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Our Narrowboat Quest
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Приєднався 3 лип 2018
Welcome to our Channel. We are Patrick and Eileen. In 2018 we decided to quit the rat race by giving up our jobs and selling our home to continuously cruise the inland waterways of the UK in a 57 foot narrowboat called DunWorkin.
This is a record of our journey, Our Narrowboat Quest to explore the navigable waterways of England and Wales, to continuously cruise throughout the year. Join us as we experience all seasons, the wonders of our beautiful countryside, towns, villages and cities and even our industrial heritage, nowadays an ironic contrast to its raison d'être.
We love creating our videos and sharing them on UA-cam, please feel free to share with your friends and family if you think they may be interested in our journey.
All of our vlogs are self funded, but if you enjoy our videos and would like to show your appreciation, why not make a contribution to go towards the making of these videos, by clicking on the Patreon or Ko-fi link below.
This is a record of our journey, Our Narrowboat Quest to explore the navigable waterways of England and Wales, to continuously cruise throughout the year. Join us as we experience all seasons, the wonders of our beautiful countryside, towns, villages and cities and even our industrial heritage, nowadays an ironic contrast to its raison d'être.
We love creating our videos and sharing them on UA-cam, please feel free to share with your friends and family if you think they may be interested in our journey.
All of our vlogs are self funded, but if you enjoy our videos and would like to show your appreciation, why not make a contribution to go towards the making of these videos, by clicking on the Patreon or Ko-fi link below.
202_A Day in life of Our Narrowboat Quest
202_ A Day in Our Narrowboat Life!
Join us on Narrowboat Dunworkin as we continuously cruise the Inland Waterways of England and Wales.
After the excitement and joy of our fabulous journey to the highlands in Scotland, it’s down to earth with a bit of a bump!
We’ve left Circus Field Marina and travelled to Marsworth Junction where we stayed for 10 days. During this time we returned to Kent for blood tests and caught up with family and friends and had some trips out to local National Trust properties, making the most of our annual membership.
We reverse back to the water point at Marsworth Junction then head back north on The Grand Union Canal, mooring near Cheddington. The weather is now on the change and Autumn is definitely in the air, the mornings are cool and misty with some lovely warm days followed by the cool evenings and occasional fabulous sunset.
We have self funded our UA-cam channel
for the last 6 years. We film and edit our channel using editing software for which we pay an annual subscription and in order to keep the music fresh we pay a monthly subscription to Epidemic sounds.
So far we have self funded all of the camera and audio equipment required.
However as we are on a limited budget any contribution towards these costs would be greatly appreciated.
Subscribing to our channel is free but for those wishing to support our channel you can now do so on Patreon at -:
patreon.com/ournarrowboatquest
If you wish to show your appreciation by contributing to a cup of coffee you can do so at -:
ko-fi.com/ournarrowboatquest13044
Watch from the beginning of our journey
ua-cam.com/play/PLaPoGUm1NN2tgLNgtaVr7wJpZPKOOvbUM.html
Music from Epidemic Sounds
Honey Take My Hand - Cody Francis
Music from Story Blocks
Home- (Solo Piano Version)
SB- ID AB347597524
Join us on Narrowboat Dunworkin as we continuously cruise the Inland Waterways of England and Wales.
After the excitement and joy of our fabulous journey to the highlands in Scotland, it’s down to earth with a bit of a bump!
We’ve left Circus Field Marina and travelled to Marsworth Junction where we stayed for 10 days. During this time we returned to Kent for blood tests and caught up with family and friends and had some trips out to local National Trust properties, making the most of our annual membership.
We reverse back to the water point at Marsworth Junction then head back north on The Grand Union Canal, mooring near Cheddington. The weather is now on the change and Autumn is definitely in the air, the mornings are cool and misty with some lovely warm days followed by the cool evenings and occasional fabulous sunset.
We have self funded our UA-cam channel
for the last 6 years. We film and edit our channel using editing software for which we pay an annual subscription and in order to keep the music fresh we pay a monthly subscription to Epidemic sounds.
