бұрын

Two tunnels were timed entrances so you would hope no one is coming the other way. If they are then they’re abusing the rules. The last tunnel you could see the end at entering so no need to. Thanks for watching.

Shortest canal in the country. The wardle canal.

Hi Fran and Rich... have sent u a message via website re a game you might like to have from me...not sure if message got through... xx

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Lynette, I have replied x

@lynettecoates4272

5 ай бұрын

@FloatingOurBoat hi, for some reason I have not received your reply.......

Do you not toot your horn to let people know you are coming?

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Only if neither of us can see, and not on timed tunnels as nobody will be coming the other way.

You seem to be thrusting your bows a lot these days bruv...lol

@FloatingOurBoat

5 ай бұрын

Tee Hee, It must be a Pike thing!!!