Thank you for your precise of our pre-Tudor kings you explained the battle of Bosworth so well, all the changing of sides by the supposed nobleman, and that the battle site was further down the hill from those flags. The battle of Hastings site has been moved from the original battleground by about 1/2 mile, this has been proved by further digging and documenting.
It was mid October in whatever year 82/83? I was in that area. My dad had hoped we would go from the Welford arm on the Grand Union and we had a hire Sat PM-Sat AM. Dad had hoped we would get upto the end of the Ashby but sadly we ran out of time and ended up turning in the entrance to the Ashby & heading back to Welford. I still have the red Nicholson's books we used in the eighties. It's lovely seeing the Ashby with missing out back then. Sadly my dad is no longer with us as I'd love to have shown him your channel.
I envy your lovely lifestyle,just travelling anywhere on your amazing adventure,doing what ever you please,mooring up when You fill like a cup of tea,awesome
I love George’s fur-cut! When you get to Snarestone, there’s a really nice pub above the tunnel called The Globe. Nice food, beer, staff, decent wi-fi and they’re dog friendly too 👍
Thank you for this vlog, so so interesting.... Oh George what a tenacious ball guy he is.....I do hope that Michael's back is healing, you both look so well.... Do keep up the vlogs we wait to see each episode.....
George is a relentless ball guy! Michael’s back is doing fine at the moment thanks for asking. Week keep the vlogs coming, thanks so much for watching and commenting. Jo
A brilliant summary of the Battle of Bosworth Field - by shear coincidence I have spent several hours today looking at maps of the area and accounts of the battle and your recital confirms everything I’ve read - if I’d seen your vlog earlier it would have saved me a lot of time ha - I believe Atherstone has a claim on at least part of the battle and accounts suggest that Richard may have breakfasted in Sheepy Magna and watered his horses at ‘King Dicks Hole’ before meeting Henry on his approach from Merevale - all very interesting especially as my Son now lives adjacent to Royal Meadow in Atherstone - I’m taking my metal detector with me next time I dig his garden :)
It's a fascinating bit of history, isn't it? I find it so interesting to think of how it was really just a somewhat unremarkable event to the chroniclers of the day, unlike say Crecis or Agincourt, where arguably there was less of a real turning point in history, but where so much more detail and evidence remains. Have fun detecting! M
Minimal List - as a bit of a map nut I can’t help but think that if you’re going to have a battle that effectively draws a close to the medieval period and changes England forever then where better to have it than at the geographical centre of the country
True. Although to take that idea to its natural conclusion, you'd have to have put the Spanish Armada in the Bosworth Water Leisure Park before setting it alight.
Right past the Triumph factory and nary a word, being the proud owner of a Rocket 3 I am devastated - especially seeing as how Triumph is the oldest known motorcycle manufacturer (contrary to what the history books might tell you). It says in the bible "and lo the roar of Moses triumph could be heard throughout the Holy Land" - and if it says it in the bible it must be true (did I mention that I am a devotee of the Billy Connolly institute for religious edification). Thanks again for a great vlog guys (though you both look 'all in' at the end lol
We couldn't stop at Triumph without first finding space on the boat to store one! I did a sort of "Long Way Up" through Vietnam a few years back on a Yamaha scooter, a Triumph would have been overkill, but still awfully nice! M
Poor George having a haircut just before the big freeze hit you guys. Please keep him warm. Hope you are well stocked with coal and food. All the best from a warm Sydney in Oz.
I know, we didn’t time it very well did we. Poor George. Don’t worry, we he is toasty warm in the boat! We love Sydney, we have friends in Springwood in the Blue Mountains, we last visited I. 2015! Jo
Yup, Springwood is a real nice spot, they get light snow in the wintertime. Where I live, north of Sydney on the Northern Beaches, it only gets down to around 5C. And no snow. Just keep it over there, we don't want it. LOL.