So far we have self funded all of the camera and audio equipment required.
However as we are on a limited budget any contribution towards these costs would be greatly appreciated.
Subscribing to our channel is free but for those wishing to support our channel you can now do so on Patreon at -:
patreon.com/ournarrowboatquest
If you wish to show your appreciation by contributing to a cup of coffee you can do so at -:
ko-fi.com/ournarrowboatquest13044
Watch from the beginning of our journey
ua-cam.com/play/PLaPoGUm1NN2tgLNgtaVr7wJpZPKOOvbUM.html
Music from Epidemic Sounds
Honey Take My Hand - Cody Francis
Music from Story Blocks
Home- (Solo Piano Version)
SB- ID AB347597524
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201-Traitors Holiday!
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201- Traitors Holiday! Join us on Narrowboat Dunworkin as we continuously cruise the Inland Waterways of England and Wales. Dunworkin is safely tucked away at Aylesbury Canal Society in Circus Field Basin on the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union Canal. Meanwhile we are embarking on a 1280 mile round trip to Ardross Castle ( home of BBC’s The Traitors) to attend the joyful celebration of our frie...
200-Tight Squeeze on the Aylesbury Arm!
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Tight Squeeze on the Aylesbury Arm! Join us on Narrowboat Dunworkin as we continuously cruise the Inland Waterways of England and Wales, living off grid on our narrowboat. We have turned off the main line Grand Union Canal at Marsworth Junction and we make our way down the Aylesbury Arm of the Grand Union. After tackling the wide locks of the main line it was great to be back doing narrow locks...
199- Meandering through Milton Keynes!
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199- Meandering through Milton Keynes! Join us on Narrowboat Dunworkin as we continuously cruise the Inland Waterways of England and Wales. We continue our journey south/ south east on The Grand Union Canal. Departing from our lovely mooring at Campbell Park, we pass the site for the proposed start of the new Bedford to Milton Keynes Canal. A scheme to connect these two canals was first mooted ...
198-Narrowboat Life:The Canal's Mysterious Disappearance!
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198-The Canal's Mysterious Disappearance! Join us on Narrowboat Dunworkin as we continuously cruise the Inland Waterways of England and Wales. Join us for Narrowboat Life on board We leave Grafton Regis and make the short cruise to Cosgrove in some lovely sunshine. At Cosgrove we pass under the beautiful, stone Gothic style bridge built in 1800. It was refurbished in 1973/4 as at times during t...
197- Five Things We Should’ve Known before Buying a Narrowboat!
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197- Five Things We Should’ve Known before Buying a Narrowboat! Join us on Narrowboat Dunworkin as we continuously cruise the Inland Waterways of England and Wales. We are currently moored at Grafton Regis on the Grand Union Canal outside the lovely St Mary the Virgin Church. In this video we discuss five things we think we should’ve known before moving onto our Narrowboat. We are currently moo...
196-Exploring Uncharted Waters: Narrowboat Adventure In Stunning Hdr 4k -
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-A Narrowboat Cruise into New Territory Gayton Junction and beyond! Join us on Narrowboat Dunworkin as we continuously cruise the Inland Waterways of England and Wales. See the canals in a different light. We are now using 4K HDR Dolby Vision resolution for our videos. If your TV or device supports this you hopefully will appreciate the difference. In this video we are now heading south on The ...
195-The Gates that Time Forgot ? Narrowboat Life
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Narrowboat Life- The Gates that Time Forgot? Join us on Narrowboat Dunworkin as we continuously cruise the Inland Waterways of England and Wales. Living off grid. We continue our journey south on the North Oxford Canal. Leaving our mooring at Newbold we take a short cruise to Rugby where we pick up water and bag the last one day mooring! We continue towards Hillmorton, the locks here were origi...
194-Exploring the Old Loop at Newbold on the North Oxford Canal
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Our Narrowboat Quest 190- Exploring the Old Loop at Newbold on the North Oxford Canal Join us on Narrowboat Dunworkin as we continuously cruise the Inland Waterways of England and Wales. We’ve been moored at Brinklow Marina since last September but it’s now time to leave and get back to continuously cruising the Inland Waterways of England and Wales. We head south on the North Oxford Canal for ...
