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Paul Smith
Приєднався 16 тра 2008
I've been living on a narrowboat since April 2010. When I moved on board I knew nothing about boats and nothing about the way of life. Fortunately I also work at the marina where I moor my boat. Over the last three years I've had to spend a fortune to turn a fundamentally sound but dilapidated boat into the very comfortable floating home it is today. I've documented everything I've done to it and how much it's cost me. I've also recorded all of my boat's running costs.
At the same time I moved on board, I also registered the domain livingonanarrowboat.co.uk. I've spent literally thousands of hours developing the site. Today there are over 4,000 posts and pages about all aspects of living afloat. I add new content at least once a week when I send out my Sunday newsletter to just under 5,000 subscribers. My UA-cam channel is a translation of much of the written content on the site into video. I hope you find this channel both interesting and useful.
At the same time I moved on board, I also registered the domain livingonanarrowboat.co.uk. I've spent literally thousands of hours developing the site. Today there are over 4,000 posts and pages about all aspects of living afloat. I add new content at least once a week when I send out my Sunday newsletter to just under 5,000 subscribers. My UA-cam channel is a translation of much of the written content on the site into video. I hope you find this channel both interesting and useful.
Dancing flames on a Morso Squirrel stove
My workspace is close to my stove. It's a poor location for getting anything done. I sat down in front of my MacBook, listened to the wind howling outside and rain rattling against my portholes. Flickering flames and a swaying poker seduced me. I sat there slack-jawed and drooling for an hour.
Warning: If you want to wake one morning to discover that you're incapable of hard work or stressful thought, live afloat on England's inland waterways.
Warning: If you want to wake one morning to discover that you're incapable of hard work or stressful thought, live afloat on England's inland waterways.
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Cruising Crick Tunnel with A Vintage JP2 Engine
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Handheld and wobbly, but what a great sound to make up for cruising through a waterfall.
A Lister JP2M running on a cruise along the Shropshire Union canal at Calveley
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There's no purpose to this video other than to demonstrate the tranquillity of an English canal and the mesmerising sound of my narrowboat's Lister engine.
Cruising the Hollandse IJssel near Haastrecht
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Cruising a gentle Dutch river section very similar to England's rural canals
Narrowbudget Gold Introduction
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goo.gl/osMz9P This is a sales video. Please don't waste your time watching this video unless you want to hear me waxing lyrical about the package I offer detailing all the costs of buying and maintaining a liveaboard narrowboat.
Welcome to living on a narrowboat
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This short welcome video shows you where I moor my boat and, if you can hear my voice above a rather sharp and unpleasant December wind, you'll find out more about my wonderful mooring and about the site itself. Enjoy!
Welcome to living on a narrowboat
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goo.gl/1jwNfR Welcome to my livingonanarrowboat.co.uk UA-cam channel. Although my UA-cam channel is new, the site on which the videos are based was created when I first moved onto my dilapidated narrowboat in April 2010. Since then I've added a huge amount of information to the site. There are currently over 4,500 posts and pages covering every subject you can think of connected to living afloa...
Narrowboat Storage Space
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goo.gl/dCIoZS Narrowboat storage space - There's a huge difference between the storage space available in even the most modest house compared with a narrowboat. Here's what space I have available in my own 62' narrowboat.
The Downside Of Living On A Narrowboat (Audio Only)
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livingonanarrowboat.co.uk Discover the downside of living on a narrowboat. Living a life afloat isn't an endless supply of gin and tonic moored in an idyllic location in the sunshine. Here's the difficult stuff you need to know about.
Collecting Post Afloat (Audio Only)
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livingonanarrowboat.co.uk - How do you collect snail mail when you live on a narrowboat? Here's how.
Narrowboat Central Heating (Audio Only)
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livingonanarrowboat.co.uk Read about narrowboat central heating plus hundreds of other essential narrowboat articles on the site.
Calcutt Boats Marina Review
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This is a photographic review of Calcutt Boats' Locks and Meadows marinas on the Grand Union Canal. For reviews on every narrowboat friendly marina in the UK, go to livingonanarrowboat.co.uk/
What a beautiful sound
I could think of nothing nicer but lack techno skills ..Very good cosy space *
You don't need any technical skills to live afloat, Helena. Just the desire and the means to purchase a narrowboat.
Really enjoyed this Paul, more please!
I'll do my best, Chris. All I need to do now is find something interesting enough to video.
Absolutely fabulous Paul and took me back to when had same experience going through Preston Brook ..Always terrific when you see the light at the end like a pin dot come into view. The noise of that engine is like music .Nice to see you back ...Hope there's more in 2020 .Greetings , Helena .👍
Ive just read your post “Cynthia” It reduced me to tears, I’m so sorry to hear this and I’ve followed you guys for ages and feel like you’re old friends. Hope this following year brings you peace and happiness. Mark
Its good to see you back mate 👍
It's good to be back. I put this video together very quickly as an experiment. I hope to publish many more this year for anyone interested in life on England's inland waterways.
That engine sound is lovely. Positively therapeutic.
Great video Paul, may we have some more like this please?
Videos aren't my strong point Chris, but I'll try!
@@Originalsmoothie A new string to your bow Paul
What an awesome sound, that’s not a Boat’s engine, it’s its heart beat 👍
Very informative, thank you
lovely ...just the place to be any day ..Peaceful and looks very clean . No supermarket trolleys . Like it *
So good to have you back Paul please upload more videos of your travels.. wish you did on narrow boat James but you didn't looking forward to seeing more vids and blogs. Take care be well..
