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150 narrowboat life UK - Filling Our Diesel Tank Shock But A Lovely Cruise Soothes The Pain
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- čas přidán 1. 01. 2024
- NARROW ESCAPE - our narrowboat life adventure. In this episode, we set off from lovely Stockton Heath and get all of about 100 yards before utilising the fantastic service facilities at Thorn Marine. We also fill up with diesel and get one heck of a shock in the process. How we manage to continue to talk for the rest of the video is beyond us ha ha! Anyway, come and join us for a cruise on the lovely Bridgewater Canal. Nice, nice, nice.
JOURNEY - Stockton Heath to Altrincham
CANALS - BRIDGEWATER CANAL
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I apologize for not subscribing earlier; there’s no excuse! I didn’t watch your episodes all the time, just when a felt a little “down “, when my 77 year old body screamed at me in the morning, or whenever I realized that I had more work to do than I would ever be able to get done during the time I have left. Basically, you’ve been an escape for an old man. Thank you!
No need to apologise Thomas - as long as you’ve sorted it finally now 🤣
On a serious note though we do like it when we can provide a little something for people, wherever they are and whatever they are up to.
Hopefully you’ll keep on chugging and cruising on our journey 👍
Nice 1 folks…
There is a paste that you can apply to your dipstick that will assist in detecting water in your fuel tank. I am sure that the chandlers or fuel places will carry it. There is a young woman, May, who has a you Tube channel about her narrow boating experiences and her yoga classes who has used the paste.
Other long term boaters will be able to assist in letting you know who supplies clean fuel and who doesn't. Also just ask your supplier what they do to address the issue in their holding tanks.
I doubt we’d get any sense out of a seller of diesel because no-one would admit to doing very little but the paste sounds rather interesting for sure!!
We should say having done some research we have decided to give Marine 16 a try.
I so love the Bridgewater. Started my life long love of canals at Sale Cruising Club at about six years old with my uncle Joe. A story that needs to be told. An almost blind guy that designed two canal boats. Had them part built by family members in the front room of his house (the first one anyway. Bosley) the second in an old pickle works in Salford. We had so many adventures on RAMONA. If you like people that love canals this story (and it is absolutely true I have pictures) would absolutely intrigue you. Keep safe and well.
Wowzers Nigel - that’s quite a feat!! Is he still alive?
@@NarrowEscape1 unfortunately he passed away quite young in 1976. Great guy though.
@nigelblair2182 I bet! They don’t make them like that anymore do they? 💪👍
Great commentary! Sue, you look fab in those sunglasses with your wooly hat - the glasses looked as if they almost matched your hair.
Thats lovely Mishka! Elliott’s really likes his sunglasses so he rarely lets them out of his sight 🤣
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Well done on vlog has always wish you well in 2024 bitter here today 3 and no heat or hot water me with my heart failure hubby with blood clot waiting on repair since Monday noshowyesterdy 🙏 hope they come today said 8 am still no one grrr probfreeze by time they bother rant over tc the oldies 🤗🤗
Oh my word - you need that fixing don’t you!!! Fingers crossed they can fix the problem straight away?
Wrap up warm you two 😬
Good afternoon fellow Joshers. I loved your commentry, there were some amusing moments. Diesel is expensive these days for sure. Funny enoguh, I found a diesel leak on my Josh just yesterday. I lost something like 30 litres into the bilge under the engine. Its all pumped out now and Ive isolated both supplies to the engine and diesel heating at their respective valves. Thats yet another job for me to do now lol. I hope you are weathering the storms and are not tempted to cruise in these extreme winds. Take it easy and see you on your nexct one. Peter.
Fellow Josher - love it Peter!!
Thanks for the kind comments. Diesel is expensive enough to buy without it leaking into the bilge. It happens though. We had a weep but luckily I saw it one day and tightened up the joint. Hopefully that’s all we will need to do but as you say there will always be something won’t there?!
As for diesel heating we’ve just removed most of our system. Haven’t decided what to replace it with yet because it needs plenty of research so will probably wait for better weather 🤣🤣
See you on the next one!
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Early morning and you're feeling flush. It's always good to empty your stored up unwanted business. BTW congratulations on securing the new contract.
Heading my way again, so hopefully I might spot you on the cut for a chat. It won't be Wigan or Blackburn.