Yep, Lord Stanley married the future Henry VII’s mother in 1472, making Stanley the new King’s stepfather. Apparently it was a marriage of convenience, and she continued to sign her correspondence Margaret Richmond, after her second actual (first not dissolved before puberty) husband, Edmund Tudor, Henry’s dad. The family trees of the time were more brambles, really. M
@@MinimalList Here in Tennessee, not only are family trees brambles but some of them (like mine) don't branch! lol We are doing the videos from oldest to newest. Thanks for taking the time to do this, especially in the current situation.
Come to the Caldon canal and cruise alongside steam trains...... my local canal and one of the nicest on the system Nev NB Percy ( going to sleep listening to the ice creaking along the side of the boat )
Very educational. I have noticed that Michael is quiet good at history. Is that just a hobby or was it a past profession? Like teaching? I am guessing you don't have bow thrusters on your boat? I can't imagine trying to control that much length in a narrow canal in a strong crosswind. Quite the haircut for George, more of a summer cut but with his energy I am sure he will stay warm. Watching him try to get your attention during the history lesson was a riot. I noticed how far you moved from the town, don't you worry about being frozen in and not being able to get food and water? Or having to walk a LONG ways to get it. And how do they handle it if you are on a four day mooring and you get frozen in for an extended period?
Just a hobby; I'm whats known as an autodidactic polymath ... aka "A Know-It-All" ... I'm fascinated by pretty much anything that isn't sports or music. Wouldn't mind teaching, but I've never done it professionally, just ran some tutorial sessions for a few companies over the years. We do have now thrusters, but they're not as powerful as people think, and won't do a damned thing in the wind. They're dead helpful pushing away from short, or reversing, but a stiff wind will overpower them right quick. We actually ended up mooring just a 1/2 mile from town, not a bad walk at all, though a bit worse in the biting snow. When you know this sort of thing's coming you try and get somewhere sheltered with reasonable access to services, and this isn't bad at all. M
Loved the video as always, but as someone who was born in Hinckley, I am slightly disappointed at the typo in the title, but I'll get over it...perhaps
You've invented tilting narrowboats that can go faster round corners 😂😂😂 Now can you invent tilting solar panels that look good as I'm really struggling to find something that a) works b) looks great. Do yours fit round the curve of the roof? Or are the straight?
We customised is brackets to fit out very curved roof. This video has all the details! czcams.com/video/iBn9iw5JE4s/video.html I hope it’s useful. If you have any other questions then just let us know. Jo
George is going to need a nice, warm, woolly coat now. Maybe waterproof. Maybe a puffer jacket, down filled. Once you start messing with what nature gave you, there's no end. ;)
hi sometimes when you are speeding through the country side could you think of us on the other side of the ball and slow down as we in OZ havent seen "the old country" thanks
Really nice film -I enjoyed that thanks. With reference to the shallow water aspect - I assume you are familiar with en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_effect - I realise that being on a canal does not give you a whole load of options - but essentially reduce speed but retain enough to maintain rudder authority.
If I'm doing the math right in my head at nearly 11PM, I think it's pretty hard to substantially involve squat effect with a narrowboat moving at canal velocity unless you're in water just 2-3 inches deeper than our draft. M
the realities are complicated - depends on the width of the canal and the UW volume and shape of the boat - and the contours of the canal bed. you would only be interested in squat when conditions were marginal (i.e. almost touching bottom) - you might be right on the 2 to 3 inches - I am not going to exercise my grey cells at this time of night - I have just finished proof reading my daughter's Masters dissertation and I am now in gross neural deficit!!
I can’t see us ever wanting to stay in a Marina. We get itchy feet after a week or so in one place and the winter cruising has been fun. Just need to be a bit organised and keep an eye on the weather forecast! Jo
thanks good comentary - richard 3rd and king john capable administrators i have read but murders (evidence not withstanding) My mothers uncle's family tree linked to The astons of tixall ,, the gate house on stafford and wochester canal ,the tixall wide ,i have a Html data base and still don't know who's side i am on , uncles on both side of battle field , still looking for Treasure and castle to claim , but wait Taxes hmmm maybe just treasure
An ending summary might have been Henry Tudor or Henry VII, a member of the Lancaster house, defeated the last Yorkist king Richard III in 1485. He then married Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV who was the first Yorkist king of England, to unite the two houses and create the House of Tudor. A romantic ending/beginning ,if you were not one of the dead ones , oh my make it stop , thank you for the walk thru
You really brought the wars of the roses to life, it's almost as if you were there... but of course: czcams.com/video/nIciw2Rgz50/video.htmlm45s (& czcams.com/video/nIciw2Rgz50/video.htmlm26s)
Hi are you continuing up the coventry then down the trent and mersey towards the shardlow area because if you are i would love to provind transport and acompany you to the Midland Railway - Butterley museum and if the dates work out you would get the chance to ride on a steam powered train and visit a brilliant museum. Have a look at there wesite and let me know if it will work for you.
