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- In this narrowboat vlog, we make some changes to where we usually moor and how we fuel our boat. We take two wonderful cruising journeys towards and then out of beautiful Lincoln, so please sit back, relax and enjoy this week's episode of The Mindful Narrowboat. Take care x
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Beautiful Inspiration by OlexandrIgnatov
Emotional Inspirational Documentary by Gentle Jammers
Relaxing Breeze by Hunger
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Watching this vid made me remember from my childhood when people lived in cottages by level crossings, canal locks, and various other spots that needed reliable care. Those people were not paid much (could get the living now though in exchange with low rent where they could take other work) but they took pride in their surroundings, knew the area and kept everything shipshape. I saw so many of those places I would have liked to live. Todays vid brought it all back.
It is so lovely to know that this vlog brought back so many memories for you- thank you so much for telling me this. Take care🌻🦋
That cathedral was beautiful. A work of art.
It was so impressive to see.Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Have a super week. Take care 🦋🌻
As everyone has said a beautiful, informative & educational vlog. Think one of the TV channels should have you 'onboard' as honestly watching you is far superior to any Tv programme. Hope the HVO works well for you and am sure it could be adapted to suit all vehicles too, what a save that would be for the environment, as what will they do with all the car batteries that eventually will be past their sell by date. Your poetry and drawings are sublime and can't wait to be able to purchase one of your beautiful books, don't forget to add a pawprint or two of the lovely adorable Zephyr as well. Take care and keep smiling x
Hi Cat, that is such a beautiful comment. Thank you so much for your kind words; it means a lot to me to read them. I also love the idea of Zephyr paw prints on my book!🐾🐾 Have a super Sunday and wonderful week ahead. Take care🌻🦋
Great vlog again, your not far from me now, you must stop at “Woodhall spa” if that’s the way your going next,it is a really nice place with a great little kinema in the woods, l will look out for you it would be lovely to meet you in person.Steve
Oh my goodness Steve, Woodhall Spa sounds amazing! Hopefully I will be there soon. Definitely come and say hello if you see us. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super Sunday and week ahead 🦋🌻
Sooooo Great !!!!!
......makes me feel Happy!!!!
Many Thanks 👍!
That is so lovely to know. Thank you so much 😊 Take care🦋🌻
Who is Mr M who always turns when you have a problem. Love watching your travels on utube every evening with my lovely German Shepherd. I'm on the West Coast of Scotland. Keep cruising 👍
Please give your German Shepherd a big hug from me. Mr M is my husband, but he doesn't appear in the vlogs due to his work's code of conduct and social media rules. Thank you so much for watching. Have a super rest of the week, take care🦋🌻
This was just amazing you started out by showing how much you really care about the earth and the life on it. Then you took us through a big city and showed us the parks where wild life abounds. At the end the spot you found to moor was so cool that sun set was just amazing or was it a sun rise? Not sure thanks again for best 20 mins I have had today. Steve PS my crow friends are coming back a few at a time. :)
I am so pleased that your crow friends are coming back! This week, I noticed them here as they started all gathering again. I am so pleased that you enjoyed the vlog and thank you so much for such a lovely comment. Have a super Sunday and wonderful week ahead 🦋🌻
loved this one l have family in Lincoln and so many good memories of my childhood, thanks for sharing and making my heart feel happy seeing the stunning cathedral, l miss it there x
Lincoln is so beautiful isn't it? I loved my time there.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super rest of the week. Take care 🌻🦋
Highbridge-Spectacular❤️❤️❤️!
Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Happy Easter! Take care 🦋🌻🐣
Thankyou for another beautiful vlog.
Ian, you are so welcome and thank you for such a lovely comment. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🌻🦋
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Good evening 😊 love the way you narrate your videos with lots of local knowledge 👍🏻 Your drawings are beautiful just like Zephyr and you 😍
I'm so pleased that you're enjoying them. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care🦋🌻
Another wonderful video. Thank you for the history and the poem.
Christine, you are so welcome and thank you for such a lovely comment. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat and you also.
a dog has to do what a dog has to do. thumbs up for you and all those who are doing there part to protect our wonderfull home earth, thanks for highlighting wildlife and have a good day
Thank you so much, Pancrazio for your lovely comment. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻🐾🐾 You are so right about dogs!