Maybe Skipton to Bingley? ❤
Thanks Harry, the new contract was important so it’s great to have 👍
Wigan or Blackburn definitely not 🤣
Skipton to Bingley sounds nice 🤩
Hi Sue & Elliott, so disappointed we didn't get to see you and wave as you went by. Sorry also to hear about your experience at Hesford Marine ( we've heard your not the first) my wife Carol and I have a mooring at Lymm Marina just next door. We were so pleased and honoured to see our boat on your vlog (up so close to) 😍 your right Elliott she do's need a name, took delivery of her six months ago , still haven't been able to decide on one as yet. Really loving your vlogs, a Very Happy New Year to you both.
Hi there Steve - ah so it was your boat 🤣 It’s absolutely gorgeous - well done 👍👍
Yeah the naming must be a real pain when you get an un-named one!!
Happy New Year to you too 😍
@@NarrowEscape1Thanks for that 🥰 and a big thank you for the info on Marine 16 mentioned in one of your comments, something we've been worrying about to 👍
@@steveperrin1590👍👍😎
Thank you again, you had a lovely day for this bit. Happy New Year where ever you are!
Happy New Year to you too John 👍
The weather was lovely indeed so we can’t complain 😎
Ha ha.. I seen the kayaker with my face added, you can't get as handsome a bloke as me on a kayak, you made me giggle no end love it..
Pity you don't pass more kayakers I doubt that you tube could handle that many of me all at once 😅😅😅😅
Like the reference to sooty and sweep house 🏠 very good research or was it in your guide book lol.
Great to see Sue on the footplate so to speak on the tiller, like an expert for sure.
200 litres of diesel ⛽️ wow 👌
Would last me all year that...
Red diesel ?
Thinking of getting a diesel heater 🤔 cheaper to run and some will burn anything combustable from chip pan fat to whiskey 😅
Be useful on Josh maybe ? cheap to buy too.
Some great footage including the kayaker love seeing you clown about with your editing 👌
Kingfishers yup brilliant 👏
You need one to land on the tiller and video it..😮
Happy new year to you both and Charlie 😅
May Josh take you to the far far away galaxies of the canal and waterways for more adventures on one tank of fuel 😂
Kev the brinklow kayaker ... too much water flooding everywhere too dark to kayak on it.😢
Thanks Kev - we’re glad you enjoyed the little spot…made us chuckle when editing this video 🤣
JOSH came with a diesel heater, it was the thing smoking waaaaaaayyyyyyyy back in Episode 8 or something where we’d just picked JOSH up and he started smoking and Sue famously said “Fire, Fire, actual fire, I’ll close the door….”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 what the actual hell was she thinking????
@NarrowEscape1 don't remember that one will look back.
Have a few still to watch in the 50 or 60 section lol.. have written down what I've not seen yet.
Kev
Lovely bit of canal, lots to nose at. Nice to get an early start as you’ve got a fair bit to get done. The diesel price is much more than I thought it was for boat fuel. Do you still get to claim some back as heating fuel or has that little perk stopped now? Congratulations on getting the contract, hope it works out for you Sue 👍 take care both of you, and thanks for all your vlogs. Happy new year xx
Thanks Paul - we do enjoy the Bridgewater and all it has to see as you cruise along. The Government support is still open although I’m not sure if it’s confirmed for 2024 or not?
Thanks on the work contract, it was important and it’s great to have 👍
Happy New Year to you too 😍
Happy new year!!!
And to you too kind Sir 👍
Petrol is dearer than diesel here in NZ.
Though Petrol has come down recently from just below $3 (£1.49) to $2.53(£1.25) to $2.75 a litre. Its expensive when it takes a fifth of your weekly pension to fill the tank!
Oh really - has that always been the case (petrol to diesel relationship)?
In many respects it makes sense given petrol is a heavily refined product but as far as we can remember diesel has always been more expensive here, for whatever reason that is…
Ps a fifth of your pension to fill the car every week 😬😬😬
Another great vlog guys keep up the good work 👍. Still enjoying working my way through past episodes up to 97 👍🍻
Thanks Andy!
Congrats on making it so far 🤣
Happy New year to you both thanks for the video looks great say no more about the price of fuel you got to have it what ever the price like having a car for work we need it 😢 take care mate x
Hi David - Happy New Year to you too!
