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In winter's grip, on the narrowboat's sway,
Zephyr leaps, her spirit at play. 😊
A ball of joy in the frosty air,
Her laughter dances, free from care.
the river flows,
In this chilly haven, warmth still glows.
Noses twitch, eyes bright and bright,
Zephyr and her ball, a heartwarming sight.😊
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It is such a relief that you are back, if you will pardon my selfishness, Vanessa. Your videos, filming, voice,, drawings, poems, observations & presence are such a balm to my soul & spirit, always calming me & reminding me of what is sacred & beautiful. Im so sorry for your deep loss & sadness. Thankyou for your bravery & authenticity, as well as the beauty , peace & gifts you bring. Be gentle & extra kind with yourself.
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A lovely vlog as always! Your first part reminds me of an old poem, which I had to Google to find the complete version:
Leisure
by
William Henry Davies
What is this life if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
No time to stand beneath the boughs
And stare as long as sheep or cows.
No time to see, when woods we pass,
Where squirrels hide their nuts in grass.
No time to see, in broad daylight,
Streams full of stars, like skies at night.
No time to turn at Beauty's glance,
And watch her feet, how they can dance.
No time to wait till her mouth can
Enrich that smile her eyes began.
A poor life this if, full of care,
We have no time to stand and stare.
This could have been written for a narrowboater! ❤
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Lovely, subtle shading you did on your goose sketch, Vanessa - that's not easy to get right, especially drawing on white paper. Also brill to hear you quoting Ted Hughes - what a fine poet he was. I especially love his animal poetry - like you, he was acutely aware of, and grateful for the wonders of Mother Nature. On my wall, I painted a quote from Ted Hughes, which is from a letter he wrote to his son, who was finding it hard to come to terms with the suicide of his mother, Sylvia Plath. Ted wrote to him - 'Live your life like a mighty river.'
I love this quote, because rivers never stand still, do they? They never flow backwards - they just keep on heading towards the sea, which is their destiny.
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Zephyr
As labradors go, this one is special,
I brought her home one day because she's rather clever,
With her great wagging tail,
Like a metronome beat,
I never get tired of her muddy feet,
She's my companion to ride,
As on our canal adventures, we glide,
She loves her toy and brings me great joy,
For she makes my day as I watch her play,
With her stick in hand, a moorning we'll land,
then it's off home for tea,
Zephyr and me. Xx❤
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Grace
In dreams she lies, Alice wise,
Alice under summer skies,
Alice through my hemlocks eye,
Summer evenings, June or July,
Moving at her measured pace,
Ever lost in time and space,
Over the hill to her moorning place,
Diggle, Marsden tunnel bound,
Alice underground,
And two were anchored by her side, One her captain, the other her guide, Dreaming dreams as clouds go by, Alice under bright blue skies,
And there she moors in slumber lies, owl wise with watchful eyes,
Alice under starry skies,
Then come the mornings sweet embrace, quickens through this last staircase,
Feels the wind across her face,
Alice you are amazing ....'Grace'
Thank you again Vanessa, for a beautiful video. Things were tuff for you and Alice, this week. Stay safe and take care ❤xx Andrew
Top 3 tips for narrow boating
1: woolly hat
2: Zephyr
3: pot of strong tea, ...plenty of
😊😊😊❤xx
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That was a bit of a thrill for me, hearing you mention my comment last week about the Big Freeze! My Grandparents were snowed in for 2 weeks, up in Lancashire - they couldn't open their front or back door, because the snow drifts were as high as the roof! Because of their burst water pipes, they had to slide the front window up, to scoop up cups of snow, to boil up for water to drink. They were in their 70s, then - I don't know how they did it! Like many people in the north in those days, they didn't have a phone, to call for help. They ended up living on porridge for the last few days before help arrived - boiled up with melted snow. Luckily, my Gran had a few tins of parkin in the pantry to keep their spirits up! Mum told me that Gran used to make her parkin with lard, instead of butter, because, she said 'lard keeps the cold out.' That's a very Northern attitude! Any left over lard, would be rubbed on her kids' chests, to stop them catching colds - imagine the pong! After that Big Freeze, they sold up and bought a little cottage down in Devon, because Granddad said, they'd never survive another winter 'oop North.' I loved your blackbird sketch - you really captured the shining light in his eye, and the curve of his yellow beak - bird beaks and eyes are the hardest part to draw, I reckon. By the way, the Polly Waffle is a very old, very popular chocolate bar in Australia - a waffle wafer tube filled with marshmallow and coated in chocolate - scrummy! It was my fave treat as a kid - they are super sweet, but I think if I ate one now, all my teeth would fall out! Hope you and Zeph are keeping warm and cosy on your boat. Cuddling a doggie is brill for keeping the cold out - like a hairy hot water bottle!
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I love the way Zephyr looks like she is taking in everything you say, she’s such an adorable dog, obviously very intelligent too. This was a really delightful vlog, the places you visit always look so beautiful, it makes me realise what a wonderful country this is, especially in the summertime. Wow what an unusual spider, I’ve never seen one of those. Purton looked like a very special place to visit, like a boat graveyard. Such a relaxing and interesting vlog as always, I loved the owl footage, thank you Vanessa, lots of love.xxxx
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Happy New Year Vanessa and Zephyr, Wow that was an Amazing journey through those locks, a tight squeeze for sure, but You did it, Well Done, There's been so much rain lately and the Bridgewater Canal is in a right mess, going to need a lot of reconstruction work, to say the least, I hope your next trip, isn't so challenging for both of you, Looking forward to tagging along again, Thank You so much for taking us with You both.
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In a world that's losing it's collective mind, your videos are such a blessing. All the things you show us, in nature, the quaint villages, things you spot on your walks... all of it is special. Whether you realize it or not Vanessa, you are a gift to all of us. The birds, the thistle seed, everything you saw around you... God is speaking to you, and letting you know... you have a purpose, and that's to show us the wonder and beauty of God's works, in the special way that only you can. That's priceless really, when you think about it. The beautiful sunset you featured at the beginning of this video was God's way of letting you know he has your friend, and all is well. Carry on.
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WOW, I was born in a place called the Lost City in Tipton, which is not far from Netherton tunnel, me and my friends have walked through that tunnel many many times when kids in the 60s and early 70s, back in those days you walked close to the wall because many of the railing were missing, one of my friends and also my dog fell in one day, this bought back so many happy memories for me, i now live just down the road from Leasowes park which i walk around almost every week, as you may have guessed this my favourite vlog you have made so far, i want to thank you from the bottom of my heart for the memories, i am at the moment searching for a narrowboat to cruise the waterways just like yourself, i do hope one day to meet you on our travels and to thank you personally for the enjoyment you have given me with you vlogs. Tony xx
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Oh Vanessa this one was so special, chock full of too many stunning scenes to recount. I'm so glad you heard about the lock closure just in time to make it past Stone. I wonder how easy it is to access this information on closures from the CRT, and are they very up to date? I definitely found it interesting as you disclosed personal information about your life, quitting your job, renting your house, and taking a chance on a year of narrowboat life. I'll be turning 65 this August, and I'm trying to nudge my wife into the idea of our doing the very same thing, a year or two spent in England spent aboard our own narrowboat. She is still reluctant. We did, however, rent a boat four years ago out of Ellesmere from ABC and sailed up the Llangollen to Wales. To say we had a wonderful time would be an understatement of epic proportions. I crossed the mighty Pontcysyllte Aqueduct the very day I turned 60 ! We also pounded our pins in at the Chirk tunnel and hiked up and toured the castle there, another amazing experience. Hopefully I can convince Mrs. Higgins to fulfill this dream I have. The other sticky point though is, I believe England currently issues travel visas for no longer than 6 months, so you may have to adopt us both :) I wish you, Zephyr, and the mysterious Mr. M a wonderful week ahead, may God shower you all with his many blessings and protection. Cheers from Avondale, Arizona.
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This video brought tears to my eyes. Your friend's love of sunsets reminds me so much of a friend of mine. We went to High School together, but seldom spoke. She already had a boyfriend, and I was a loner. We reconnected on our 40 High School reunion. She is still married to her High School boyfriend, and I am still married to the woman that made the mistake of dating me twice. I now live 500 miles away from my friend, and she regularly sends me sunset photos from the walks she takes on her farm and trips she takes with her husband. Seeing the films of the sunset on your way back to the boat, and knowing why you were away from the boat, affected my tear ducts more than it should have for a 63 year old man. While we have never met, I hope that you can find some comfort in those that follow your programs. You have come close enough via your mindful program that, in an unusual way, you are closer than just a picture on the TV screen. In a small way, I could feel that you were hurting; and that brought up some emotions in me. I know that you will never completely get over the loss of your friends. But I hope that you realize that they may still be with you, only in a dimension that you cannot see. True love and friendship are not easily defeated by death.
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It is always good to see Our Vanessa and Zephyr, each week on their travels, God love us, I'm glad the stormy weather didn't last too long, never been to Hebden Bridge before, the views are Stunning and once again Zephyr steals my heart bless her, I hope you are not having too much trouble with your shoulder, I'm having nerve issues with my legs, so I sympathise totally,....Thank You for taking us on your journey again and Big Congratulations, reaching 50,000 subscribers,....Totally Well Deserved.
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Hello Vanessa, I'm a retired Chief Marine Engineer. The part in your video about the engine was quite short, but I thought I would give you a little insight into reading the exhaust!!
White smoke indicates water in the engine, usually a blown cylinder head gasket, accompanied by "mayonnaise" inside the oil filler cap.
Blue smoke indicates burning oil, possibly broken piston rings, worn bores, or worn valve stem seals (if it has them)
Black smoke indicates over fueling, or injectors needing new nozzles/calibration.
Going by the funny noise of the engine, and the blue smoke, please check the sump oil level with the engine warm and stopped. If the oil level is above the max line, it will force oil up the bores, causing blue smoke. The funny noise of the engine would then be caused by the sump being pressurised, trying to prevent the pistons from going down.
I hope all this makes sense, and will help you to diagnose problems.
I've said it before, but you are an amazing artist. I thoroughly enjoy your videos, and look forward to them every week!!
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I live in California, and started my teaching career on a rural reservation in Mendocino County. I'm a field biologist, but was unfamiliar with our own native species, the white tailed kite, but I'll never forget the day that changed. I was living in a framed house that was built upon a rammed earth house; it had a large deck 15 feet up in the air, surrounded by pasture. One day, out watering my upstairs garden, I heard a call & response & looked up to see two white tailed kites in a mating dance. They flew past one another, calling, then flew up facing one another calling. Then, very quickly, they flew suddenly straight at one another, stretching out those beautiful talons forward; as their feet touched, they spiraled rapidly, locked talons together, toward the ground - but then, just before hitting the grassy pasture, let go & flew back up in an arch, meeting again in the center of a heart drawn in the air - and repeated the entire performance again & again. I stood in awe, witnessing their beauty, their trust in one another, this ritual of devotion. Your vlog reminds me of that day. 🥀Thank you!
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You did a great job navigating Vanessa! I don't know if I'd have been that cool, but it pays off!
As for the Blue John thing, you were, as always so honest, please don't take it so hard. You always do the right thing...and who knows, you might have kick started a new plan!
Love the autumn colours and to see that Barn owl, beautiful!
Thank you again for another beautiful, restful, colourful, interesting and delightful vlog....oh and a big hug to Zephyr for giving up her bed to your Aunty's little dog.❤. She is a star, as are you.😊
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Did most of my narrow boating 50 years ago, ( 1970/2010). What always amazed us was the variety and different styles, shapes and designs of lock gates and paddles. Some chain drawn, bent balance beams, an ultra short one ,only about two foot long and very difficult to swing, guillotine locks and all sorts of by-washes, lobster pot weirs,, sleuces. Some with long beams, some wooden, some with extra wooden poles, some with fixed, welded windlasses, some comepletely electric. Some manned 24/7. And a lot in desperate need of repairs. However it all looked different whichever way you approach it. More lokely to catch the skylarks lilting song than seeing them, but if lucky enough, they will be about 50 feet up in the air. Take care, may there always be water in the cut, but not in your bilge.
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Watching your intrepid efforts to keep your Narrowboat comfy, reminds me of a story I loved as a child ; a Chippewa Indian Tale, about Little Brown Duck, Shingebiss. No matter how the North wind raged, he waddled out across the ice, and found the food he needed. In the evening, he would sit by his warm fire, and sing : "North Wind, North Wind, fierce in feature ; You are still my fellow creature ; Blow your worst, you can't freeze me ; I fear you not, and so I'm FREE!" 🦆
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Firstly, thank you for pulling back the curtain and allowing us a little insider's peek into the business side of narrowboating. It's fascinating to learn about different lifestyles. Secondly, you just about broke my brain with all the stunning magazine-cover shots in this vlog... 11:35 , 13:07 , 15:30 (my favorite, I think), and 15:40 , just to name a few. Thirdly, apart from the primary topic of narrowboat costs-of-living, I think you could easily subtitle this episode as "the many faces of Zephyr"... from "Hey ma, wait for me," all the way to "Hey ma, why you so slow?" 😁 You certainly deserved a hot chocolate and some goodies (blondies, maybe?) at the conclusion of this one.
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A totally enjoyable alternative to your usual video Vanessa. I think most people find the break down of Narrowboat ownership quite interesting and I appreciate your personal take on this. As an American, at this point I can only dream of owning a Narrowboat, I wish England would reverse or loosen their policy on allowing retired persons with viable financial means to be granted long-term visa's. Also, my skills as an Aircraft Mechanic I believe, would allow me to perform most any maintenance task on the boat, saving me loads of money. I still do all my vehicle maintenance at 64 years of age. I was wondering, would the possibility of switching to a REFLEKS diesel stove for heating make sense for you? I'm thinking the cost of burning diesel would likely be far cheaper than wood, but it would take probably five or more years to recoup the cost of the stove, but you could recover some of the cost selling your wood/coal burning stove. I do hope you will be able to get Alice Grace up and running soon again, I wish you , Zephyr and the mysterious Mr. M, all of God's many blessings, protection and provision upon you this week.
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As we love your channel we have gone back to the start and started watching them in sequence, and we always try and leave a comment on any video we watch because now we have a channel we realize how important it is to get some comments and likes, but I am leaving you this comment from the heart you see we are in the USA broke penniless and looking to move back to England, and by some miracle buy a narrowboat and make some memories fill in the years of struggling in the US, one of the things that have stopped us and brought up doubts about this life was I suffer from Anxiety and anxiety attacks, we both lived in a caravan together in England for 2 years when we first met and it was full of memories for us but the Anxiety took over my mind and moving back to England starting again from scratch and trying to live on a narrowboat just filled me with more anxiety, when I heard your experiences and your story, my heart lifted and just writing this has me on the edge or tears but tears of joy and release, I needed to here this, and the universe aligned me to get this message, Thank You. Love your vlogs and i look forward to one day sitting on my narrowboat and watching your vlogs,🥰
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I am 71 and the first REAL snow of the season still delights and excites me. I still love Christmas, too, so it all goes together. We may be getting some snow here (in southern New Hampshire, USA) on Thanksgiving Day, which is Thursday, November 28th, this year. That day is always the kick-off of the holiday season (for me, at least) that ends on January 1st. Basically about five weeks of gatherings, feasts, gift giving and craft fairs, amid the evergreen and tinsel decorations. What's not to love? 🥰 I hope I carry this delight with me to the grave (in other words- never lose my childlike enthusiasm).
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I can't tell you, Vanessa, how much I've been looking forward to watching this video. I've been busy this morning, and now I can lay down for a few minutes and enjoy your vlog. I have been watching several of the older videos, and I wish that I had enough money to buy all of your narrowboat journals. Perhaps in the future I will? I've noticed myself since watching your channel, becoming more observant regarding the bird life in my local area and enjoying them more. Sometimes, we just need to SEE and not merely glance at something momentarily. I hope that you and Zepher are well, and I love seeing how much Zepher enjoys her walks AND her balls and sticks. She gives me the laughs I need to rise above the circumstances I live in with disability and chronic pain. I don't know if you are aware of how diverse a group of people you engage with in your vlogs, but I know that I am not the only one who eagerly awaits a new video. It's just so peaceful, and in this chaotic world, truly a breath of fresh air! Take care now from country NSW Australia.
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I have been wanting to sit down and watch this video since you uploaded it, but I only managed to do so 25 minutes ago. It was worth the wait, just like waking up on Christmas morning and knowing there's a gift to unwrap, but you can't have it until later! I laughed at Zepher, double timing it to the "treats" and the adorable swans. How glorious they are! I also loved seeing the mice as they "mischief," and I thought that your dinner looked delicious too. I cook most days out of necessity, and although I can follow a recipe, there are times when I hope for the best and throw a lot of different spices and flavour profiles together and see what happens. I'm sure that your success rate is much higher than 10% LOL! Thank you for what you do in sharing your journeys with us and I know that it means a lot to me, and I also know that I am not alone in saying so, to get the opportunity to visit all the gorgeous places you do. Take care now, Vanessa, and give your girl Zepher a pat from me! From a VERY hot country NSW Australia.
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Unable to sleep after 4 am, I got up, made a warm drink and turned the laptop on. I was delighted to find your video. I live in Halifax, I used to walk across the moors to Howarth on my own, from being 10 or 11 years old. (I'm 76 now). I know all the surrounding towns and villages. I'm recovering from a serious illness and can't get out, or walk very far at all, it will be a slow recovery. However, your wonderful videos are a huge comfort, it's so nice to see all my favourite places. I was disappointed when this one finished, it only seemed about 10 minutes long. By the way, for information only, Keighley is pronounced Keithley. Please don't stop making these lovely videos of you and Zephyr, they are so restful.
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Lived in North Staffordshire and East Cheshire 1955 to 1971,, then 1973 to 1976. Time in West and South Yorkshire, and Derbyshire as well, before moving to Essex in 1978 .
Wherever I've lived have explored the landscape by canal cruiser, kayak, bicycle, light aircraft and glider.
Your travels in the North Midlands, North West and Yorkshire bring back so many happy memories.
At 72 years of age still afloat and airborne, and my bicycle is 60 years old!
Had some life threatening medical episodes, but have got myself sorted out each time and got waterborne, including estuary sailing, and flying and gliding again despite the prophets of doom and gloom!
Your videos make me realise why I fought back against illness to enjoy a full life in the open air.
We live in a crazy world. But there is still a lot to enjoy and value.
Like your good self I have lost younger relatives. They always supported and encouraged my travels and activities.
Your videos keep my life in perspective and make me realise how lucky I am.
Also, and not least, Zephyr is a fantastic companion, so lovable.
Keep going, it's worth it and your lifestyle is truly inspirational.
Thanks again.
Best wishes.
John.
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I love your bird illustrations! I'm an artist and have drawn birds and other animals over the years, from photographs and my imagination. I live in Seattle, WA, USA where Redwing blackbirds, Cedar Waxwings, Pin-tail ducks, Kestrels, hawks, Bald Eagles, pelicans, Mergansers, etc. abound. Seattle is surrounded by Puget Sound and Lake Washington plus the Pacific Ocean off the Olympic Peninsula is a great place to bird watch as well as enjoy whales, sea otters, etc. I'd love to live aboard a narrow boat and cruise the canals of Great Britain. What a fun life with nature all around you. All the best, Jenny 🦉🪶🦆🦅🐧🐦🐺🦊
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When I was at Art college, my illustration tutor told me that the 3 hardest things to draw are hands, water, and pine cones.I can draw hands, I'm getting better at sketching water, but pine cones are incredibly difficult to draw, because they are so asymetrical. But you captured that Redwood pine cone really well, Vanessa! The bigger pine cones, that stand on their flat bottoms, are truly challenging to sketch - they have all these hidden depths and deep shadows. That is the great joy of drawing, isn't it? It's never dull, because you are constantly learning new ways to capture something on paper. You should put that little pine cone on your window sill with the window slightly open - when the weather is going to be fine, the cone will open up, but if it is going to rain, the cone will close up again to protect its seeds - it's like Mother Nature's barometer! Amazing!
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Absolutely lovely video, scenery very colourful, lovely nature, fantastic to see the hare, your drawing is amazing of the hare, some good history of sandbach, the pub was lovely, happy birthday, am sure you enjoyed your curry looked nice, Zeph really good company for you, your best friend, she has got a lovely life with you, take care 💐🎂
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Hi Vanessa, Really enjoying your journal, I was watching one of your vlogs the other day where you mentioned that you were advised not to put out your dog hair for the birds !!!! because of the toxins for flea and Worm Treatment, and I felt I had to just say that those toxins are going into our beloved dogs too, I no longer do this to my dog, We put Pumpkin seeds slightly crushed into her food daily for worms, and like Your girl she swims a lot we are fortunate enough to have the river Hamble running through our garden, with regular brushing we do not and never have had a flea problem, I also Wash her bedding regularly, . Ive always had dogs and did what I thought was the right thing to do, And regularly got their boosters, Flea treatment ect, but then I heard about a lady who lost 3 dogs the cause of which she put down to vaccines, . so I decided to look further , and found adverse reactions form treatments were far more common than I realised, so now I do not put any toxins into my Dog, To check what immunity she has I Get a her tested at the vet , I think its called a titter test ????? I hope you wont think me rude Vanessa you and Zephyr clearly have wonderful relationship, but when it comes to animals I risk It, Please do some research, I put into google ," The dangers of animal vaccines, "Keep the Vlogs coming XXX
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I really enjoyed your comments, on old railway, and your artwork and illustrations are fabulous love the old teapot proper made tea! Wish I had your pen man ship , and drawing skills , not sure of you age ! But bet you were a fantastic teacher. I am very good at fixing things, boats, car, trucks,motorhomes, motorcycle, love the old ways! Cant not help feeling , we have lost so much of our history!