Well thank you very much for that! I shall check out the website, though at the moment we're not totally sure what direction we're going after the Ashbey (or, until the chill lets up, even when we'll finish it). But it sounds like a great option if we turn that way! M
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A click for George, is a click for freedom!...and more doggie treat's.
You can take away my treats, but you can never take away my freeedom!! ... George, the Wode Warrior.
Thank you for your precise of our pre-Tudor kings you explained the battle of Bosworth so well, all the changing of sides by the supposed nobleman, and that the battle site was further down the hill from those flags. The battle of Hastings site has been moved from the original battleground by about 1/2 mile, this has been proved by further digging and documenting.
Yep, it’s a fascinating story! Glad to hear I communicated it all reasonably well, as it’s a twisted tale at the best of times! M
Just making my way through your vlogs, George is a star, love him, loving the vlogs too btw
Thank you! M
I love George's haircut!
I love George. Thanks for adopting him and giving him a loving home. Great video. I like the history stories.
We're just glad he adopted us!! He's a wonderful dog! M
Love the disappearing people on que when the ball is thrown
Heh... the magic of editing. M
It was mid October in whatever year 82/83? I was in that area. My dad had hoped we would go from the Welford arm on the Grand Union and we had a hire Sat PM-Sat AM. Dad had hoped we would get upto the end of the Ashby but sadly we ran out of time and ended up turning in the entrance to the Ashby & heading back to Welford. I still have the red Nicholson's books we used in the eighties. It's lovely seeing the Ashby with missing out back then. Sadly my dad is no longer with us as I'd love to have shown him your channel.
We’d have loved to have him see it! M
You know, that lovely pup George, got the best deal of his life being paired with you ☺️
That’s how we feel about him! M
I envy your lovely lifestyle,just travelling anywhere on your amazing adventure,doing what ever you please,mooring up when
You fill like a cup of tea,awesome
It’s not as easy as it sometimes sounds, but it’s definitely an amazing life! M
George says let’s play!
He says that often
It is difficult to concentrate on your excellent history lesson when George is doing his best to get your attention :)
He is definitely a scene stealer! M
love Michaels history lesson .....i wish English people knew what went on
To be fair to the English, it’s my experience that very few people anywhere have the slightest clue what’s happening (or happened)! M
My kingdom for a hearse 🤣
I love George’s fur-cut! When you get to Snarestone, there’s a really nice pub above the tunnel called The Globe. Nice food, beer, staff, decent wi-fi and they’re dog friendly too 👍
Thanks for the tip. We will look out for it! Jo
Thank you for this vlog, so so interesting.... Oh George what a tenacious ball guy he is.....I do hope that Michael's back is healing, you both look so well.... Do keep up the vlogs we wait to see each episode.....
George is a relentless ball guy! Michael’s back is doing fine at the moment thanks for asking. Week keep the vlogs coming, thanks so much for watching and commenting. Jo
filling your water tank in the morning is a good idea. thanks for the history lesson.
It is such a chore though! Makes you realise how much you take it for granted in a house! Glad you enjoyed the history, thanks for commenting! Jo
Enjoyed the history lesson...and the cruise! Stay safe and warm!
We’ll try! Thanks for watching! Jo
Yo top blog good history info my jack Russel gos mental when he sees George that dog is so cool.
