My 'canal wife' Lorna and I continue our voyage down the Thames in a former Norfolk Broads hire boat, in this episode going from Reading to Windsor where the trip ended. #AD Visit ABNB, the canal boat broker, to buy or sell your canal boat at www.abnb.co.uk or call 01788 822115 My video about Henley's classic boat regatta: ua-cam.com/video/BRQ4Xfd6U0I/v-deo.html Lorna’s video of the trip ua-cam.com/video/beyitBpF-wA/v-deo.htmlsi=HSQ8Bz13i9CaUkkD Start point: goo.gl/maps/Mep8GUqViY2GMzMw7 End point: goo.gl/maps/etKrSgRPu7gABZbQA Part 1: ua-cam.com/video/Z1El4bL5HOU/v-deo.html Nicholson's Guidebooks: geni.us/CtC_Nicholsons Pearson's Guidebooks: geni.us/CtC_Pearsons
Love your videos of life on the water, and this one passed through the town of Henley on Thames where I grew up. Just a little history of the entrance to the River Kennet 1:27 the unassuming timber bridge is known as Horseshoe Bridge and with the Brunel brick bridge behind are Grade II listed structures. The timber bridge is high sided and was created so that horses towings goods barges could pass over the River Kennet un-sighted of the ground and would not be spooked. It forms part of the Thames path linking one of the sources of the Thames in Gloucestershire with London. Also another piece of river history 12:40 the Széchenyi Chain Bridge (1849) in Budapest is literally an upscaled version (5x) of Marlow Bridge (1832). Same Designer.
MV Lymington (built in 1938) was indeed partly brown, says the great Wikipedia. Especially on the inside... Unusual colour for a ferry, so I had to look it up. That is some very specific knowledge for a silly joke. Excellent! 😅
Whatever happens on your trips, you always to make the narrative entertaining and informative with the wink of an eye now and then. Well done, I smiled several times, of course on moments where pun was intended. 😂
Brilliant, David and Laura. A nice balance of chat, research and great camera work. A large groan for your Isle of Wight joke!! See you again soon, .John, Ontario, Canada.
It truly is my favourite joke ever (and for the benefit of other overseas viewers who may not have understood it, Cowes (yes, like that) is a town on the Isle of Wight.
Seeing Shiplake Lock brought back sad memories. In 1982 the lock keeper, Peter Gough, a good friend of my parents, drowned after falling into the river as he tried to free wood jammed in the weir. 59-year-old Peter had been lock keeper at Shiplake for nearly 30 years.
Have loved watching this mini series David. So well put together. You and Lorna make such a great boating team. The way you play off each other is great to see. I’m so pleased you had a few decent lock keepers. Some are so nice. On my way back from Windsor, I was staying in Henley, and had a river swimming group pass the boat. There were over 800 of them all together, but unlike the rowers, they were not allowed to go through the locks and had to portage themselves! Thank you again.
Beautiful scenery and waterway with an abundance of history. Thank you David, for your humor and delivery of same. My favorite shots continue to be the approach to the covered bridges. Each one has its own uniqueness and beauty.
Great video showing us Englands water way. Your wit and humor at full maximum power as usual. I think the reason why there was no lock keeper at the one lock was because the hydraulics were down (😂😂😂). Let someone else power through it all. 😂😂😂 either way glad Lorna and you had a great experience and fun with Ed’s boat. Thank you all for allowing and sharing your boat and sharing a few days of your lives.
I did that very journey over 40 years ago in a bright orange Hoseasons fibreglass boat. It was magical and the only time I have ever seen kingfishers. Not much seems to have changed except it is much more crowded and the rich have got richer.
I enjoy your shows and see things I barely remember from some 50 years ago. Do remember "private property' wherever water looked fishable. You also reminded me of what I was told back then," the U.K. and USA are separated by a common language", you ate tah-mah-toes for lunch while I had ta-mA-toes for breakfast. Safe Journeys lol
Thanks for the educational and entertaining journey. Also thank for introducing Lorna, I will follow her channel, so I will be keeping up with your shenanigans too. Also, thanks for some of the other channels you recommended. Lou and Emily crack me up.
Delightful travelogue! The odd tidbits of history, local folklore and truly awful (and appreciated) puns and commentary are an entertaining escape from reality. Thank you for taking us aboard!