Your channel is the very BEST Narrow Boat channel
Thank you so much for such a lovely comment, Paul!😊 Have a wonderful rest of the week. Take care🌻🦋
Thank you so much for such a lovely comment, Paul!😊 Have a wonderful rest of the week. Take care🌻🦋
Hi Vanessa I have become addicted to your vlogs having now watched so many of your canal journeys , deliciously informative so entertaining its a little like a school trip every week or so which is really fab . I myself in 1974 / 75 travelled around the UK n the Continent as Australians do n loved it all particularly the countryside so different to Australia , well done love your work kind regards Josh Moss Melbourne .
I am so pleased that you are enjoying the vlogs, Josh. The school trip bit made me chuckle! 🤭 I'm glad you liked your visit to the UK when you came. I loved the year that I spent in Australia when I was younger. Have a super rest of the week. Take care 🦋🌻
Lincoln is a beautiful city. A fantastic vlog great to escape on your travels with you
It is lovely to have you virtually join us on our travels, Paul. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super Sunday and wonderful week ahead🌻🦋
Another lovely film always enjoy them 👍 oddly always been attracted to the canals then found out my ancestors were bargees many years ago
How amazing to have ancestors from the bargees! I would love to have that in my family tree. I think you'll end living on a boat one day now. Thank you for your kind comment. Take care🦋🌻
Thank you for another fascinating video Vanessa and for showing me Lincoln and the Cathedral, lots of lovely wildlife as well. Well done for trying out the new fuel,good luck with that.
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Hello, Christine, I hope you are well? Thank you so much for your lovely comment and I am so pleased that you enjoyed the vlog. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻
Thanks Vanessa for a beautiful vlog with your great knowledge of the wildlife and the lovely picture of the swallow and poetry about the young swallow. Take care and all the best. Stevie
Stevie, you are so welcome! Thank you for your lovely comments. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🌻🦋
Another wonderful video capturing so much of nature. Always love the poem and artwork at the end.
It is always a pleasure to read your comments, Michael. Thank you so much 😊 Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🌻🦋
MorningVanessa another great video as always. Never disappointed to see what you have video,d. love the fact your doing your bit for environment hope it’s worked out better for you. Have great week 👍
Hi Sandy, thank you for your lovely comment. At the moment, I am testing the new fuel out to see how it is working, and so far, I am very impressed with it. If only all marinas and fuel boats sold it though because there wouldn't be an unnecessary delivery to one boat and plastic needed like the funnels that they sent me. Fingers crossed for that one!🤞Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻
Another wonderful vlog Vanessa. Lincoln is a beautiful city that I lived just outside of in the late 60s early 70s; and the Cathedral is a most magnificent building. Moving forward to the end of the 20th Century/beginning of the 21st, I was very fortunate (through my role as Manager of the St Matthew Housing supportive accommodation home for vulnerable adults in Wisbech) to meet an ex-Dean of Lincoln Cathedral - the Honourable Oliver Fiennes - who was Chairman of St Matthew's. A lovely, easily approachable man who was very caring but also had a mischievous twinkle in his eyes! It's strange what takes us on journeys of the mind and reminds us of yesterday; so thank you for reminding me of a job I loved and just one of the special people I met because of it. Your poem at the end was both beautiful and reflective. Take care xx
Jill, what a fascinating story and what a rewarding job that must have been. Is St Matthew Housing still there? It is so lovely to know that my vlog sparked a memory like that, so thank you so much for sharing that with me. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻
Splendid!! I love Lincoln,and your channel,
Thank you so much, Jim!😊 Lincoln must be one of my favourite cities to moor out of the ones that I have visited- it's just beautiful.🥰 Have a wonderful rest of the weekend and week ahead, take care🌻🦋
Your vlogs are so well filmed and presented. I've got some good info from this Mrs Mindful and I've got a belly full of lovely veggie dinner. Ha ha . Really enjoyed it. Thankyou and goodnight.
