![Making a Narrowboat with Nanny and Grandad](/img/default-banner.jpg)
- 142
- 464 592
Making a Narrowboat with Nanny and Grandad
United Kingdom
Registrace 11. 11. 2020
VLOG 140, Narrowboat Cruise from Shardlow to Willington
Hello Everyone, We continue cruising along the Trent and Mersey and sample most of the pubs along the way. Signal is very sparse along this stretch of waterway and uploading videos has had to be done on any random day but hopefully soon we will get back to Sundays. Enjoy 👍
zhlédnutí: 1 300
Video
Vlog 139, Narrowboat cruise from Beeston to Shardlow
zhlédnutí 2,8KPřed 2 měsíci
Hello Everyone, In this episode we do a bit of cruising and leave the boat work for another day. Hope you enjoy 👍
VLOG 138, Narrowboat Fit Out - 2nd go at name painting
zhlédnutí 890Před 2 měsíci
Hello Everyone. In this weeks episode we paint the name, number and place on the port side. You may have watched sometime at the end of last year a short clip of us painting the name on the starboard side. We didn't film much of that as we were concentrating on trying to get it right and not all of it went on as easily as we thought it would. Learning from our mistakes the port side went on muc...
VLOG 137, Narrowboat Fit Out - KICK SPACE DRAW FRONTS
zhlédnutí 906Před 2 měsíci
Hello Everyone, Well this has been the biggest pain in the bum to upload but it has finally finished but not in HD so rather than try again, we are putting it out today. Hope it's ok and thank you for your patience 👍
VLOG 136, Narrowboat fit out - STERN SEATING, FLOOR AND GAS LOCKER LIDS
zhlédnutí 1,6KPřed 3 měsíci
Hello Everyone, This week you get to see us make our bench seat on the stern and get the temporary lids on the gas lockers replaced. Sorry about the quality of the footage as most was done with the phone and it wouldn't load in HD. Hope you enjoy 👍
Vlog 135, Narrowboat Fit Out -Internal doors Part 2 (The shaped one)
zhlédnutí 1,1KPřed 4 měsíci
Hello Everyone. In this episode we continue with the internal doors, tackling the angled to the boat shaped one. It has been quite enjoyable making both doors and they look great now they are in. They can be painted at a later stage but for now it is nice to finally have doors. Hope you enjoy 👍 No vlog next week as we hope we will be out cruising at last 👍
Vlog 134, Narrowboat Fit Out - Internal doors part 1
zhlédnutí 1,3KPřed 4 měsíci
Hello Everyone, In this weeks episode we make the first of the 2 internal doors 👍
VLOG 133, Narrowboat Fit Out - Handrail & Trimming the Steps & Gunwale
zhlédnutí 1,4KPřed 4 měsíci
Hello everyone, We are back after our little easter break. In this episode we get some of the finishing off bits done and fit the handrail over the stern steps. Hope you enjoy 👍
VLOG 132 , Narrowboat Fit Out - Laying the finished floor PART 2
zhlédnutí 1,2KPřed 5 měsíci
Hello Everyone, In this episode we finish the floor with the hatch lids and box in the pipework. Next week there will be no vlog so hope you enjoy this one 👍
VLOG 131, Narrowboat Fit Out - Laying the finished floor - Part one
zhlédnutí 1,1KPřed 5 měsíci
Hello Everyone, In this episode we lay the floorboards. It was a long process so we have split it into 2 parts. Hope you enjoy Part 1 👍
VLOG 130, Narrowboat Fit Out - STERN LOWER CUPBOARD DOORS
zhlédnutí 1,1KPřed 5 měsíci
Hello Everyone, In this episode we make the cupboard fronts for the lower part of the stern entrance and then spend the day with the grandkids attempting their first go at magnet fishing. Enjoy 👍
VLOG 129, Narrowboat Fit Out - Bedroom Carpet
zhlédnutí 1KPřed 5 měsíci
This week has been a challenge to get a video out for Sunday. Everything that could go wrong has gone wrong. The editing and quality of the video might be a bit iffy as it is the first time I've used the phone to film and edit. I also made the mistake of holding the phone the wrong way up. Anyway, Grandad does a great job laying the bedroom carpet. fingers crossed all will be back to normal nex...
