NARROWBOAT | DISASTER strikes a LIVEABOARD LIFESTYLE | Episode 66
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- čas přidán 16. 09. 2023
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Welcome to our latest episode in our ADVENTURES in our TINY FLOATING HOME.
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In this episode as we have to experience highs and low as we cruise in our TINY FLOATING HOME towards Willington on the TRENT & MERSEY CANAL.
We get help from some lovely lock keepers, Jac nearly grounds the boat and we have the most curious conversation we have ever had in our ADVENTURING LIFESTYLE. Stay tuned to hear about ‘The Diddy Men’!!!
Sometimes in our OFF GRID LIFESTYLE we see sad things, today is one of those as DISASTER has clearly struck another LIVE ABOARD NARROWBOAT. We also discuss the logistical challenges of our LIFESTYLE as we remember good times with FAMILY onboard BORDER REIVER.
We hope you enjoy a look at our ADVENTURING LIFESTYLE xx
Season 2 | Episode 66
We are Jackie & Michael and we travel the British waterways network on our 57ft narrowboat Border Reiver. Join us each week for our latest adventures as we explore the UK.
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What a lovely couple you are I can see how much enjoyment boating brings you this so interesting your boat is so clean I'm impressed
Thank you 🙏 so much for your lovely comment… we adore BR and cruising the network. Brings us much joy 🤩
Lot's of nice spring flowers blooming in this video.
Yes, thanks. They were too beautiful not to include in the video. So pleased you enjoyed them.
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Thanks for your thumbs up and so pleased you are enjoying all our videos. Happy Christmas x
Hi guys, another great vlog, that was not just a lot of water , it was a tidal wave, lol.
Hi Julie, lovely to hear from you and yes a huge amount of water. Every lock has each own unique features and best ways of operating them. Sadly if it's the first time you've used a lock often things happen to bite you!! x
Under my bed in the back half are all the Christmas decorations. Shoes, boots, bedding and dog blankets in the front half lol.
You can never have too much storage can you Wendy. But everything has to have a place... we like a tidy ship!! Great comment thank you. x
The fabric device is called a “boom” and was placed around the burned out boat to prevent leaking floating oil from getting into the canal. Looks as though the boat has been there for a long time judging from the water weeds growing inside the boom.
Hmm yes great comment, we thought that from looking at the footage again and seeing the height of the weeds. Thanks for your comment and the information about the 'boom'.
What a great life free as a bird no stress
It’s not a bad life 😁
If Michael had bought a jar of jam off them he would have been rescuing a Damson in distress! I’ll get me coat 😂
Love it 🤣🤣🤣. You need to go on the stage with those jokes 👌
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Funny, but no Ken Dodd. 😉🙂
Some of the locks are scary. So sad seeing damaged boats. Like Michael said, someone’s hopes and dreams. Such a lovely video. I love watching the two of you. You make me giggle. Take care and Cheers.
So true about hopes and dreams. We are so pleased we make you giggle and that you enjoy them all still. Thanks so much for watching and commenting it means a lot to us both. xx
ha ha, what a set up for the luggage promo. Great acting 🙂
Thanks for your comment.
If you are dishing out Oscars then we’ll have one.. cheers! 😂😂
Very interesting video I thought that deep lock was quite scary. I just love the scenery around the canals it looks very peaceful and good for the soul. Thank you for the video 😊
Glad you enjoyed it Fiona x Hope we brought lots of different things to this video, the beauty of the canals, how you have to take care in locks and then sadness at seeing boats like that one x
Another fantastic video..thanks for sharing.
Hi again friend. Glad you enjoyed it..
take care xxx
Hi Guys
The Ken Dodd joke was that his witnesses were Diddy Pay and Diddy Hell or at least, that's the "family friendly" version 😂
That lock was a bit fierce! They're not like that round here - I live (in a house unfortunately) near Tring Summit on the Grand Union - they're rather more gentle.
Such a shame about those boats, especially the burnt out one. I agree with you, I hope nobody was hurt during it.
Thank you so much for all the lovely vlogs you do and taking us all to some great looking places.
All the Best.
Hi Richard..
Yes I do remember the joke as the non family version also and in my attempt at self control trying not to say the real joke I got it wrong! 😂😂
Lovely vlog, many interesting features and helpful characters making for a positive record of your journey. I love your new luggage, I bought my state of the ark black luggage 20 years😮 ago. They now look vintage 😂. Have a lovely week. Lots of ❤ from AZ 🇺🇸.
Yes we love making a record of our journey thanks for your comment. Hope AZ is good this week. x
Yet another enlightening video. Yes fire at sea or the water is a dangerous place, hence all the training we carried put in the RN. Keep up the good work and adventure
Hi Robert, yes they are dangerous, so pleased you loved this video. Thanks for the compliment we really appreciate them.