193-Final River Narrowboat Adventure: The Epic Conclusion!
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Final River Narrowboat Adventure: The Epic Conclusion! Our Narrowboat Quest: Final River Narrowboat Adventure: The Epic Conclusion! Join us on Narrowboat Dunworkin as we continuously cruise the Inland Waterways of England and Wales. In this video we continue our journey back to Canal and River Trust waters. We are on the last leg of our journey back to Canal and River Trust Waters. We’ve left o...
192-Trapped in a Lock That's Narrowboat Life!
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Our Narrowboat Quest- Trapped in a Lock! That's Narrowboat Life! Join us on Narrowboat Dunworkin as we continuously cruise the Inland Waterways of England and Wales. In this video we continue our journey back to Canal and River Trust waters. Today we leave another favourite Friends of the River Nene Moorings at Hardwater Mill. We cruise for approximately 4 hours , negotiating 6 locks on the way...
191-Drone scenes Oxford/GU Canal
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One of my favourite shots on the Oxford Canal My Canalboat on the Cut.
190-Narrowboat River Escape
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Narrowboat on a River Escape Join us on Narrowboat Dunworkin as we continuously cruise the Inland Waterways of England and Wales. In this video we continue our journey back to Canal and River Trust waters. Today we’ve left one of our favourite moorings at Woodford and negotiate 3 locks before mooring at the EA moorings at Irthlingborough where rain halts our cruising plans but we pick up some s...
189-Our Canalboat in a Perfect Storm!
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189-Our Canalboat in a Perfect Storm!
188-Narrowboat Life Cruising On The River: A Wind Up Adventure
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188-Narrowboat Life Cruising On The River: A Wind Up Adventure
187-Kidding Around on the Lock in Narrowboat Life.
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187-Kidding Around on the Lock in Narrowboat Life.
186-Cruising on A Lake in A Canalboat
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186-Cruising on A Lake in A Canalboat
184-Lock Too Leaky? for Our Narrowboat Journey from March to Whittlesey
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184-Lock Too Leaky? for Our Narrowboat Journey from March to Whittlesey
183-What's going on in the bedroom on our Narrowboat!
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183-What's going on in the bedroom on our Narrowboat!
182-Narrowboat Life Dodging Low Bridges And Searching For Sunken Treasure
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182-Narrowboat Life Dodging Low Bridges And Searching For Sunken Treasure
181-Can We Keep Cruising on our Narrowboat Returning To The Old West River
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181-Can We Keep Cruising on our Narrowboat Returning To The Old West River
180-Back Cruising in our Narrowboat The River Great Ouse
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180-Back Cruising in our Narrowboat The River Great Ouse
179-Life On A Narrowboat: Exploring The Old West River
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179-Life On A Narrowboat: Exploring The Old West River
178-Narrowboat on the River Nene Oundle you do!
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178-Narrowboat on the River Nene Oundle you do!
177-Living Off-grid On A Narrowboat: Exploring The Heart Of Woodford
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177-Living Off-grid On A Narrowboat: Exploring The Heart Of Woodford
176-Narrowboat Life off Grid Living Completing the Trent and Mersey and onto pastures new!
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176-Narrowboat Life off Grid Living Completing the Trent and Mersey and onto pastures new!
The old Aylesbury YHAgroup did a sponsored walk along the towpath and I was wondering how it had all got so overgrown. Then I recalled that it was over half a century ago, in the late 1960s. We were collecting for Stoke Mandeville hospital.
What a wealth of wonderfully framed shots you both gave us! Outdid yourselves. Lovely!