I done this from reading to Windsor in 4 days by kayak. Loved every minute doing it. Folk in the boats cool in the locks. They kept offering me alcoholic drinks lol..
14:37 love to see that Dutch barge; Merwede, the river I live next to her in The Netherlands. How thoughtful showing this for your subscriber. Thank you, David!
You speak just like the audiobooks and films we were given in english class. You know, the ones where they pronounce everything really clearly and pauses etc. No critique I just found it fun. Love your videos my friend.
You've given me an idea for a business. I'm going to get a card reader, walk along the bank of the Thames, and charge everyone who is moored up eight quid!😂😂
It's an old scam. In Three Men in a Boat, JKJ describes people doing exactly that (although not with a card reader, obvs). He also relates how it was not unknown for them to be told to go forth and multiply.
They should really issue a ticket. I got fleeced by a guy at Pangbourne like that. He came up and asked for the mooring fee and I give him a fiver only to find out later it was free mooring. After that I refused to pay unless they issued a ticket
Lovely to see “my part” of the Thames from a boat perspective. I’ve walked the Thames Path between Reading and Windsor countless times. The “event” you saw being prepared at Shiplake would have been for the “Wargrave and Shiplake Regatta”. Thank you both for visiting “my world”. 👏👏👍😎
@@CruisingTheCutHad it been the sort of tournament you described David, the organisers would certainly have left their setting up to the last minute. Or as they would say "Joust in time". I'll get my coat..........😱😱
Aww thank you for this David. I grew up in Bourne End and went to school in Marlow and it was a lovely trip down memory lane seeing the river. Great video. ❤
Love your sense of humor. Enjoyed so much your trip from Reading to Windsor both parts. We live in the US and so enjoy your videos. God Bless from Pennsylvania😊
Another great story! Getting to see some of the sights of London without leaving my home. Someday I'll get over there.Thanks to you both for all the hard work!
These two short videos are one of my best! And, I have to agree with Lorna, I was left thirsty to see what was along the route. Thank you very, very much for sharing with us such a beautiful journey! And, keep on boating! David, as always, you did a splendid job narrating this trip! I really felt like I was there with you guys! Cheers from sunny Puerto Rico! :)
David, again you went and set my wishes to be young again and visit England by narrow boat. I would pay a kings ransom to boat the cannels. What an enjoyable 4 days you had. The country side was one that I was very much surprised to see. Thanks to you and your boating wife really did a wonderful job. Thank you.
I often returned to Wraysbury late Sunday nights after an ADLS event, to be ready for work Monday morning. Winding those lock wheels all the way, once forgetting my jacket with keys in the pocket three locks back. No tow path so had to rewind one lock, never forgot the jacket again. My brother did the motorcycle on the table stunt for Meatloaf in the RHS. He also jumped Tower Bridge in Branigan in an E Type for John Wayne.
ANother really great David video,,,,,Blimey O Reilly!! HAHA i enjoyed that!!! THis one showed more boats than ive seen in ever i think,,,and many beautiful homes and shores but then we are getting more into the populous area of the home land. Seems to me that the water looked cleaner and less cluttered with limbs, leaves, and flotsam......more beautiful and ancient bridges,,,id not had any idea that those built sooo long ago were sturdy enough to be still useable and looking so attractive.,,,,Thanks again David for the education and entertaining comments. Im thinking by now that maybe you could do well as an after dinner entertainer or speaker, or toastmaster, or maybe stand up comic!! You have lots to draw from and a very personable and intelligent, friendly approach to all we see. Lotsa editing here that is not evidenced of course, but in reviewing, it all fills in smoothly and seamlessly,,,,,thanks for your dedication and caring for us across the pond to your left. I know im to your left because as i look at a map, you are to my right 8 inches and up about 5 inches.....bill in alabama,,,stay safe,,,
What an exhilarating trip all around; seeing the million pound (or million plus dollar) properties as well as pretty, calming and enjoyable natural river scenes. And the Victorian Mansion turned into a hotel - an unexpected sight because it didn't occur to me that you were approaching WINDSOR CASTLE!!! I was floating along...enjoying the river and there you were. Amazing, thanks!
Amazing beauty on that trip! Those inconsiderate rowboats are so frustrating! Here in Florida, we have sailboats that constantly require the drawbridges to be raised, usually during rush hour or when you go out to lunch.