Vlog 128, WE TAKE A TRIP TO PARIS
zhlédnutí 662Před 6 měsíci
Hello Everyone, We have had a nice long break from youtube over the winter sorting many things on and away from the boat. Grandad celebrated his big 60th Birthday this year so we took some extra special trips. Making as many memories as we can along the way. This trip was our annual week away for Millie and Reggies Christmas present and Grandads birthday. With Reggie falling ill and Nanny strug...
Vlog 127, BEST WISHES FOR THE NEW YEAR FROM US TO YOU
zhlédnutí 906Před 8 měsíci
Best wishes from us wherever you may be in the world
VLOG 126, Narrowboat fit out - Stern cupboard doors and fitting the fronts on the galley units
zhlédnutí 2,2KPřed 9 měsíci
VLOG 126, Narrowboat fit out - Stern cupboard doors and fitting the fronts on the galley units
Vlog 125, Narrowboat fit out - PAINTING HER NAME AND FIRST FEW WEEKS OF CRUISING
zhlédnutí 2,6KPřed 10 měsíci
Vlog 125, Narrowboat fit out - PAINTING HER NAME AND FIRST FEW WEEKS OF CRUISING
Vlog 124 , Narrowboat fit out - LAUNCHING OUR NARROWBOAT WANDERLUST
zhlédnutí 4,6KPřed 11 měsíci
Vlog 124 , Narrowboat fit out - LAUNCHING OUR NARROWBOAT WANDERLUST
VLOG 123, Narrowboat Fit Out - PROP, POLE, PLANK, FENDERS AND SPLICING
zhlédnutí 3,1KPřed 11 měsíci
VLOG 123, Narrowboat Fit Out - PROP, POLE, PLANK, FENDERS AND SPLICING
VLOG 122, Narrowboat Fit Out - Galley Cabinet Fronts
zhlédnutí 2,2KPřed 11 měsíci
VLOG 122, Narrowboat Fit Out - Galley Cabinet Fronts
Vlog 121, Narrowboat fit out - Roman Blinds, Curtains and Bungs PART 2
zhlédnutí 1,1KPřed 11 měsíci
Vlog 121, Narrowboat fit out - Roman Blinds, Curtains and Bungs PART 2
VLOG 121, BOAT, STEAM AND VINTAGE VEHICLE GATHERING AT REDHILL MARINA
zhlédnutí 1,2KPřed rokem
VLOG 121, BOAT, STEAM AND VINTAGE VEHICLE GATHERING AT REDHILL MARINA
Vlog 120, Narrowboat Fit Out - ROMAN BLINDS, CURTAINS & BUNGS (PART 1)
zhlédnutí 1,4KPřed rokem
Vlog 120, Narrowboat Fit Out - ROMAN BLINDS, CURTAINS & BUNGS (PART 1)
Vlog 119, Narrowboat Fit Out - STERN STEPS AND FINISHING THE HATCH
zhlédnutí 2,2KPřed rokem
Vlog 119, Narrowboat Fit Out - STERN STEPS AND FINISHING THE HATCH
VLOG 118, Narrowboat Fit Out - How NOT to fit a Enfield garage door lock
zhlédnutí 2,6KPřed rokem
VLOG 118, Narrowboat Fit Out - How NOT to fit a Enfield garage door lock
VLOG 117, Narrowboat Fit Out - STERN HATCH AND DOOR
zhlédnutí 2,6KPřed rokem
VLOG 117, Narrowboat Fit Out - STERN HATCH AND DOOR
VLOG 116, Narrowboat Fit Out - GALLEY SHELVING
zhlédnutí 1,9KPřed rokem
VLOG 116, Narrowboat Fit Out - GALLEY SHELVING
VLOG 115, Narrowboat Fit Out - GALLEY PORTHOLE LINER WITH BLIND
zhlédnutí 1,7KPřed rokem
VLOG 115, Narrowboat Fit Out - GALLEY PORTHOLE LINER WITH BLIND
Vlog 114, Narrowboat Fit Out - WINDOW LINERS
zhlédnutí 2,5KPřed rokem
Vlog 114, Narrowboat Fit Out - WINDOW LINERS
VLOG 113, Narrowboat fitout - HEADBOARD
zhlédnutí 1,5KPřed rokem
VLOG 113, Narrowboat fitout - HEADBOARD
are you going to do a walk through tour of inside
Well done. Happy you identified the lanyard knot! I really liked the feathering. When did you cutout the extra ropes on the last fender?