We always look forward to and enjoy.....Tricia and Neil
So pleased you both enjoyed and lovely to hear from you.x
I like to think you make the guys a cuppa and offer them a biscuit that help at the locks all day! Good turns should be reciprocated! Great video as always! X
You should play “happiness” in this video 😂 we’re a little younger and we know who Ken Dodd was! 😂
Great idea. So pleased you enjoy our little waterways adventures.
Havent been seeing your videos on CZcams for a bit. Glad to see you're both doing ok.
Hi Batman, we're still here, video every Sunday unless we have a special something to release mid week. So pleased you are enjoying and yes hope you are well too. 👍❤️
Another Great video you both are good to watch boat people help each other as pulling the loose boat in and taking care of strangers property. Sad to see sunken boats are you able to have them insured? I remember watching Ken Dodd when i was still in UK. September was very wet and windy here in Nevada owing to to the Hurricane on the west coast floods in our Desert. Snazzy looking luggage but who gets to drag two of them Michael ??? Look forward to your next video Ed 40 S of Vegas.
Thanks 👍 Ed, lovely to hear from you again. We always find the boating community so helpful and kind, everyone helps each other. Yes we have insurance on the boat, for us and other boats we might come into contact with. They are difficult to damage though being all steel. Our weather is a little bad this week, wet and windy but its sunny as I am typing this to you. Ah ah our nice luggage, we both get to drag them. Until next week Ed.
So Jackie you are from The Island I to am from there we lived in Ramsey when I was born Mum named me after Ramsey Glad she didn't come from Notting Hill Gate !!!!!!! I bet Michael ends up with a Small suitcase !!!!??
Hello there Ramsey, you are the second Ramsey I know, I have a cousin with the same name for the same reason. Small world eh. You got lucky then with Notting Hill.... It must be a girl thing, why take one pair of shoes on holiday when you can take three!!. Great comment thank you we love hearing from everyone. J&M
I didn't hear the crunch when you bit into your Magnum, like in the adverts. 😂🤣🤣🤣
Ha ha Lawrence, that's such a good point you make, I'll have to have another one and do that. Any excuse for another Magnum.!!
Hello my lovelies mick from Hull another lovely episode keep them coming and Jackie you was a bit naughty for having a naughty ice cream and I will look forward to your next episode xx 😊😊
Glad you enjoyed it... I'm very cheeky because often Michael doesn't know I've had one in a particular location until he does the final edit on the video. I like surprising him.... ha ha x
Ken Dodd's UK Chart history, including 18 Top 40 singles. a true great
Hi Graham, gosh we forgot about that.... does this age us all??? Ha ha
I'm a happy 64 year old
A double lock with a six foot drop holds fifty six thousand gallons of water , so you have just drained double that from the twelve footer 😳. Great vids. Regards Brad
Thanks for the info Brad! You've done the maths quickly. So pleased you enjoyed and thanks for dropping us a comment.
I absolutely love your videos. But when you see the boat that’s been destroyed your lovely wife says the best comment ever…… the buoys are there to stop more water filling the boat to stop it sinking. Brill. X
Oops, Michael did tell me off for that comment, ha ha. As you can tell we don't plan what we say we just react to what we see and sometimes I can be a little blonde. Lovely to hear from you and great to know you love our little weekly waterways adventures. J&M x
@@cruisingontheborder ha ha fantastic that it is natural. You guys really show the happy side to life on the open water. Thanks for the reply. Good luck on your travels. ❤️
As per your conversation about the burnt boat. If you’re in an awkward position but you have a long hose I’m sure all would be well 😉😂😂👍🏻
Thanks for the tips! Long hoses are a great idea.
Hi we love your vlogs and on the last one you took your TV aerial down. Could you please show the base unit and give information on what aerial. It would be very much appreciated.
Hi thank so much for your comment and great questions. Of course we’re happy to let you know the details. They are Vision Plus Ariel and Max View booster the latter plugs into the 240v. We’ve found the booster vital and use it at all times.
Hope you keep watching and enjoying our waterways adventures. J & M 💕👌
We have a canal Edinburgh to Glasgow the Union canal it had to be re touted to pass under a motorway the day it opened the canal goes through a not so savery housing estate and a few narrow boats were in the estate and a youth threw a stone that hit a captain on the head and he was taken to hospital that made me feel ashamed to be Scottish
It's so sad Ray when that happens, hope he was ok and made a quick recovery. We should say it's very rare to hear of or see incidents like these in our experience. Thanks for taking the time to drop us a comment. So pleased to know you are enjoying our weekly videos.
Those poor old floating homes just left to decay very sad.xx
Totally Rachel it is really sad to see. Sadly they are costly vessels to maintain and repair when things go wrong. Great to hear from you xx
@@cruisingontheborder Have a safe and lovely week xx
You too x
21:34 I hope no-one died in that fire!