Mr NB Will, what a lovely thing to say, thank you so much! ☺️ I'm glad you enjoyed the dinner. See you soon! 🦋🌻 and a filthy👍
Hi Vanessa. Have never been to Lincoln but it looks like a beautiful city to visit. Good on you for trying an alternative fuel. Love the drawing of the Swallow. Take care. Nick
I totally recommend Lincoln and I am looking forward to spending more time there on the way back. Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care🌻🦋
Just stumbled on your channel over the weekend. Everything I love, nature, wildlife and narrowboats. Have subscribed my wife and I are going through your videos.👍👍💖💖
Hello The Wandering Ponderers and welcome aboard! It is so lovely to hear that you are both enjoying the vlogs and that we share the same interests. Have a wonderful rest of the week. Take care🌻🦋
I am in awe of the age of the bridge dated from the 1500’s. Beautiful. Again a lovely video. 🌳
Isn't that bridge spectacular? Lincoln is a stunning place and I loved every minute of my visit. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat It's so nice to go with you to new parts of the country I've not visited. Lincoln is obviously steeped in history. Beautiful place!
Hi Vanessa, thankyou again for an interesting vlog. I loved the Red sky reflecting on the water at sunset. You capture so much beauty within nature. ❤
Hi Sheila, thank you so much for such loveliness!😊 I do adore a pretty, sunset sky🥰 Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🌻🦋
Lincoln is a great city Love the High Bridge I found myself ducking down as you went under some of those bridges anyone else do that too? 🙂 The sculpture is just beautiful isn't it I want to just stand and look at that for ages and then some more ages in the cathedral! You always get some beautiful wildlife shots Thank you Enjoy your mooring there
I feel exactly the same about ducking down at the low bridges on the video!😁 Lincoln is full of beautiful wonders to stare at isn't it? 🤩 Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻
❤😊aww wonderful thank you
Thank you so much, Red🤗 Have a wonderful rest of the weekend🦋🌻
Beautiful artwork. I love watching your videos xx
Thank you so much, Catherine🤗 It is so lovely to know that you are enjoying the vlogs. Have a fab Friday, take care🌻🦋
What a beautiful ode to a swallow! They are magical to watch flying. Lincoln looks like a great place to visit and passing under that ancient timber-frame building was stunning. Another lovely vlog. Thankyou Vanessa, Zephyr and Mr M. :) :)
Thank you so much, Wendy for such a lovely comment. I totally recommend a visit to Lincoln; what a stunning city! I am really pleased that you enjoyed the vlog. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🌻🦋
My wife and I enjoyed visiting Lincoln and its magnificent cathedral at the height of summer 2022. We desperately needed to find shade and found some in the cathedral grounds. Thank you for rekindling some lovely memories, but more so for showing Lincoln from a boaters perspective, oh so different.
I’m continuing to dip in and out of your back catalogue. Interesting to find that this was when you switched to HVO. 👍😀
Cathedrals and churches are amazing places to visit when it is really hot. Some churches put signs up on the towpath on very hot days welcoming boaters in to escape the heat of their steel boats.Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Merry Christmas and a happy New Year! Take care🦋🌻🎄
As others have already said, another beautiful vlog! Thank you!
Informative, wholesome, interesting, and showing all things beautiful with an amazing drawing and piece of poetry too!
James, that is such a lovely comment. Thank you so much!☺️ Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻
My home City Lincoln Allthough my narrow boat (Viceroy) was at Alvechurch Birmingham Worcester Canal never ever saw the wildlife in Lincoln like you do Thanks my Friend x
I love Lincoln it is one of my favourite cities to visit by boat! Thank you so much for your lovely comment. I'll look out for Viceroy on the cut. Have a super rest of the week, take care🦋🌻
Liquorice Park is over the road where I went to school although is was an allotment for years and there were a few fights to stop development by the council. You missed the Green Dragon Pub visited by medieval highway robbers in the past - some probably never left...The Brayford was bounded by a marshalling yard before the University came and a swing bridge over the Foss Dyke which I used to cycle over. Lincoln was more grim in the past but now it is pretty. The Stokes Cafe (really good coffee importers for a hundred years) is the shop on the High Street Bridge. Born and bred in Lincoln now gone, travelled around but still home in Lincolnshire - no better place!
What a super comment! I will revisit on my way back and try to get to the places that you mentioned. I’ll take care in The Green Dragon Pub though’😂 Lincoln is my favourite city now. Thank you for watching and commenting. Have a wonderful weekend 🌻🦋
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James you are so welcome! Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🌻🦋
thank you for the tour, really enjoyed it
Thank you so much for watching and commenting, take care🦋🌻
Hello Vanessa - greetings from Poland
An absolutley breathtaking video. In content, one of your very best. What a great idea to change your fuel supply. Please let us know how it compares to the diesel you used to fuel the boat with.