Loved the or… exactly what I was thinking
The or always seems the better option in the end 😂😂😂
Wrap PTFE around a pencil and you can get into tight spots
Cheers Ian. Thanks for the tip.👍
Just watched this! Great job!👍🏼 I’m considering doing this myself. I think I’d make less of a bodge job with that 😂
HI. It is a bit daunting. Take your time and we're sure it will work out fine. Good luck 👍
@@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg thank you 😊 x
Great video, I like seeing bits of the network I haven't been on yet. It's a good reference for future travels. We're off down to the boat tomorrow but won't get far as we have our granddaughter with us. Take care both 👍
Cheers George. Sorry for the late reply but it's been too good just cruising enjoying the scenery and pubs !! Hope you had a good time with your family. 👍
Oops wrong episode!! Now on the correct one!! Good morning to you both. Just spoken to you on the Trent and Mersey canal, between Alrewas and Fradley!! Lovely speaking to you both. We have subscribed for all your travels. Good luck and have fun. Saw you going through Fradley Junction too, (we were having a coffee!) just before you turned off down the Coventry Canal. 👍 Pete and Caroline.
Cheers.👍
Good morning to you both. Just spoken to you on the Trent and Mersey canal, between Alrewas and Fradley!! Lovely speaking to to both. Subscribed for all your travels. Good luck and have fun. 👍 Pete and Caroline.
Thank you Pete and Caroline. It was lovely having a chat. Thanks for subscribing and hope you enjoy watching.👍
It's when you start cursing that you realise how worthwhile all of that hard work was, well done. The paint job on that multi coloured boat was even more complicated than Nanny's! Is that tubular extension arft of the stern part of the hood frame, or for protection? Congratulations on your 21st all of you seemed to have had a good time, and indeed you're continuing to do so, making full use of the canal's attractions!
Thanks Tony. We've seen a few very different boats on our travels and loved seeing them. Each to their own. The tubular extension is part of the pram hood rear section that drops down when we are cruising. Nanny had a great birthday but think it's time now for her stop celebrating 😂😂😂. Hope you're well. 👍
Happy belated birthday too you and the twins 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 nice vlog 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴🏴👏👏🍺🍺🍺🍭🍭🍭💃
Thank you very much. We all had a great time.👍
Looks like you are enjoying this new life....bit tight getting in and out of Mercia but it looks a lovely base for some. What plans do you have for cruising for the rest of the year?
Cheers Gary. It's a nice Marina but a bit posh for us 😂. We're vcontinuos cruisers so will just keep travelling. Looking at winter moorings so we can still carry on our travels overseas through winter.👍
@@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg you should film some of your overseas travel people would love it. Take care
Happy Birthday(s)! Thanks for the journey. Your boat looks lovely. I enjoyed the narration, but I do miss the closed captioning. I have a bit of trouble catching all your comments. Have fun!
Thank you for the kind words. Will try and add a bit more in future. 👍
I don't find you boring at all! If I ever built out a narrow boat, I'd want Grandad to do it. My decorating style is different than yours Nanny, but your build looks rock solid and very space conscious. All the best from Missouri.
Thank you. It's a joint effort. Nanny does as much as me off camera but is more camera shy than Grandad. 😂.
Happy birthday nanny ❤
Sorry for late reply and thank you Martin. 👍
Thanks for taking us on your journey it’s just like the old days when you got all your directions via pub to pub only on water 😂😂😂 you can see the confidence getting better sailing your boat on each update even grandad doing a handbrake turn on water well done to both of you 👏👏👏💪
Thanks John. Pub to pub sounds good to us 🤣🤣🤣. It's been a learning curve but getting a bit more confident the longer we are cruising. Hope you're well. 👍
@@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg yeah all good here thanks. Once again waiting for scan results 😞. Please don’t forget if your sailing the canal waterways near middlewich just give me some notice and a large beer will be on the bar of the kings lock. (Maybe one each if am in a good mood) 😂😂😂
Thank you for sharing your adventure! Thank you for taking me along. Cheers!