The fred dibbners of our country. Miss my father every day, he show me so much !
Your journey is an inspiration two or so
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To borrow a line from Sesame Street, “today’s Vlog is brought to you by the color orange”… Orange in the trees, orange in the tunnel minerals, orange on the Kingfisher, orange on the caterpillar, and orange on the beautiful fur of the fox. And, as an added bonus, we all get to experience being silently judged by three different animals: the Kingfisher, the fox, and Zephyr at 16:20. Thanks once again, and I hope you have a great week.
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Hi Vanessa! The use of biodiesel is a controversial issue. The fact is that you don't need to use converted (trans-esterified) veg oil at all, you can simply use vegetable oil, used or otherwise, with little, if any processing. In fact the process of making bio diesel can, as your blog indicates, introduce pollutants into the fuel which will eat away at seals and gaskets causing some significant damage, as you have undoubtedly just found out. Simple, straight, veg oil is all you need. There are few if any drawbacks to its use which is contrary to the misinformation we've had to suffer at the hands of powerful, vested interests which have bombarded us with factually incorrect "information" for years. The major drawback to using veg oil is cold waxing which can be overcome by larger bored and heated fuel supply pipes or the simple addition of about 5% ordinary, winterised diesel which contains anti freeze, that's it. I have worked for years in the alternative technologies sector and have known lots of people who run their engines on used and virgin veg oil with no problems at all. The secret to using used veg oil is to leave it to stand a while to allow any water to settle out and then strain it through a fine mesh filter such as a few layers of linen cloth, add your diesel if you want, you don't have to, and lob it in the tank.
The reasons veg oil is frowned upon is down to Customs and Excise having no control over such an important revenue stream, given that your essentially using a food product, and the oil lobby who have a vice like grip over all of the mainstream engine manufacturers. I won't go into details about some of the frightening conversations I've had with and veiled threats received from most if not all of the notable engine designers and manufacturers I have managed to speak to, suffice it to say that I was then and still continue to be disgusted. Things did eventually get addressed by HMRC with regard to taxation on veg oil in that they allow or allowed, I'm uncertain as to whether this allowance is still extant, 2000litres per annum of used or virgin veg oil to be burnt before taxation. They did of course have no way of enforcing this but it gave the officers on the ground a good excuse not to bring proceedings against the hundreds of users that they were previously obliged to investigate prior to the change. The Green up North festivals were a blast of frustrated customs men dipping the fuel tanks of suspiciously curry scented, done in, diesel powered motorhomes and buses, things had to change, LOL (the smell of the food cooked in the oil comes out in the exhaust of the engine, so, fish and chips, Chinese food, but more especially curry.)
I hope that's of interest to you, if you want to know more just make a reply, I'd be more than happy to explain further.
Thanks for taking the time to do these films and to show us your amazing illustrations, I appreciate what it is you do and hope you keep it up.
Take care, keep smiling, best regards Matt Wigley.
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I have only recently found your channel. I am gradually watching each of your videos and loving each one, in particular this one. It has brought back so many memories - we lived on top of the hill, above Spade Oak, the place where you stopped and bought Zephyr an ice-cream. We loved to walk on Sunday mornings in this area, sometimes along the river bank, other times crossing walking into Marlow or as far as Henley. Your footage of the red kites is stunning. We loved to watch them wheeling above us. They are gradually making their way into Norfolk but rarely venture to the coast - the gulls mob them and the buzzards too. We moved away from Bucks nearly 16 years ago, after packing up work - too young to retire so we were what we termed as 'drop-outs'! Our walks are now inland, up footpaths, through woods and traversing field edges, as well as along the beach. Your videos are so interesting and inspiring too, one day I will catch up and have watched them all. Finally, sorry this has been a bit long winded!
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You quench my heart with all your Art.. Thankyou. Such balm to my heart, mind & spirit are your videos , observations, poems & drawings. Kingfishers are so fleeting in their presence, always a flash of gold-'orange & iridescent turquoise, usually heralded by their lovely piercing cry. I love those birds & all birds. Beautiful drawing & poem as always. I wish you Seph & your family a wonderful 2024 , with great health, peace & many blessings & I really look forward to you being back cruising on Alice Grace, bringing the blessings you bring to us all. You are such a ray of sunshine. Have a great & happy landlubbing holiday, ( i just made up a word!) , ..Paul
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Hi Vanessa, Mr M and Zephyr on this wet autumnal morning 👋👋. I guess that 'back in the day' when volunteers reopened the canals and the CRT was born, there were much fewer permanent cruisers, narrowboat owners, and people who hired a boat for their holiday? So less people to pay a fee for the upkeep of the waterways which resulted in the Government offering support. There has been a massive increase in the numbers of boats traversing the waterways and people opting for this change of lifestyle - especially since Covid entered our lives - so maybe with so many now paying a fee to maintain locks, fix breaches, oversee moorings, etc the Government no longer feel the need to supplement the CRT any longer? I guess it's back to 'swings and roundabouts' as living statically on land has seen increases in Council Tax and less money locally to fill potholes etc. Given the choice, your decision to stay cruising the waterways is, both mentally and physically, the best one to take. Take care and stay safe. x ❤
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This is a fantastic episode, nature, navigation, river currents, a quaint English pub, story telling, history, antiquity. That pub is definitely on my bucket list to visit, the English countryside, the river and the old train engines, what a view to enjoy!. You wouldn't find all that on an expensive holiday brochure. Awesome.!
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Yes! Exactly that! I’m 37, the poorest I’ve been was my happiest. I lived in a 4x4 and drove half way around Australia (2 years) New Zealand (2 years) Canada (4 years)
I’ve seen deserts, mountains, oceans, Milky Way and so on. My wife and I called it a day 6 months ago, she’s Canadian. I missed 4 seasons, countryside, Europe and even…police sirens 😂.
I’m divided, on one hand I work in my office, banking about £45k and yet I know I’m not happy. Where’s the balance?
Why do I want to live back in the boot of a car so bad!?! I love the road, the unknown, the sea air, dark skies and dear god I love adventure.
I hope one day I find someone who gets that. 😩
If I ever own a narrow boat, she’ll be called “Lulu’s Adventure” after my dog and best friend that I abandoned in Canada.
Stay safe, stay humble and keep searching, over the hill and far away. Over the hill and far away.
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When you went through the lock with a 'Ho' I thought of 'Sutton HooSutton Hoo' and if there was anything in old English. From Middle English ho, hoo (interjection), probably from Old Norse hó! (interjection, also, a shepherd's call). Compare Dutch ho, German ho, Old French ho!, Another word for “whore” that kind of looks like “ho” is “hooker.” Supposedly, the term “hooker”. An exclamation used to attract attention, announce a destination, etc: what ho!; land ho!; westward ho! Origin of ho. The meaning of HO is —used especially to attract attention to something specified. How to use ho in a sentence. Anyway strange mind blurb over :face-orange-biting-nails::face-orange-raised-eyebrow: The patterns in the feathers of that Muscovy would make a wonderful print design for dress, gee that was girlie of me.
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Hello Vanessa and Zeph, I think compared to all the regulars who are doing a similar live aboard to you and Zeph. There is a considerable difference with you, namely your age. You have done it right, taken the considerable gamble and I salute you! All the others are middle or late middle aged retirees with wives or partners, and apart from loaner Kevin on the old trad nb Aslan, who has it appears an unlimited budget, all the kit and other interest of serious and expensive motorcycle touring. They like you are on fairly new, semi-trad style boats, which certainly lend themselves to much more congenial travelling. I began my interest in canals in my mid-twenties, but then my cruising was pure holiday hiring from the few hire fleet companies who were around in those far off days. Facilities were virtually non-existent, there were very few boatyards, big off line marinas were years ahead, and so it was very much one was on one’s own! Literally as the canals were very run down in the early seventies, and there were very few other boaters or moored craft! When my wife bought our big heavy trad style narrow boat, mainly as a live aboard, and as that it was very comfortable! But it was not a comfortable cruising boat for two, as the steerer was on the tiller flat, and the other person had to stand in the entrance to the boatman’s cabin often in the way of the traditional push/pull gear selector or the speed wheel! Or on the five inch wide gunwale and hold on to the cant rails, both seriously uncomfortable for extended cruising! But even in the early nineties, it was all so very rural, generally underpopulated and actually a lot different and very magical! But in five years it all began to change exponentially, and by the time I took early retirement from ten years of building and fitting out narrow boats for a premier builder in the West Midlands at Stourton on the Stourbridge Sixteen in the new millennium. Huge changes had taken place, and big money was involved in creating huge marinas and boatbuilding yards producing floating cottages with every conceivable facility one could imagine, and a quality Les Allen built traditional narrow boat with a vintage Gardner engine like ours at Iro 30k, had been usurped by all mod con boats costing around three hundred thousand pounds!!! All this and I am so very glad that there is still a great interest and desire for dropping out and alternative living, thought I have to say that I, and my narrow boating friends of my era all of similar age, actors Tim and Pru West and Sir David Suchet, probably enjoyed the canals when it was a much less hectic environment and costly pastime! But I would not have missed it for the world. Stay safe and well you and lovely Zephyr. I love your blogs, you are a fund of knowledge and your enthusiasm is so infectious, a magic so talented artist and no mean poet. God bless stay safe well and warm together, love from Blaze and me xxx.
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you know, I get little pleasure from life being all alone now, but I am so glad I found your channel, it reminds me of our boating escapades (for 8 years, with my family, Mom, Dad, wife & child,... now all gone) and I find your engagement with your viewers excellent, really enjoyable and very entertaining as it hits my morals & etiquette perfectly, great vid, and btw we never dropped anchor, cos our 65 footer didn't ever have one, 🙂 Excellent content Vanessa, thanks 👍
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Some friends of mine have just been in England from.Australia . David Is English and my friend is Australian like me . They are always travelling all over the world . I get too see their photos on Facebook . They did a cruise on a narrowboat last week .Me thinking how wonderful that would be. Was looking at u.tube tonight and saw your video soooo loved it .I love wildflowers and birds .looking forward too watching some videos . When I was 14 ..My dad and mum and I left Australia for England and too see Dad,s family .I,m half Aussie half English . We stayed in Kent with my nan for 3 weeks . She took me on a,coach too see her sisters and families . Blackpool than too a little village outside York had the best time. Got taken too see the Blackpool lights . Than Dad ,mum and I drove too Somerset where we lived for 2 years .They worked me high school . We saw soooo much of the UK in that time .Feel so blessed too have had that experience . Back too Australia 6mths later meet my Pete than 3 kids noe all grown with kids of their own . In my late 20,s we bought a,25 acres of wildflower,treed block .built a little house .The block in spring orchids , wildflowers ,banksias , grass trees , clematis , purple native wisteria ,lots bracken . Always lots of birds like blue wrens and the big black cockatoos and bandicoots . Again feel blessed too have had that for a while and watched peacefully all that and watch my children grow up .They still tell me about a bush walk with there kids ,or a bird they saw .
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great that your not giving up, but i think many other factors may come into play, as more wet weather and global warming cause more flooding, with droughts and low water in our hotter summers. this makes weed more of a problem too. With less water , elsan, pump out and re-cycling points serviceable and lastly old locks, not getting the maintenance with higher volume of cruisers using them, it all seems to be against boaters, maybe a plan to stop continous cruisers who really only stay around one area and not properly moving along the watreways, as intended. Sorry its long, but so mjuch change coming.
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Im In western North Carolina (WNC). My little home, And this town, was spared,. we were in the eye of the storm (in human terms). I came to your channel to get a bit of a respite. I find it serendipitous that you show landslides from the past… not the same scope of things, but the same in terms of effecting humans and daily life. Time does heal, but not without people helping people. It comes down to basic needs of a roof (whatever form that might take at the moment) over your head, warm clothes, a warm bed, fire, water and a nutritious meal. Most of all, love and compassionate caring. The world always needs this in times of crisis, wherever it might be. It seems it is unending; taking turns across the world. At the moment, it’s in Appalachia, and The Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. Of course, there’s more… for me, it really hits home because it’s cold and damp and winter is on its heels.
Anyway, im rambling… but then again, that’s why I came to your channel. It’s like catching up with an old friend. 😊 thank you for sharing your life. What else is there? We are all here to take care of each other, in whatever capacity that might be at the moment.
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We used veggie oil in a forklift for a while, it’s ok if it’s been expertly treated by professionals,our problem was the cold weather, if you put some veggie fuel in the fridge you will see what I mean, it kept clogging up the injectors, it really needs heating before pumping through,but by putting it in the fridge will give you a better idea of your veggie oils performance, it can be sluggish when cold, if your suppliers are treating it correctly,it should be fine,happy days,
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You really are a gutsy bird, Vanessa! We forget how powerful and heavy water is, until it gushes in that wild, torrential way. Well done too, for remaining so calm in a crisis - Zeph was looking very anxious, and was looking up to you for reassurance that you would both be okay - dogs really do absorb the anxiety of their human pals, so even though you might have felt the panic rising within you, you did not let Zeph see this, so she kept calm, too.
Thank God your husband was there to help you! I'm sure you helped to keep him calm, too! Your bugs sketch was beautifully detailed - I love sketching with coloured pencils, too - you can get subtle effects just by laying down dry pigments - much easier than the harder to control, messy, wet pigments of water colours - I'm sure you've had enough of water in the last few days! I hope it snows for you next week - why, you ask? Because i would love to see you sketch the geometric marvel of a snowflake - magnified by 1000!
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Under similar skies - “a duvet of gray” — here in the Inland NW 🇺🇸. I feel trapped inside, literally and figuratively, unable or unwilling to venture outside or migrate to the sun. I always look forward to weekly visits with Alice Grace, Vanessa, and Zephyr to infuse some beauty and appreciation for life. This week’s poem particularly struck me. I’m dealing with the decline of my 100 year old father. I think of death, its aftermath, and what follows for the rest of us. I read your poem 3X and cried. But … on happier terms … congrats on earning 50K subscribers, best wishes for that PT, and another lovely sweater/jumper! May I ask, if a visitor was to spend a couple of weeks boatless alongside a canal (walking, touring, living), which would you recommend? As you say, Vanessa, take care.
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Hello again my love, as you're a nice person I'll try to help you again, don't worry I know what I'm talking about but it's far too complicated to put down here. In my last job before retirement I was responsible for the maintenance, overhaul and purchase of 94 diesel engines, something I have done for years. Your basic problem is that your old engine was not designed (I presume) to run on anything but standard mineral diesel (gas oil), as the years have gone by environmental pressures have altered fuels considerably. Take your car with a bog standard petrol engine in the years since your engine was built we have gone from 5 star, to 4 star and lower with more additives and no lead, old engines need modifications to run efficiently. Diesels are a lot more forgiving but even they have their limits, I'm sure we've all followed an old Transit burning chip oil. I suspect both fuels are not helping but there is no evidence so far that they have wrecked your engine, from what I saw this was a normal breakdown and I'm sure Phil would agree. I have no experience of your Dutch engine (but have friends in the Netherlands who could tell me), and it is likely out of production, but a letter asking their opinion on current fuels would be beneficial. Engines run on a variety of fuels, but you need to know which ones, I'm a fisherman too omg
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. What a wonderful beginning of this video, for me, at least. Besides the endless variety of insects, the songbirds, the ducks and loons, the mammals and mushrooms, the buds and leaves, there is also precipitation I yearn to hear your observations about in it's multiple forms; fog, drizzle, rain, deluge, frost, snow whisps, snow showers, snowfall, blizzard. There is the tranquility of dew and the jubilance of a daytime thunderstorm the mystery of nighttime rains or snow . Then there's the clouds that accompany them, from the ground hugging to the lofty, the cheerful cumulus, the sky painting cirrus, the dramatic and stately anvilheads. All considered in light of what makes your boat a delightful platform in the midst of the days or the snuggest of snug retreats. I know you make note when it's cold or windy or sunny, as you did this time. But what can I say to invite you to continue spending just a little more time and love and poetry on the weather, the clouds and the air of your journeys as you do upon the other delights that have made your videos a morning favorite of mine?
. I must say, I have played and replayed and rereplayed the opening of this posting putting myself in your place, snug and comfortably occupied within your happy space with the rain being so serious outside. (Is that a clock I hear ticking placidly in the background? Perfect) And I took such satisfaction in your remembering the weather in your closing poem. I enjoyed it very much.
. I also should add, I have taken to watching your vlog every morning with my breakfast, repeating many. What a gentle way to start my day!
. Here's wishing you the best for your shoulder. May it's discomfort be short lived.
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A lovely canal Vanessa and one where I had my honeymoon a long time ago when Bugsworth Basin was derelict! I love your grooming games with Zephyr, My Blaze seven tomorrow, and a ped Lab too, plays just like that when he is groomed. They are such lovely natured dogs and I'll bet like Blaze, yours is a wonderful devoted companion! Seventy-eight years and never without a four-legged companion mainly dogs, cats and a Romanian wolf, who was so special! After my time narrow boating in the nineties, I lived for ten years in beautiful Shropshire and know your current area very well. I left the UK for South Africa eighteen years ago, and have never regretted it. No canals, but I have the wonderful Kruger Game Park is on my doorstep and being able to see Ellies, Lions, Leopards, Buffalo, Cheetah, Rhinos and Hippos and countless other beautiful animals, birds and butterflies is breathtaking and I am so lucky. Love your programs Vanessa, you have such great talent and the way of sharing your enthusiasm. Stay safe and well you and Zeph and enjoy the Mac!
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The great YouTube video algorithm just lead me to your videos today. I've gone through several of them in this series, of course it didn't lead me to your first videos or the most current ones, the algorithm rarely seems to do that, but I do find them to be very enjoyable. Your approach and style is much different from the manner in which all the men making narrowboat video present their work. I love your very quiet and calming music, the inclusion of your poetry and sketches in your journal. You have a definite, "soft touch" in your delivery. It is a nice contrast to those done by the "blokes." I do find narrowboating to be an interesting way of cruising waterways. I wish that here in the US, we had created a much more extensive canal system than we did and that more of what we did have had been preserved. The only area where there are still such canals extensively in operation are in Upper New York state and there are a few operators that rent English style narrowboats on those waterways. I am glad to see that your canal system is still alive and well, with the canal authority restoring long vacant sections and even building new ones with new marina facilities to handle the growing popularity of this style of boating. I look forward to doing some catch up of your older videos from the past several years along with catching up with your current videos. I hope that spring soon comes to your part of the world. Where I am, its almost summer weather here, the daily temps are now well into the mid to high 80s farenheit. We might even soon regularly hit or exceed 90 here in Central Florida. That's coming a bit too early. I hope that you get alerted this the new comment. From what someone else said, you apparently are picking up new viewers and hopefully, subscribers. Congratulations on that. Take care and safe canal travels.
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You three just earned a new sub and believe me I don't sub easily. I'm subscribed to eleven channels so... The trio deserve it though. Not only good, stitched together videos but story telling, educational history lessons, poems, wildlife, tips, tricks and more. This is the life I'm planning for. 55 Now and always wanted to get away from it all. It was/is either this way or RV but the coin has been flipped and heads a narrowboat life wins as a continuous cruiser. The adventure is for a lifetime. Those cold, frozen, winter mornings look delicious with the burner in full flow.
Keep the excellent videos coming you amazing people, I fall asleep(not that the trio is boring mind) to your videos, they keep me entertained for hours. Thank you and have a wonderful life.
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just a big thank you! and agree with others comments, laughter, pain, swallows, baby ducks, drawing and poems, scary stuff, we need it all in our lives and cant run or hide from it, have to be brave and face and accept it , see the beauty in-between.
bless you all,.:goodvibes::virtualhug:❤
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Vanessa, thank you for such beautiful videos, which 100% give me my "narrowboat and canal - fix". As an avid narrowboat "holiday-er" your videos really do capture the feeling, and the activities while on board. I'm watching one or two of your videos, from the first up to date, each day, and have enjoyed every one so far! The views, the diary element, the wildlife, the teachings, every video is so informative, entertaining, relaxing, and almost as good as being onboard myself . . . everything slow and considered. Thank you. :-)
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When I lived in Canada I went fishing in -25, I got out on the lake, parked my 34 year old Toyota truck, drilled my holes and pitched my tent. The wind was howling and it got down to -36, as sun was setting I knew I needed to make a decision, I was scared the truck won’t last the night and my little stove and gas heater couldn’t keep up. I knew she was going to get colder especially when the sun went down. So there I was, -43 in the middle of a great Praire lake trying to bug out. I woke up the next day with my dog in a warm house and new I saved my life. On the way out I had to drive up a 200ft hill in 2WD, only just made the last 6ft. It’s amazing how deadly beautiful can be.
Nearly bit the bullet in Oz too. I love the road and the man it made me become. I love nature, I really love it.
I hope one day I meet a van life/river gypsy/back packing go getter.
Nothing like a prairie sunset or a deathly quiet lake at -30 as the cabin creeks and the fire cracks. Cuddling my dog back then, in those moments was something special.
I miss, Miss Lulu and our silly adventures.
(To be clear she was not on that trip, I would of been in the dog house)
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Swallows and Amazons,,the Famous Five, I'm sure Tin Tin came along for the ride,
Alice in Wonderland, the Jabberwock's cry, Peter Pan through a starry sky,
We both knew Hook, as my hand you took, through Neverlands flying adventures we snook,
Enid Blyton and Arthur Ransome, I'm sure you said he was rather handsome,
Wind in the Willows and Winnie the Pooh,
I seem to recall they were adored by you,
Oh, how we lazed in those halcyon days, and we didn't seem to mind for the time we could find,
For time was frozen in that Secret Garden, and a Meccano bridge linked, all the memories that synced,
But these were the days we left behind, for Zephyr would have loved that Morning Town ride,
So as we look and try to find,
All the beautiful things in our childhood mind.