To be fair, Jack Russels seem to start our mental and go upwards. ;-) M
A brilliant summary of the Battle of Bosworth Field - by shear coincidence I have spent several hours today looking at maps of the area and accounts of the battle and your recital confirms everything I’ve read - if I’d seen your vlog earlier it would have saved me a lot of time ha - I believe Atherstone has a claim on at least part of the battle and accounts suggest that Richard may have breakfasted in Sheepy Magna and watered his horses at ‘King Dicks Hole’ before meeting Henry on his approach from Merevale - all very interesting especially as my Son now lives adjacent to Royal Meadow in Atherstone - I’m taking my metal detector with me next time I dig his garden :)
It's a fascinating bit of history, isn't it? I find it so interesting to think of how it was really just a somewhat unremarkable event to the chroniclers of the day, unlike say Crecis or Agincourt, where arguably there was less of a real turning point in history, but where so much more detail and evidence remains. Have fun detecting! M
Minimal List - as a bit of a map nut I can’t help but think that if you’re going to have a battle that effectively draws a close to the medieval period and changes England forever then where better to have it than at the geographical centre of the country
True. Although to take that idea to its natural conclusion, you'd have to have put the Spanish Armada in the Bosworth Water Leisure Park before setting it alight.
"See My Staff had me groomed and I look so good," George
That was an excellent history lesson. I’m sure George will get an A grade in his History GCSE examination.
I’m not sure he will. He wasn’t really paying any attention! Jo
Margaret Beaufort Henrys mum married Edmund Tudor first and Earl Stanley later, so Richard the third was trusting his throne to Henrys step dad!
Bit of a risky choice, wasn't it? Hindsight is 20/20, if you live to use it. M
I love your story telling, great stuff.
Thanks! M
Hahaha! "heavily edited"?? OMG! --- Thank 'eavans for George! He loves you two SO much!
We love him too! Jo
That was very relaxing ... ready for bed now...handy since it's 2am! Cheers to the three of you :o)
Cheers back! And get some sleep! M
Managed just over three hours. Feel amazing. Wait. No the other thing. Crap. I feel Crap. Hope you folks are tied up and tucked up warm!
Ugh! Sorry to hear that. We are pretty snug on the boat! jo
Right past the Triumph factory and nary a word, being the proud owner of a Rocket 3 I am devastated - especially seeing as how Triumph is the oldest known motorcycle manufacturer (contrary to what the history books might tell you). It says in the bible "and lo the roar of Moses triumph could be heard throughout the Holy Land" - and if it says it in the bible it must be true (did I mention that I am a devotee of the Billy Connolly institute for religious edification). Thanks again for a great vlog guys (though you both look 'all in' at the end lol
We couldn't stop at Triumph without first finding space on the boat to store one! I did a sort of "Long Way Up" through Vietnam a few years back on a Yamaha scooter, a Triumph would have been overkill, but still awfully nice! M
,throw the bloody ball (George said)
It got thrown eventually! M
Poor George having a haircut just before the big freeze hit you guys. Please keep him warm. Hope you are well stocked with coal and food. All the best from a warm Sydney in Oz.
I know, we didn’t time it very well did we. Poor George. Don’t worry, we he is toasty warm in the boat! We love Sydney, we have friends in Springwood in the Blue Mountains, we last visited I. 2015! Jo
Yup, Springwood is a real nice spot, they get light snow in the wintertime. Where I live, north of Sydney on the Northern Beaches, it only gets down to around 5C. And no snow. Just keep it over there, we don't want it. LOL.
Hubby thinks it funny that I could follow the history session. Wasn't it Stanley that married Henry Tudor's mother?
Yep, Lord Stanley married the future Henry VII’s mother in 1472, making Stanley the new King’s stepfather. Apparently it was a marriage of convenience, and she continued to sign her correspondence Margaret Richmond, after her second actual (first not dissolved before puberty) husband, Edmund Tudor, Henry’s dad. The family trees of the time were more brambles, really. M
@@MinimalList Here in Tennessee, not only are family trees brambles but some of them (like mine) don't branch! lol We are doing the videos from oldest to newest. Thanks for taking the time to do this, especially in the current situation.
No problem! Enjoy the rest of them! M
I clicked for George.
Haha, George says thank you!
You realise we’re all watching George!
