Petrol gennys are much cheaper, a couple of hundred quid, but you have all the issues of storing petrol safely on board (it being extremely flammable of course) and of accessing it since most wharfs and marinas dont sell it so you have to trek along a road to the nearest garage with a canister in hand. It had nothing to do with David or Cruising the Cut, I have an immense amount of respect for both. All fish must be returned to the canal alive except non-native species which must not be returned. Cruising the Cut. He is best known for his breakthrough role as Daniel Blake in the 2016 Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake. See here for our Journey with Jesus weekly webzine for the global church. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Firstly, its unlikely a cordless drill would have sufficient power; a lot of the mechanisms can be very stiff indeed hence needing a decent length of handle on the windlass to get the appropriate leverage. It is also why it has been such good news that the move does not mean turning his back on the waterways. However, the podcasts were already underway. David Johns canal-based YouTube channel is Cruising the Cut. He is also someone who is good at his craft - and when I say good, I mean GOOD! Customer Reviews, including Product Star Ratings help customers to learn more about the product and decide whether it is the right product for them. I was also really touched that David felt that there might be enough things to include to sustain a vlog. For single-handed canal boaters, shimmying up and down lock ladders or trying to get through swing bridges can be a huge nuisance. How do you turn around?There are turning points, known as winding holes (wind as in the breeze, not as in winding a clock) every few miles although not all of them are big enough to turn the longest boats in (sizes are usually marked on the canal guides though). No, far from it. :-) I would have liked more details about how he spent his time while moored for long periods in one location. Its fairly foolish to do so though, so most people will either try it out with friends whove done it before, pay for narrowboat experience days, or even go on a one or two day RYA Inland Waterways helmsmans course. Four seasons of Cruising the Cut, a video documentary by David Johns, a former ITV television reporter and presenter-turned solo narrowboat traveler, are available to. Its working out what shots are needed and from what angles. David is a great teacher who makes every lesson fun. To be clear, the recipe is buttered bread, with ingredients as just described, and thats it.I absolutely loathe mayo or any similar gunge, and I dont like salt, pepper or suchlike either. Also, due to the shallowness of much of the canal network, any blacking on the baseplate would be quickly scraped off in many areas. Brings my blood pressure down. The one where David begins his autumn 2018 narrowboat cruise along the Grand Union canal, starting at Braunston in Northamptonshire and chugging through a hateful tunnel before turning south. Many boaters do not paint the bottom at all! I was so worried about the interview and convinced that the only useable part if it was that 'I live on a boar', that the next day I emailed over to David a lot of other material so that if he wanted to persist with this desperate endeavour he could use instead of the interview, but that I also could quite well understand if he simply wanted to retain his dignity and walk away from this whole sorry saga. Top Genres & Tags. There is no need to be cold on a narrowboat. Fun watch. Deborah (who composed the music for the version of Cruising the Cut seen on Amazons Prime Video) is my sister. David reaches the furthest point of his canal cruise, at the interestingly-named "Cowroast" - be assured, no cows were harmed in the making of this episode. Can you drive a narrowboat in the dark?Technically you can but I dont. Ducks on the bank, dozed in the sunshine. Thats exactly what Gill Gregory can do aboard Desiderata so I went to see the system in action. 285A The most unusual narrowboat cruise I've ever been on (Part 1 of 2) Can you change the boats name and how?You can call a narrowboat wherever you want, pretty much, and rename it as often as you like (superstition holds that you should do this with the boat out of the water but I dont believe in all that nonsense).As long as you inform the Canal and River Trust so they can reissue your licence, youre OK. If you still refuse then eventually legal proceedings begin with the CRT having the contractual right to remove your boat from the water. Plus, how to buy a boat if you can't afford a whole one. Plus the supermarkets often react badly to people filming in them. A guide to some of the very many gifts you can buy from narrowboaters, hand-made or designed on their narrowboats on the canals of the UK. see vlog 249 which is an updated version of vlog 66 for 2021, https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/specialist-teams/managing-our-water/day-to-day, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79df3e_z6sg, see vlog 69 I did about just such a craft, vlog 244 which was all about electric boats vs diesel. Whos Deborah Johns? Then he takes us back in time to May 2018, when he went to London for the annual Inland Waterways Association's "Canalway Cavalcade", which is a huge and colourful pageant of narrowboats. You can just rock up at a hire firm or brokerage, pay your money and head off down the canal with no experience, test or licence whatsoever. WebCruising the Cut is THE