Thank you, Vanessa, for all your beautiful videos. They do inspire me ❤❤xx. Mum sends ❤️ x
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She sows the thoughts that scatter all around her as she goes,
Good lady it does not matter how many thoughts you sow,
For the ones that really matter,
Are the only ones that grow,
She steers her plough that glides beyond the shallows nigh,
And fills the world with flowers, where sun and showers lie,
So East and West this traveller comes, to people, town and tower high, to touch their hearts and show them where, Mother natures hand does lie. Love Andrew❤xx
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Hi Vanessa,nice to see you again,so interesting talking to the farmer he had some history in is hand I wonder how old they was what a nice Guy don’t meet many like him ,the little dear did you say it was a Chinese water dear ,if so never heard of it ,we called them monk Jack ,,it’s nice to see you still in the Fens ,great blog most enjoyable and interesting,till next time take care keep safe,John 🇬🇧👏🌹👀👀🤷♀️🥂🦮🐝🐝
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You are such a sweet and gentle soul Vanessa. Every fairy tale, or great adventure novel has a special place; a land, a forest or wood, and they all have a special person who is the heart and soul of them. I think of you as the Lady of the Waterways, whose presence keeps the life and heart of them present and alive, so they can be and continue to be the magical places they are. You bring out the best of everything around you. Like every lifestyle it involves work and chores of course, but your stalwart faithfulness to them is both noble and admirable. They and us are all the better for it. My prayers are for you and your family, that God will watch over you, bless you and keep you all safe. An emotional, poignant and thoughtful video, yet elegant and enjoyable as always. Thank you!
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Hi Vanessa(?) just came across your channel today, this wet wintery day in Western Australia, so hi, I am now a new subscriber...love your little stories. I do hope they caught whoever tried to kill the swans, so glad one at least was able to be rescued and found a new mate, they are such beautiful creatures, we tend to have more blacks than whites in Oz, it also being our state emblem in WA.
You look at the narrow boats and think how much space there actually seems to be, then you look at the loch you are travelling through and go Whoa!! thats really narrow. I will have to start at the beginning for the why's and hows and who's of your story rather than ask you a 100 questions. Be safe out there, I love your narrative. I also love your bird photography. Your little yellow wagtails are so different to our large black and white ones who spread their tails and wag them sideways instead of up and down..keep your stories and videos coming they are so interesting to those of us on the other side of the world...PS I love your art journal, is it possible to turn your pages a little slower please? Your art work is lovely do you have web site? Thankyou its made my day seeing this :)
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Wow,,,,I have seen the Severn Bore,,,,it is spectacular,,,but can be somewhat scary!! Actually, as we were watching the vlog, we had a 4.3 earthquake in the Reihoku area of Japan - where we live.....That too is scary!! We are totally fine, but to feel the earth moving like water... uncomfortable is the word....Thank you, as always for your entertaining and relaxing videos!!
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Wonderful footage at the top, the Wren & her cozy home , heartwarming, breathtaking, I love Wrens! & Kestrals, all birds of prey , make that all birds ! Beautiful photography. That stick; a very important stick! Your dog is beautiful, such a lady. Lovely to see how happy & intelligent she is.Your poem, verse , drawings are precious, as is your portrayal of your life & home, just beautiful & serene. My type of living . Thankyou for sharing & inspiring me.
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Gosh that looked cold out there, but You and Zephyr warm our hearts always, I remember the winter of 63, still had to go to school knee deep in snow, It's amazing, the places we have in this country that we don't always get to see, so with Thanks to You and Zephyr, we Do get the chance to see them and that Parkin looks heavenly, I hope you enjoy, Thank You both as always, for letting us all go along with you, Looking forward to the next Trip.
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Hi Vanessa, we're do I start, writing, painter, peot, photographer, (would be electrician, lock gates!).no stopping you girl,wonderful upload, many thanks, kind regards Mike. Norfolk. 👍
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Vanessa, I was thinking when you mentioned the ladybird, my thoughts went to bees 🐝 and you might maybe like this video (I hope it is ok to share a YouTube link here?). It’s a musical tale sharing the folklore that believes if you tell the beehive colony when the owner of the hives dies or a new heir is born, then the colony will go on. If you don’t then the queen will either leave or die and the colony will die. The band is an amazing band, I have met them all and find them so inspiring, lovely and kind. They are a progressive rock band but don’t let that put you off, such intelligent and beautiful people who sing about all sorts from Hedgerows, lees, butterflies, the lost rivers of London, mud larking, Winchester and the man who saved the cathedral when he used a diving suit to repair the flooded foundations to a tribute to the men who died digging the Severn tunnel and the unsung heroes of the the engine Mallard when it broke the world steam speed record… anyway this is “Telling the bees” by Big Big Train, sorry for the plug but my intention was to share this song (I have ADHD and I tend to get excited about a topic or go off on a tangent …sorry once again lol)
Take good care xx ❤
https://youtu.be/OGXbOiiaI24
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Hello Vanessa and Zeph, when my late wife and I first came to the Black Country in 1990, we lived on our narrow boat Galton at the Hyde near Kinver on the Staffs and Worcs Canal. After six months we bought a house in Halesowen overlooking Hawne Basin. We did extensive cruising of the BCN and went to Hawne Basin one weekend, a very friendly place then too, via the Dudley Number Two Canal. Stewarts and Lloyds huge factory was colsed and empty but all there then, and the area was very quiet and rural. We spent a peaceful night in Hawne Basin, very much quieter than our house in Halesowen, and returned home via another trip through Gorsty Hill Tunnel. We had only gone in about fifty yards, when we got a bad windup on our big propellor, which stalled our powerful Gardner 3LW Engine. So as you can imagine, there was no chance of a weed hatch job in the confines of the small bore tunnel, and we had to leg our twenty odd ton trad narrow boat out. This was quite an experience and was a lot easier than I had expected, as there was a slight flow going our way through the tunnel. Once outside and through the narrows we moored up and it took me over an hour to get a huge mess of pigwire, bundled rope and canvass off the prop. But it was another narrow boating adventure! The area alonside the canal appears quite a lot more developed than when we knew it. Is your Mr M a permanent fixture aboard?, He dosnt feature much and rarely helps you, when doing your videos! Stay safe all on board and love from Blaze and me.
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Good morning from America! This video is perhaps my favorite, Vanessa, brimming with beauty, variety, and gorgeous nature. Loved the horse wanting to be friends with Zephyr and then following along for a bit. The bridges continue to amaze me .. their construction still holds all these years later. Amazing! The gravesite of little Chrissy Gardner, extremely moving. The swans, squirrels, crows, horses, the turning leaves … all wonderful. The variety of leaves in every hue floating in the canal.. could anything be more wonderful? I’ve pulled out both of my Edith Holden books, inspired by You! Vanessa, are the canals routinely dredged? Happy, Safe cruising! 🍂 🍁🌿🐿️
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Well, that was an absolute joy, to wander down memory lane of 2024 with you, Vanessa!
I did enjoy your excitement when you found that amazing caterpiller. I feel exactly the same about my endless quest to spot a Blue Banded bee. yes, here in Oz, we have the most gloriously beautiful native bee, which is as big as your bumble bees, and it has black and turquoise blue stripes, and lovely big green eyes - incredible! Even though they are quite common in the Spring and Summer, they are shy, solitary and elusive, so I have never managed to spot one - but i am determined to this year. When I do, you will probably hear me yelling with joy, all the way from Oz! I cannot wait to sketch it.
That siren howling when the river flooded was really frightening - you must have been terrified, but you kept calm and carried on! That siren sounded exactly like the wartime air raid sirens. My Mum, who was a child during WW2, and was born and raised near Manchester, loathed the sound of that siren. Manchester was heavily bombed during the war, because of all the munitions factories there. I remember watching a documentary on WW2 with Mum once, and suddenly, there was footage of terrified people scrambling into their shelters, and that dreadful siren howling through the streets. My poor Mum, got up and quickly left the room, with her hands clasped over her ears. I turned off the TV, and went to ask her what was wrong. She was really upset, and said she just couldn't bear that horrible siren wailing, it reminded her of the air raids, and the terror she felt as a child, hiding under the stairs with her Mum and Dad, for hours, until the all clear sounded. She said she still had nightmares sometimes, about that god-awful siren. This was 60 years after the war had ended, so it just shows you how powerful trauma and PTSD can be - especially for a bewildered child. Luckily, my Mum survived the war, and you survived the flooding river - both of you are very gutsy birds! And here is my Xmas/ New Year's prezzie to you - a brill quote from Vincent Van Gogh, in a letter he wrote to his brother, Theo. It reminds me of your wonderful attitude to living. Feel free to put it in your sketch book!
Vincent wrote - 'As colour is to painting, so is enthusiasm to life.'
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Vanessa, I received my long-awaited copy of your 2022 journal in record time. Seriously, it only took a few days to find its' way to Arizona all the way across the pond ! I absolutely love my copy and your note on the back flap makes it all the more a special treasure for me. Please, please assure me . . . you will be offering a 2023 journal :) I would love to add this to my book collection, your illustrations and prose are truly a gift, something of a complete calm to this often turbulent world. I must say, your Nanny T seemed to be quite the adventurist in her younger days ! Oh and the geese @ 15:38 completely stole the show and made my day, they are soooooooooooooooooo charming ! The Black-tailed Godwit has such beautiful copper coloring and the long beak just adds to its' uniqueness. England truly has some of the most stunning species of birds, I'm becoming a huge fan. Vanessa, your tireless work which goes into creating these fine videos in my mind, places you at the pinnacle of the multitude of Narrowboat vlogs. You talent and hard work are treasured by us all. May God bless you, Mr. M and Zephyr this week as you float along the canal system.
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15,000 boaters, cruise Britain's waterways; all decked out in their finery; ready for another day. They cruise past ancient villages, built from old brick, and stone; their roofs are thatched and shingled; their church (grave) yards full of bones. The ghostly villagers whisper; of their lives so long ago; you may think they lived in sleepy parishes; but alas! it wasn't so. Yet life flows on, as all things do, and continues on its way; the towpaths graced by bees, and bugs, and otters that come out and play. So wishing you, my dear narrowboater, another adventuresome day! Jenny 🐝🐞🪲🦋🦦🌺🥀 Jenny
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There and back again
How clear and bright that beautiful sight,
Her beam upon the morning light,
And heaven's light shining bright,
Set free a bird in flight,
So Alice drifts, the morning mist,
To watch the morning wink,
The tiller twist in the morning mist,
A sight surely not to be missed,
So, strikes the hour from the old clock tower,
Rings out across the Shire,
As the Calder's calling and the river's falling,
Sets Alice on her way,
Through the Kirklees cut, passed Robin Hood's plot,
Saw a Goosander fly by, the Blakebrough bridge on high,
For the Scouts came prepared for the Huddersfield repair,
As Alice threads the needle through the lock in between her,
And the old steam train took us there and back again,
The smells and the smoke made clouds to evoke, memories of the line, way back in time,
As the guardsman's whistle took us back to the kettle,
And the whole thing seemed like a beautiful dream. Xx (Insired by A.E. HOUSMAN)
Thank you once again, Vanessa. Take care and stay safe ❤xx love Andrew
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Absolutely lovely, when I watch your videos, wonderful nature, zephyr so relaxed on the boat, I think she relaxes with the sound of the engine, beautiful pictures of zephyr , as said before your a inspiration, I am going down the canal later, I unwind llamas , ponies, horses, sheep, the heron , lovely nature, and stop off for coffee,
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Vanessa and Her Narrowboat
In a world of ripples and soft embrace,
Where whispers dance on the water's face,
There dwells a soul, Vanessa her name,
On a narrowboat, her heart aflame.
Amidst the lulling tunes of gentle streams,
She sails her vessel through moonlit dreams,
A nomad's spirit in vibrant hues,
With each stroke, a new adventure brews.
Her home, a haven of quaint delight,
With painted doors and stars at night,
A floating abode, her sanctuary true,
Where sky and water blend in seamless view.
Through locks and bends, she finds her way,
Embracing each dawn, come what may,
The currents weave tales of her lore,
As she navigates the untamed shore.
With each passing day, a story to tell,
Of whispered winds and the tolling bell,
She's the captain, the mistress of her fate,
Guiding her boat, never too late.
Vanessa's narrowboat, a cherished friend,
Through twists and turns, it will bend,
But with her spirit, steadfast and free,
She'll roam these waters, eternally.
So, here's to Vanessa, her boat in tow,
May her journeys be full, her spirit aglow,
A wanderer, a dreamer on waters wide,
With the world at her stern, let her glide.
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Hello Vanessa and Zephyr, wow Vanessa you are certainly having a time of it this winter, but may I say you are handling our weather like a pro, you could be a local, nothing phases you, I even think that Zephyr is starting to question your sanity 😂😂, I think that this is the first time I've seen Zephyr in the water, even to get a ball 😃😍, your photography is amazing, your poetry is soothing and your whole aurora is so relaxing, I'm really loving your vlogs, after a rubbish week you make life feel good ❤.
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Hello Vanessa and Zephyr, I have dodged around the months and years of your journeys on Alice Grace, and am now back in Shakespeare country. I love your Labby Zephyr ,they are such delightful dogs, though rather greedy and should be called Hoover! I have had Border Collies, Alsatians, a Romanian Wolf when one could own one in the UK I inherited from a muso friend who sadly had a drugs overdose, a very sad loss, and having come to South Africa I was introduced to Labradors and I have had two devoted friends for sixteen years, Bentley who tragically died at my vets after having a seizure aged ten, which as the loss of all my animal friends devastated me, and my current boy Blaze who I love to bits. I love your travels, and your way of so enthusiastically describing your adventures with Zephyr, who like my Blaze is obviously your constant companion. Your journal is magic and you are a great artist and poet, with a great way with words. You and Zephyr give me a treasured look at the UK I left eighteen years ago, and narrow boating and being involved in the canal leisure industry, which for me was a vocation in the Millennium. Take care and stay safe and well. Love Blaze and me xxx.
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Wonderful footage & drawing of the Skylark & Redwing, & the rest as always, Thankyou. There is something about that twittering song of the Skylark. It is so evocative. It seems to always transport me back to summer days when I was a child, exploring the countryside near where I grew up with the ever present loyal dog, (Springer Spaniel).. there is an eternal quality to the Skylark song. It seems to stop time somehow. Makes one feel lazy & reminds me that I need to stop & just listen. I often used to actually sit or lie down & sometimes drift off to sleep for a while under the spell of the beautiful Skylark song, on a warm summers day, far away from people & the bustle of human life & machines. I was lucky to grow up in the wild countryside by a very large river estuary.
The Robins song is also beautifully sweet & wonderful, as is the Blackbird & Mistlethrush. They are the most beautiful musicians/ singers, far far more lovely than any human voice or music.
I share your absolute love & delight of all things Nature, birds, animals, trees, flowers etc Thankyou.
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Freckles
There once was a blackbird,
And he loved to sing,
As he visited the boat,
That his true love lived in,
And there lies within,
His love she is baking,
A sweet Yorkshire cake,
'Parking', she's making,
As the smell comes creeping,
Across her galley floor,
Wrapped up in her apron,
Then out through the door,
She calls him Freckles,
The blackbird with speckles,
And is heart sang again,
As to her window she came,
Then held out her palm,
So pure and so calm,
As he tapped with his beak,
For the Parkin he seeked.
What a wonderful place Piece Hall is. Thank you for taking us with you Vanessa. The pencilled animations were brilliant. Love to you all, take care and stay safe ❤xx Andrew and mum ❤xx 🐦⬛🐦⬛🐦⬛
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What a fantastic vlog, my favourite one…but then again every vlog of yours is my favourite, they are all so interesting and relaxing. My son moors at Stenson Marina and we are regulars at Mercia marina, it’s lovely for the odd overnight stay there. It’s good to have plans and I can see the nomadic way of life really suits you but as you say it would be a hard life if you were less physically able, but I think you, Zephyr and Mr Mindful have a few more cruising years ahead. I am so sorry for your loss, I think a family loss makes you consider your own mortality and makes you realise you may not always be as physically fit and healthy. Your poem was very moving it brought tears to my eyes and the drawings were beautiful. The dandelion honey was interesting! Being vegan myself I might give it a try, I wonder if you over cooked it, I must look for a recipe. Oh I nearly forgot the boat you got to look around was amazing, what an engine room that was and such a cute little dog too. Take care Vanessa, Zephyr and Mr Mindful. Lots of love. xxxx
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Footsteps in the snow
I followed her footsteps in the snow,
Crampons set, heel, and toe,
And where she trod a seedling 🌱 grew,
Like Joseph's staff from long ago,
And from that seedling in the snow, another branch would surely grow,
And from that branch a bud did show,
To flower not once but twice we know,
So let the Calder and Hebble flow,
And I'll follow her footsteps in the snow,
To see a Robin kiss her hand,
Then watch her bless this promised land.
Stay safe and warm Vanessa,❤xx love Andrew and mum ❤️ xx
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Hebdon Bridge bound
Take a deep breath and hear what I say, We're taking a trip down the laureates way,
This Iron-man came in a little boy's dream, as the crow stood stern, unwilling to learn,
And the old brag listened to Sylvia from a far, I am Iam, 'The bell jar'
But the boy didn't imagine this wonderful space, as through the wardrobe we go to Azlan's place,
Billy goat gruff and Fangorn Wood, Treebeard would follow, if only he could,
Jail House 'Rock' or deckchair quarry, string vest is best, ice-cream or lolly?
Tod, beach climb Hebdon bridge divine,
Zephyr streamlines the biggest stick she can find, but someone's odd sock? No, we prefer lolly pops,
Six geese strong for Mrs. Bond, geese in the larder ducks on the pond,
But who ate the salad? Two geese in disgrace, so they'd better make haiste with Zephyr on the case.
Another wonderful video. Thank you once again, Vanessa. I love the idea of' Zephyr of the yard' she would soon bring those villains to heel. I'm sure those two geese were the stars in Aristocats!! 😊😊Take care and stay safe. Love Andrew ❤Xx
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Thanks for your reply, your hopes for me of a simpler life will never happen. Whilst I am mortgage free at 70 years of age, I live in a 'Park Home' some may say caravan, albeit beside the banks of the River Avon. A glorious spot. Costs include site fees, gas, electric, mobile phone(no landline), insurances, maintenance, not to mention normal living, food etc.
Those costs will never be met totally by state pension alone hence external work has to be done despite well beyond retirement age. My retirement will come when they put me in a box !
Some may say, 'we all have our cross to bear' !!
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Hi Vanessa, that was a great video. My friend keeps, and rescues injured birds of prey. The best way to discover what they've eaten is to dissolve the pellet in a lidded jar of hot water or alcohol. Give it a shake, and it will fall apart. Strain it, and you'll be left with the contents. Ha ha, Zephyr probably found some fox poo to roll in, it's like a magnet to them. My Labrador Retrievers used to do it if you let them out of sight. Rub tomato ketchup on the area and bathe it off to get rid of the fox smell. Be careful not to leave it on too long as it may leave a pink tint on light, or absorbant fur. It's their hunting, seeking instinct, fox poo has a distinct strong smell that masks that of a dog, allowing them to get near.
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I was joyfully watching this video and I can't find a scene that wasn't special. However, I am unable to remember something about a story of 2 geese, which could possibly be ducks, but I know it includes 2 old lady fowls. Watching the 2 geese noisily cross the bridge on their way back "home" to the canal, I was thinking of 2 elderly ladies who have just been in town deriding the way things are today. "Well, I never," said Harriet, to which Henrietta says, "and I saw it with my own eyes"! I think the story might be from a Beatrix Potter book as I read those to my children when they were small. Can anyone help me identify the story? I just love watching Zepher act like a puppy with her dirty old sock and slightly mouldy ball. At least she's having fun!. Who knew that that mountain contained a beach? What a surprise! I've ordered your calendar Vanessa and although I would have liked to buy both, I am grateful that I will have something to look forward to receiving this Christmas. Your art and poetry are very therapeutic, as are your videos. It's not yet gone 7am here in country NSW Australia and it is going to be 32C today, so I'd best get a move on and get some work done before it gets too hot. Thanks for a great start to the weekend. Take care now to you both!
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Watched this one belatedly. There you were in a perfectly reasonable location for spotting a fox, but sadly no luck. Years ago, I was walking my two corgis at twilight and just off to the right of the sidewalk was a full grown fox! This was near my townhouse in Costa Mesa, CA, very close to the business and shopping districts. No woods, no ponds lakes or rivers. But I spotted more wildlife living in Orange County than anywhere else I've lived. Saw a huge coyote near my apartment in Irvine just a couple of years before (golf range across the street complete with rabbits). I saw raccoons and possums on a regular basis. Crazy, but fun. Strangely, I always spotted the critters before my dogs did. If it was calm, no breeze and the critters went stock still, my dogs didn't see them. But if they heard them, woe betide! My girl Emma suddenly pitched a fit one night and was throwing herself at the glass slider leading out to the patio. I turned on the back light and went out. Both dogs nearly knocked me over to get out and managed to corner a very angry, aggressive possum behind my large passion flower planter. The possum hissed and bared its teeth! Had to leash up both dogs to get them back indoors. No recall where wild things are!