Cheers Graham. 👍
I know this vlog is old but I was wondering what size skin fittings you've used?
Hi. We've used 3/4" on Bilge pumps, Washing machine and Galley sink.
@@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg Thank you for the reply, I used a 1,1/4" for the galley sink in the end as it was easier to find the fittings for a 38mm hose and it matched up to the old one. Will be using 3/4" for the rest though 👍
Just discovered your wonderful channel and subscribed.
Sorry for the late reply but we've been enjoying cruising too much 😀. Hope you enjoy watching our build and thanks for subscribing. 👍.
Taking cruising like a duck to water, looks a lot of fun Jean x
Really enjoying it Jean. x
It was lovely to see you both at Willington this morning - only sorry I couldn't stop for a longer chat. Your channel has been a great source of DIY advice and has definitely helped with my own ongoing project. Wanderlust looks amazing in the flesh, a real tribute to all your hard work. Good luck with the cruising and keep the videos coming.
Sorry for the late reply but we've been out enjoying ourselves too much !! Glad we've been of some help but don't hold us responsible if anything goes wrong lol.
I was on the Trent and Mersey for 10mins last week. Just turning at the end of the Middlewich branch. Looks like you had a good run out, the boat looks and sounds great.
Cheers George. We really enjoying life on the move. Hope you're well. 👍
Just a cruising with friends. Great video Guys. Watching you do the boat has been fantastic, well done.
Cheers Keith and thanks for watching. 👍
That’s a tatie bit of rope on the first fender nanny what’s going on haha.
🤣🤣🤣. Nanny has reprimanded me for sticking a bit of tatie rope on the fender because I could find the right length ropes before we went in the lock 🤣.
Looking good, you 2
Cheers Dave 👍
Hey, Thanks for the vlog, I could do without the music because I prefer the sounds that music masks.
Hi John. We put music over the original sounds because a lot of the time we are talking about private and personal stuff. Or otherwise we would have to leave that footage out and we are not vloggers that film all the time and would not have enough content. 👍
I was at Sawley today, well Long Eaton
👍.
I wanted to ask "Nanny" about how she worked out the ballast, can you come back to me, I have watched everything and loved it all
In vlog 19 Grandad talks about how he worked out the ballast. Thanks for watching. 👍
You have become experts at this 'Boating Lark' !!
Cheers Gary. It's all down to clever editing 🤣😂😂.
All your hard work has come together. As tonycamplin says the engine sounds perfect. The whole boat looks so smooth your ballast must be just right. Going to ask you one of them questions……..if you could would you change anything I certainly wouldn’t. Well done now time to enjoy. Maybe time to get a little dog to go with the image. P.s don’t forget to take us with you. Shame you have just missed the middlewich and Lyme boat festivals brilliant weekends.
Thanks John. We would have the wrap around on the stern a little higher. We are going to do a vlog in the future after we have used her for a while on anything we would change. We would love a dog but intend to carry on with our travels overseas in winter times so for now it's a no to a dog. Take care. 👍
That went well, sharing a lock. Great to see your work of art in motion. Thank you for sharing.❤❤
Cheers. Found it a lot easier sharing the lock but nerve racking the first time 🤣. Thanks for watching. 👍
It must have been nice to take a break from all those jobs, you certainly deserved one. That other boat's paint complimented yours perfectly. What a nice quiet engine. Grandad is getting good at this steering lark isn't he?
Thanks Tony. Few less bumps and grazes this time but still need plenty of practice. We thought the same about the other boat colour. Have a great week. 👍
Fantastic video,plus great music,gave me a nice afternoon.
Cheers Graham. Glad you enjoyed it. 👍
I’ve just received the McALPINE upsw-4-22-22mm shower outlet there were two gaskets different thicknesses for the underside of the shower no instructions so a little confused as which one to use maybe you could give me advice ,thank you.
HI Kevin. It depends on the thickness of your shower tray. Good luck with it. 👍
Thank you
Wow you really have some patience, I think lee and I would fall out in 5 minutes trying to do that! Great result 👏
Hello you two. 🤣🤣🤣. It helps that Grandad's half deaf and nods in agreement. 🤣🤣🤣. Hope you're both well. You're builds moving on . Well done. 👍
Hwo do you take ballast out under all that insulation youv sealed in
Hi. We didn't need to. But if ever we need to we can just slice the insulation , lift it out the way, remove ballast and then refit and seal the insulation. 👍
Very good not seen a lot on battening
Cheers. You've come to the right channel for lots of battening 🤣🤣🤣.