Yes, I agree that I should have added more (some) videos to my narrowboat blog. I would have had some great content during my seven years on the English waterways. Half the problem is the mobile data required for video upload. I pay €50 a month for 15GB in the Netherlands and manage to use most of it with my day to day internet work. Having said that, I promise to try harder from now on!
Hello Paul A very interesting video. Looks like you have an efficient sea dog in Charley. Thanks for showing your home, it looks very cozy. Shame I am to old to change lifestyles. Have always liked the sea and canals and boats. Looking forward to the next video Thanks for your posts as well. Best wishes Peter Cornwall
very comfortable
Very interesting video, thanks for posting.
Hello Paul, All looks practical and compact Mario.
the problems we will have if we dont buy into u yea lol
Would you like to try that again but this time in English?
why bother lalalalalal
Interesting video.
Very interesting, you have a nice boat. I'm cutting down on stuff at the moment and one way of saving space was by binning all my DVD covers and just putting the DVDs in paper sleeves. Saves quite a lot of shelf space.
That's not a bad way of doing it, and while you're at it, convert your music albums to digital and get yourself an eReader for your books.
Paul Smith Yes I love my ereader! I very rarely buy books - I only have a. ones that look nice (old leatherbound ones that I inherited) and ones that are practical if for any reason the electrics fail - first aid, survival tips, maps etc.
That's an awful lot of double adapters you have plugged in under that bench! Big safety hazard :-)
I agree. I've had that section of the boat rewired since then.
Hi Chris, Very interesting...
Thanks Paul, I'm sucking up so much information by the time I get to taking the plunge I will be a walking encyclopedia of Narrow Boats, however I think you will remain the expert.
Hi Paul, This was a really useful and interesting video. Will check out your other videos now! Peter
Thank you Peter
does your boat ever move?
Yes, it does. But not as often as I would like it to.
Nice video Paul, Could you do one about the electric and batteries? I've seen several "for sale narrow boats" but few show the control panels, solar panels etc... Keep them coming.
There's one on the way, but for now there's two excellent articles on batteries and electrics on the site. Just follow this ink to the first one... livingonanarrowboat.co.uk/living-on-a-narrowboat-articles/narrowboat-electrics-part-1-batteries/
Thanks Paul, I will take a look
delightful video showing home ... even in winter one can see the charm .I reckon your boat is warmer than most people's home .....
Not so warm tonight with this wind howling outside. Hold on, I'll just throw another oak log on the fire. That's better!
lol well done ,stay warm, and have a great time over the festive season .Reckon where you are and living aboard is best place ...no matter what the weather .......:-)
Good one Paul. Looks the business. I'm bursting to see the secondary glazing episode!? I simply couldn't stop laughing when I read your wows when fitting it. I've always found that sitting down with a cup of Coffee and studying it all for a while, even a day or two, before the 'attack' seems to work. But having said that it's all great fun and another feather in ones' cap. Happy Christmas by the way!!!
The double glazing saga get's worse Mike, much worse. I've written more about it in the next newsletter (due 22nd December).
Hi Chris... I can't comment directly to your comment because of inherent problems with the UA-cam comments system but hopefully you'll pick up my reply here. Yes, good idea about the insulation/secondary double glazing video. I'll do one over the next couple of days.
Hi Paul, Really enjoyed looking at your video - a great start and I hope you'll do more. It was great to see your boat for the first time; I've been reading your newsletter for some time and it really helped me envisage your surroundings. Perhaps we could see your new door panels fitted next and see how your insulation projects have changed the damp problems
Not a bad idea at all. I'll see what I can do.
Hello Paul! Thank you very much for showing us the interior of your terrific boat. I have been reading your newsletter for some time now and it's really great to hear your voice and to be given this tour. Keep the videos coming! This came out really nicely! Cheerio for now, Chris Amson.
My pleasure!
excellent video .. Many thanks for sharing your home with us ,Storage is ceratinly very good...... and as I have found , no matter what in life it never does any harm to live with miimal .. You are experts and a great example ...Happy Chritsmas by the way ....
Thank you for your kind comments and happy Christmas to you too!
you were sitting by the boat and discussing how you came to live there and were very honest about the hardships you endured due to early pitfalls .. I like honesty and your easy manner is great . Will rummage through my favourites and see .if I can find in this new ghastly revamped UA-cam
yes I did ...Will add however that I also found your earlier video excellent .in as much as it was honest and very inspirational Truly ...Good work
Can you tell me which particular video that was?
I am a little confused ..is this a video showing the sytem or an audio tape I see only the title ....
It's an audio tape.
Paul Smith Thanks so much .I wondered but since you said 'this video ' and given UA-cam has been so odd of late it was best to ask ........
The "videos" I'm uploading at the moment are audio files of some of the more popular content I have on my site. It's an experiment. I have over 4,000 posts and pages on my site (livingonanarrowboat.co.uk) so converting the content into audio will be a rather time consuming task. I'll only do it if there's enough real interest. Can you tell me, did you find the content interesting?
Yes, all marina berths have access to both electricity and water.
looks a great place ... do they have electricity points ? I am aware some do . Helena
Hi Caramel100. Yes, I've received your message.