BEST series Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2022 David Johns is an amazing host and everything about this show is equal parts wholesome, informative, and relaxing. The research compass that provides the map and tells you what sort of questions and the vocabulary that you need in order to dig deeper. Whats your fuel consumption?Ive never measured it but narrowboats typically drink 1-1.5 ltr/hour. Plus he goes past the goose fields of Northamptonshire. WebTel: (01905) 773094 Email: music@PianoTeacherDroitwich.co.uk Piano, flute and music theory tuition Face-to-face or online Children and adults: Piano: age 4 to adult Flute: age 6 to adult Beginners welcome Free initial meeting non-tutorial with no obligation to book any lessons Current clear Enhanced DBS check (formerly CRB) Vlog 279: Honey, I Shrunk the Narrowboat. That said many boaters disagree entirely with these arguents and do paint the baseplate how often is down to their enthusiasm for the task and / or the depth of their wallet. It would not be wise to operate the boat and a drone single-handed, your attention would either be on one or the other and that would not be safe. Earlier, on the appointed day, we'd all gone as a family for a walk along the towpath. David Johns is an amazing host and everything about this show is equal parts wholesome, informative, and relaxing. In October 2015, David quit his job and went to live on a narrowboat where hes now making YouTube videos. His YouTube channels include: Cruising The Cut (narrowboats): www.youtube.com/CruisingTheCutUK (hint: yes). Portable electric trolling motors are often suggested in the comments on my YouTube videos but Ive never seen a narrowboat with one; I think it would be a bit ugly and awkward to have one mounted on the bow plus it could cause an obstruction in the locks (potentially getting caught on the gates etc). In that case they divide up your monthly fee amongst every creator you watched that month according to how much of each creators videos you watched. Creative Commons Licence. Have a look at this video from Slim Potatohead where he experiments with one on his caravan (travel trailer): https://youtu.be/ZvXwqMWbt1c?t=122. The scenery is lovely, there are fields, small towns, some city scenes, church steeples, bridges, obscure side routes, and so much more. Plus I have recently (vlog 139 onwards) taken to adding specific Google Map links to my start and end points for each video. He had in a peculiar way become part of our lives - 'Oh, I think David did a vlog on that! I lie in the half-light of dawn, Suspended above the silty jungles Filled with so much life., Erica ready and waiting for David's visit, Banner image for David's Cruising the Cut YouTube channel. WebA seemingly naive and devout middle-aged man finds his way in the underground world of supernatural fighter plane films. For a typical video which will have taken me a day to film plus two to three more days to script, edit and upload, I might earn maybe 20-30 ish for each 10,000 views it gets. He stops at pubs and villages. Hoping for a season 5. An episode in which David experiences the most glorious week of narrowboating he's had to date as he travels up the River Avon from Tewkesbury to Stratford-Upon-Avon, including a trip down memory lane to his childhood. And there, again, was that curious Janus hybrid of someone you know so well and yet is also a total stranger. So its not a retrofit option but I wouldnt object to one on another boat. Theyre really not; its just silt. I presume the climate here just isnt warm enough for great clouds of them that you might find in other countries. Animals encountered include swans, sheep, horses, cats, dogs, ducks, and herons. It could disturb other boaters or I could bang into things, even with the bow light on. When David contacted me at the beginning of January about the possibility of featuring Nighttime on Still Waters in one of his vlogs, I was initially very divided about it. He travels slowly and peacefully around Great Britain's historic and still-active canals. Click here to watch it. Why are you driving on the right when you drive cars on the left in the UK?Apparently international maritime convention is for driving on the right. So no, the canals are two-way for 99% of the time. Then he takes us back in time to May 2018, when he went to London for the annual Inland Waterways Association's "Canalway Cavalcade", which is a huge and colourful pageant of narrowboats. I had always imagined that producing a well produced vlog entailed a lot of work. You can view Davids episode on Nighttime on Still Waters (via YouTube) here: 265. David begins his journey this year by getting a diesel leak fixed in the engine bay and then heads off towards the heart of the canal network - Braunston - before continuing towards the Leicester Arm of the Grand Union Canal. I have to admit to having quite a few qualms about the visit. We also talk about I really have very few fixed plans such is the joy of the narrowboating life so Ill tell you now: I dont know! The CRT has an excellent page explaining it all, at https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/specialist-teams/managing-our-water/day-to-day but I have also done a video all about it, see vlog 247 (The Leaudown). How long was your boat, who built it and when?Its 55 feet 11 inches and was built in 2000. Following on from the last video, about wooden narrowboats, which are quite rare on the canals, heres another wooden narrowboat which is even rarer a fly boat, the parcels service of the canal network. Or am I over compensating so that I am not being too overly familiar? Thirdly, its not uncommon to drop a windlass into the canal by accident and it would be a very expensive mistake to do that with a cordless drill! ANDAMAN ISLANDS:Virginal and amazing India, The Journey to Business Significance (Part 1), Ten Cities I Absolutely Must See Before the Reaper Comes for Me. Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2022. In these special editions of "Cruising the Cut", your host David Johns takes a break from chugging along the English canals in his narrowboat to instead introduce different aspects of I wanted to avoid being responsible for the cognitive disorientation I encountered as a seven year old when I found out that the dashing Tony Archer from Radio 4's the Archers, looked like my Uncle Bert or that the person who played little Shula Archer was in her 30s! As a self-confessed fair weather narrowboater, a trip along the canal in the middle of deepest, darkest winter is something of a departure for our host but, with a friend aboard, a short jaunt along part of the Oxford Canal in December was in order. Trending TV Shows New TV Shows TV Show Roulette On Your Services On Free Services On Netflix On Prime Video On Hulu. WebEpisode Information:Cruising the CutDavid Johns' canal-based YouTube channel is Cruising the Cut.You can view David's episode on Nighttime on Still Waters (via YouTube) here: 265. He navigates the many tunnels and locks. Moorhens scuffling and splashing, turning the water and the air around them into liquid diamonds. Helpful It was created by David Johns who used to be a TV news The sandwich default is un-heated in any way. The steerers will wave and say hello when they pass each other, that is when the back of one boat passes the back of the other. This week we discuss the film Candy Land, a slasher flick from writer/director John Swab! David Johns Cruising The Cut Author: David Johns Vlog 286: Click and Collect January 7, 2023 Engineering, Other Canal Topics, Vlog 8 For single-handed canal boaters, Its only the ads that pay, I get nothing for views of the videos themselves unless youre a member of YouTube Premium. There was a great host from the Isles that was a frequent commentator and the story back then, after he had done a few years, the network called him and summoned him. What does it cost to live aboard a canal boat?There are a huge number of variables which mean there is no simple answer to what does it cost? Please make a cup of tea, get comfortable and take a look at my Vlog 66, Vlog 67 and Vlog 68 plus the more recent Vlog 213, all of which go into the costs in excruciating detail. Solar would make little difference even a 1kW 1.5kW array (which would take up valuable roof space that you often need to walk on and store stuff on) would only give decent output in summer and still then not much in terms of engine powering for a typical 10kW motor even if it uses less than full power for actually moving along. So hybrid solutions are the only reasonable option. Am I being too overly familiar? Some day boats can get away with it though because they can return to a fixed point to recharge from the mains each night see vlog 168. See Lornas (London Boat Girl) video about voting here. How much easier it would be if you could steer your boat with remote control! But no boats have them and there are no disposal facilities for grey water, so its not going to change.The abundance of fish and wildlife on the canals suggests it really isnt an issue! Do you need a licence to drive a narrowboat?Incredibly and unfortunately no. Theyre not great but I still prefer them to the main alternative which is Pearsons, although many boaters swear by those guides. I have to say, my admiration for you vloggers has grown considerably. I watched it upon the recommendation of a friend, and I'm glad that I did. Loved all four series. It was just that Nighttime on Still Waters is about the love (and power) of audio worlds, spoken words, sounds, a shared space in the night of a complicated word. In which David boldy takes his narrowboat on his first solo cruise - albeit accompanied by a friend on another boat - along the Grand Union canal Leicester arm and up to the end of the Welford arm. There he attempts his first canal lock, single-handed and meets a sad horse. It varies month on month. Its fun and quirky, partly because of the extremely simple production techniques, and a good example of the expanding range of genres far beyond movies or TV. It was to be the final day of an unseasonably dry and warm spell. Besides, a visit from David Johns deserves nothing less. We had watched him before we had even bought a boat. Why dont you steer from the front, in a covered wheelhouse? All Rights Reserved. Just a matter of personal preference.You can also use apps or online guides such as canalplan.org.uk (ideal for route planning rather than a map) or opencanalmap which has all the CRT facilities marked etc albeit in a rather tiny font that you cant seem to enlarge. But is the dream for real or is reality not quite as rosy? When boats were horse-drawn and there was no towpath in a tunnel (because to build one would require a wider tunnel which would cost more), the boats would be legged through; a plank of wood laid across the bows, two men lying flat on it and walking the boat with their legs out to reach the walls of the tunnel. This page works best with JavaScript. A thruster could come in handy for tight spots in some marinas but generally its not a necessary item but a luxury so its not on my must have list. It's