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What a wonderful journey, and then the snow, the countryside was so beautiful before but there is something about a snowy countryside scenery. I love the snow and although to get it we have to endure low very cold temperatures, I get very excited about it and get sad when it only lasts for a day or it gets nasty a slippery, Our granddaughter was so sad that her school didn't close down she so wanted to play in it and make a snow person and throw snowballs. She is 11 and I can remember the joy of winter long snow when I was her age, and I love to be able to play with her in the snow too, even thought we don't get the longevity of a snowy winter, huddling around our coal fire that actually on warmed about a foot in front of it so blankets over our knees where the warmth we knew. Freezing cold bedrooms seeing our breath and frost inside and outside the window. May seem like hard times to the modern family life with central heating, instant hot water and radiators in every room. We did have a good life despite the lack of these things. Hope you are keeping lovely and warm. I do find your computers behaviour strange but then they are sometimes I think. I had a whole page disappear the other day some of the short cuts to google and other things on my desktop I use often have lost their titles and the little sign that I use to click on. They cam back for two days and have gone again, my little arrow often freezes or disappears too, perhaps it is general fault of some kind. still quite spooky though.
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Hi Vanessa. If you haven't done Worcester yet, the Diglis Fish Pass and subterranean viewing gallery is a must see. It was built specifically for Twaite Shad, but the other twenty five species that have used it, don't know that. However, it's only open on Wednesday afternoons, 14-30 to 16-30, with groups of eighteen allowed in, every twenty minutes,
By the way, we met at Woodwalton Fen, quite a while back. Have a great summer.
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Did you see him flip that rock over? Amazing to see that! Absolutely beautiful video, book, prose, wildlife captures, art, and i love your girl! My very first dog was a male, like her. He was with me as a toddler until i was in my early teens. No more loyal friend could you have.
I love your boat, and the idea of taking your home wherever you go. My dear mom said i was born a gypsy with my bags packed. I'm thankful i have settled on a tiny house, with a tiny doll shop built on. Almost Paradise, to me. My cantankerous chihuahua allows me to live here.
I can't wait to see more of your artistic journeys! Couldn't sub fast enough. Stay safe, warm & blessed! 🤎🙏
Florida, USA
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Omg, I loved the little inside peek into your absolutely gorgeous art book, journal, sketch diary, ... whatever you want to call it, ;-) you are such a talented artist! So happy for you could enjoy a little adventure following the overflying "birds" to find and enjoy the lake. I would have enjoyed that too. So peaceful. You captured the cold beautifully in your video. Your lovely dog seemed so disappointed not being able to go for a swim in the frozen canal! Keep warm, keep smiling, really enjoyed your video, thank you for sharing, And glad you finally got to see a Goldeneye! Loved how you recreated it onto your paper. 🙂I've just seen you sold it on Etsy, sold out of course, ... but I know what I will buy when the next one comes out! 🥰
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Vanessa, I can't wait to see your journal in print, I do hope they catch the vibrant colors of the original as close as possible. I so look forward to the end of each of your videos as you always save the very best for last. Your talent and hard work are both a gift and a treasure to our world. Thank you so much for this weeks installment, I am never disappointed to be sure. I'm left to wonder . . . in your professional life, were you a botanist, a teacher of horticulture ? You possess an unusual amount of knowledge in the world of plant life, birds, bees, etc. and I find it all very refreshing as well, educational. Sending you and Mr. M all my very best wishes from Avondale, Arizona.
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I'm afraid we've missed you,
And hope your alright,
But things aren't quite right with out you, on Friday night,
So we hope you're safe on your moorning place,
You, Zephyr and Alice Grace,
So where have you been our canal boat queen,
For only you know where that fairy goes, through oxlip row and sweet violets grow,
And Zephyr shows where the wild thyme grows, sweet musk rose by the bank side glows,
And apple scent pink as sweet briars wink, with eglantine wine through the windmills of our mind,
So where have you been our narrow boat queen?
Titania unseen, for we've all missed our midsummer night's dream.
Hope you're all ok, Vanessa. we have missed you ❤❤xxxxx
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Lovely video, thanks for sharing.
There is a Flower, the Lesser Celandine,
That shrinks, like many more, from cold and rain;
And, the first moment that the sun may shine,
Bright as the sun himself, 'tis out again!
(The Lesser Celandine, William Wordsworth.)
All the best, Peter.
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In England’s veins, the narrow streams flow,
Where whispering reeds and nodding willows grow,
Afloat on serene waters, soft and slow,
The joys of narrowboating, well I know.The tranquil pulse of life from stroke to bow,
Past ancient locks where time seems to forgo,
The ducklings' play, the swan’s majestic show,
In nature’s grasp, where true contentments glow.The tea on deck, in morning’s golden glow,
The fireside chats when evening breezes blow,
The camaraderie with those we meet and know,
On these gentle waters, friendships grow.In this slow meander, worlds apart from woe,
Each turn reveals a scene of new tableau,
In narrowboating’s rhythm, life does flow,
In England’s heart, where quiet waters go.
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Love your videos, we are returning to the UK permanently next year after 20 years in New Zealand. We plan to live on a narrowboat for a few years, inspired by your beautiful Vlogs. I spent many hours on the Kennet and Avon canal, Aldermaston, as a boy, fishing and exploring before it was reopened to boat traffic. Plan to get a house and rent out until we're too old for narrowboat life!
Have spent many hours watching your adventures, keep up the great work, will be buying your book too when we get back next year, look forward to seeing some more Vlogs soon, take care, Colin and Sandy 🦢🦉🐦
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Well, Limb was a dream like peaches and cream,
The Thelwell ferry, on Bollin with Colin, gave a penny ride to the other side,
The Dingle Dam find, before the Rochdale nine, and Earth Star sublime, fungi to find,
Then, a Throstle Thrush song kept Alice gliding along, like a spinning machine wound, the cotton twist bound,
So a leaky lock baffle gave Alice no hassle, and the Brownfield lock gate kept the keeper awake,
Well, we're rather keen, this Manchurian hip scene, when Zephyr said, Lean needs a new narrow boat queen,
So a catwalk in the rain brought fortune and fame, and there she was seen, a fashion photographers dream,
And Bailey said humbly, "Forget Joanna Lumley,
But an umbrella in the rain isn't quite the same, for this catwalk fame can be rather tame,
So should I go hither, to swop Windlass and tiller?
When all the riches I need, lie by the bank side indeed,
Zephyr, Alice Grace, and this beautiful place.
Such a beautiful video, Vanessa, that evening light was something special . Thank you again, Love Andrew and mum. ❤xx 🌂 🌂
By the way, 'Bless you' 🤧
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For you, Vanessa
There once was a hungry foxglove bee,
Who stopped the church clocks at half past three,
So we could all sit down with honey for tea,
Alice Grace, Zephyr, you and me,
We talked of adventures we haven't done,
Aboard Alice Grace for years to come,
To Chester's Walled City, we had to run,
To see the Misket ball's tower that shone,
Oh, sweet willow shade us from the sun, " I'll bring the breeze to spur you on,"
So before the rain, the Herring gulls trance, like a Red Indian worrior,
he performs his battle dance,
Then, on the way to our friend Tom,
We wished him good tidings for the things he'd done,
Then, on down the lane, we left with a blessing,
" we'll see you again, on Narrow Boat Cressy,
With my captain to helm, what more could be shown?
Why! A beautiful sunset to guide us safe home.
Once again, Vanessa, thank you for a lovely video . Xx❤
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The events around Alan Godfrey's life are as you imply most intriguing. The dead chap atop a coal heap is a bit more explainable: The current hypothesis is that this particular Polish chap was in Britain because during World War 2 in Poland, he'd been a Nazi collaborator. After the war all such folks were in distinctly bad odour with the locals so he'd travelled across Europe to Britain to a new life where he'd been something minor in the Polish Resistance and not in any way associated with the Nazi regime. Unfortunately his previous deeds had caught up with him and some fellow Poles who knew who he was had decided to kidnap him and teach him a lesson.
Having been associated with the Nazi regime his imagination immediately ran away with him and what the others had intended, namely a few days confinement and perhaps a beating, had turned in his mind into torture unto death and scared the man to death. The other people then had a problem on their hands: rather than a former war criminal who would not talk of minor mistreatment they had a very inconvenient dead body to dispose of. They did this by dumping said body onto coal heaps near a railway; the body was only discovered later on in Todmorden.
The UFO incident is much more intriguing. Not the actual sighting of a craft which cannot be explained and for which an explanation won't be forthcoming because we lack evidence, but something much more down to earth: cows.
PC Alan Godfrey was patrolling to find some reported escaped cows, that were known for getting out of the farm at the top of Todmorden and wandering onto the council estate. There had been reports of this, and then silence. So, where were the cows? That's why he was patrolling a completely empty council estate at oh-dark-thirty in the morning that day.
The cows were discovered in the end, a whole herd of them, in the cricket pitch on the other side of the river in Todmorden. This then raises the knotty and so far unexplained question of how on earth one shifts twenty-odd cows through a council estate in the dark, down one of three roads crossing the railway, over a main road and then over one of only a handful of bridges over the river and then down to the cricket club without leaving a very obvious trail of cow droppings all the way, and without losing a cow or two into peoples' gardens, and doing all of this quietly enough not to be observed.
Moving cows isn't easy. It takes more than one person unless the cows know where they're going; over unfamiliar terrain and suburban streets it takes several people and maybe a trained cattle dog and they all have to know what they're doing AND they all have to get lucky.
Or
Maybe the cows had transport down to the cricket club?
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Vanessa, one of the first things we learn when trying to be health-conscious, is the ability to tell the truth!🤣🤣, you and I both know that those granite banana chips won't soften any by being dunked in your tea, I recommend chocolate covered custard creams by M&S!, resistance is futile, once you have tried those you will buy more, sorry🤣 Such a beautiful verse I am now feeling teary, you're so talented. Changing the subject I thought I'd seen all the videos and was up to date...clearly I'm not🤣. As for journeys, we have no car and travel everywhere by train, Noodle sits on the seat next to me because she is a Duchess!, nobody so far, has ordered her to the floor and I'm glad as she is less cute when sulking!. Until the next vid, be gas safe and careful! x
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There is a story here to be told,
A bond of friendship as pure as gold,
Of things we see and the things we do and the memories of places you take me to,
For the walks you've given every day, along the toe path were we stray,
My toy you hide for me to find, i'm ever so glad we didn't leave it behind,
Then we came upon a stile one day but a hedge cutting tractor stood in our way,
That kissing gate we had to navigate, to St. Winifred's Lych gate stone portal,
So a pilgrimage we made and there we stayed, with a backpack therefore to fill,
Then it's off on our way to finish the day as you held my lead through those brushing leaves,
Oh how we laughed as came the big splash! It's hard to climb out of the water, and i tried to make small that present i found, the stick that lay there on the ground, and i know i recall when you said make it smaller, I'm sure i grew six inches taller,
So i'll give a paw to the best mum of all, and keep her safe on Alice Grace by those beautiful canal bank waters.❤xx
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Your story about encountering the creatures you thought were the dreaded Cassowary , made me laugh, but how were you to know? . However in the US I watch Homesteading channels and some folks raise Emus , , whether as pets or for the huge green eggs or just for the sake of having them ,IDK. When they are little they are cute but as they grow up they become very aggressive, and do not seem to be trainable. They signal they are going to attack by taking a certain stance, and when they attack, the farmer stands his ground and grabs the huge bird by the neck and shoves it away, Some of them are as tall or taller than a human. But the picture you showed of the wild Aussie Cassowary looked terrifying, like something from Jurassic Park,..and they run around wild and attack hikers? Yikes!. I knew that big kangaroos are dangerous, but i learned something new today Thank you. for sharing your story.❤
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Vanessa, you and Zephyr are a part of so many other lives. A thistle seed floating, not silly at all, a special amazing sunset for you to feel. You inspire many people, and your voice is beautiful and soothing. We are a hyper sensitive type, it's a gift. And noticeable from very young. But we suffer more than others this is clear, but at the end of each day, it's all worth more than gold. Our feelings, our memories we hold so close. And no one can ever take that away from you. True love, and memories is the only thing we CAN take with us when we pass on.
I got teary eyed at the end of the video, but smiled thinking this world is a much better place with hearts like yours... A very big meaningful hug for you ❤
Stay strong.
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The very kind and totally honest person who informed you that you had unknowingly dropped that cucumber, restores one's faith in humanity, bless that person, I bet that made your day. 🙂
A very peaceful viewing this evening, and, how fast it seems that the past week had flown by.
What a wildlife treat for those swallows to have sat so close to you, I don't mind* admitting that I didn't know a gathering or group of swallows is a Richness of swallows - I seem to learn something new every time I watch one of your beautiful Vlogs Vanessa.
Once again, looking forward to next Friday... 🙂
Edit: As an update message here, I just also wanted to share an experience of watching swallows skimming along the surface of a pond, and two funny stories.
When I was working at Arborfield Garrison in the kitchen one day walking to work, I saw, as you say, a Richness of swallows taking it turns skimming along a small(ish) pond inside the grounds of the part of the former REME Officer's Mess - at right angles to each, as I say, it seemed like they were taking it in turns to skim across the small pond, so that that they wouldn't crash into each other,as the pond was quite small - I shared that with the head chef - who only found that "a bit interesting."
It was very hard to make this very stern head chef even "smile" at a good joke.
So, I was out to make an impression - to raise the moral in the kitchen.
One day, a gas appliance had to be repaired by fully qualified gas engineer, of course - when the gas engineer duly arrived, the stern-faced head chef asked him what he would like to have for a drink.
"Black tea, no sugar." He said. "Paul, make him a cup of tea." The head chef said.
As I was making the gas engineer his cup of tea - I was meaning to ask where he had worked as an assignment before travelling to Arborfield.
"How far have you traveled." I asked. "New Zealand." He said. "That's a long way to travel for a cup of tea. " I replied. That did put a smile at least on the head chef's face.
Again, trying to make the head chef laugh. One Friday, I said to him: "According to the weather forecast, it's going to be a sunny weekend - but, they didn't say which weekend."
That, at last pit a smile on his face, as he said: "Very good Paul."
I just wanted to share these to make people laugh, or, at least, put a smile on your viewer's faces - have a great weekend. 🙂
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GOOD GRACIOUS GIRL! Your poem! If I were not seventy and had the chance, I would scream "I LOVE YOU" from the balcony! That was perfection!
If I'd one stone to sculpt and shape,
Or one blank canvas on which to paint,
I'd feel an overwhelming sense
Of fear on how I should commence.
For if I'm hasty with my brush,
Or chisel in an ad hoc rush,
I'd never capture my desire,
to fashion something to inspire.
But If I fail to even start,
just emptiness, I will impart.
So bit,
By bit,
I'll chip,
At it
For life itself, is art.
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Vanessa hi just started following you , your so relaxing to watch , your art work and peoms are amazing , vanessa , do you print any for sale , the canal is a minute anyway from my home in salterfort Lancashire, / Yorkshire, so id love to read one of your books by the canal , if not could you name anybooks i could get hold off , i love zeth old is he , he such a wonderful character so so good, i went a walk this morning a long the canal with some friends we went to hear morning song it was beautiful, your a amazing person , so im deffo going to message you again , x take care , please reply about books x x 👍🍀🐦⬛🦢
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Stumbled across your vlog, it was promoted in the waterways magazine. I have a drawing to the canals and walk manyvtoe paths, not sure I have the bottle to enter this world. But your vlog is everything dear to me, mindfulness, craving for a simple life, nature and wildlife, drawingvand poetry, Even a lab, I'd have another one day. Bizarrely you live a world that's in my dreams. I wish I could talk to you more about your knowledge and experience of such a life change. Will you pass the Warks Northants area anytime soon?
Well done, you deserve a TV spot, what you share is magical, thank you, Marc
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Hi Vanessa, another great and very interesting vlog, as you know I'm looking to be on a boat in the future, this has nothing to do with costs for me, it's a lifestyle change, slowing down and enjoying my life.
Let me tell you though it's not that sweet on land, I know everyone is going on about the increase in licence fees, but you do get a lot for that fee, on land you will have council tax, water rates/ water meter, gas and electric is going through the roof,no wood or coal and in most areas you can forget solar, car insurance well you can forget the roof it's gone into orbit, petrol and diesel well that's just going silly, you phoned CRT when you had that flooding incident and you said that they came and sorted it pretty quickly, phone the council and it could take three or four weeks,
As I understand it CRT want charge people who use the facilities more, more to use them, from a business perspective I can understand that, like many operations the CRT is losing millions in government funding and have to look at unpopular ways to replace that money , prices are going up everywhere, I'm not being frightened off by it and I hope that you don't, I want to be part of a great community not surrounded by druggies ,sorry I went on a bit but when you started saying about leaving the canals I thought you should know how it is this side, take care Nige. 👍👍
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Hello Vanessa, please exept this as this is my way of saying sorry. I hope it's appropriate.
I think I may have hurt you,
I think I may have made you cry,
How could I have been so thoughtless,
And been so unkind,
How could I have doubted you
When in my foolishness, I nearly said goodbye,
But saying sorry just doesn't seem enough,
For you never faltered, and you never made a fuss,
And what of that smile I nearly left behind,
And those beautiful bright blue eyes,
Why, they caught my gaze in a watery haze and whispered, friendship there in lies.
Take care xx❤ Andrew
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Hello Vanessa, so sorry to hear about your Auntie, please accept my delayed condolences ❤️, I hope what I say does not offend , I am looking at becoming a boater as I hate town life but want to travel our wonderful country, you stated that you was looking for a safe mooring for the time needed for travelling and the funeral, as a constant traveller I could stay with your boat for two weeks, keeping an on her, minding your solar, maybe I'm thinking above myself, why would you trust someone with your boat? Because I see a community that looks out for each other, not like my neighbours, druggies on benefits, the old saying was 'you scratch my back I'll scratch yours ' sorry if this was long winded, but it's just an observation, you are a great community, look after each other 💕💕💕👍👍
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In the early morn, with skies still gray,
A man steps out to start his day.
With gentle hands, he spreads the seeds,
A friend to birds, fulfilling their needs.
Chirps and tweets, a joyful sound,
As feathered friends gather 'round.
He smiles softly, heart at peace,
In their presence, worries cease.
From sparrows small to robins bright,
They flock to him, a daily sight.
He knows each one, their songs, their names,
A silent bond, no need for fame.
Through seasons' change, in sun or rain,
He tends to them, his joy, their gain.
A simple act, a loving deed,
The man who feeds the birds, indeed.🙂
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Hi, Found your VLOG about a week ago and found them all brilliant, so relaxing, knowledgeable, and entertaining, your sketches of Birds and little furry animals is out of this world what an artist I don't know how you even start about such beautiful sketches, you must have done a lot of research to produce such, narrow boating is something I have always dreamed of doing myself but the nearest I got to that was taking a day boat on the Norfolk Broads and getting shouted at for not passing oncoming boats Port to Port lol, hay-oh lol, I think the deciding things for me not getting round to it is although being born in Cleethorpes, Lincs I am a non-swimmer and also like yourself suffer asthma, keep up you wonderful journey and vlogs, now in my 70's its probably not going be an option for me now. Martin
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What another beautiful vlog !, Thank you for the view of the Slimbridge wetlands centre. Will look into that one !, Amazing with the red list bird there ! And all the amazing nature ❤ Love the glowworms.
Your mother is amazing ! ,to have the strength to travel the seas! 😲🤩
We visited the Bempton cliffs, and saw 3 Puffins! ( Possibly pairs of 3 , as they were spotted near their burrows ) , we live near some buzzards, and they are interesting, as we have heard a different call, which is similar to a gull sound ! Beautiful ❤
I hope you get time to rest and repair, ❤💐, My family Xmas present hint will be your beautiful book,❤🥰 You are a very talented poet and beautiful drawings. Had a speckled wood Butterfly ( think I got that right😂 ) visit our front room the other week ! 🥰
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Lovely! Your adventures with Zephyr, who I have spoken of before in a post after your trip on the River Severn. I love your work, you are a sympathetic artist, writer and obviously a well read nature lover. Your cruise on the BCN brings back great memories of my time around the BCN in the early nineties, when we lived on Galton our traditional Gardner engined narrow boat built by the Allens of Oldbury, who I worked for before my late wife and I worked for Brummagem Boats and lived on Galton at their base at Sherbourne Street Wharf, a very different place then from now! We then moored and lived on Galton at the Hyde near Kinver, on the beautiful Staffs and Worcs Canal and I worked as a boat builder and interior fitter for David Baugh of Black Country Narrow Boats at Stourton for ten years. Many years on, I am with my current Labrador dog Blaze who I love to bits, and like my previous Labby Bentle, who was with me ten magic years who should have been called Hoover just like Blaze, God they are delightful, but greedy dogs in white River in South Africa. Both you and Zephyr stay safe and well. Take care love Blaze and me xxx.
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Howdy Sweet Lady. I’m greatly thankful for your peaceful and uplifting videos. Due to health reasons, I’m mostly home bound, after being able to live an active life.
However, I’m not sad nor resentful. I have a peaceful life now. I never did before.
You have found your peaceful place and beautifully share it with us.
Thank you for daring to walk the quiet, yet, fulfilled path.
Well done.
P.s. My doctor ordered that I need to drink hot liquids, other than coffee. I drink lots of water, though.
I’m wondering, what kind of tea did you make in your video today?
What are some teas that you like?
I have some rose tea that I love. But, I think that I must not know how to brew tea properly because I like my tea a little stronger. Hmmm, am I ruining it? Texans mainly drink iced tea. 😊
Blessings, Mi Amiga.❤
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Very nice of you to say. I live in the suburbs of Philadelphia, I've been to the UK 55 times and feel very much like an Anglo-phile. I had to cancel going out yesterday, because I couldn't control my emotions. I live 3,500 miles away from England and I felt her loss more than any other person I've known. I think it's because of what you said. She was so respected, she was a person to look up . Look what I'm dealing in the US. A disgusting former president that not a kind word can be said about him. A white supremacist, a racist, a rapist, a liar, a thief, a wife cheater, not a stealer of classified documents. How lucky your country is to have had this lovely woman as a leader. I have not heard one unkind word about her. I hope King Charles III can live up to her reputation. Best to you, Jane, Philadelphia
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What an entrance to 2025! Always so adventurous! Those "tight fit" locks were nerve wracking! You dealt with those locks and flooding perfectly well.