Linciln is very beautiful - thanks for the town and catherdral tour. Gorgeous wildlife, beautiful camera work and lovely commentery. Your poem left a little bit of sadness behind. Soon the swallows will be off to warmer climates. We will have to wait patiently for them to return in 2023.
Hello to you Michael! Thank you for such a lovely comment too.☺️ I will keep you updated on how the fuel is going. I will be sad to see the swallows leave, already I have stopped hearing the chiffchaff, but our winter visitors will arrive and I always look forward to spotting them. I hope all is well in Poland and that you are enjoying the summer. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻
Good for you for buying the HVO. I've heard good reports about it and I think it might be just as green as an electric motor and batteries, all things considered.
Hi Bicyclehub, thank you so much for your lovely comment. I think you are right about the electric and HVO, but you do need to check how the HVO is being sourced so there’s no palm oil in it. Now, I will just see how it goes as we use it🤞 Have a super Sunday and wonderful week ahead.🦋🌻
Good evening Vanessa, very beautiful city and very beautiful cathedral, swallows are unfortunately very threatened, here in Belgium it is forbidden to destroy nests and it is punishable, have a good week you and your loved ones
Hi Jean Louis, I am so glad that Belgium are protecting the swallows. Hopefully their numbers will increase as a result 🤞Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻
Brilliant vlog 👍Just a quick comment this week Vanessa has I've got shingles on my head and is effecting my vision in one eye. 😬
Oh Simon, I really hope that you aren’t suffering with shingles. It is such a horrible illness. Thank you so much for the huge effort it must have taken to send me a comment. I am so grateful. All of us here wish you a very speedy recovery. Look after yourself 🌻🦋❤️🩹
what talent 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
That is a very kind thing to say, thank you 🤗 Merry Christmas 🎄🎄🌻🦋
You'd LOVE it here in New Hampshire USA!! I have moose, bear, Lynx, wolf, coyote, white tailed deer, Bald eagles, red tailed hawks, ruby throated hummingbirds, oriels, jays, cardinals, fisher, weasle/stoat, otter, beaver...pretty much every single N.American animal except elk...in my yard! Like, literally...IN MY YARD!
Oh my goodness your yard sounds like my kind of paradise! It must be incredible to watch all of that wildlife outside your window. Take care🦋🌻
This makes the heart ♥ soar like an 🦅 eagle, Thank you
How absolutely lovely! Thank you some much, Titus Wumkes. ⭐️ Peace and happiness to you. Take care🦋🌻
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Poor Zephyr. Bless her. What does she think of being in a cathedral?
As every week so lovely. All the history you know. How nice to create such a community in a city. What beautiful birds. Things must feel so up close to you on your boat in a way we can't see such lovely things. Be well. Have a good w/end.
Zephyr liked saying hello to everyone in the cathedral but she loved the park afterwards. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super Sunday and wonderful week ahead🌻🦋
I was at Lincoln recently on a mini holiday, isn’t the Cathedral magnificent? Zephyr loved the park, especially rolling around and getting mucky. Another fabulous vlog, with lovely wildlife. Thanks for making me feel more relaxed, I’m glad the bio oil was a success. Take care you 3. Lots of love. X
What a lovely place to have a holiday, Shirley. It is such a beautiful and interesting city and I will spend a bit more time there on my way back. Thank you so much for your super comment. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻
Thank you again for another truly brilliant episode, Lincoln, I grew up in devon, my mother was born in Lincoln so every summer we went to Lincoln to visit relatives. In the 60s in a Bedford dormobile it took a lifetime to get there, we left glorious devon in sunshine & arriving in wet, cold, windy Lincoln for a whole week was hell. At the age of 10 i chose to stay at a friend's house rather than go again. FF>> 50Yrs I was invited to a wedding there so I went, what ? It was sunny glorious sunshine, what a beautiful historic city it is so much to see & do I loved it, I also heard Brayford pool was nearly turned into a car park before it became what it is today. And thank you for bringing back some memories
Hi Rick, what a super comment; it did make me chuckle to hear about avoiding the wet visits to Lincoln. You were living in beautiful Devon where most of us would choose to be in the summer- lucky thing! Lincoln is beautiful too though and definitely somewhere I could live one day. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, take care🌻🦋
Thank you for taking us into and showing us around the cathedral , I have never been and it looks amazing !.