You are quite right on the fuel but I suppose we could not move the boat, but that’s to miss out on all the fun right?
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@@NarrowEscape1 yes very true there we very grateful for all the videos you do for us we follow three other cannal channels know lol 😂
Hey guys good seeing you again.
Try to get your head around the price of fuel by amortizing the cost over the time it will take to use up the fuel. What do you do about preventing diesel bug??
You are quite right Mark on that point and we do try and think like that.
5 mpg is a nasty figure but then a you rightly allude to 5 miles on the canals isn’t like 5 miles on the road in terms of time 👍👍
Diesel bug is an interesting one. We’ve heard so much conflicting info on this.
We’ve used a diesel system cleaner on a regular basis but have wondered whether regular top ups will assist. Much debate on this of course. What’s your view?
It appears that diesel bug is a microbe that lives in moisture and feeds on the vegetable biproducts that go into the modern diesels fuels. If one can keep their tank full then that helps to reduce the potential for condensation especially in the colder months.
By adding a product like Seafoam, the additive will also help keep the moisture down. I have used Seafoam myself, more as an engine cleaner and parts cleaner and find that it really is a good quality product. Check with one of the local chandlers.
Mark
Alberta, Canada@@NarrowEscape1
Thanks for that Mark that’s super helpful 👍
We’ll check out Seafoam today actually.
We’ve heard conflicting stories on the tanks and one of the things that has made us try running the last tank lower before filling up was that by topping up at each fuel point along the way you increase the chances of one of them having a diesel bug infestation and introducing into your tank.
Having said that I think topping up is a decent way to go and we’ll look into the Seafoam too.
Alberta, Canada - nice, nice, nice 👍
On a full tank How long can you go days or week before you need to fill up again
Hi Katy - nb JOSH does about 5 miles per gallon so it depends how far we want to travel but we should get about 200 miles out of a tank which, don’t worry, will last months rather than weeks or days 👍
Hi guys, was that a little grey furgy tractor hiding behind that fence? I do you like them😊
🤣🤣 or was it a MASSIVE tractor in the background?? That’s the question…
@NarrowEscape1 well it wasn't running in the field🤣🤣
@@micb5454🤣🤣 but are you 100% sure because the trailer was definitely in the foreground…
That's still cheaper than diesel in most parts of the US. Just providing a bit of perspective.
It does add a bit when the tax goes on top David but yes, it has certainly been worse here. It probably doesn’t look bad if you top up as you go along? Maybe that’s the way to do it!
What % of vehicles in the US run on diesel would you estimate out of interest?
@@NarrowEscape1 It's a low number. Like 3% Most diesel sold in the us is for Commercial trucks. We have a diesel RV though and it costs about $500 to fill. Although, I spend about $300 for our petrol Nissan SUV per month.
@@DavidBriggsAdventures Wow - 3% give it take is nothing. The tide has turned here on petrol vs diesel but nothing like that!
I remember doing 50,000 miles a year back in my corporate days but the fuel was at least paid for by a business who was benefitting.
It’s a necessary cost of being mobile though so if it what it is 👍
I feel your pain I just bought my boat before Christmas just took her out for my first ever cruise today stopped off at a boat yard and asked them to fill her diesel tank to the brim turns out it only needed an extra 66 litres but i thought it was £1 per ltr and found out it was £1.20 sign of the times everythings mor expensive PS interesting true fact about Wigan is it's the least sexy place to get a tattoo 😂😂
Wow - congrats on your new boat purchase and your first cruise Nathan, that is so cool!!! How was it?
Ps I think we might need the tattoo reference explaining?!! There are many things we wouldn’t want to have in Wigan, and one of them is a tattoo…
@@NarrowEscape1 tattoo joke is a play on words IE where's the least sexy place to get a tattoo ? Answer Wigan 😂😂 and yeah I loved it I bought a former hire boat and it's a really unique design because I have four conservatory size windows at the bow in the saloon and the hire firm leant me one of their workers for a few hours to help guide me out of the marina and safely onto the mooring but I loved every minute of being on the tiller he talked me through it the whole time and apparently I'm a natural and in a few days I'll have someone else highly experienced come over to show me how to turn the boat in a winding hole and go through a lock safely iv seen it done on vlogs many times but it's very different when it's my boat and want to get all the help I can until I'm confident
@@nathanberry4339🤣🤣 on that basis Wigan could be the answer for most stuff yeah?