nonstop action in this episode as David continues along the lovely, tranquil Trent & Mersey canal in search of a haircut. This is Part 1 of 2 of the journey. No doubt my text arrived on his phone as he was driving home! In the spring sunshine of an end of March morning David Johns from Cruising the Cut Vlog came to visit. Tom Ford. Please share our website with your friends and family. Its therefore important to use wildlife-friendly washing products so as not to poison the fish, ducks, swans and other canal animals.A lot of people seem to get very irate about the grey water situation and I suppose in an ideal world, if we started again from scratch, wed be likely to use grey water tanks and have to pump them out. Why not use a drone to look ahead and around corners?Not really feasible as a solo boater. I went down to the big smoke to find out. Your mileage may vary and that's fine. That said, the canal limit is 4mph but really, thats too fast. The boss said, "If I ever understand a word of what you say again, you're fired!" So it is strange meeting someone who feels like an old friend but whom you have never met. It's about, in some way, taking a break from the frenetic visual world, where our eyes are constantly assailed with images, it's about finding space to see things more deeply than simply a processed signal from an optic nerve. I like his personality and sense of humor. This is the title of a YouTube vlog about living on a narrowboat and cruising the canals in the midlands of England. Penny was finding getting around more of a trial. Plus the boat goes to Yelvertoft Marina to have its hull painted with bitumen, to keep the rust there at bay too. There's no snow but it did feel jolly chilly. In his second year of narrowboat ownership, David Johns took it on a more extensive voyage involving five rivers, one Victorian boat lift, many canals and a lot of wildlife! I was invited to take part in a trip that very few narrowboats are able to enjoy, along the Cambridge Backs. of thousands of video views to get any sensible money. Why are the canals so disgustingly filthy? It was a dark period of personal crisis. All free, all the time. This lovely series is a relaxing travelogue, providing ease and calm distraction The charming David Johns is narrator, captain and solo resident of a British narrowboat. And the drone batteries dont last that long either so youd be forever changing them.Using a drone to look ahead when single handed would just be way more hassle than its worth since you can either just toot your horn and proceed with caution, or youre really bothered, pull the boat in and run along to see whats coming (which would still be quicker and easier than using a drone)If you had crew aboard who could operate the boat while you do the drone, then it would make more sense but for me its not realistic. Reviewed in the United States on August 31, 2022. [4][5][6] He later wrote a stage version of the film updated to the 2021/2022 cost of living crisis which will be premiered at the Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne in May 2023. Here's a vlog of two more days of cruising up the Avon, from Comberton Quay where the last vlog ended, through Pershore and Evesham, and up to Offenham. Piano and keyboard interludes composed and performed by Helen Ingram. Can I sent you a gift, whats your address?Thats a very kind thought and thank you but although I did once, several years ago, accept an unsolicited gift (a hoodie), I now prefer not to receive items and politely decline such offers though I really do appreciate the sentiment. A couple of days before his arrival we gave each other a good haircut with Penny's dog clippers. All the while David silently nodded encouragingly and smiled his reassuring smile, and assured me that, that particular gnostic ramble could be edited out. Feedback. A lot of damage had to be rectified both to boats and the canal infrastructure afterwards. Why do you eat so many cheese sandwiches and whats in them?Because I love cheese I use the strongest cheddar I can get (preferably Pilgrims Choice Extra Mature or Cathedral City et al), with some tomato, maybe some cucumber slices and nothing else. On Episode 546 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined once again by MZ, he mustnt regret his decision to return full time yet. Nothing fast paced here and that is fine with us. The weather's sunny, then rainy, then sunny again and the boat gets hung up on a ledge at one point. Why dont you have a generator?Dedicated diesel generators (ideally in a silenced enclosure) are great but fantastically expensive many thousands of pounds even for little ones.
Little is known of the sword due to the high . Ive also heard it said that most people are right-handed thus their right hand is on the tiller so they stand on the left hand side of the boat; therefore when passing another boat coming towards you, both skippers will be on the side thats nearest to the oncoming boat.A recent comment on my vlogs also explained that the steering board on ships of old would be on the right (hence the term starboard for right) and boats would put into port on the left (hence the term port for left hand side). It's all-action in this episode as the middle leg of David's narrowboat journey along the Grand Union canal is disrupted by a fallen tree; he stops to get a haircut; and he tackles a seemingly never-ending series of locks before stopping for a nice cup of tea. There's that boyish sense about him that I recognise from his vlog.
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