Thanks for the comment and yes we did try to find out if everyone was ok and couldn't.
Ooh 😮 go on tell us your dreams 😅
Seriously love your vlogs 💖 sorry your missing the family keep up the great work 👍
Thank you so much!! David great to hear from you… you definitely don’t want to hear my dreams…. 🙃. So pleased you loved this one, we will do 👍 💕
This week (September 18-25) will be a bit rough in the Southwest (UK) as it pertains to the weather forecast. Batten down the hatches if you’re in that area. We narrowly missed hurricane Lee on our side of the pond. Great to see the both of you again …though truth be known Jacki is definitely the draw on this channel. Sorry Michael …. I mean that in the nicest way. 😂😂
Carry on. Will look forward to your next post.
Hugs and kisses y’all.
Canada’s Eastern Seaboard 🇨🇦
Fingers crossed for yours and our weather eh! Jac is blushing now thanks for your comment, I'll just be the captain of the ship and look after her eh. Sending kind wishes to Canada.
Hello Jackie and Michael another great video I do like a Sunday evening. The first turbulent lock you went through. How would a solo boater manage to keep to boat back from the sill. Also have you ever been to the Kennet and Avon canal?
Good question Paul! Often you will find they will wait for another boat to come through. Solo boaters have a technique they use but it involves climbing ladders up and down and securing the boat before they operate the lock. It's tricky for them.
Yes we did the Kennet & Avon last year and loved it, we have a number of videos on it and a playlist which shows all of them. Have a look and drop us a comment. Do you live on the K&A??
Curiosity strikes again! Do you ever drop a basket to catch mud-bugs (also known as Crayfish or Crawdads)? Fresh-water lobster is how I think of them.
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Thanks for your comment.
Please take a look at this episode. You will find out the answer..
Take care.. enjoy!
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@@cruisingontheborder Watched the episode and enjoyed! Thanks so much!
Hello guys it's me ( cray fish roy ) YUK ! Can you recomend your wifi for our static home as we cant get the normal kind here. Still watching every week ( Jackie is very organised isn't she ) always happy to. ❤
Yes Roy we think the wifi would work really well in a static home. It's so simple to fit as well. Watch our video where we do that. Vlog 53. So pleased you are catching up with us each week. Yes I'm very (maybe too) organised and nearly always happy ha ha.
Lovely video,I’m a new subscriber and found it really interesting,as for the narrow boat that was burnt out then you should see the boat that was mysteriously abandoned and then set on fire and is now just a half submerged burnt out shell that is moored in Leicester,unfortunately instead of leaving it where it was they moved it to the opposite bank on a bend so it’s more of a hazard,been there since early July.
Hi Michael welcome aboard 👍👍 so pleased you could join us. Yes the burnt out boat was so sad. Clearly you have one too near you 😭. Love your comment 🙏
So Jackie nearly quite literally got you in a Jam 😂😂..... and then the lock episode.... oh dear Jackie do you think you deserved that Magnum 🤔 🙄.... 😂😂.... on a sad note , shame about the burnt out narrow boat 😢. Somebodies property lost ..... another great video Jackie and Micheal 👍
Oh Jerry no maybe you are right, after my lock performance the ice cream was very naughty 👿 😂😂. Love your comment 😀
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Hi there thank you for taking the time to comment it means a lot to us. It sounds like a great idea, hope you fulfill your dream.
Nice video guys, but seriously, I have never known so much drama going through this section of locks, in my 9 years on board and frequent user ( many times alone ) of those locks ( Stenson as recently had an upgrade ) it has neither been challenging or eventful… it’s simply Narrow boating life and I think, for those watching we should be a little more instructional and a lot less dramatic where educating the uninitiated and inexperienced into our community. Particularly those considering the life. Shame you didn’t look into the history of the locks and cafe at Stenson … very interesting. Those suitcases btw… I’m just back from overseas, they’re perfect for travelling and for stowage on the bloat… see ya!
Hi again.
Thank you very much for your feedback. You make a good point about encouraging others to narrowboating. I guess the voice you hear is from Jackie and her words demonstrate her thoughts at the time. As an entity we do but want to remove instant emotion from the videos which would in a way be sanitising and we don’t want to go down that road. That said, we do take your point my friend and we always value and consider feedback 👍❤️
@@cruisingontheborder brilliant… there are a number of great templates on CZcams reflecting life on board… one we all follow is a spectacular example of the life and the best example ….
ooooh, Such a crafty way to advertise eh! What I want to know is will they fit under the bed, or will you have to get a bigger boat? 😋
Hi great point raised and thank you yes they do fit under the bed. So lovely to have some great luggage. So pleased you enjoyed our video. x
Comedians did in those days. You would go to a 2 hour show and leave 5 hours later.
I loved it and my Dad bless him was rolling around in the isle with laughter, very embarrassing when you are 13 years old!!