So much beauty to look at. Loved the churches and the cormorants (including the commentary accompanying them). Eyots--I knew the word and the spelling, but had never heard the pronunciation and never had bothered to look it up, so thanks for that. I don't know who does the landscaping for those locks, but they are an ambitious and hardworking bunch. Thanks so much for this trip.
Such a fun and interesting cruise, and so lovely! I’ve never seen Egyptian geese before, ducks though they be, and the cygnets, though ugly ducklings they’ve been known as! Really interesting sights this go-round! Photography a real treat!
Wonderful video guys👏👌 Took me back to the early eighties sitting in the Angel listening to the hip George Benson and drinking the oh so fashionable (relatively new to market) Perrier water😎👌😂
About a year ago I wanted to get away from my life for a variety of reasons so I flew to England with my packraft and paddled down the Thames from Godstow to the barrier. It was more exactly what I’d needed than I’d imagined. It could be. It was wonderful to see some of the same stretches of river again. Thank you for filming it. And for what it’s worth, having done almost all of those portages, I expect some would be quite awkward with a long shell - operating gates, making sharp doglegs, often bad ramps - and they’d risk banging their racing craft up a bit. I went through a couple of locks when I snuck in with a narrow boat or two. And the power was out for us as well so there was a lot of wheel turning. One boater had counted exactly how many times the wheel had to be turned for each operation. I checked my notebook from the trip and was disappointed to find that I hadn’t written the number down but I think it might have been in the neighborhood of 330. It’s exhausting even when you split the work
That was delightful to watch. It took me back to when I was in the Sea Scouts, and we often went boating on the Thames. I emigrated to the USA and lived for a while on a boat in Galveston Bay Texas. What a contrast, not just the size of the boats (everything really is bigger in Texas) but everyone is so friendly and happy to see others out on the water and in the Marinas. Lots of stories as you can imagine.
I can understand why so many lock keepers were upset. You were stopping them gardening. There must be a "Best Kept Lock" competition, like they used to have for railway stations.
The story of the discovery of the black swan by the English is really interesting. They had only seen white swans and back in England the expression likely as a black swan was used to describe the impossible. Then they travelled to the other side of the earth and found black swans in western Australia.
Great, super photography - I love you on the water best. Sorry, just can not image being locked in a box to sleep and toilet around England. You are best on the water - just borrow boats and do all the Northern canals - but for all your watchers, you are the best at showing us a world we are missing and can not see! Many thanks!
My 'canal wife' Lorna and I continue our voyage down the Thames in a former Norfolk Broads hire boat, in this episode going from Reading to Windsor where the trip ended.
#AD Visit ABNB, the canal boat broker, to buy or sell your canal boat at www.abnb.co.uk or call 01788 822115
My video about Henley's classic boat regatta: ua-cam.com/video/BRQ4Xfd6U0I/v-deo.html
Lorna’s video of the trip ua-cam.com/video/beyitBpF-wA/v-deo.htmlsi=HSQ8Bz13i9CaUkkD
Start point: goo.gl/maps/Mep8GUqViY2GMzMw7
End point: goo.gl/maps/etKrSgRPu7gABZbQA
Part 1: ua-cam.com/video/Z1El4bL5HOU/v-deo.html
Nicholson's Guidebooks: geni.us/CtC_Nicholsons
Pearson's Guidebooks: geni.us/CtC_Pearsons
Thanks for sharing, that was a very enjoyable virtual boat journey.
Thanks David and Lorna for taking us along, and thank you to Ed for loaning you the boat. We viewers appreciate it!
Well said …. and ..yes we do.👍
I’ll drink to that too! 🍸
The beaver is nice but the green boat at 20:13 is pretty good too, don't you think?
...yes, that is my boat!
This was SOOOOOO good. Even better than part one. I can’t wait for the next trip
😀😀
If you want more time, take her for a week next time!!
'Old School' Cruising the Cut episode, thank you and Lorna!
That was as lush as it gets, I reckon. Beautiful cruising. Thanks for taking us along. Congratulations on adding a banana to your lunch menu.
There's nearly always a banana
I like your collaboration with Lorna whom I have appreciated for years. Happy for you.
Love your videos of life on the water, and this one passed through the town of Henley on Thames where I grew up.