I loved my time in Lincoln! Thank you so much for your comment. Have a super week, take care 🌻🦋
Thank you Vanessa , sorry I am about a year behind in watching your videos , but at least I am unlikely to run out for a while !. I really enjoy the way you capture the landscapes and wildlife , you do see some beautiful scenery on your travels . Thanks again . God bless you .@@themindfulnarrowboat
As I was watching this I got an alert on my mobile re a news item - a new species of bee has been discovered in Australia that has a dog like snout - the researcher who discovered it has named it after his dog....ZEPHYR!!!!
Oh my goodness, I shall have to look that up, what an amazing story and also scary that our phones listen to us! Thank you for watching, take care🦋🌻🐝
"Zephyr, its embarrassing now....?!" Thats the best laugh all day. its funny how you find your people, even so far away
oohh even a bit of a po'im.
😂🐾🐾 There is never a dull moment with Zephyr around! Thank you so much for your comment. Have a super rest of the week. Take care 🌻🦋
Just had to watch that one again..isnt Mother Nature pretty...what was that tiny blue/black furry bug (the hitchhiker) and the colours in that swallow were so beautiful Vanessa..thankyou as always for bringing pleasure to WA
Thank you Jenny for watching twice! The hitch hiker was a banded demoiselle. They are so pretty. Have a great day!🌻🦋
You too Vanessa
@@themindfulnarrowboat I looked up the banded demoiselle thanks for the info Vanessa...aren't they just beautiful?? My favourite colours turquoise and blue :)
Lovely video of Lincoln, Vanessa. We visited Lincoln a couple of years ago on a coach holiday. Unfortunately, our coach damaged the nearside mirror on the way there and we spent an hour in a Stagecoach bus garage where one of their fitters replaced it. So we never did get to see the city itself, only the cathedral. So an interesting day.
What a shame that happened to you on your trip. Hopefully, you can go back one day and revisit it? Have a super rest of the week. Take care 🌻🦋
Lincoln Cathedral is such a beautiful structure as...and then there's the windows, just stunning 😍
Loved the view of Highbridge from your boat and appreciated the little extra bit of history of the building you gave...this makes you and your channel an absolute must for me.
The images of Lincoln at the end of the vlog for me, really hit the mark.
My favorite genre of photography is sunrise/sunsets.
I have a folder full of this very subject in photography!
Zeph scratching... my retarded Springer does it all the time - it's the collar that he probably hates so wonder if it's the same with your dog?
Once again, a wonderful vlog Vanessa
Thank you for your lovely comment, Rossi! It could well be Zephyr's collar, as I have not seen her scratch when she doesn't wear it. She just had to give the cathedral carpet a little ear wipe on the way in though!😂🐾🐾 Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🌻🦋
Beautiful, calming and wonderfully interesting. Thank you 🙏❤️
Well, I'm chuffed to bits with this comment, Suzie☺️ Thank you so much! Sending you sunshine and a cool breeze🌞🌬 Take care🦋🌻
I like your poetry x
Thank you so much, Richard. It is lovely to know that you enjoy the poetry. Have a wonderful week. Take care🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat also I admire your love of nature. You look with wonderment like through the eyes of a child x
I really enjoyed this episode!
Lincoln was such an amazing city to visit. Thank you for watching! Take care🦋🌻
Love your vids ✌️✌️✌️✌️
Hi Neil, it is lovely to know that you are enjoying the vids. Thank you so much for your lovely comment! Take care🦋🌻
I like your vlogs...... I'm now a subsriber................ Robbie
Welcome aboard, Robbie and thank you so much for your lovely comment. I am chuffed to bits that you like the vlogs! Have a wonderful rest of the week. Take care🌻🦋
Have just today seen your site. Have subscribed, will be watching back vlogs. Wishing you all the best.