Well done and looks fantastic
Thanks Keith 👍.
Looks fantastic - very professional!
👍
Not boring in the slightest. It's highly entertaining, amusing and I love your attention to detail. I only hope I can match it on my channel. Keep it up.
Cheers. Appreciate your kind words and good luck with your build. 👍
Always love your choice of sound track backing music.
Thanks Leslie. Not everyone's cup of tea but glad you enjoy it. 👍
Hi guys I have just returned from the middlewich folk and boat festival and have been speaking to quite a few boaters on the cut about you both and your journey from beginning to near end and everyone had been following or had heard of your vlog. Maybe next year we could see you both there in person of course with Wanderlust. Once again great update.. p.s see grandad took over when the going got tough 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 sorry nanna was only joking.
Thanks John. We had a look at the festival on line and it looks great. It is something we would definitely be interested in going to if we were that way. We have heard a few shouts of "Nanny and Grandad" on our travels so far ! It does make us smile. 🤣. Grandad here......I'm surprised Nanny let me have a go. 🤣👍
Looks really good, you'll be cursing when you have to scrape through overhanging trees.
Cheers George. We've got that pleasure to come. Just can't be too precious about the paint or it would be a stress. Hope you're well. 👍
It looks great ... A bit time consuming though
Thanks Jason. We really enjoyed doing it. It was lovely to do on the cut on a nice sunny day. 👍
Very artistic Nanny and complicated with the mixing of colours,as usual a beautiful job.
Cheers Martin. 👍.
Another great job done fantastically well, the more you do the more you learn. If you ever do another it'll be even easier. There must be somewhere that needs a diamond pattern putting on! However I think that you should have painted the lettering freehand and put shadows round the letters or maybe just pinstripes round them. Think that I said last time my nephew owns a company that makes an puts up stencils and vynal signs, mainly on vans, he uses a window cleaner's squeeze to put them on. Didn't know that grandad does his eyebrows, does he use fake lashes as well?!
Thanks Tony. We do like the more traditional style shadowing but thought our font was too modern to take that style. Agree the more you do the more you learn. I might sneak a few more diamonds in when Grandad isn't looking or he's busy plucking his eyebrows. 🤣🤣🤣.
@@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg You do that!!
I was nearly in tears when it went in, well done.
Cheers. It was a very emotional day !! 🤣.
Great vlog, very well presented and explained. I have a new boat. Looking through the plumbing, I have no expansion tank. Should I be worried ?
Cheers Norman. Some people say modern day pumps don't need an accumulator ( white vessel next to our cold water tank under the bed ) to stop the pump cycling but we fitted one as belt and braces. As for the expansion tank not sure if you mean the header tank high up in the calorifier cupboard or the silver expansion vessel next to the calorifier. If it's the plastic tank at high level I would say definitely. If it's the silver vessel next to the calorifier i would say yes also as it will help to absorb any expansion when the water is heated in the calorifier. I think it recommends an expansion on the hot side of the calorifier in the installation instructions for the calorifier but haven't got them to hand or I would check for you. Hope this helps. 👍
@makinganarrowboatwithnannyandg thanks for reply. Yes i have an accumulator by the cold tank. I also have header tank for central heating, but no expansion tank by calorifier as you fitted, just an expansion pipe which exits out the side of the boat. I am having one fitted but think boat buolder should have fitted it. Assume it wont effect BSC test .
@@normanjones1640 I'm not sure why they haven't fitted one I think it's good practice to fit one. It won't effect your BSS.
Not boring as usual.
😂😂😂.
Who's doing the sandwiches 😮😂😅
😂😂😂
Great to see you guys back, we LOVE your vlogs!! Best wishes Lee & Ali
Hi guys. Even though it's been lovely being in the sticks with very little or no internet or phone signal, you realise how much you rely on them, especially when you try to upload a vlog to CZcams. There's been a little bit of swearing on the boat the last few weeks 😂😂😂. Hope you're both well. 👍.