It's so pleasant to see different bird species in such beautiful areas, right? I'm blessed to live where I live, on the outskirts and actually have the woods, right up to our piece of land. We also have several species of birds here. Robins, several types of tits, several types of woodpeckers, owls, starlings, woodpegions, sparrow hawks, red tailed hawks, ducks, and even huge vultures that touch ground every now and then. And animals like wild boar, and large deer. Some european lynx but very difficult to spot.
Take care
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wooden canal boats, do need, a certain amount of water, inside, under the flooring, sounds strange, but, it stops the wood from getting to dried out, and cracking. yep i lived on an eighty foot coal barge, all wood and very wide, but loads of room. ok limited access, to some canal systems, but, a much cheaper deal, than a two bedroom london flat. but then there's the problem, of no work ? swings and roundabouts ? ? ? i think boats, are for retired people, with a pension or savings ?
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So, Vanessa, is it? As a relative newcomer, this is the first I've seen of your name, mentioned in others' comments. I have been thus far unfailingly captured by your videos. You are a beautiful woman with a beautiful soul, as evidenced not only by your appreciation of the beauty in nature, but in your desire and ability to help your viewers appreciate it, too. You have my sympathy for the loss of your friend. Take heart in the knowledge that Francesca's life was surely infinitely more wonderful for having you in it. As for what life has in store for you from this point on, please do what makes you happy. As much as we love watching your videos, it is your love of life that keeps us watching, listening, and feeling. Do whatever makes you happiest and we will all be happy for you, whether or not we're alongside you on your journey. Thank you for sharing not only your insight into the nature of wildlife, but your own very personal feelings as a human being. Here's wishing you all the best, for all time. Take care.
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I've been thinking, I'm with you... on the winter months being the most enjoyable, little traffic on the water ways, even though there may be some difficulties. I do love winter as well. Being constantly aware of the weather forecasts is certainly a thing to do. But lately I've been wondering and thinking 🤔 how to know when "to stop narrowboating" I mean, there are ups and downs like with many other things in life. But just thinking that after doing it for so long, that it would be so difficult to stop! The thought of living in a home! Well, for some they would welcome that change, but for the few who actually do it because it is "therapeutic" something so dear to them! How to cope with the major changes, as there are many. I don't know really, but it would be such a difficult change, for me at least... Another wonderful, beautiful blog!😊
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🐾 ZEPHYR'S GENTLE BREEZE 🐾
A mouse in a wall as the Swans came to call,
Hilda and i thought we'd glide by,
But no tears will we cry as we say our goodbye,
For it's the circles complete that make us unique,
So as we're upended and our time here is ended,
We're pleased to say, come back and see us some day,
And on the day that we leave,
Zephyr's gentle breeze woke up the trees,
And without any sound,
Gracefully turned Alice round,
Tick Tock lets wind up the lock,
The old clothes mangle with a starting handle,
As Shoddy and Mango got into a tangle,
Giving clothes to the poor and the soldiers at war,
So as night begins to fall, a mouse looked out on us all,
From his house made of straw, in the old stone wall,
And while we sleep, in his house hidden deep,
No mischief he makes as he sits there and waits,
Then looks with his eyes with a word to the wise,
Look out from the wall, to all creatures great and small.❤xx🐾🐾
Hi Vanessa, hope your ok. Your video this week was once again a delight. I loved the mice.🐀🐀 How long did it take to get the footage? Take care and stay safe. Love Andrew❤xx
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I love your films, you have a natural talent for description and are very obviously a very good artist, poet, thinker, lover of wildlife and diarist Vanessa. I love your lady Zephyr and so does my Lab Blaze, who sends his love, they are such lovely creatures! I am so glad that your five years on your floating home has been a treasure of many good memories. My narrow-boating in the nineties was rather different. It was a lot quieter on the cut then, and my late wife, I, two cats and a dog lived aboard our sixty-two foot traditional gardner engined boat Galton at the Hyde near Kinver on the Staffs and Wors Canal and later at Sherbourne Street Wharf in the heart of Birmingham where my wife I and our animals live aboard, while managing a boatyard. A trad narrowboat is in my opinion not the best cruising boat, certainly if one has animals, though it was a very comfortable home for just over a year. Our quite extensive cruising was more holiday cruising, as we were not boating ramblers, for we both had quiite involving full time jobs, but many of the places you have visited with Zephyr are well known to me and many bring back great memories. God bless to you and Zeph' and stay safe and well on your future cruising adventures. Love and thanks from Blaze and me. Take care xxx.
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Im surprised marinas aren't supplying MGO, (Marine Gas Oil), this has no FAME, also the flash point is lower, my ship is powered by a Mirrlees Blackstone Engine, built 1972, and we cannot burn fuel containing FAME, fame will block injectors and cause other problems, and believe me our injectors are huge. Each piston is only just liftable by a strong person. So you should be using MGO for propulsion and heating fuel for heating/ cooking, there is a difference. The regs for what you are burning is minimum 7% FAME, so it could be higher. Any canal boat with an older style engine, Gardner, Lister, etc should be using MGO.
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Hiya! Sweat Alice grace , I just came across your chanel The mindful narrowboat, glad to watch your videos, there are a few youtubers who are worth watching due to bussy life, your channel is very informative, I was always curious when i saw narrow boats, when I was in uk, who and how ppl live in those boats narraow and long, how they top up fuel n where from, so many queastions, today I started to watch your channel, stay healthy n keep tight, have a giod time xxx zac utman from Pakistan
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Hi there,
I don’t know whether you have time to answer 2 questions - one serious, one less so… But here goes: when you’re steering your boat, is there a constant smell of diesel from the engine exhaust?
And, when bees search for pollen in amongst your bow-garden flowers, as you’re trundling along, are they then, say 20 mins later, still able to find their way back to their hives? I know they have an innate ability to fly and return to the same point, but what happens when that point has suddenly moved ½ a mile downstream.
Anyway, happy waterfaring…
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Hi Vanessa, I live in Coven, South Staffordshire right by the canal, near to penkridge, Brewood and shrugborough with so much history locally, and a wealth of bird life I can see why you love it, you just can't see it all in just one visit, I hope you return. I was bowelled over with you finding the Goldeneye, I had never even heard of it and it was such a feast to my eyes. When I am gardening I entertain a family of Robins, my favourite bird and I am sure the same family of them has been in my garden for a decade or more. I have found them nesting in my garage, conservatory, shed, tool store, under my work bench and on workshop shelves, behind the tins of paints. After we met, I was digging, he was leaf lifting we were friends for life and he would always be close by looking for lunch.
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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!
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Comment that the next challenge is a very low bridge brings to mind a classic song about the Erie Canal here in the USA: the specific connecting words being, "low bridge, everybody down, low bridge, for we're comin to a town". It appears to have been published in early 1900s with that phrase as its title. Song being a folk song of course has variations in both name and content; is also known as Erie Canal Song, or, Fifteen Miles on the Erie Canal, or, Fifteen years on the Erie Canal. Speaking of years, has been a few years since I've last listened to it ... heading off for a few minutes to find it on here. :) And in other news, wherever that freight train, goods train, was going they were not wasting time getting there!
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So I've watch a few canal videos over the years and I find myself totally enjoying your's. So much different than the others. My favorite thing is how observant you are with the wildlife, and your drawing and poetry at the end. While I can't say I watch each of them to the end (I blame my short attention span), I know I can always go back, and when I see one from a future episode (I watch via description, not timeline), I marvel at the work you've done.
Really thought it's an opportune time for your vids, as I'm on my way in a couple weeks to the UK, and I needed ideas of things to see, so thank you to all the beautiful locations you've been to, so that I can stock my list. Even if I don't get to them this visit, I then just have to come back. I'll be visiting from California and expecting to be there about 4-5 weeks.
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VANESSA THE MINDFUL NARROWBOATER..
Vanessa the mindful narrowboater,
Navigates the UK's locks and canals,
Certainly a Nature Loving Doter,
Constantly searching for herons and owls;
She's on a mission to teach mindfulness,
To all of her YouTube viewers worldwide,
Filming for us her day of fruitfulness,
Encouraging us to be beady eyed;
She films, journals, writes poetry and draws,
Making it look easy to do the same;
But I can't do that, I say to myself, It's too hard, it would be so full of flaws;
Try not, I'd fail, with myself to blame
So I'd best study the books on my shelf.
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Oh, good lord! What a delight to have discovered you today! I've been watching narrowboat vlogs for a year or so and just discovered you. Watching you makes me feel so good!
At first, I thought it might perhaps be because you are female and you're adding a bit of a female touch. I thought this because I've been watching a couple of great male narrowboaters. Perhaps it's so, but really, I think it's more because of your soft, slow approach, insightful, and sensitive outlook on life and the environment you're in. You truly seem to appreciate the place you are in and the place you are in, in life. Not so much that you are female, but that you are who you are. A comfortable soft soul, and I really appreciate you sharing your experiences with us.
I particularly love the imagery you show, the variety and beauty, and how you intertwine the music you choose into it. It's my kind of music.
I'll keep watching to figure it all out and understand you, and I'm quite looking forward to the quiet moments with a warm cup of brew and you, my new friend, and indulgence on YouTube.
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Thank you so much from Brussels. I look forward to your weekly content, it is to me like an inspirational capsule of zen , the opposite of all the shrill headlines in this noisy world. So skilfully and calmly, you navigate (😊) through all the very real challenges that life as you live it throws at you. Again, such a rare and precious thing in our age of click baiting, you choose not to go for dramatic cliffhangers and dark music ! I love it all, the gentle humour, the nature walks, the historical info, the poem and the drawing and obv the extra biscuit sneaked on the plate at the end... and of course, your sweet, gorgeous Zephyr.. you only have to look at the relationship between a dog and their human to gauge the true nature of the latter. You rate highly 😊 Safe travels and happy new year to you x
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The area you covered was my old child and young adult area, as i lived in Cheadle Cheshire, then Hazel Grove and Bramhall, before moving to Sheffield in the early 80s, I was a Fireman in Greater Manchester and South Yorkshire and traveled across the Peak District for three years. so i know the area well as i and my late brother used to cycle there as well, fished on those canals.
I now live in New Forest and am thinking about selling up and buying a boat, as I do photography and also collect cameras, to many, and i need to sell a lot of stuff, your drawings and stories/poems are really good, I love the rustic aspect and also the fact that you included such wildlife and the insects, being honest i started to cry, happy tears, but also regretful as i had a better chance about 8 years ago to do what I now am considering.
Thank You and safe travels. David 🥲🙂👩🏼🎨🐝🐞🐛🍁📮📷🍄🟫Ps Love the flower and herb troughs , another one of my loves.
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The Duke of York, the Castle, and Queen Margarite, going to war and losing his head, wow I can't imagine how difficult life was, or simply existing in the 1400's!
I also love how you appreciate those nature walks... And knowing quite a bit of the animals, and plant life as well.
And lastly, when I saw you making tea, and setting those "short bread butter biscuits" on the plate my eyes opened up wide and a smile came across my face!
Because just two days ago I received, from my brother, a whole square tin (a rather large tin box, I might add) which weighed quite a bit, of short bread 🥪 Pure butter biscuits from Scotland!! And I was having my cup of tea and those same biscuits whilst enjoying the video!!😊 (Oh but please correct me if I am wrong about the biscuits, they do look the same... lol) Anyway, thank you for sharing yet another wonderful snippet of your joyful life!
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Happy New Year to you dear Vanessa I look forward to travelling with you along UK's delightful waterways. Loved my calendar thankyou so much, I sent you an email. Wow you are right this video is stunning, from the duck close-ups at the start to the gorgeous light as you travelled along. Your photography just gets better and better. That goat was so cute. Your kingfisher so much more colourful than mine 🤣🤣 And the swan...amazing...I have never ever seen one travel through the water like that...like a galleon in full sail. I also loved seeing my photos on your easel I am glad they are giving you pleasure, I had totally forgotten I had sent them🤭🤭 it is a bit sad that Ediths house has gone...shame the units couldnt have been built elsewhere, especially as you have been following in her footsteps through her journal, soon there will be no old buildings (history) to be seen, I guess it belongs to a different generation, but once its gone..its gone..sad. Have a wonderful year Vanessa, stay safe, travel well, keep smiling....and next time you go through a wet tunnel use a brolly 🤭🤭🤭🤭🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘🦘
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@themindfulnarrowboat Thanks so much for the reply. Thanks so much for the reply. Well I was hoping that I was the only one who had not seen many Swallows or Swift's so it's not good that you have noticed the same too. Firmly on the ground though, there appears to be a huge decline in the numbers of hedgehogs this year and that is strange as when I was about after midnight last year I used to see anything up to six Hedgehogs or sometimes more BTW I live in North Kent, but this year zero so something serious happening and I have no idea what. I have been feeding them for quite a while and there is always a tray of fresh rainwater out near the food so they should know there is always easy to get food and water. It does not make sense there are none about now especially as there is a nice patch of thick brambles with dead grass and leaves in it that I keep under control that is perfect cover for them. Some of them were using that up until last year but this year there is no sign of them, and one that should really interest you, Moths ! Around five or six weeks ago I went out one morning and found almost twenty white fluffy moths on a wall all totally motionless, they were all close to a small light that is on through the hours of darkness. I have never seen the moths before and have never seen them since, sadly virtually nearly all the moths were dead oh and three or four years ago I saw a Starling minus any colour I could not get close enough to tell but it was an Albino, if it was White well that would really be something, saying that I have seen Crows and blackbirds with anything from a few up to 50% of there black feathers white. Moving onto the boat, I hope to be out there by late next year and everyone who posts on Youtube has been very helpful. They have been answering my endless questions and has given plenty of advice whenever I have asked for it, and that has given me a great deal of confidence as initially I was concerned about being out there and managing everything single handed.
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Missed you Vanessa, hope that you had a nice break with whatever you were doing. It’s good that you can take a break every once in a while and recharge your batteries, it must be quite intensive having to film and edit your videos and maintain your teaching commitments as well as your day to day things. Hope Mr M is well also and was able to take a break at the same time.
So gorgeous seeing Zeph with her ball, she really is a gorgeous and playful doggy … I really love seeing her. xx 🐶 🐕 🐕 xx ❤
7:13 what a lovely farm shop, it’s so nice that the owner can trust people, I just hope,to goodness that no one has ever or will, steal from it or be dishonest.
Well every day is a school day 😂 “gongoozler” … I think I may have heard of it in the distant past but never knew it was an actual word, apparently originated in the Lake District describing a bunch of busy body observers… 😂😂😂😂 Sad that they all,left when you went through the lock… ahh they don’t know what they missed, I wouldn’t have ignored you lol 😂 x
Isn’t that plant interesting how it grows in that gap? I think perhaps it may be getting nutrients from the iron to allow it to grow ?
Have t got to the end of the video yet so not sure what to expect. Hope you have a lovely week and hope that the weather stays nice for you xxx❤❤
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As children in North London , during and after the war , we used to see the narrowboats towing their butty boats . I think they used to take coal to the paper mills at Abbots Langley . Cos they didnt have much living space on each boat , the locks were wider , to get the two boats in side by side .I think they were all owned by one firm , something , Clayton and Shuttleworth , cant really remember but then at getting towards 90 ones memory isnt so good . I used to love to hear the thump ,, thump , thump of the engine .
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How wonderful that you were blessed with a gorgeous sunset, a fitting testament to your dear friend Francesca, who loved sunsets so much. I am so sorry for your loss and I can see that her friendship was very precious to you. ❤🌈That thistle seed floating airily inside your narrow boat cabin was quite magical and embodied "Mystery." To quote Dr. Rachel Naomi Remen, "Mystery with a capital "M" is something, by its very nature, that cannot be solved, can never be known or understood. And so, in its absolute unknownableness, it presents us with the living experience of the Sacred, the dimension of life that might be considered sacred. Mystery is never solved, Mystery is only lived." Perhaps that is Francesca's gift to you, sent in the forms of the thistle seed, the beautiful sunset, and the richness of swallows--all lovely moments of the Sacred Mystery! That was a beautiful drawing of the thistle seed, sunset, and swallows! Take good care, Vanessa! ❤Jenny
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Vanessa, Happy Thanksgiving! Here, in the afterglow of our feasting, we began watching your vlog. Once you started to become popular we get the dreaded obligatory YouTube commercials. On TV, we usually we get a five second counter and we are right on it and we skip. I don't know how it is in UK, but here in America Commercials Are King. Today it was different. After just 5 seconds we were hooked and I watched the ad. It was the Apple Christmas commercial 2023, Fuzzy Feelings. I highly recommend.
That was just a lovely prelude, then your vlog ran. Honestly, Alice Grace is laying limp with gloomy, dreary, overcast Phil whinging over your engine and you are sunny as a beautiful summer day without a care in the world. Then you said it..."I hope Phil's not evaporated!" Vanessa, it's been 10 hours since we watched that and I'm still laughing. This may be the time to go electric like you previously wished.
Cheers!
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I've no idea why this popped up in my timeline ❓ But I'm very pleased it did, wonderfully compiled vid with such core values. I know grief, I lost my only son (M/Cycle accident) in May 2011, then my wife committed suicide 4 months later (couldn't cope) and a week after my wife's funeral my Mom had a heart attack & died, I genuinely thought the world was out to get me too, I moved on, started afresh, moved to Mid Wales and now enjoy a contented existence,.......... I still have the memories and like your seed, new ones start every day, 🙂 I really enjoyed this and have now subscribed, as I used to have a narrowboat moored in the West Midlands for 4 years, but sadly sold when I relocated abroad with work. Nice to have been part of this and look forward to other vids 👍 You will always have fond memories of your friend, treasure them .
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Love your Zephyr, I have a Labrador dog friend with me now in South Africa, who is my constant companion and it's a long time since my late wife, I, two cats and an Alsatian dog lived happily on our sixty-two-foot traditional narrow boat Galton which had a Gardner 3LW engine, based on the Staffs and Worc's Canal near Kinver. We did not drop out fully, as I was a narrow boat builder/fitter outer with a well-respected West Midlands boat builder and my wife was PA to the director of a large company. But we managed to cruise extensively on the Midlands canals, and many that you travel on are familiar to me. I love the English canals and my favourite cruising time was May/June when the sloe and hawthorns were clothed in their delicate white blossoms. I had ten very good years as a narrow boat builder and fitter, having come to narrow boating later in life from owning a couple of garage business and a thoroughbred pre-war car restoration business in South-east England. However, one's life and circumstances change, and the early Millennium saw me emigrate from the UK to the Lowveld of South Africa where I am a consultant to a large car museum and fabricating and restoration workshop, and I am able to fulfil my passion of photography in the wonderful Kruger National Park which is almost on my doorstep. So, life is good though I still miss canal life with all its many restrictions, though there were less I am sure in our day than now! Stay safe and well, your vlogs and way of presentation are great. Love Rex and Blaze xxx
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I would love some of your snow right now! here in Oz it is 37C, and it is way too hot to sleep or even to eat - unless it's ice cream! Your oak leaf was very nicely sketched - they are such a beautiful shape. I liked watching you use your finger to gently blur the tones together - because I do that too, when I sketch. Nature has no sharp, abrupt edges, so you need to blend the colours and shades gently, for a natural effect. I often think our best art implements are our God-given fingers! And I was reading the other day, about a charcoal sketch done by Leonardo da Vinci, and an art historian was puzzled why they had found a clear fingerprint on the sketch, and he wondered if it was Leonardo's, or someone else's. I could have told him, of course it was Leonardo's fingerprint! Only an artist knows that using your fingers is the best way to smooth out tones - and only an academic art historian, who can't draw, would have no idea about this! Leonardo also used to roll up little bits of bread into small balls, and use them for erasers - which I might try one day - perhaps you should too - although Zeph might try and gobble them up!
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Hiya! Sweatwest Alice in wondercanals , you are truly intellectual , naturistic and humble person, deep knowledge about every creature of god around you, last five mintues of your videos concluded well with beatuful drawing and poetic words, take me back ti victoria era, I imagined how tough , cold, murky winters were dat time, how ppl lived wirh miserable life bedore indutralisation revoltion , that changed their lives, no doubt at that time britians wete far ahead in engineering field than other europens, grreat natuin with genious ideas but now there are not anymore, the talent in world is getting obsolete, so sad ( sorry this is my feelungs) everyone can disagree with me but i welcome all disagreements. I may be wrong, but really enjoy to watch your channels because i love manchester engineering in eaelier times of revolution, keep it up wirh high spirit, have a good days ahead so we spent good time with you , takecare ❤❤❤
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Regards from Melbourne, Australia. Even though we don’t have channels, it is very pleasant to watch your style and soul. Regarding sources of electricity, windmill will not generate much of your needs as mostly you are covered by the trees. You can add more solar panels, but it depends of the capacity of the controller you have. Hope you have MPPT one, which means that any excess of current is not going to be cut (as on old type of controllers) but converting to power. In other words, no wasting. Second caveat is that your controller should have capacity for adding more solar panels, or any other source of electricity. Usually, “capacity” here is given as Amperage. That means how much Amps you can have overall. So, if this is ex. 25A and your solar panels can produce max 16A, you can add more. The next measurement is efficiency of the solar panels. As these are technical terms, not many people know about it, but this is actually the most important. Today technology have made solar panel efficiency of 22%. Calculating that you are going to use them about 7 golden years, you check your ones and compare, they might be 12% efficient. Having double amount of energy will keep your battery bank better. If you can expand your solar capacity, you can think of increasing the battery bank. As of heating solution, if you don’t have, you can add a hot water tank which heating not the water from the intake but heats first the water in the boiler. This water you can use as hot water for shower but as well it will warm your space over time. This is most commonly used in yachts. Your source of heating with wood is charming and do not change it. It cannot be replaced with heat exchanger as it is expensive. Nothing else can replace that wonderful smell of burnt wood. The rest is enjoy! Regards, Boba
P.S. Two different worlds, I have enjoyed watching yours
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I'm kinda envious of y'all with your canals, what a cool way to travel the country. I guess we have our boundless roads and all, but the narrowboat thing is so cool. If it were just a touch warmer most of the year there, I'd seriously consider giving it a go for a visa length or so. The older I get, the more I seek that weather where no shoes and shorts is the norm. Upgrading this year, on my camping, after spending an interesting time in a tent, in a MAJOR thunderstorm, with my Doberman pinscher who does NOT like loud noises. Fireworks on TV freak him out. So he was a shivering mass attached to my side. Now, he freaks out because of the loud diesel engine, and alarms and beeps until the motorhome builds up air, and the noises, jolting, and general trundling going on in the beast going down the road. I freak out because it's wide as a house, and people drive like idiots! 1st world problems, eh?