Thank you Q, it’s lovely to hear from you again😊. Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
Lovely scenery and music. Liked the old pic to new at Marsworth junction, good to see x
Thank you Kerry, we always find these old photographs fascinating. Glad you enjoyed it!😊
Glorious scenery and lovely to see the Castle and a bit of the wedding xx
Aww, thanks Kerry, glad you enjoyed watching 😊. Thanks for watching and commenting!😊
Hey, Eileen, stealing Pat’s lines? Love it. Some beautiful scenery in this vlog. ❤Kate & Duane
🤣🤣, yes, he shouldn’t hog all the great lines!! Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
Leaking lock gates. Have ever tried bouncing. Stand at the end of the beam and try to bounce it up and down. It sometimes beds the gate in.
Never tried it Cyril, maybe I’ll try it next time!🙄. Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
Lovely video from you two well done thanks.
Our pleasure!, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
Beautiful idyllic cruise. Thank you . Most enjoyable
Our pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
great vlog on travels on the cut keep it cranked and keep up the great vlogs thanks lee
Aww, thank you Lee, glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
A lovely vlog of a typical day ❤❤
Thank you Jackie, glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting!😊
I hope Eileen didn't leave Pat out on the towpath in the dark all night 😂
🤣🤣, it was sorely tempting! 🙄. Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
Beautiful outro.
Thank you Russell 👍. Pat was inspired by the music😊. Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
Another slice of the enchanted life!
Oh yes! But can be quite hard work living off grid! But at least we are working at living and not working to live! 😊. Thanks again for watching and commenting 😊
Nice to see licence increases being used to keep the canals clear so they can be used
Unfortunately the Aylesbury canal is not that well used and we need to make sure us boaters use it to keep it open. The tow paths however are much improved in places and a fair bit of work has taken place here. Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
I seem I have most you two for ages catching up now lovely jabba🎉
Welcome back! Hope you’ve enjoyed catching up with our latest adventures 😊. Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
Brilliant video. Sorry our weather wasn’t too good at the beginning of your holiday. But beautiful scenery. You both looked really lovely at the wedding. Super photos at the end. Thank you for sharing with us all.
Thank you Shirley, glad you enjoyed it. We loved the build up to the wedding and was so glad we were invited 😊
It was a real joy to finally meet in person at the castle after “knowing” you for so long. Love the episode❤
It was lovely to meet you both too! Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
Fabulous filming , wish we had been with you. ❤
Thanks Carol, glad. You could make it for the remainder of the holiday! 💕
Brilliantly filmed with the piece at the end of Colin’s and Shaun’s wedding 💒
Thank you Philip glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
As others have said...stunning!
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
Amazing vlog, beautiful scenery and loving Eileen's hair do. ❤
Wonderful vlog. I can’t describe how incredible the day was and it was lovely to meet you 🙂
And you Alfie, glad you got home safely. Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
…and you, Alfie.
Fantastic video with such stunning views.
We hadn’t been to Scotland for 20 years, so it was great to be reminded of how beautiful it is😊
great vid on travels keep it cranked on the cut and liveind the dream thanks lee
Thanks Lee, glad you enjoyed it 😊
Stunning view of the countryside, you two and the gentlemen of the day💞
Thank you, we had a fabulous time😊
Great vlog. Love the Stirling area. Been to the Kelpies and Falkirk Wheel several times. Not sure its the Caledonian Canal though....
🤣🤣, no you’re right it was the Union Canal!! Just testing🙄
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Stunning vlog, showing Scotlands absolute beauty and a special day at the end. Thank you ❤❤
Glad you enjoyed it, we had a fabulous time😊. Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
Awesome video..... Who are those two handsome chaps at the end 🤣😘❤ Love you both ❤❤
We had an amazing weekend 🥰.
Do you mean Kate & Duane at the end?😂😂❤
Blimey certainly v v narrow! We have just done the old tunnel bit near Fenny compton and thought that was narrow enough but nowhere near as narrow!! X
It was Kerry, glad we didn’t meet anyone coming the other way. We’ve not done the South Oxford yet, hope you’re enjoying it!😊
I am the charm of Milton Keynes! hahahaha! It has it's bad moments like everywhere else but I wouldn't live anywhere else :)
Yeah, every town or city does have its rough areas. We were impressed with the amount of park areas and open spaces in MK! Oh and the cyclist seems well catered for as well! Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
I spent a couple of years boating back and forth through MK on the regular. Probably the best thing about it is that they added a footpath back from the towpath, so for most residents they've basically forgotten the canal is there. There are a few pretty rough estates adjacent to the canal so that's just as well.