Yes! And when I watched to footage back I felt so bad. He just wanted his ball thrown, he didn’t want to hear about Richard III! Poor Georgie! Jo
Mike Shipp, this is what I've been saying all along, I'm George's biggest fan, and doesn't he look really cute with his new haircut.
Aha is that boatman Benjamin narrow boat "smuggler" At about 25seconds in next to the GRP OF DOOM .......great blog guys
Who is boatman Benjamin and what is the GRP if doom? Thanks for watching! Jo
He has you tube vlog like you guys ...and perseverance appeared in one of his latest vlogs.
Really! Will have to go and look him up! Thanks! Jo
George looks super cute
Thanks Emma, I have to agree! Jo
Come to the Caldon canal and cruise alongside steam trains...... my local canal and one of the nicest on the system Nev NB Percy ( going to sleep listening to the ice creaking along the side of the boat )
We'll get there eventually, once the ice stops creaking long enough! M
Hope you both are ok as the weather is freezing ....George looks very sleek! looking good. Are you iced in?Thank you for the vlog. Take care xx
Very extremely iced in, but comfortable in our boat. Only downside is I'm eating cereal with lumps of frozen milk right now. M
Funny....but does it taste better!!! Ha..
Very educational. I have noticed that Michael is quiet good at history. Is that just a hobby or was it a past profession? Like teaching? I am guessing you don't have bow thrusters on your boat? I can't imagine trying to control that much length in a narrow canal in a strong crosswind. Quite the haircut for George, more of a summer cut but with his energy I am sure he will stay warm. Watching him try to get your attention during the history lesson was a riot. I noticed how far you moved from the town, don't you worry about being frozen in and not being able to get food and water? Or having to walk a LONG ways to get it. And how do they handle it if you are on a four day mooring and you get frozen in for an extended period?
Just a hobby; I'm whats known as an autodidactic polymath ... aka "A Know-It-All" ... I'm fascinated by pretty much anything that isn't sports or music. Wouldn't mind teaching, but I've never done it professionally, just ran some tutorial sessions for a few companies over the years.
We do have now thrusters, but they're not as powerful as people think, and won't do a damned thing in the wind. They're dead helpful pushing away from short, or reversing, but a stiff wind will overpower them right quick.
We actually ended up mooring just a 1/2 mile from town, not a bad walk at all, though a bit worse in the biting snow. When you know this sort of thing's coming you try and get somewhere sheltered with reasonable access to services, and this isn't bad at all. M
Loved the video as always, but as someone who was born in Hinckley, I am slightly disappointed at the typo in the title, but I'll get over it...perhaps
Whoops! M
Look at me trapped on this boat, HELP I am being dognapped.
Dognapped I say! G
You missed a bit: A horse, a horse, my kingdom for a horse......
I wonder, did he actually say that? And what are the odds there wasn't some poor farmer in earshot with a nag and a willingness to take the throne? M
It’s a good line from that nice Mr Shakespeare, but in my experience, when you fall off a horse your language is a bit more fruity.
I've had similar experiences, and I'd tend to agree. M
I think im here really early 😂😂
We were watching George while Michael was describing the battle. You forgot the 'c' in Hinckley.
🙊 Oops!
I did feel bad for George when I watched the footage back! All he wanted was to have his ball thrown for him! Jo
You've invented tilting narrowboats that can go faster round corners 😂😂😂
Now can you invent tilting solar panels that look good as I'm really struggling to find something that a) works b) looks great.
Do yours fit round the curve of the roof? Or are the straight?
We customised is brackets to fit out very curved roof. This video has all the details! czcams.com/video/iBn9iw5JE4s/video.html
I hope it’s useful. If you have any other questions then just let us know. Jo
George is going to need a nice, warm, woolly coat now. Maybe waterproof. Maybe a puffer jacket, down filled. Once you start messing with what nature gave you, there's no end. ;)
🤦🏼♀️ Poor George! We really didn’t time it very well! Jo
Perhaps with the puffer jacket Jo and Mike could add a chain with a VW car badge, a rear facing baseball cap, and four little Nike's with no laces.