Welcome aboard, John and thank you so much for subscribing!😊 It is lovely to know that you are going back through the vlogs. Have a wonderful rest of the week. Take care🌻🦋
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I particularly enjoyed this weeks vlog.it was so very relaxing just watching you cruising beneath those amazing bridges.it looked so fantastically peaceful.wow what a beautiful breathtaking cathedral in the heart of Lincoln
The architecture was totally stunning with that majestic tower.I think that idea was a great initiative on your part using that oil to run one’s narrowboat engine .the oil was a good price too.this is the way to go.you should be commended for your action for cleaner air quality on the canal system.I just loved your drawing of that beautiful swallow with the red breast.your so very artistically talented.I thoroughly enjoyed watching that fascinating blue tit just sitting there preening his feathers .thank you once again for such a brilliant feedback to all my questions.it was so lovely to read your very enlightening totally superb answers.I’m curious to know.since the both of you and zephyr started living on your narrowboat.have you ever encountered a really terrifying experience whilst cruising the cut.that the both of you had second thoughts about.living on a boat.if so did this isolated incident nearly deter you from living your amazing carefree lifestyle on your boat.also is there a need to have adequate security measures in place onboard a narrowboat.to prevent an unwanted intruder from forcefully breaking in.a matter of interest.has mr mindful had a go at this new craze.magnet fishing from your boat into the canal.it looks like it might be fun to try.
You never know it could be very lucrative in its application.I would like to say.you surely have a very endearing quality about you.your tremendous excitement for the wildlife is truly infectious.you certainly are so knowledgeable about all kinds of wildlife that is around us.showing the fascinating wildlife in all its stunning beauty through your amazing vlogs.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend and week ahead cruising together.
Hello Anthony, I really hope you had a great week last week? Thank you so much for another brilliant comment with equally brilliant questions. Throughout the time of living on our boat we have had one frightening experience but it did not make us question our lifestyle. It was around midnight and suddenly extremely loud bangs were coming from our roof and near to the windows. The sound was horrendous and I was absolutely frozen to the spot. Mr M however is much braver than me and he opened the door to see what was happening. From the other side of the canal, someone was throwing rocks, big rocks and some of them landed on the roof, but he was aiming for the windows we think. Mr M bellowed in his loudest voice and frightened the rock perpetrator to a near death, but he found his legs and ran into the night. No further rocks hit our boat but I slept that night with one eye open. As soon as the sun made an appearance, we started the engine and left, that is after carefully placing the rocks onto the towpath. We did call the police but Rock Throwing is not on the top ten crimes worth solving list. Mr M and I only get the magnet out when we drop things in the canal which actually is quite often. We did this just the other day when the row lock from our tender sank and we found it! Magnet fishing lost its appeal for us when we read stories of unexploded bombs sticking themselves to the magnet! Have a super Sunday and wonderful week ahead🦋🌻
Fantastic vlog....informative regarding the veg oil...not surprised the engine was better sounding...diesel is not heavy oil anymore..its refined to take out the particulates it's rubbish Germany Poland have not done so...i use 2stroke oil with it..although my Passat will run on bio fuel ..less mpg...must change oil filter more often !!!!
Hi Stephen, thank you for your lovely comment, so far the HVO has run really well and is heating the water through our heating system perfectly too. My wish is to have it more readily available in the marinas and on the fuel boats; that way, there would be no need for all of the additional packaging that individual deliveries take. Have a wonderful rest of the week. Take care.🦋🌻
Thanm youfor siowing arounb breath taaking love yt an your dod is so sweet too chers
What a lovely, comment! Thank you so much DB😊 Have a wonderful rest of the week. Take care🦋🌻🐾🐾
went to Lincoln Cathedral many years ago while at university in York....
I bet it was beautiful studying in York. Have a wonderful rest of the week. Take care🌻🦋
The old bridge with the building on top is amazing, Wow. Is the little wooden boat you were towing new? Or have I somehow lost the plot? Talking of which , I seem to have missed the new daisy on the side of the boat. Anyway, loved it all as usual. Can't wait for the next one Take care all. Russell.
Hi Russell, thank you for your lovely comment. The little boat is called Little Alice and we keep her in storage over the winter and get her out for the summer so that we can explore the water that doesn't fit a narrowboat. Hopefully, I will be able to film some adventures on Little Alice. The daisy is still a work in progress as I have struggled to find moorings that are suitable to paint on. I am going to finish the first side and do some lettering first and then move onto the other side. I will film it. and put it in a vlog. 🤞 Have a wonderful weekend and take care🌻🦋
Good to see Zephyr was allowed in the House of God. After all dog spelt backwards seems very appropriate.