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Oh wow, you are in the village of christleton, where I grew up, you just showed my old house, where I lived as a child, woodfields, now your are at the pit, pond, lovely pieceful village, I played down the canal, went to the marina, they used to have s boat shop there, memories, wonderful, enjoy your stay, 💕
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Oh Vanessa, the seed visit was so beautiful and poignant, it made me cry. I'm sending you much love and comfort for the loss of your dear friend. I think I shared with you the he loss of my husband Terry back in December 23. Too soon and too quick, after 54 years together. I take comfort everyday in what nature shows me, or when I find a feathers at my door or in the garden, or the tiny blue tit that clung to my car window one morning as I was about to leave the house, to somewhere I didnt want to go. It just looked me right in the eye with its sweet baby face, as if to say hang in there 😢. I feel him near when I look at a beautiful sunrise or sunset, he's with me then in my heart, always. As for normal? I don't think I will ever feel truly normal again without him. The swallows will be gathering in large numbers now, from the north towards the south, it's their time .. Take care.
Sending love, light and blessings 🦋🌹🐝🌻🐞 xx
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Ahhh, Vanessa, you really are bringing back some memories of my last big chug. The reverse of your trip. Reminding me of so many things, like at Braunston where I was amazed by the the Fieldfare numbers too. That was during the second lockdown Nov 2020 ?
You and Zephyr are going to love Leamington Spa, that park is so beautiful, intact, if I could, I'd buy a place there, the whole town is my cup of tea. By the way, mooring at Warwick is not for the feint hearted, best stay at Leamington and walk the banks of the Avon to get there, ( 30-40 minutes) lots of love. X
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I bet other people have shared same info as I'm going to. :-) "Waveage" when a boat passes you is actually the passing boat's "wake", not "waveage". And, it's polite (and safer) when a boat passes you in a channel like that for YOU to slow down to almost stopped, tick-over so you still have steerage, then the passing boat also slows down (but just a bit to reduce their wake), then it passes, and as soon as it is by your side, then YOU turn left and turn into the wake of that boat. You may get rocked once or twice by their wake, but then you will very quickly be behind the boat. And, actually, being behind a boat means you have calmer water. From the video, it looked like you stayed in mid-channel when that boat passed, but it's hard to tell. And you didn't turn into the wake but kept on straight ahead. Do you have a depth-sounder on your boat? Ordinarily, a boat being passed should move as far to the right as possible, but you need to know how much water is under you. I've owned boats here in Puget Sound and inland waterways for decades, and I've taught lots of classes, online and in people's boats. Narrowboats need depth-sounders too. Obviously, "Patriot" does not have a depth-sounder! And they were on the wrong side of the channel ... with a curve in the channel like that, the deep part of the channel is way over to the left. They stayed way too far to the right. I've had my 40-foot (3 foot depth) boat through 2-foot high waves, no problem. It wasn't calming! Nope. But it was perfectly safe.
Your videos are spectacular, and your diary. You teach us so much. History and plants and birds, the world. Your knowledge of birds and other wildlife is amazing, so much I don't know. Love your humour. 🙂 Because of your videos, I've now learned to identify Terns here in the Pacific NW, not many of them here, but I've now seen them, how cool! And I've now learned to check the local list of endangered species and to report back when I see such birds and animals.
I'm still way behind on your vlog posts. 🙂I'm slowly catching up. You need NOT reply to my comments, you have way more work to do to produce more vlog posts. I'll keep chugging along until I catch up. Thank you for all you do, very greatly appreciated!
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Tea with a Bee
Biscuits and tea, you have to agree that a drinks no good without one
One or two go well with a brew,
But sometimes you see, I have to have three,
Indian or China, Lapsand or P.G.
All my troubles melt away, with a nice mug of tea,
So in go the leaves, there's no bag to squeeze, one for the pot, let's make the water hot,
So, a few minutes to brew, but don't let it stew,
For the rituals, the same when I come in from the rain,
So this pleasure you see reminds me of a bee who sat down with me and a nice pot of tea. 🍵
Have a nice week, Vanessa 😊😊❤xx
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In the freezing winds we glide,
Narrowboat on a relentless tide.
Challenges cloak each icy turn,
Yet through the trials, our spirits burn.
Homeward bound, we brave the chill,
With every stroke, we bend our will.
Winter's grip may test our might.
Golden fields in nature's gaze,
Rivers dance with silver grace,
Reflecting skies in soft embrace.
Forests whisper secrets old,
Leaves like jewels, green and gold,
The gentle breeze, a soothing song,
In this beauty, we belong.
As day gives way to twilight's hue,
The landscape bathes in evening's blue,
Nature's canvas, vast and grand,
A masterpiece, serene and unplanned. 🙏🐦☮️
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A bumble bee sleeps in a dahlias closed petal,
A pistil cushion pillow for this busy fellow,
So he takes his fill of the nectar sweet ladle, and Zephyr as he sleeps, rocks his delicate cradle,
And who would of knew, a Kingfisher so blue, with orange breast and wings that never rest,
For the legend does stress that his mate built her nest, to calm the wind and the waters,
And the buddleia to bloom, as a butterfly bush we assume in a purple flower haze too wanderous to amaze, and i hope we don't sneeze, that wart white tease,
So the hour is late and we won't hesitate, as the bats twist and
chatter brought joy and laughter, as my cameras shutter takes memories to make,
So as twilight beckons we won't waiste a second
For it's French biscuits and tea, then home, Zephyr and me. ❤
A video so beautiful Vanessa, you've done it again. Thank you so much love Andrew❤Xx
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LITTLE OWL AND ODDBALL
LITTLE OWL
so little owl, tell me please,
Why do you sit amongst the trees?
Your eyes, so bright, a silent gaze,
You watch and observe this oddball maze,
A secret shared, a hushed, profound,
Your wings they beat without a sound,
My heart skips a beat, for you I've found,
You watch intensely without leaving the ground,
So little owl, rest with me,
Beneath a weeping willow tree.
🦉
ODDBALL
Tarnished patina, green and brown,
A bronze metallic, coppery sound,
In a world where the strange seem to speak,
A whispered wonder, her colours unique,
A walking wonder, a rattling creek,
Oddball's draglines seem to speak,
A tapestry woven a realm they share,
Where industry and nature,
A symphony they share,
We find such wonder in the realm of odd,
Where strange seems to speak,
And the magic is unique.
A wonderful video, Vanessa, thank you. ❤xx Andrew and mum❤xx
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Another great vlog, how sad it was to see the boat on its side! I think you do well to keep moving all winter, our boat is moored at Sawley Marina and we’ve not been out in her since last October as you have to go on the river Trent to get to the canal and it’s been on red all of the winter, as it is most winters. Ours is a cruiser and the river would be too fast moving to try to move her, we’d probably be washed out to sea! Your cooking looked good, Dewsbury looked a lovely little town to visit, how are you finding the north, Northerners are supposed to be more friendly do you find that? How amazing to learn about the humble mouse, how amazing that it is such a survivor! Lovely art and poem, I don’t know how you manage to create such beauty each week, especially the poetry. Stay safe all of you, spring isn’t far away now.❤ xxx
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I've lived onboard 18 years, had a permanent mooring for 15 of that, in London, it got too expensive for me to afford. I'm now ccing in the North of England, used to take a winter mooring but the price of that has gone up £150% in 3 years, so this year I haven't taken one. I'm freelance and I've not worked for a month because of a bereavement so I have to be super careful with my money. I think the extra fees for ccers is unfair and makes no sense. We're a minority so it doesn't make sense to charge us so much more, it should be spread out evenly. I also think the new fees structure is rather London/South East centric. I cruise the Yorkshire Waterways, there are liveaboards on historic boats up here which are huge and cost a lot to maintain, they are our heritage, this extra charge for widebeams means sadly even more of these historic barges will go to the gas axe, cut up and lost forever. It's cheaper to buy and maintain a Yorkshire terrace house than it is to buy, maintain and pay the license for a big historic barge, so I think even less people will be able to do it.
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Glad you're safe. Where next, Mount
Ararat !
Seriously though, those Locks looked,
(to those who don't watch Mrs Thomas & The Mindful Narrowboat,regularly) as if they might just win.
Of vourse, I never had any doubt,
help would appear, & even if it didn't, Mrs T would prevail.
Wishing you a less tumultuous weekend & week ahead.
Thank you for sharing your
adventures, Fridays would never
be the same, if you stopped.
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It’s so wonderful to see you back, Vanessa. It would have been understandable if you had decided to take a longer break, given the enormity of your loss, but there is nothing inappropriate about going back to work after a loved one has died. I realise that canal boating is enjoyable, and you might feel guilty for enjoying being back, but above all, it is your place of work and where you live, and that’s okay and perfectly normal. It’s not like you’ve just gone off on a frivolous holiday. Grief is tough and we feel like it’s not okay to experience pleasure or joy, but I’m sure that your best friend would want you to experience all that life brings; it’s joys and it’s sorrows, but especially it’s joys. Bless you for the joys and beauty you bring to us. You are an artist in every sense; video-graphic, photographic, visual, musical, and emotionally intelligent. Bless you as you walk this grief journey.
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MY NEW JACKET
My red jacket, if truth be told,
It keeps me warm when I'm out in the cold,
Now, I don't like jackets there, such a bore, I'd rather be outside braking sticks on the floor,
So we went to the shops to buy it one day, and I started wagging my tail to say, "Mum, it's ok."
But when we got in there, no jacket could be found,
Just some tasty treats as I looked round,
Now goats have coats and, well, sheep, they just bleet, so this doggy jacket I know I will keep,
For when Mum said " Do you like it"? I'll have to agree, a dog and her jacket go together splendidly,
So we'll make them all jealous as they turn their heads in the street,
For me and my jacket are one, so complete,
For one thing is certain and must be said, just like Chris De Burgh,
" l'm the lady in red," 😊😊
Take care, Vanessa ❤xx
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You are a inspiration, such posative and strong lady, with compassion, and by your side zephyr, also Alice grace , got you through the storms, such a brave lady, I was nervous for you, will you come back through the Manchester canal, or are you cruising on further into wales, will you be doing a calendar to sell for next year, with your fantastic art, nature, which gets you through each day, take care on your lovely boat journey, catch you soon
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Those were big Irish hands that dug that Rochdale canal - and so many canals around England. My Gran was from Blackburn, just near Rochdale, and she, along with many Northerners, was very anti-Irish, as they were notorious for being big drinkers and fighters, and raising merry hell in the towns - well, those poor fellas, far from home, had to let off steam somehow!
It was odd that a barn owl was out in the daytime, when it should have been sleeping - it's a bit worrying, as it seems unnatural. I've noticed lately, a few suburban foxes, looking very scrawny, out hunting during the day - no kids' guinea pigs or bunnies in back yards are safe! Hunger has driven these normally nocturnal animals out to hunt in the day time, and the foxes I spot, all look very grumpy, just like we look if we don't get enough kip - poor things. You sketched a lovely owl this week, Vanessa - I just love their heart-shaped faces.
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Well chosen mooring spot!!!, I wouldn't be comforted by that noise though and would probably sit up all night!. Zephyr kills me with her antics!:face-red-heart-shape:, I've got a ball-swapping dog too, we usually carry 2 as she often won't drop the one she has for me to throw it again🤣 How do you keep mud out of the boat?, I'm always trying to wipe the dog down but she always manages to sneak something into the hallway, even the worse things imaginable🤢. was going to ask, do you have to use those slippery ladders on the inside of the lock walls?😳, in fact, the hubby and I wonder about the order of things, as in, when do you get off the boat, when the water is high?, or when low ( slippery ladder question here)...sorry about all the curiosity . Have a lovely weekend!! 💗
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I wish i was a poet grand with parchment paper quill in hand,
The words would dance across the page as my quills tip ink would stain the page,
Like many before with quill did speak i'll proclaim your adventures so they may speak,
So as i look back, the year just gone, the waterways travelled, with more to come,
I,ll scribe of places you and Alice did reach, of city wall and castle keep,
Of Mill town factory weavers chatter and pray mother nature's world won't shatter,
Of Zephyr's tricks with great big sticks and Alice Grace at her measured pace,
While a warrior in a trance asked you to dance and a cathedral on high saw an angel safe in the sky, then the November rain saw a iron man again as mushrooms grew in places we knew,
Steadfast you stand tiller in hand, under bridge and through lock, a mooring to land,
Swan and duck pay homage in your wake, to see you safe passage through lock and gate,
Swing bridge obey your whispered touch as on you go through tunnel and lock,
Of owl wise and kestrel high who watch from a distance while your on the fly,
Run! Wake the lengths man he must open the flight as Vanessa is coming and all must be right,
Oh wasn't he canny that steamboat Danny, as he proclaimed with pride your Manchester ship canal ride,
But oh how i'll scribe until my ink runs dry and the sunset fell over that beautiful sky,
So i'll praise what i've seen and the places you've been, in this beautiful hemlocks dream.
Happy new year Vanessa, thank you for taking us along with you on your beautiful journeys ❤xxx love Andrew
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Although in terms of time, 12 can be personally interpreted as either in the morning or in the afternoon, due to the fact that it's the shared point of time between the morning time and the afternoon time of each day, it should be put as 12 at noon to avoid the ambiguity
Similarly, 12 can also personally interpreted as 12 at night or 12 in the morning , due to the fact that it's the shared point of time between the end of a day and the beginning of the next, and the ambigous notion of night is arbitrarily defined as the period of time when there is not any sunlight, while the officially and internationally agreed convention on the start of a day is from 12 at midnight to the next 12 at midnight, or more exactly speaking, it is from 0 hour to 24 hours.. Hence, personal interpretations of 12 o'clock shouldn't be applied to avoid the ambiguity or conflicts of subjective understandings of it. We can make it simple and unambigous by just saying that it's 12 at midnight
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Those bird sketches of yours are really lovely this week, Vanessa! Drawing a cormorant, that has all black plumage is far from easy, because you have to be aware of all the subtle shades of black on the feathers - from pale grey to ebony black, depending where the light casts its shadow on the bird. About last week's parkin recipe - you might like to try my version, which I made recently. It's one for the vegetarians! Instead of butter/ lard, or even vegan butter, I used extra virgin olive oil, just added to the treacle warmed up in the saucepan - it worked a treat, and the parkin is really moist. although I don't think my Lancashire Gran, who was a great fan of dripping, would approve! It's a bit of a mystery how parkin got its name - no one seems to know. But I like my Gran's explanation - she said it was called parkin, because it was best eaten when the weather was 'parky' !
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Vanessa floats the River Severn, Faithful Zephyr by her side; Glides 'neath the Stourport-on-Severn, 'neath the blue arched bridge and skies. Does a perfect wild boat mooring, along the river's bramble shore, then with mighty barge pole and bin bag, clears the plastic from the shore. Sees an ancient yew tree clinging, upon the rocky cliffs nearby, while a pair of Great Crested Grebes, paddle in the river nigh. Amongst the flowers and leafy foliage, alive with 7-Spot, Bees, and bugs; Tis the narrowboater's delight, to be surrounded by such lovely sights! Jenny 🐞🐝🪲🐜🦆
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I was born in 1963, so no memories of course! I was surprised to hear that messages were put out for people to feed the birds, but water would also have been a major necessity, but probably the most useful and compassionate request from a government, ever. I'm sure my late Mum would have been doing her bit for wildlife then, she always loved nature, which is where I get my appreciation from. Love the Blackbird with 'freckles', sad to hear that there are other linked issues.
Haven't had parkin for a long time, but will give your recipe a go! As much as I'd love to claim to be vegan, I can't, because I have dogs, and I can't enforce my choice on them, although a couple will eat Benevo, sometimes......
Take care, stay safe all.
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Hi, I saw you mentioned about heat pumps, I am not sure your boat will be suitable, heat pumps output low temperature, around 40 degrees to be efficient, and thats too low for radiators, I am having a narrowboat built next year, and will be having a heat pump, but I will also be installing underfloor heating (and in wall heating), which is ideal for heat pumps, and the boat will be highly insulated (probably better than most), the source of the heat will be either directly from the canal, or from skin tanks (yet to be decided), but if you do want to explore, look at Kensa shoebox heat pumps, they are quite expensive and start at around £4.5k just for the pump (3KW), and they now do a new one called the Kensa showbox NX (5KW), but thats more like £6.5K (this is the one I will be getting), air source heat pumps are absolutely not suitable for a boat, hope that helps
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@themindfulnarrowboat Mack's riverbank adventure there brings to mind a 3 year old rescue collie our family got in 1970s. She was saved from a puppy mill after having once been a show dog & for us became a family pet. After she got comfortable with us she became such a rough and tumble "tomboy" we wonder if she had ever had a chance to just be a puppy herself; whatever us boys were doing she wanted to be right in the middle of it from the word go & the more physical the better ... except with canoeing ...
... for the first amount of time of indeterminate length you could see her mind going "Ewww, nasty" whenever she went to water's edge and touched it, but ...
... at some point later we'd turn around and she'd be in the water up to her armpits just grinning away!
:)
We don't know why but she always sat in the canoe facing upriver no matter which way we were going on a river. On lakes her choice of facing seemed random as best as can be remembered.
;D She was great, sure miss her.
About once every other month Mom would take Brandy to be groomed and she'd come home with pink tulle bows in the hair behind her ears and for several days she'd be all prissy and princessy doing all the fashion poses then she'd be back to romping through the woods with us, playing soccer and Nerf football with us kids, and taking breaks to stand with her feet in her water pan, this was central Georgia where it got warm and humid in summer.
She could go straight from growling and snarling with us playing soccer, when she got running with the ball between her 4 feet it was staying there until she decided to share, we knew the growls and snarls were play, like us kids were yelling and all, but anyway, she could go straight from that to our 3 tear old cousin leading her around the house by a fistful of ruff while repeating, "Come on Lassie puppy, come on Lassie puppy".
Okay, I'm going to stop before these stories become a post as long as a lock!
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This content was absolutely magical. The early morning sun makes everything pop!
England has some really stunning places, and in the blog I had a sense of "live and let live" type of vibe. Also the soft- spoken ways. At times you even whisper when passing by other people's homes, or narrow boats so as to not bother anyone, always respecting others, and their space.
Ever since I was a young lad, everything to do with England and the English would always catch my attention. Because the English have etiquette, class, pride, and are brave, historically rooted, and quite knowledgeable...
Coming from a very loud spoken Castilian family, I sought refuge in English films, and documentaries tea and pastries. Yep, they all thought I was strange lol.
It's such a pleasure to have you read those poems while you draw. And hear you name the butterflies, moths, catapiller s, birds, plants, and the passing of those historical homes, buildings and those wonderfully built old bridges, leave me mesmerized...
Thank you
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I am so delighted to have found your Channel (pun there some where) ,,, I'm captivated by adventures, amazing scenery, and information on this Nomadic way of life, Zephyr is a treat ,,, though your amazing knowledge of the nature is so impressive,,, topped off with a spot of tea and the incredible Journal ,,, Wow,,, I am a Canadian painter on the west coast of Canada on the East coast of Vancouver Island where boating is a prominent part of life here ,,, thank you so much for sharing ,,,
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Vanessa, may I first say you look amazing, 🥰 and Zephyr looks adorable ❤ your journey is not the priority this week, it's Zephyr, she looked like she had a wonderful time, unfortunately I cannot have a dog, so, yes, Zephyr, and many other vloggers with doggies, are my friends, take care Vanessa, you are amazing ❤
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Condolences on the loss of your friend, that was a lovely tribute, Vanessa. It is always devastating when it's someone close, or you've known them so long. I've been following your adventures for some time now, toying with the idea of a narrowboating life. We don't have a great choice of waterways up here in S Yorks nowadays, but we do have the remains of the Rockingham Pottery. Your Zephyr looks to be a Red Fox Labrador, she looks to have the red undertone colouring. My late wife and I looked after assistance dogs for many years. We had several we boarded like Zephyr, very mischievous when they can get away with it. You might have had more luck finding your chimney if you had tightly secured the magnet directly to a barge pole, so you could minesweep over the bottom, but do keep the rope tied to the pole too, so it doesn't slip away if you lose your grip.