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Love the video as always but really annoyed with you both this week as I now can’t get the diddy men song out of my head aaaaggghhh!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
🤣🤣🤣 oops 😬 so sorry… great comment thanks Gaz 👍
Oh and did you know if you hear an owl go twit twoo it’s two owls. One goes twit the other goes twoo
Ha ha Paul love that... and why not!
so how old are you both and will you finish your days on your narrow boat health permitting , not saying your near the end, you are very young and energetic? take care
Gosh not sure how to take that, thankfully neither of us are 'near the end' so to speak and touch wood we are in very good health. We will do as long as we can or until we get another adventuring bug to do something slightly different.We've had boats in Europe, travelled in motorhome and generally toured around, so maybe we still have another adventure in us somewhere else.... Thanks for your comment we really appreciate you taking the time to message us.
Another lovely vlog. Would it not be better to tie your middle rope when in a lock that is fast flowing, I have noticed a lot doing this. Sad about the burntvout boat.
Hi John yes we do use that technique as well and it works so well. Thanks for your lovely comment 💕💕
🎵 We are the Diddy Men, Doddy's Doddy's Diddy Men! We are the Diddy Men who come from Knotty Ash 🎵
Love it BatMan... you clearly know of them too!!
I saw Doddy years ago too. No swearing, nothing offensive, just a genuinely funny man who kept us laughing for hours.
So agree incredible
@@cruisingontheborder Well I *_was_Born in 1964. Old Fart here, you know.
Fantastic video, I’m new to watching you guys, and loving what you put out. Just wondering what map canal book you are using as it looks amazing and something I would want to get in the future. Ron
Welcome aboard Ron. We use the Nicholson Guide, they are great lots of detail and helpful canal information about the local area too. Try them.
@@cruisingontheborder Thank you so much for this, best wishes
I often wondered what happens to these narrowboats that catch fire or sink. Do they still have to pay their yearly registration and are they not required to remove them from the canal?? ❤️❤️
Hmm sadly a lot of people abandon them and they are left where they are until they become a danger to other boats or people then the CRT will have to remove them. Often the owners cannot be traced. Sad really....
How do people manage those locks with the fierce water flow?
Slowly and very carefully is the best practice. Thanks for your comment and question.
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Thank you
As for the Willow injury, my mother used them for disciplinary actions.....! I, also, immediately recognized the word, "TARDIS", from a favorite old show my son and I watched when they had plungers as part of their outfits.
Hi Sharon thanks for the great comment.
What annoyed us most, was that when you came across an abandoned/rotten/sunken boat and all had to have a licence and if its to be believed that CRT check up on all continuous cruisers to make sure they have moved, then why don't they remove them as they are an obvious danger to navigation? If you left your car as junk at the side of the road, you would get prosecuted for abandonment, so why not with boats?
Hi Frank, we think it comes down to resources and costs, the CRT are having government funding cut as we speak and its' such a large network, over 2,000 miles of canals. It must be so difficult to decide what to prioritise. Thanks for your comment, we appreciate you taking the time to message us.
do your mobile phones have wifi calling ???? if so turn on you can make calls through your wifi
Yes we do have it and yes we often do wifi calling now. Great facility, thanks for the comment Paul.
Ahh that’s where you are. Should popped into the little pub in Stenson, and that bridge, crossed it daily
Ah ah yes we are here. Sadly we missed the pub and moored down the road in Willington. Someone else recommended it to us as well. Lovely to hear from you thanks for taking the time to drop us a comment. x
Wow jaq I didn't know you are a Manx were ever they throw you u will land on your feet 🤔 lol if you want to have a look at your homeland see if you remember places Go to Steve marsh he travels boats 🚆 and planes enjoy! As for you Michael I blame ya sister for not buying some jam lol ⭐ only joking my love can you fix the wheel Michael? All the best on your hols take care John 😊
John you are so correct 🇮🇲 grew up there and my grandma was born there and married in Malew Church. Think we’d of blocked the canal if we’d of stopped to buy jam 😂😂. Love your comments keep them coming 👌x
What a beautiful place you was brought up in my fav group the bee gees great writers anyway as always sweet dreams to you both all the best John ❤️
There's nothing like have a pair of 20lb. CO2 extinguishers on board. Not only do they starve the fire of oxygen it reduces the temperature of the steel to prevent a re-flash. Better than most as I'd hate to breath in the dry powder crap while fighting an onboard fire. I did a tour in the U.S. Coast Guard and had firefighting training from the U.S. Navy at Treasure Island. Am I an expert? NO! I just learn my lessons well and go on with life. That's was 47 years ago.
Hi great to hear from you and totally agree. In the UK a boat had to go through a boat safety assessment and fire extinguishers are definitely on the list!! Sounds like you’ve had a few experiences and great training to 👍👍. 😀😀