It was lovely to be able to take her in the cathedral, but sadly, dogs aren't allowed in the castle, although it was also a relief as there are hundreds of steps to climb up that castle🥵! Thank you for watching. Take care🦋🌻🐾🐾
Vann, Hi very interesting vlog. When you first said HVO, I thought you were signing up for HBO TV. LOL
Does Alice now smell like a floating chippie now? Is your HVO fuel Vegan? Looks to me like you found a way around electric boats with HVO, good show! Nice to see Little Alice tagging along. Enjoy the rest of this beautiful summer!
Hi John, your comment really made me laugh! As yet, we don’t have any queues forming outside the boat looking to buy cod and chips and remarkably, there aren’t any smells at all…yet! However, our boat broke down yesterday, and I thought it was the HVO, but it was a purely mechanical issue and unrelated! Phew! I hope you have brought Mrs John a nice birthday pressie? Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a wonderful weekend 🌻🦋🍟🍤
You should publish your books they would fly off the shelves in this technocratic age much love and peace✌️✌️✌️✌️
That is such a kind thing to say, thank you so much 😊 Take care🌻🦋
So much history and tradition. I have noticed that English people seem to be big on volunteering for projects to improve their communities. Sadly, here in the U.S. that is not the case. This is a stupid question but on your coffee page what does the cost break down into U.S. currency? Finding a new video is like Christmas morning thank you so much.
Hi Francis, I am so glad that you enjoyed the history this week. I am always amazed by the work of volunteers and when I hear about their work it reminds me how many good people there are out there. The coffee page is, I think, 6.04 dollars? But I’m not sure? I just converted £5 to dolllars? Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a super Sunday and a wonderful week ahead.🌻🦋
Another wonderful video, super helpful in planning our journeys. Aquaduct marina near Nantwich have a HBO fuel pump. When did the rowing boat appear!? Rob and Lucy NB Jasmine
Do you know if they still have that pump? Hats off to them if they do! I keep “Little Alice” in storage until the summer; she is a fold away but the roof is running out of space!😃Thank you so much for your lovely comment, safe cruising!🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat I'm sure they do still have the pump, they are trying to be the greenest marina possible! ☀️
I hope the new fuel works out for you. Is it being used more by other vehicles as well? Loved the journey today =-) Take care as always. =-)
Hi Lorraine, the fuel is not being used like it could be as it is so hard to get hold of. Cars and road vehicles are not allowed to use it at the moment due to tax rules. I found out how I could get some from a boater who had found New Era Fuels which is one of the only companies that will sell to individuals. Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super Sunday and week ahead 🌻🦋
My Casper was a Labrador, he was a bugger for the water, anytime down near the canal he had to be put back of the lead.. Otherwise, he was straight in there, even in winter...
Labradors eh!🤭 Zephyr swims all year round and apparently the breed are crossed with a Canadian water dog which would swim in icy waters to retrieve shell fish for fishermen and that explains why they have webbed feet and dry off so quickly. Thank you so much for watching, take care🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat Lovely video, thanks...
Brilliant to see you trying the change to HVO… how much more expensive did you find it compared to diesel?
Hi there, Mutant Monkey! The per litre cost that I paid for the HVO was £1.70 and then I had to add the delivery cost too. I really hope that they start selling it on the fuel boats and in the marinas as this would be so much easier and it would lower the cost too. I have already tested it on the heating system and it worked really well. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat ahhh it’s more expensive but not horrendously so… brilliant news … we will thankyou… hope you have a brilliant weekend where ever your moored 🙏🙏
Such beautiful and close up photography. Do you have a special camera (not that I know anything about camera's. Also loved your sketch of the swallow. Are you self taught or did you go to art school?
Thank you so much, WanabeHippie! I use a Panasonic LUMIX 2000 for most of my wildlife shots and my phone. I don’t know about cameras either to be honest but practising using them is a lot of fun so I recommend it. As for the artwork, I wanted to learn to draw when I moved onto my boat and I bought John Muir Laws Guide on how to draw and keep a nature journal. This has helped me improve and drawing every week has also helped me; my drawing was awful at the beginning!😂 Slowly it improves. Have a wonderful rest of the week. Take care🌻🦋
Greetings from Oz...if I may be so brave to say (as we didnt get a very good reception or support at the Comm Games..sad to say). Another lovely vlog Vanessa. Good luck with you bio fuel (?). I think it will be a thing of the future. Although not common over here yet I believe farmers etc use it...BTW did you forget the tail on your swallow dearheart? It did show up in your video...looking forward to catching up with some more of your escapades...