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Hello, only recently found your vlogs, takes me a while as technology is not my thing! Searching for peace 🤔you have a few that will be with you there in this ever faster and chaotic world! Your drawings are amazing, you are very talented, and you have inspired me to draw/paint again, I got an O-level in Art at school but haven’t drawn/painted since I left school, working and raising family etc, but your love of the beautiful natural things around us is lovely to see and very inspirational and calming. I am 60 years old and have spent 42 years travelling the roads of UK/ Europe as a Lorry driver, but the world is getting faster and I’m getting slower, or maybe I just can’t be bothered to try and keep up any more. Your videos show so much of how beautiful England is if you just stop/look/listen, and what amazing Industrial Heritage we have. I shall continue to watch, and thank you for drawing pictures in my mind as well as in your wonderful books. Take care 🙏
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The scenery was amazing. Watching the snow fall is special indeed! Very Christmasy. For me it's a mixture of happiness with a tad of sadness.
Normally I don't go around talking about this but...When I lived in California I took a trip to do some hiking, and camping in the Mojave desert I remember it being warmish at night, filled with stars and not a cloud in the sky. I heard some coyotes in the distance, when they stopped all of a sudden! Seconds later I felt and heard a light humming sound and looked up and saw a V-shaped ship!! At first glance I thought it was about 2.000 yards or more above me, but as the tip passed by and saw the round lights in the V points I noticed how large this thing was! And when the back of this thing passed, it whizzed by, I could tell it was much lower than 2.000 yards!! And it was very large! I thought (no one is going to believe what I just witnessed) I definitely know we are not alone Vanessa. The next day I was pleasantly surprised! The TV news stations were all talking about a V-shaped ship with round lights, and that there were hundreds of people who witnessed it passing by Arizona, Nevada... I was relieved to see I was not the only one who had seen the ship.
Now, about your strange happenings with your laptop 💻... Have you tried inserting a wireless mouse to control commands? Maybe the laptop screen mouse pad is failing?
Well, it's either the cookie crumbs, or (the small grays)
Those aliens always like to mess with computers.😊
Stay safe, and stay warm!
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Everything about your videos is a work of art; the artist in you is always at play. It's easy sometimes when watching these types of videos, to only see the boat part; traveling the canals, the locks, mooring, etc. but there's much more to this lifestyle, isn't there? It's almost like you're living a vacation, having to look for a fuel stop, buying groceries, and the things you need in order to live on your boat. I've watched enough of your videos that I've come to think of it as a privilege, as though I'm watching someone who in the future will be heralded as one of those cherished authors you refer to from their books and journals you read. I hope you don't get tired of me saying thank you... but, well... thank you!
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Hello Vanessa, great vlog once again, HVO, good question and great to see its issues raised in parliament, well done you.
As a HGV engineer I can tell you many large fleet operators are using alternative fuels, such as recycled cooking oil, gas , hybrid and full electric, that little bit of red tape could easily be removed, which would also make it more viable for companies like Crown Oil ( local to me) to invest in.
If the world wants lower emissions and companies can produce a product that can achieve it then support it and make it affordable, many thanks Vanessa on shaking your stick ❤❤
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Alice in Elland
Nothing is impossible if you look at it logical,
Perseverance and guile will overcome life's trial,
For there's nothing we can't achieve if we truly believe,
So we squeezed and we teased and the bottle said please,
If you drink me today you'll be on your way,
But Alice wise saw through his disguise then tamed the heart of this local upstart,
For to keep her himself and place her on a shelf was no suprise for Alice wise,
So again with guile we cruised for a while as the Elland bridge made us think,
Of the Yorkshire keel with no Achilles heel and the Tom pudding train hauling coal in the rain and an ash quarry reserve reclaimed,
As Zephyr's cheeky face gave a muddy race and the rain covered the land and scuppered our plans.
Then Owden and the Calder conspired to hold her, but a Viking Queen, a shield maiden was seen,
Held her fast against the toe path,
Till Owden smiled again and relinquished the rain,
Then a Bullfinch listen strong to a Robin's sweet song and the Queen of our hearts ate her jam tarts,
For it's a brave man who dares, say we're mad as March hares,
As the rain starts to drizzle and the kettle answered with a whistle.
Oh Vanessa, what a way to start the New Year. My heart in my mouth and mum on edge. God your so special. ❤xx love Andrew and Mum ❤️ xx take care and stay safe.
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Thanks for this Vanessa!...I am literally holding my breath here, breathe out Mannd, breathe out!, just that my Adam has just said , 'you know, if you want to live that lifestyle, we could??...just out of nowhere!, could we?, are we too old?...I suppose it's not the worst thing on earth to try is it?, as long as we have somewhere to return to should it not work for us. I know, I'm watching the older video's now but that was such a surprise to hear him say that. He is often looking over my shoulder even though he can't hear the narrative as I am wearing my cans. I'm sure I just heard my watercolours shriek do it, 'DO IT!!'🤣 x
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Hi Vanessa, i so wanted to send a little poem yesterday, just to say thank you so much for all the joy you, Zephyr and Alice bring. But time got away from me as the day was not my own. Its now 2am Saturday and finally got time to my self .so forgive the late hour and a belated poem. I hope you like it and thanks once again. Hope you had a wonderful day.❤xx Andrew
I'd like to have given you on this special day,
A bouquet 💐 of beautiful flowers in the old-fashioned way,
But time is a thief, and it stole the day,
So, a wish i'd like to give to you in my inevitable way,
A little poem sent with love,
As i think of you today,
To wish you luck and happiness,
And a belated Valentines Day ❤xx
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I think I held my breath through this entire episode ! I also think that Alice Grace ,as grand as she is , is only a shadow of her master.
Tears came to my eyes when the river was rising because my area ( East Tn and West NC, USA) was devestated by rivers rising 25 feet and pulling mountains down by landslides , destroying 2 interstates , many many roads and worst of all -neighbors & their homes and farms and entire towns, as well as animals and their habitats were destroyed. This happened so recently, we are still accessing, digging out and rebuilding. When I saw the river threatening you , Zepfer and Alice Grace I was moved greatly in heart.
I knew of course , since this episode was edited and streamed, you made it through the flood. Yet , I held my breath in silent prayer for you and all those on the canal to be ok. I know how fast flood waters run.
I’ve got my breath back and am just so glad and thankful you are safe and sound!
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A Christmas gift
This Christmas gift i give to you,
To Alice Grace and Zephyr too,
A gift to bless so warm and true,
The one to see the New Year through,
For the one i leave underneath your tree, is the gift you can not touch or see,
As this gift does not come with a bow to disguise, nor can you swop it in the shop for a different size,
So this gift is a wish i now leave for you, for happiness and good health on your travels through,
All the towns and cities that will be blessed, wherever you all may come to rest. ❤xx
Happy Christmas Vanessa, we wish you all the very best. Lots of love Mum❤xx and Andrew ❤xx
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I always look forward to seeing these fantastic blogs. In this episode the difficulties of passing through so many locks, and how shallow some areas really were, had me on the edge of my seat! 😮 What a great Captain you are of your narrow boat! So many factors to keep in mind when traveling through these canals. That's why planning ahead is king here!
Well, in your case we'll say "planning ahead is queen here" 😉 You did so well Vanessa. Nothing could stop you, not even wire in the propeller, surviving the shallows, and stubborn lock gates!
I must say that the last part of the canal was absolutely beautiful, dreamy, so green and peaceful! And those tall trees! But what a work out , right?
Well, I am sure you have pleased many people with your channel... And I am definitely one of them!😊 And Thx for that wonderful smile of yours as well!
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Lovely video again, so sorry for your loss, but Zephyr was having a great old time swimming and running round, animals of the 4 legged variety definately help bring your mood up, I love animals, I lost my cavelier last Sept she was 16 a very good age for that breed, she died in my arms, 😢 I also have a 10 Yr old Lhasa Apso, a tabby cat 2 budgies and a conure
I always wanted to retire on a canal boat, (next year I am 66) but unfortunately my health has taken a nosedive, still want to do it but am just binge watching all you lovely boaters
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Well ,,, let me just say " That you may live in a painter's paradise!!! This may seem like a simple observation ,,, BUT,,, it is not ,,, I live and paint on the east coast of Vancouver Island Canada,,, it is by far one of the jewels of this vast country,,, I have been truly blessed with the beautiful scenery in my area,,, there is no shortage of inspirational scenes,,,
Now having said all of that I humbly have to admit ,,, YOU have just taken top spot ,,, AMAZESING scenes every where you go in your beautiful Mindful Narrow boat world,,,
i have been delighted to observe your world through all your YouTube cornicles ,,, thank you for all the effort you put in these to share with the world,,,
Congratulations on the Books and the Calendar,,, WELL DONE ,,, you are a very creative and skilled young lady,,, with your writings and depictions beautiful and brilliant,,, I seldom comment on anything yet this has got to be my favorite channel and though I may not be able to buy you a coffee i most certainly like you to know that I find your adventures with Zeph a total delight ,,, Thank You !!!
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Fascinating to see the old working canal boats. Have you ever seen that old film from 1964 - 'The Bargee' with Harry H Corbett and Ronnie Barker? I think you would love it! It's all about the last of the working boats, all being shut down by the British Waterways Board in the early 1960s - and the lock keepers in their cottages, all being sold off - the end of an era - it's a very enjoyable comedy, but sad too, in some ways. Real boaters were part of the cast, and you can see what pride they all took in their working boats, decorating their doors, and even their big tin water jugs, that they painted with Romany style folk art. You can watch it on youtube - quite easy to find the full movie on there. I saw in your notes below your lovely bee and foxglove drawing, that you are worried about the strimming of wild grasses beside the canal - disastrous for nesting birds and pollinating insects - I heartily agree! I flipping HATE strimmers! Not just their horrible noise, but the damage they do to wildlife habitat - and the people who strim are totally oblivious to this. Pam Ayres wrote a brilliant poem about the danger strimmers pose to hedgehogs, hiding in the undergrowth, who are often horribly injured and even killed by these aggressive machines. It's called 'The Last Hedgehog' - and you can see her reading it in her charming and most amusing way on youtube - although beneath the humour, you can see her seething rage about the plight of her beloved hedgehogs! I share your passion for wildlife too, Vanessa - mainntain your rage!
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Dear Vanessa, your vlogs are microcosms of beauty and calm in our increasingly harsh world. Thank you for this gift.
Zephyr is just like my darling yellow Labbie , Leah, who I was lucky to have for 16 years.
I am interested to know how many 'rooms ' your boat is divided into? And what you use them for? Like bedroom, living, kitchen etc. It reminds me of a long, floating tiny house.
Lots of love, and a big , juicy , virtual bone from me to Zephyr, from South Africa.
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It’s lovely hearing your conversations about so many wonderful nature elements. I get a lot of joy visualising such things later on. Sorry for mentioning my music again but they sing about all of these things, meadowlands, water meadows, beekeeping, butterflies, chalk hills, legends and heroes of old England, hedgerows, partridge nests, ladybirds. All good and wonderful things to think about, maybe nature is the very thing that will save us all, if we just stop to observe be mindful and then maybe we won’t destroy it. xx
https://youtu.be/mDvZs7puSlI
The above is a beautiful song called Meadowlands and performed by the nicest bunch of musicians some of who I have met. xx
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Farewell to the Weaver
So we're saying goodbye to the Weaver, but if truth be told, we didn't want to leave her,
So on her banks we lie with the sun in the sky, i swear Alice had a tear in her eye,
As champions to side with a wave goodbye and the Kennet round the corner formed a guard of honour,
The old timers with pride lined the banks, side by side,
A cormorant lament on a crane was sent to friends who were leaving with good wishes to believe in,
And Zephyr's wish list for her great big stick as the heron contemplates his Autumn fate,
Then up sounds the rally , from steam boat Danny then Alice returned the call, with a promise to say "we'll be back some day" to the Weaver and steam boat Danny,
So we set out early for the Trent and Mersey and who knows what adventures we'll find, but a Chancel to pray got in our way,
The Anderton boat lift ride,
And oh how we pondered this mechanical wonder, to see us safe through the other side,
So Cathedral on high, hold us safe in the sky, as we seek our departure from this holy order, through a gateway to fresh new water,
So with a quick look behind as the lapwings unwind, we take the helm, to our woodland realm,
For theres fungi to find, in those woodlands down the line.
A beautiful video Vanessa. Thank you once again. Take care and stay safe ❤❤xx. Love from mum ❤❤
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Autumn
Autumn sheds it's golden gown,
On Alice Grace and all around,
Scarlett confetti downward bound
Golden brown scattered on the ground,
A kaleidoscope coat for our mindful narrow boat,
Summers gone and Autumn's here, air so sharp crisp and clear,
Woolly hats and woolly scarves,
Zephyr's sticks, kicking leaves in the park,
Breeze releases crimson rain each leaf different, not the same,
Each tells a tale in nature's book,
'Come with me, lets take a look'
The suns gone home it's gone away,
Zephyr says Autumn's here to stay,
Autumn's cloak wrapped all around, nature's silence, how still that sound.
🍂🍂
Hope you like it, Vanessa
❤xx Andrew
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THE RED AND THE BLUE
Here lies the heart of a poet broken, who's voice now lies silent, her words unspoken,
A leafy bed for one of the best, a soft fist now laid to rest,
Where creatures of the earth and Red Wing sent, a November graveyard climb to lament,
For only those leaves from the skinflint trees, see the tears she cries from her dust dry eyes,
Then breaths an achoo, as she kicks off that black shoe, that bit her beautiful red heart in two,
So with yellow roses at your feet and a stone layed to keep,
I think instead, i didn't make you up in my head,
So the mushrooms grew by the headstone we knew, and the November rain came to the graveyard again,
But Daddy sang along to a mad girls song and all Heptonstall knew this girl so blue.
From the Manchester ship canal to the end of the Rochdale has been a wonderful experience. Thank you so much for taking us with you Vanessa. Safe away my lovely, take care and stay safe ❤xx Andrew
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what a gorgeous Valentine's day find, an uploaded video from your good self!!:face-red-heart-shape:, I too, like to savour nature, the air I take in. I wish it gave me the same sense of contentment as it did when I was a child, when I would spend HOURS outside, finding secret dens or just making daisy chains, the world was a part of me, and I, it. We lose that somehow. That boat turn looked pretty impressive to me, but what do I know?, it seemed just a slight bump. I think my boat would have been driftwood!:face-purple-crying: I guess the biccies are shortbread fingers ( I love shortbread!), have you found the chocolate covered custard creams yet?...I keep expecting them to appear😂😂 Loved this Vanessa!, thank you for your camera skills and having a beautiful dog!😍
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@themindfulnarrowboat thanks for the reply,my job entail ,i was a Marina engineer pilot boat coxswain tugboat skipper I help to bring ships to port Sutton bridge, port of Wisbech,I also maintained all the navigation buoys in the wash ,all so had a 90 ton straddle lift look after the Marina in Wisbech ,and was a Mariner supervisor ,so I had many caps to wear lol ,I absolutely loved my job on call 24/7 up till I had a accident at work and lost my left leg,that ended all my dreams was having a narrowboat built in Poland had to cancel that ,but hay ho life goes on I hop around ok not a problem lol , thank you
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Thank you Vanessa for another Beautiful and informative video, when the Mischief of mice came up on screen, it brought back a memory of my Mother when she woke up one morning and on turning over had a mouse on the spare pillow sitting watching her. keep safe. I also watch, Taylors aboard a narrow boat, who were close to a breach and have filmed it. But thats life we never know what the day will bring nevermind tomorrow, but as a Christian i beleive in Gods Grace, John3:1-21, Ephesians2, Isaiah55:10-11 Matthew4:4 John1:1-18. Revelation19:11-16, I was not as good a son as i should have been, but at 21 while working at Land Rover along with a friend we were both Saved by asking to go and see what a couple of workmates did in the dinner hour in the office as we could see them sitting and talking, when we joined them we saw and they told us that they read the bible and that was it after about a week or so we came out to start work and i knew something had changed and i asked in prayer to Jesus to forgive my sin and i felt it, i was walking over to my friend Alan to tell him and before i could say anything he said i've accepted Jesus and repented of my sin Alan is now just in his eighties and i'm sixty eight. and i can say that the word of God is the Truth Philippians4:7.John17:1-5, I pray you may have taken a little time to read and think on these Truths, Not for my sake but for yours and those whom you love, My mother was doing it for me. And say hi to Zephyr. ✝🛐
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Good luck with your engine Vanessa, It looks very much like my engine, a Mitsubishi S4L2 model, I believe Vetus use them. If it may be of any consolation, mine has overheated 3 times in 8 years, but after having the head ground flat again, it has proved to be very reliable again. Sadly, it did cost me 3 weeks and a few hundred quid, even then I did most of the work myself. I hope it all works out OK for you. If it's any help at all, at he bottom the 21 locks about a mile up the Stafford and Worcester is a nice repair shop Oxley Marine services, they will do a good job for you. All the best. X
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Another beautiful sketch from you - thank you! You may not realise just how much joy you are giving to the wider world with your artistry. I was just wondering, when you sketch at the end of the day, do you draw from memory of what you've seen, or do you draw from seeing the image on a screen, from a photo? When I do my nature sketches, it's always from a photo that I've taken that day - just so I can get the tones, and the detail right. People say to me, why do you bother drawing it, when you've already taken a photo of a ladybird, or blue fairy wren? They don't seem to understand, that drawing it makes me marvel at the exquisite details of nature, and I can really SEE it properly, in the way that the quick snap of a camera, never allows me to. As Matisse so wisely said - "Photography captures reality - but painting and drawing captures the soul."
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That was a mesmerising murmuration! Here in Oz, we get massive murmurations of wild budgies in Central Australia and the Territory - desert regions, which during the wet season, flood, and storms fill up the dry lakes. Budgies, like a swirling sea of green and gold, flock there in huge swarms - just like your starlings. I wonder if these birds have an Air Squadron Leader who decides which way to fly in the sky?! Be careful of licorice if you have high blood pressure! It is a very powerful plant, even when used in confectionery, and can send blood pressure soaring if you eat too much of it. My Mum was addicted to it - I would bring her bags of the stuff - and we had no idea of its 'dark' side - pardon my little jest! Her doctor saw a bag of it beside her bed, and told her that her blood pressure was far too high, and it was probably due to the licorice. She reluctantly stopped eating it, followed doctor's orders, and her blood pressure quickly went down to a safe level again. It was her favourite treat, so a bit sad for an old lady to have to give up her jollies!
I'm sure your blood pressure is ticketty-boo, Vanessa, because you always seem so calm and relaxed. Walking out in nature will do that to you!
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A melody sweet
In olden times, speedwell helped the traveller to find,
A talisman of luck as they navigate the cut,
A golden flute was the melody to suite, the Galway shawl wrapped around Thornhill hall,
And the catkins were high,
As the Nuthatch flew by,
An Irish linnet and 'feckles' were in it,
The bird watch of fame came round again,
For her jewels and her diamonds were the birds that define her,
The girl in a bonnet ,
Recites mother nature's sonnet,
And Zephyr's gone solo, playing waterpolo,
As two statues tall stand guard over her ball,
And Tambourin replies with a flute by her side. ❤xx
Stay safe Vanessa, and thank you.
Andrew❤Xx
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Cool, boat. Here's a TIP, FOR THE ICE FROZEN , CHANEL, ice will crush, old boat hulls. Try, haveing made, or find, a metal, water tight, tank, that can be rigged to sit on top of the fire place. , run two , pipes out of it, with metal check valves on each, exit, make, a poor person hot water heater. . Then, run, the hose, down the side of the boat, not on the land side when docked or tied up, u can used, cheap bamboo, poles, to push the line, 12 inches, under the boats water line. Make, your fire, add water, to the metal tank. Flushing, hot water, down alone side of the boat will stop ice, from forming. Yes this is a simple, thought, u need, pressure, gage, blow out plug, with pipe, pointing to the outside for safety.
U can also, with a compressor, and air lines, blow air bubbles under the ice to stop it from forming. And or, line, the water side of the boat, with long round bumpers, that will help stop ice, from crushing the hulls. ( Or hire a group of dolphins with blow dryers, 😂 yes that was a joke. )
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Vanessa you and I must be on the same wavelength ! What a surprise at the very, very end. What do I see, the image of a bird swallowing down his catch of the morning, a fine fish. As you were so skillfully drawing the Goldeneye Duck, I was secretly hoping you were going to include the bird eating the fish and then . . . it suddenly appeared amidst your written prose ! It is funny how what might seem to be an inconvenience, frozen canal, lugging water, can turn into something serene and beautiful, a chance experience which would have been missed, otherwise. I do hope you can get Alice Grace's throttle cable sorted out without too much trouble. I wish you, Zephyr and Mr. M all the very best, and may God bless you as Christmas comes near.
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Hi Vanessa and Zephyr. I am gradually making my way through your vlogs, and I love them! Well done on getting over the Summit - quite a challenge, but well worth it, with that splendid sighting of a barn owl at midday, and magnificent views all around. I really admire your attitude and approach to these things, but I am wondering how the coming weeks will pan out, as, according to my research (which may well be wrong), the Calder & Hebble Navigation (which I assume you will follow after Sowerby Bridge) has a maximum boat length of 54' 2". I'm just about to order one of your 2025 calendars, by the way, if they are still available. But will I be able to have it posted to Tasmania, I wonder ...
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😖H E L P ! ! !
WHERE IS MY FRIDAY MINDFUL FIX?.💉
I have symptoms - dysphoria, insomnia, pupillary dilation, piloerection, yawning, muscle
aches, lacrimation, rhinorrhea, nausea, fever, sweating, vomiting and
diarrhoea.😖
Now that I have your attention- Just kidding😜
HAPPY NEW YEAR VANESSA🍾🥂🥳💃🎉🎊
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Ah, the Isles of Scilly. Never been there, but I've flown over on my way to and fro, watched them out the window go by under the plane and on the digital screen.
The red squirrels are so wonderful, so glad they're coming back.