Yeah, unfortunately every town or city has rough areas but we were impressed with the amount of parks and open spaces in MK. 😊
Super video. Loved all the scenery. So picturesque. All those locks. You must be strong Eileen. Poor Pat standing on Dogs…….. nothing worse. I’m sure you had soon all cleaned up and smelling of roses.😊. Take care. Look forward to your next one.
Thank you Shirley glad you enjoyed it. I often do a poo scan when we moor up but this was hidden in the long grass! Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
That looked like going down reach lode! lol. Do you prefer canals or rivers?
We like both for different reasons 😊
Your lives are nothing but endless fun and pleasure compared to the rest of us. It's not fair! 😒😒
Aww, waywed I hope you get a little pleasure from our videos and things improve for you😏. Thanks for watching 😊
You do have the choice to buy a boat,then you will understand the reality it's not all joy. Bet you don't worry about your water supply or worry about your power supply,if you have enough
How to get ducks out of locks. Stretch arms out and cast a shadow pretending to be a giant bird of pray , helps if you are wearing something like a jacket.
🤣🤣, thanks Cyril, I’ll remember that next time! 😊
great vlog
Thank you!! Glad you enjoyed it! 😊
I enjoyed that - thanks! Memories of going down (and up!) the Aylesbury arm in about 1977 on a long boat full of fellow university students - the arm was overgrown and a bit wild back then also. Cheers.
Glad you enjoyed it John, it’s still a bit weedy and reedy in places but the tow paths have improved! Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
who is the singer it sounds great
It’s Cody Francis, if you type it into UA-cam the song comes up! Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
whats the name of the song
The irony of your boat's name is quite funny. You both do a lot of work at all those locks. 😄 Wonderful video.
Tight squeeze?!?! Wow!
I really love the music. Hoof GP uses it as well. Sorry I missed you at Colin and Shaun wedding.
African Queen 😮
Wonderful video as always but the sound on this one wasn't at your usual standard and struggled at times at 100% to hear it clearly. Just letting you know from a viewers point of view it is not a criticism just letting one of our favourite couple know xx
Good to know, thank you. We would rather know if there’s a problem. Hope it didn’t detract from your enjoyment of the video. Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
Lovely video as always. Your "garden" is gorgeous!! Xx
Thank you Kerry, it was lovely 😊. Thanks again for watching and commenting 😊
Milton Keynes is no longer avauilable to visit for anyone without a Smartphone as there is no way to pay to park your car. I drove allthe way there only to find I couldn't find a pay and dispaly car park and had to copme home again.
Sadly there are many towns and cities like that now. It’s becoming increasingly difficult to use cash and we are fast becoming a cashless society! Thanks for watching and commenting 😊
Hi. Lovely episode. I take photos with my phone. One of the items then another one in it's location. I also do the same if I'm leaving my boat or caravan to remember if I left towels, bedding and one of the food cupboards. I can then simply sit back with a cuppa and look through my boat or caravan photos to see where the item is or what I need to take or top up food wise. Hope that helps. Have a wonderful day! Regards Howard
That’s a good idea! Thank you👍😊
Absolutely stunning cruise. Loved the washing hanging out Eileen. Lots of beautiful houses and scenery. Look forward to your next cruise. Take care and thank you.
Thanks so much! Shirley, it’s great to have you with us! Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching and commenting!😊
great seeing milton keynes froma different angle...i live about 15 min walk to grand union canal...
Fabulous, we really enjoyed Milton Keynes, so many green spaces! Thanks for watching and commenting!😊
What a great mooring you had. Bet you didn’t want to leave! 🙏
It really was, hoping to stay a little longer on our way back! 😊
Go back now for the basket! I'm sure it was baby Moses in the basket.
🤣🤣, we’ll have a look for it on our way back! Hope you enjoyed the video!😊