Fabulous to hear you have someone coming to show you the ropes and it sounds like you totally have the right attitude - accept and listen to advice offered and learn good habits and to do things the right way. You’ve nailed it 👍👍
Curiosity has got the better of us - which canal/river are you on out of interest?
@@NarrowEscape1 I'm on the Kennet and Avon I live in trowbridge just in the process of selling my house and have retired at 39 I live with my two rescue dogs so I really can go anywhere all over the UK especially since serenity is a 56ft narrowbeam and I don't feel claustrophobic at all and I'm not the smallest of builds 😂😂 and thank you 😊😊
@@nathanberry4339That’s spooky - I said to Sue I bet you are on the K&A! Don’t know why, just thought you would be and there you are.
At 39 you’re good to go, with the dogs in tow! Soak in the help you’re about to be given, it’s a steep learning curve and you can always ask us a question if it helps and we’ll give you an honest answer 👍
Why is red diesel cheaper than normal diesel ? And what is your mpg ?
Hi Ian. One of these things I can answer with
clarity, the other slightly less so.
Clear answer - JOSH does 5 mpg.
Foggier answer - we think red diesel is cheaper to assist farm vehicles and the like from having to buy more expensive pump diesel. The might even be used for oil fires heating? Either way It’s tinted with a red dye so that the police could dip and test the fuel quickly if road vehicles chose to use it instead of pump diesel. The prices aren’t so different though these days also questionable whether it’s either a ‘thing’ or not?
No doubt someone with more technical knowledge will be along soon to give a better explanation but hope that helps?
@@NarrowEscape1 red diesel is low tax for agricultural and commercial marine use, dyed red for identification. I work on a farm.
The price is generally around 40% less than forecourt prices. Currently 82p/l for on farm delivery.
@justinmurphy5074 82 pence!!!!! Save us some please 🤣👍😎💪💪
How long will 200 litres last you?
It’s a good question Justin. nb JOSH does around 5mpg.
200 litres is about 44 UK gallons.
At that rate about 220 miles but that assumes we don’t run the engine excessively for energy, which we really try not to.
In a year we probably cruise around 500 miles or so, which is FAR, FAR, above most.
In some respects I wish I never worked out Josh’s MPG figure 🤣🤣
It amazes me that diesel is more expensive than gasoline when diesel is a byproduct of gasoline production. Very annoying even though I don't own a diesel anything.
It’s funny isn’t it? Petrol is highly refined, diesel not so but somehow the prices are the wrong way around!?! Can’t see it changing here anytime soon though.
Xx
Thanks Edward 😍
I take exception to 'speaking nice', clearly the person you're talking about should be called on their rude behavior, then perhaps they'll shape up and be nice themselves. And when you speak, name, names! I know it must be a British thing, so why keep perpetuating it by letting yourself be stepped upon, time and again?
Enjoyed the leisurely cruise. Be well, take care of yourselves ~ Lacy, Mike & Hamish 🐾💖🤗
PS. Why doesn't the CRT make the person that owns the sunken boat take care of it or have it remove at the owners expense? After all it's a danger to the canal and all those who cruise there. (as are the over grown areas)
We’re just being British about it 🙃
The point about the boat removal is an interesting one. The Bridgewater Canal is not owned or operated by the CRT, it’s run by a ‘private’ company. Presumably they have tried to have the boat’s owner sort it and failed and aren’t prepared to do it at their cost and then try and recover the costs of doing so afterwards? Now if it were to be in the middle of the canal blocking it then…?
Not really fair to rant about the price of diesel just before you flash up a buy me a coffee request. You are blessed to be able to do what you doing
Gosh 😢Who is ranting? What you have just seen is what we have always done, talk about a situation as it happens. No-one is ranting, about fuel prices or whatever.
Nor is anyone under any pressure to support the channel in any way whatsoever. Some chose to, many don’t. We appreciate all the channel support we get in ANY form people wish to do so but also totally respect the fact some people can’t/don’t etc for whatever reason- it’s how CZcams works and people are free to do as they please and enjoy the content however they wish, so to suggest we aren’t being ‘fair’ on viewers is..frankly unfair!
Ps the Buy me a coffee logos aren’t “a request” 😩
Thanks to Biden/Kamala's inflation I can no longer afford diesel in America.
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