Oh my word, the water wildlife sure brings back memories for me here in the northwest of the USA ... I've owned boats for 28 years and saw dolphins and porpoise and Orcas and all manner whales (Minke and Humpback mostly) even here inside Puget Sound which is directly connected to the ocean, tho I never ventured out onto the ocean in my boats. I saw so many Orca that I finally turned and went the other way when they appeared, so the engine of my boat wouldn't bother them. Wish everyone did that. Ah yes, and seals here too (Harbor Seals), and sea lions. Gosh what great memories, thank you!
Your engine and other systems look perfect, so clean and well maintained.
What a beautiful, gorgeous, warm and comfortable, scrumptious boat and home you have created ... an elegant and charming home.
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Oh Vanessa, what a cool refreshing treat this was to beat the 111 F. Phoenix heat. So calming, so soothing, just what I needed. Oh, and did I spy some tomatoes growing atop Alice Grace's roof, your garden looks beautiful; although, there was one culprit who totally stole the scene, the foraging Marbled White butterfly ! And of course, the Dark Bush Cricket was a very close second, I'm so glad he was the inspiration for this weeks entry in your journal, so very captivating the way you drew him onto paper. Speaking of art, I love the way you did the background to the butterfly on Alice Grace, to me it appears as soft diffused reeds. I send you and Mr. M all my Very Best Wishes, may God Bless you in all you do. P.S. This weeks poem was exceedingly special, I thank God for your sharing your gifts with us all.
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Oh dear 1963, I had just left school, I remember it well. No central heating, just the coal fire, ice on the inside of the windows, and powdery snow blew under the front door and I remember it did not melt Mum put bricks in the oven and wrapped them in a tea towel to put into bed at night, the sea froze and birds fell out of the sky, thousands of them died, I found a Blackbird in the fields and picked it up and brought it home but it died, eee, lass it were kewld. Another enjoyable vid Vanessa. Best wishes. Bryan. Warrington
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i have to tell you that i really miss the footpaths, that you are using to find your postbox, i lived in surrey, in the middle of the greenbelt, and i feel, really at home, in a forest of broad-leafed trees, you can keep your pines and firs, their just grown to make money, and managed woodland, is just not the same, as naturally forming trees of all different types. i think my previous self lived in a cave and used wood fires, i love caves and wood fires for cooking, you never cook on the flame, you always wait until you have embers, the same, as a blacksmiths forge. and i do know how to stop a fire from spreading underground and popping up somewhere else, after you think its out. i think that's called, country know how, or country wize
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Thank you for uploading this truly marvellous vlog. You always unlocking new wildlife mysteries while your on your totally fabulous,certainly epic cruising adventures,just watching your breathtaking video was so extremely magnetic, I was literally adhered to my I pad throughout,the most stunning locks in my opinion are the wonderful stairway to heaven Hatton locks,that stand out for me,looking so tranquil in there idyllic location,l just love listening to your absolutely astonishing history facts,which were so very interesting,truly fascinating , I like looking at the brilliant winter coloured scenery as you were cruising along,your so unbelievably exuberant when seeking out the beautiful wildlife creatures in there natural habitat surrounding.taking such incredible photo shots.which are so amazingly prefect .your awesome wildlife sketches are undeniably on another higher level of pure artistic beauty,stay safe
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I just found your channel and im so glad that I did!,,,,,,your narrow boat looks so cozy with the fireplace , your dog sleeping on the sofa, very nice video.Thank you so much for sharing this moment in your life,,,
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I'm really enjoying binge watching your videos! You dobsuch a great job narrating and your artwork and poetry is so beautiful! 🥰... I think I would like to spend 3 or 4 years doing what you are doing...I had, briefly...contemplated a permanent move to England, but as I began to reflect on how diverse the U.S. is and the vastness of our landscapes, mountains, deserts, prairies, and farmlands, deltas, seashores, swamps...and our wildlife! From bears to sea lions, cougar to racoon, fox, badger, marmot, bald eagles, and Elk, deer...I realized just how LUCKY we are to have all this!! I've been fishing and seen herds of elk walk out of the woods, and cross 100 feet from me, almost hit a moose last year on my way home from work, I saw 2 bear in my neighbors yard...I ALWAYS have bear in my yard- 6,8 times a year...lol. I sit outside and listen to wolves howl...
You have a vast amount of swan, and wildfowl there...But honestly? I know I'd miss the U.S. and have to return...I don't think I'd be truly happy living there permanently...You really need to visit Yellowstone!!!
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Seeing the Gulls Tip-Tapping away to get the worms to the surface .... We did that back in the day at the #Wargrave Rec so that we had worms to go fishing .... The Groundsman, Old Arthur Langford used to pay us a couple of bob per Mole as well, as they were desecrating the Cricket Pitch .... We found paddling the ground near Mole Hills did the same trick - And as they popped their heads up, one of us would GRAB it and proudly deliver it to Old Arthur for our reward, which usually consisted of a glass of lemonade as well from the Clubhouse 🙂 .... And those Bells?? .... At age 11 I joined the local Bell-Ring Team - Never got to terms with the Peel-Sheets so Old Granny Smith used to NOD to Me every time it was MY turn to ring 😄 ..... and when did topless men become Risque`?? - Back in the day we were always topless strolling about everywhere, on site, in town, and in '76 on holiday in Weymouth, a friend and I got out of the sea and strolled into a Bar/Daytime Disco at the 'Victoria Rooms' in just our trunks, and as We walked towards the bar, the DJ turned the Spotlight onto Us, told everyone we'd just swum the channel and they should ALL give us a well deserve applause!! .... Which they did! .... When we got to the bar the barman gave us Our first drink FREE! ... I guess We became 'accidental entertainment' .... But the only thing we felt embarrassed about, was the applause 🥴🤠
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Hello again, and welcome back! So sorry for your loss, but I know you'll bounce back. I have a sense of your character, developed over many, many hours of watching your vlogs. As you know, I went back to the beginning as watched all of them in order. Why? Because you are an inspiration to all of us who can't experience life the way you do. Being close to nature, appreciating all the wonders of life on the canals, living life on your own terms. So yes, I know you'll bounce back. And you have my full support, added to that of all your other loyal viewers. Thanks again, and best wishes, as always!
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The Mindful Narrow Boat
It's in the way the Mindful Narrow Boat keeps one spark of love for the things she seeks,
It's not the letter from the poets hand,
But the embers that draw it from his hand,
So should those coals begin to burn,
Like a violinists bow, plays each note in turn,
He knows the verse when it finally comes, like a muse of beauty set ablaze in his hand,
Like a leaf in a stream or the poets dream,
And the sound of water across Alice's beam.
Hi Vanessa, yes it does take time to write the poems and i carry lots of notes. But i enjoy very much putting your videos into rhyme.
You are an amazing person and
I'm glad you like them. Hope they bring you lots of joy.❤xx Andrew
Mum sends love to you all ❤xx
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Absolutely amazing & stunning, each & every one; the scenery, your humour, you, Zepher, Alice Grace, your poems, your filming, your drawings, your bravery,your curiosity, your positivity, so inspiring.
Thankyou so much..your videos always lift me & cheer my heart. Wishing you wonderful voyages & exploration , abundance of peace , joy & magical encounters of nature, great fun ,blessings & great health to you Vanessa & Zeph for 2025 & beyond for ever.
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How not to cook on a narrow boat 😬 🌺🙏
In the galley, space is tight,
Pans and pots clash, it's quite the sight.
Water's sloshing, waves do rock,
Cooking chaos, a ticking clock.
Forget the oven, it won't fit,
A single burner, that’s the wit.
Chop in silence, knife in hand,
Narrow boat life, a cook’s demand.
Spices scatter, meals collide,
Balance acts with every tide.
But laughter fills this tiny nook,
On a narrow boat, don’t overcook!
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Oh wow - Sharpness !. Even though it's some 40+ years since I've been there I recognise the opening scenes !. My aunty & uncle stayed in Sharpness (lovely romantic story - my uncle ran away at 13, seeking adventure. He went down to Leith Docks - in Edinburgh - and lied to get a job on a ship. His dad ran down to stop him but could only wave goodbye as the ship sailed out. My uncle ended-up doing the 'Atlantic run' during WW2 and one time they docked in Sharpness where he met my Aunty !) and I LOVED when we visited them, I always played with the local kids and one of their favourite pastimes was swimming at that spot shown at the begining !. What made it extra special was when the tide went out in the River Severn you just climbed over the wall (in the background, it separates the river from the canal) and played in the gorgeously clammy mud - it was fantastic !. Just pure mud, no weeds, stones, rubbish etc, just mud - and we'd get plastered in it, have mud fights, roll about - and when we were finished we'd just climb back over the wall, into the canal and emerge spotless !!. Sharpness just has something special about it, especially at sundown - my God it's beautiful !. Loved this video - happy to subscribe x
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So, I believe you blowed a head gasket, my present boat has a 2 cylinder diesel engine, when I first purchased this boat it had a blown head gasket, I did all the work, I have worked on diesel engines over 20 years myself, it just cost money, but we got her back running diesels don’t like to get hot, over 220 degrees, watch your instruments while the engine is running, keep plenty of coolant in her, and or change the impeller on the River water coolant pump, there are ways to tell when you need to change it, visual coolant strainers, Cheers Young Lady, Steve from Texas
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Now Warland was fine, like a full bodied wine, that holds wonders divine and gets better over time,
But a swing bridge loomed with levers of doom, i hope we're through it soon, as it swings on it's boom,
Huffity futtity the computers on the blink, you can loose your policeman before you can blink,
Then a Kingfisher true with colours vibrant so blue, sits down and waits with Alice Grace,
Odd socks, Travis Mill lock, St. Peters church bound, fire all around,
Coal black steeplejack, lets hope the bells don't crack!
Walsden to Todmorden, has the snow fallen? As a rainbow in the sky keeps memories alive,
Railway bridge found, castle turrets all around, God bless then all, that spectacular wall,
A guillotine chase for Madame Grace, so keep the theads, but don't loose your head,
Oak cherry gall, the snow will fall, and Redwing on high, will search the sky,
So it's Alice bound with a last look around, for it's homeward bound, too much snow on the ground,
So let's raise a glass to a beautiful lass, for the toast is your daughter, and her own new water.
God bless you Vanessa. For another beautiful video. Andrew❤xx and Mum ❤xx and one for India ❤xx
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ALICE GRACE
The calendar on your gally wall,
Ticked off the days till you were sure,
For today's the day your heart heard the call,
And that Manchester ship canals, adventure is born,
So out of a windy early morning rise,
Alice Grace slipped her moorings to kiss the tide,
And oh how we fort ,
Through Ellesmere port,
But who could have thwarted her?
Alice Grace gave no quarter,
In this Manchurian backwater,
and so let us glide, for there's no place to hide,
And with luck on our side,
We'll tame this white knuckle ride,
Working men shuffle,
For the ferry boat shuttle,
Kestrel perched high,
As geese fly by,
And goldfinches charm as they pass the wind farm,
So, how do we praise her?
Our waterways daughter?
Why a mooring to land by a steamboat so grand,
Sleep now, my beauty, you've earned your rest,
For another day, dawns,
In your adventurous breast.
And her mum was brilliant as well. Xx❤
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Dearest Vanessa, I wrote a poem for you last Wednesday with the intention of using it later, perhaps. But having just sat down with Mum to watch this week's video, I had to send it. ❤
A moored the towpath there she lies,
A steadfast station, windlass vision on high,
A golden steersman standing by,
Through time and place, she does roam, but Alice Grace will bring her home,
Down the waterway burns a single flame, The Mindful Narrow Boat, Vanessa's her name,
No landsman here, I heard her cry, to the curious gongoozler standing by,
So there she stood and shook her head, then turned to that beautiful rainbow instead,
Forth, she wonders, forth she goes, long the towpath where the cuckoo flower grows, among the hedgerow there below, the sweet briar rose and oxlip petal shows .
❤xx
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Hi Vanessa: I Googled Lapwings (Northern?) and was quite impressed with their top-notch feather and iridescent wings. I've never seen one before in the USA, nor have I've seen the Redwing? It looks like a cross between a Robin and a Thrasher. Beautiful scenery with the golden winter light! "Doublet the Duck", who spent the night aboard your rooftop, probably most appreciated the warmth radiating from within Alice Grace's interior (if that's possible?). It sure looked like quite a frigid night, but thankfully the canal didn't freeze over so that you were able to continue cruising the following morning and make it through the lock before its closure. That was quite special when you returned where you first bought Alice Grace. I'm glad you took the chance, quit your job, and bought Alice Grace, because I wouldn't have become acquainted with you from across the Pond, nor have come to enjoy your wonderfully illustrated, poetic journals recounting your many adventures upon UK's waterways. Zephyr would have missed the journey too, I'm sure. 🦮🥶☃💙🌺🪴🥀❄Cheers! Jenny p.s. I bought you a coffee and noticed it misspelled my last name "Fulchder." Correct spelling is "Fulcher."
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Hi Vanessa. Newer viewer, remote US-based gongoozler, one-day UK narrowboat captain/owner, and frequent hot-weather backpacker and camper here. You question about heat mitigation is one near and dear to my heart. I organize trips for a Sonoma, California astronomy and adventuring club. Once or twice per year the group does camping trips, generally to remote, arid, low-population regions to camp, hike, visit archaeological sites and observe with telescopes.
These trips are usually in spring and summer (as we want longer nights, shorter days for the astronomy) and feature daytime temperatures in the 90-105F range and overnight temperatures in the 65-90F range. One coping mechanism some of us use to reduce the temperature inside our tents is a material developed for the artisan agriculture market called "Aluminet". It is an aluminized, porous fabric that comes in different light transmission ratings used to shade vegetable beds from intense sun. We simply drape it over our tents. It reduces internal temperatures by about 15F and often makes the difference between having a nap and not.
You should be able to do similar with your boat - though I would use strong rare earth magnets to hold the panels in place on your steel hull in wind (we stake the sheets through perimeter grommets into the ground around our tents - not possible on the water).
Amazon UK links below for Aluminet material and for uber-strong magnets:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/s?k=aluminet+material&crid=1CTWTJFH4Q1XH&sprefix=aluminet+material%2Caps%2C316&ref=nb_sb_noss
https://www.amazon.co.uk/JAKAGO-Permanent-Powerful-Neodymium-Magnetic/dp/B0989VFKLH/ref=sr_1_9?crid=24N3J69BSB4HF&keywords=neodymium%2Bmagnet&qid=1695605268&sprefix=neodi%2Caps%2C338&sr=8-9&th=1
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I almost bought a narrow boat,, my girlfriend had to move away from her family ( long story),-we both didn't earn enough for a mortgage,, but a boat in little Venice for £14,000,
But a loan for that ( it being movable entity) was a problem, mooring fees, etc,,, so it didn't happen.
I wondered about the cold as I witnessed it around London Docklands - where there is large bodies of water, open spaces etc.
Thanks for me not having regrets anymore.
Love the dog, bonus.
Just saying.
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Hi Vanessa, really loved the vlog. looking forward to the next one already! I'm sure you may already know about it but if not I'd suggest staying at nearby Dane Moss a while. Being so into wildlife, I think you'll love it there. I always moor there when passing by, it's one of my favourite spots, sometimes for the full fourteen days! There's a wooden walkway through the moss and when you walk it in the summer, there's dozens of lizards that climb on it to sunbathe, which scurry away back into the bog as you approach (unless you creep up on them slowly), and also lots of unusual dragonflies, butterflies, mosses and birdlife. I guess it's the wrong season for all that but you still might see something. I like to walk around it in the middle of the night! And if you carry on through it another km or so you come to the beautiful historic village of Gasworth where there is picturesque church by a lake and a fantastic old pub, forgot the name of it, which has a heritage interior that hasn't changed much since Edwardian times.
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A TRANQIL VOYAGE
On tranquil waters, Alice glides,
A slender vessel, a peaceful guise,
Her narrow Hull a gentle soul,
Cuts through the water,
Her mindful role,
And through her wake, she finds her way,
Through lock and bridge, she makes her way,
A simple journey, borne to please,
Through whispering willow, set by
Zephyr's breeze,
Then, on the river, her waves she makes, an artist's picture with brush and paints,
Then comes the countryside, a scenic treat,
Sets her journey, meandering sweet,
Her captain steers with full control,
To follow the towpath lined with gold,
A pleasent moment held in her hand,
A peaceful voyage through a tranquil land,
Her cargo full of stories told of dreams and memories for the young and old,
The Mindful Narrow Boat, a haven true,
For those who sail with hearts anew.
Once again a beautiful video and a lovely poem. Stay safe and take care Vanessa. ❤xx Andrew
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It’s not like you to be a negative Nelly , Vanessa! I think, looking at what’s happening already, that the C&RT will use more volunteers to do jobs that are currently done by contractors, freeing up money to use on essentials like dredging and lock repairs, the sort of jobs that can’t be done by volunteers. You’ve been on the Chesterfield Canal and probably seen the Chesterfield Canal Trust’s work boat, Python. Crewed totally by volunteers it travels the length of the canal, in sections, clearing out by washes, tidying up tow paths, cutting back overhanging trees, weeding lock gates and dragging obstacles out of the water. This is probably something that you’ll see more of on other waterways. I know there’s a trial going on (sorry, can’t remember where) which uses a gang of volunteers to trim the tow paths instead of using contractors. It’s doable if we all play our part.
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Thank you so much for the relaxing,,,,,,and cool looking video. The temperature where we live in Japan is in the high 30s and so humid!!! Love the art....my Japanese wife especially. She too paints - several styles, but is so talented in the traditional styles of ukiyoe - she is a fan of Hokusai as am I,,,and along with my sons art, we have hers dotted all around our home....Along with the art, the journal and travels etc,,,,,,, That dog of yours is a star bless her, she reminds me of my springers I had when I lived in the UK - 23 years ago now. Thank you once again and all the best of luck, from us in Japan,
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V, Responding to the complaint from a reddit individual about posting spam. I believe that it is just one extremely vengeful person trying to get even. You see, each reddit channel is subject to the rules of the individual subjective moderator and some of those rules are specifically vague. Many people are cool but some have a God complex, a stick up their patoot. The definition of spam? I don’t consider my introduction to your vlog as spam, but some do apparently. I don’t know if you do, but many of the other YouTube vloggers that I watch do receive negative comments and from what they say, those comments are just deleted and not paid much attention. I BELIEVE THAT IS THE CASE HERE. However, if you want me to stop using Reddit, I will. I’m sorry to use this board to post this but I do not have your private email. But hey, 594 to 781, that’s not too bad.
J
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Hello Vanessa, Thank you for your reply. I'm OK, thank you, but I can not cannot understand where the comment has gone. It's now 5.30 pm. and have searched from say the 'Top' and the 'newest' comments down to the last ones. I posted early Friday, then showed your video to Mother, at around 9.30pm, and it was there then, but you hadn't replied to quite a few comments. I left it late, around 11.30 pm. as sometimes it's late when you reply. But my comment had gone. Searched several times with no luck again this morning. So, I assumed I had offended. It could not be missed as entitled it'Mum'. Then, I explained about Fond childhood memories of Acton Bridge crossing to visit distant family and friends. Then, I remarked about landscape images at the end.
Mum really enjoys your video, as she is 82 years young now. It is a relief to now I did not offend. Take care
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Hi Vanessa!...I too, have bawled my eyes out at nature!, most recently, sea Turtles while in Greece. As for Otters though, I used to fish when I was living in the US and my bait was mainly prawns from the seabed. I had a cast net, learned how to throw that out off the pier to get the bait. I'd save half of them to take home and cook, but used the other half a bucket as bait...meaning I could catch some nice fish ( mostly 'Red')...what happened then was that we would find ourselves in the company of Otters while they tried to get my catch from me😂...they'd just appear on the boardwalk!, squeaking at me!. so gorgeous, and of course they got whatever they wanted!😂. I feel a bit differently about fishing now, I feel I was a bit cruel for doing it and I've not gone fishing now for years!. Thanks for the vlog entry, beautiful!...and as you can see, I am still 'trawling' through them ( groan!)😛 HNY!, though now it's 2025 of course! x
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VANESSA
I close my eyes and drift away to the sound of your calming voice,
Half awake and half asleep,
You lead me through this magical place,
Where butterfly wings that flutter with grace and bumblebees leave their foxglove race,
To watch you glide at your measured pace.
Then sit down with you and Alice Grace,
You show me sweet petal from meadow sweet high, lift up thier froth mantle as you glide by,
Ladies mock and cookooflower wink, weave their magical tapestries of pink,
Steadfast, you stand tiller in hand,
You the Queen of this watery land,
Then Zephyr comes to seek her toy, to make the day and bring us such joy,
You still, my mind, and slow my heart. I'm completely lost in your beautiful art, Your wonderful drawings light up the page,
In my drunken hemlock's wonderful stage.
But where to next? You'll hear me say,
For Alice Grace will show the way. Xx
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After the rain
After the rain, came clouds of white and skies of blue,
Then the suns golden rays to warm me through,
So i'll take my fill of mother nature's great basket and i won't have to wear my waterproof jacket,
Butterfly dance to chase the day away and farmer in his field can now make his hay,
Harrow and plough, horse takes the strain, from the ploughmans rein, leaving furrows of gold, after the rain,
Lark ascending and watermill stream, oh god please don't wake me from this wonderful dream,
Tree tops will glisten and birds sing again, for the clouds don't matter, after the rain,
For i walk now in happiness with Zephyr my guide, as time doesn't matter with her by my side,
So I'll now take my leave of this river bank scene,
And its off for tea with Alice, our wonderful waterways palace,
So we mustn't complain for the world will sustain, after the rain.
Thank you for another beautiful video. Take care Vanessa xx❤
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