when you were in Oz did you go mostly to Queensland? To Brisbane? take care x
Hello lovely Jenny, I hope you are well. I am so sorry on behalf of those that did not make your athletes feel welcome. It is so embarrassing when some of our spectators behave that way. I can’t believe that I left off the swallow’s tail! Poor thing! Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a wonderful rest of the week. Take care🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat thanks Vanessa. I must say I thought B'ham was like Manchester eg more industrial in my mind... but it was quite beautiful, especially along the canals. Can you possibly answer my Queensland question Vanessa eg did you go to Brisbane? I have a particular reason for asking. Just yes or no, don't want details 😊🥰
I did go to Brisbane and I was there for about three months. Why do you ask?
@@themindfulnarrowboat ah its a secret...you will have to send me that address to find out ha ha
That's very interesting about the veg fuel. Do you have to modify your engine at all? Can you simply add it to existing conventional diesel?
You can mix it with what diesel is already in the engine and it will be fine. Also, it won't develop diesel bug as it repels it and any water content; it doesn't freeze in the cold temperatures, when you use it in your heating system no toxins will be released like diesel; it runs really well in the engine and we noticed that our engine was quieter, also if you accidentally spill any drops in the water, it doesn't create any slick and disappears immediately. Overall, I loved using it and filled Alice Grace 3 x with it, but it became unaffordable. I contacted Crown Oil who also sell it and they said at the moment, the domestic tax on it is causing the issues. The UK doesn't produce its own HVO and imports it. I am so sorry about the long answer, but I am very frustrated that we have a great, eco alternative to diesel that runs really well yet it isn't readily available and affordable. Thank you for your question. Have a super rest of the weekend, take care🌻🦋
@@themindfulnarrowboat Thanks for taking the time to reply 🙂. I've been thinking of converting my boat to electric but it's ultimately not practicable. I think I will give the EVA a go and take it from there. Cheers.
Does Zeph have allergies? Food? Dust mites? 🤔 How frequently does he itch? Does he lick paws? (Indicator, high yeast)
Zephyr has a strict flea and worm medication routine so that keeps her mite free. She doesn’t have any allergies so far🤞 Take care🦋🌻
If there was a space in those 60, is it first come first served basis?
I have some questions!! I was setting really jazzed about the idea of narrow boating...relocating from the U.S....selling my house..But now I've got reservations. Crime, break ins, price of mooring ?! Can you clarify? Will I be spending $1,000 GBP a month for mooring IF I can get one?!! I thought it was more like $$200/mo?!
Thank you for your questions. The license fee varies depending on your boat size and length and whether you are going to continuously cruise or have a permanent mooring. Look on the Canal and River Trust website for the cost breakdown. I have lived on my boat for nearly five years and so far, have not been broken into or the victim of crime so don’t worry about that one. I hope this helps you to keep your dream alive? Take care🦋🌻
Did you walk up steep hill 😂😂
I dragged myself up that steep hill, Chris, but what a view from the top! Thank you for watching. Have a wonderful weekend 🦋🌻
How do I order one of your art journals? Do you ship to the USA?
Thank you so much for your interest in my journals. I sell them in my Etsy shop: themindfulnarrowboat.etsy.com Take care🌻🦋
I'm famous!
Glad it worked for you. Enjoy the lack of smell 👍
Thank you so much, Dave for the great recommendation! Already it is so much quieter, there aren't any smells and it works really well when heating the water. Let's hope it will become more readily available and cheaper now. 🤞 Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻
Who is Mr M may I ask ?
Mr M is my husband who prefers to stay a mystery and doesn’t want to be in the vlogs. He always watches though. Thank you for watching. Take care🦋🌻
@@themindfulnarrowboat Thank you for your reply ..he's a very lucky man to have a lovely soulful woman like you ..
HVO should be more available everywhere, another gov fail.
It absolutely should be everywhere, Mike! It doesn’t make any sense to me why it isn’t now? Have a great day. Take care🌻🦋
Oh, no!!! Climate zongos.
Thank you so much for watching! Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻
Are you on Instagram?
Hi Simon, at the moment I am not on Instagram but I am going to set that and Facebook up very soon. I just need to get my head around how all of that works!🤯 (me) Have a wonderful weekend!🌻🦋