I'm not sure he could pull off the cap... wrong sort of ears! M
hi sometimes when you are speeding through the country side could you think of us on the other side of the ball and slow down as we in OZ havent seen "the old country" thanks
We have considered doing a slow motion video. :-) M
Really nice film -I enjoyed that thanks. With reference to the shallow water aspect - I assume you are familiar with en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Squat_effect - I realise that being on a canal does not give you a whole load of options - but essentially reduce speed but retain enough to maintain rudder authority.
If I'm doing the math right in my head at nearly 11PM, I think it's pretty hard to substantially involve squat effect with a narrowboat moving at canal velocity unless you're in water just 2-3 inches deeper than our draft. M
the realities are complicated - depends on the width of the canal and the UW volume and shape of the boat - and the contours of the canal bed. you would only be interested in squat when conditions were marginal (i.e. almost touching bottom) - you might be right on the 2 to 3 inches - I am not going to exercise my grey cells at this time of night - I have just finished proof reading my daughter's Masters dissertation and I am now in gross neural deficit!!
If The Ashby is shallow now what’s it going to be like in the summer.
It was only bad between bridges 30 and 32, the rest has been fine! Jo
While you two are an adorable couple, I love George. He has me laughing out loud here in Colorado.
He knows he's the center of attention. Mainly because I keep falling off the bed while Jo gets squished under the gunwale. M
Interested to know having cruised most of the winter would you do it again or will you plan to Moor in a marina ??
I can’t see us ever wanting to stay in a Marina. We get itchy feet after a week or so in one place and the winter cruising has been fun. Just need to be a bit organised and keep an eye on the weather forecast! Jo
May I ask what wattage your panels are? I'm putting some on my narrowboat next week and could use the information please.
Sure, they're 335W LG panels, two of them wired in series (as per the panel provider's advice). M
thanks good comentary - richard 3rd and king john capable administrators i have read but murders (evidence not withstanding) My mothers uncle's family tree linked to The astons of tixall ,, the gate house on stafford and wochester canal ,the tixall wide ,i have a Html data base and still don't know who's side i am on , uncles on both side of battle field , still looking for Treasure and castle to claim , but wait Taxes hmmm maybe just treasure
Funny how capable administration and murder often go hand in hand. M
An ending summary might have been Henry Tudor or Henry VII, a member of the Lancaster house, defeated the last Yorkist king Richard III in 1485. He then married Elizabeth of York, daughter of Edward IV who was the first Yorkist king of England, to unite the two houses and create the House of Tudor. A romantic ending/beginning ,if you were not one of the dead ones , oh my make it stop , thank you for the walk thru
Thought Michael would enjoy Bosworth. Jo, not so much, apart from the walk.
She loves hearing me prattle on!! M
George is clearly NOT a history buff. #kidstoday
No! Seems that PE is his favourite subject! Jo
George would love Wimbledon.
I'm pretty sure Wimbledon wouldn't love him. M
You really brought the wars of the roses to life, it's almost as if you were there... but of course: czcams.com/video/nIciw2Rgz50/video.htmlm45s (& czcams.com/video/nIciw2Rgz50/video.htmlm26s)
Hi are you continuing up the coventry then down the trent and mersey towards the shardlow area because if you are i would love to provind transport and acompany you to the Midland Railway - Butterley museum and if the dates work out you would get the chance to ride on a steam powered train and visit a brilliant museum. Have a look at there wesite and let me know if it will work for you.
Well thank you very much for that! I shall check out the website, though at the moment we're not totally sure what direction we're going after the Ashbey (or, until the chill lets up, even when we'll finish it). But it sounds like a great option if we turn that way! M
No problem :-)
Was that a big hot chocolate M had in the glass mug while you were dining outside?
It was indeed! Jo
Minimal List Mmmmmmm
I completely missed the history lesson because my eyes were drawn to George the whole time, sorry ;)
Happens to the best of us! M
I recon by now you are frozen in
We are indeed! Jo
And the big question is "are you all nice and warm onboard?".
We are all toasty warm! 😊 Jo
What are you guys talking about -10C is a balmy spring day in Edmonton. ha ha You just are trying for the sympathy vote.