Just a little history of the entrance to the River Kennet 1:27 the unassuming timber bridge is known as Horseshoe Bridge and with the Brunel brick bridge behind are Grade II listed structures. The timber bridge is high sided and was created so that horses towings goods barges could pass over the River Kennet un-sighted of the ground and would not be spooked. It forms part of the Thames path linking one of the sources of the Thames in Gloucestershire with London.
Also another piece of river history 12:40 the Széchenyi Chain Bridge (1849) in Budapest is literally an upscaled version (5x) of Marlow Bridge (1832). Same Designer.
Thank you! Good info
Your narration of the videos that you post on UA-cam is magnificent. Thank you.
Wow, thank you!
OMG I spit my drink out when you said "canal wife," I was NOT ready for that!!! 😆
I missed the C out of that word and thought fair play to you both lol
"Weeks passed" made me laugh.
The stretch between Henley and Marlow is glorious....you missed some great pubs and the reindeer park!
Tbanks for the video. Never realized the Themes was like this. And all those boats. Never knew the English were so into boats. Pretty cool.
The English have always been into boats! We practically invented seafaring 🤣
MV Lymington (built in 1938) was indeed partly brown, says the great Wikipedia. Especially on the inside... Unusual colour for a ferry, so I had to look it up. That is some very specific knowledge for a silly joke. Excellent! 😅
Whatever happens on your trips, you always to make the narrative entertaining and informative with the wink of an eye now and then. Well done, I smiled several times, of course on moments where pun was intended. 😂
You are most kind, thank you
Brilliant, David and Laura. A nice balance of chat, research and great camera work. A large groan for your Isle of Wight joke!! See you again soon,
.John, Ontario, Canada.
It truly is my favourite joke ever (and for the benefit of other overseas viewers who may not have understood it, Cowes (yes, like that) is a town on the Isle of Wight.
As always, loved your narrative. Love the funny comments a lot.
there is something so relaxing about your "narrow boat" videos that I miss. glad you can get out from time to time.
Happy to have found 'cruising the cut'. Very enjoyable with great narration.
Welcome aboard!
Forgot how much I miss your humor! Thank you for the ride.
Thanks for having us along on the trip!🛥
Splendidly scenic!
Seeing Shiplake Lock brought back sad memories. In 1982 the lock keeper, Peter Gough, a good friend of my parents, drowned after falling into the river as he tried to free wood jammed in the weir. 59-year-old Peter had been lock keeper at Shiplake for nearly 30 years.
Oh my, that's horrible
😢
Stunning how beautiful this trip. Those houses. Oh my. Thanks for the vlog. 👍
Have loved watching this mini series David. So well put together. You and Lorna make such a great boating team. The way you play off each other is great to see. I’m so pleased you had a few decent lock keepers. Some are so nice.
On my way back from Windsor, I was staying in Henley, and had a river swimming group pass the boat. There were over 800 of them all together, but unlike the rowers, they were not allowed to go through the locks and had to portage themselves!
Thank you again.
800???!!!!!! 😱😱😱
@@CruisingTheCut seriously. It took them 2 hours to all come past!
Lots of really nice scenery on both halves of this trip.
Thankyou David and Lorna, good 2nd half. 😊
Great storytelling is "Alive & Kicking'. Thanks to you and your 'canal wife' for giving us these special moments.
Glad you enjoyed it
Beautiful scenery and waterway with an abundance of history. Thank you David, for your humor and delivery of same. My favorite shots continue to be the approach to the covered bridges. Each one has its own uniqueness and beauty.
Great video showing us Englands water way. Your wit and humor at full maximum power as usual. I think the reason why there was no lock keeper at the one lock was because the hydraulics were down (😂😂😂). Let someone else power through it all. 😂😂😂 either way glad Lorna and you had a great experience and fun with Ed’s boat. Thank you all for allowing and sharing your boat and sharing a few days of your lives.
Excellent video. Nice to have you back on the water. Great to see you had company. Love you sense of humor.
Thanks 👍
Oh how I have missed your remarks as you ride along. More PLEASE!!!
I did that very journey over 40 years ago in a bright orange Hoseasons fibreglass boat. It was magical and the only time I have ever seen kingfishers. Not much seems to have changed except it is much more crowded and the rich have got richer.
I enjoy your shows and see things I barely remember from some 50 years ago. Do remember "private property' wherever water looked fishable. You also reminded me of what I was told back then," the U.K. and USA are separated by a common language", you ate tah-mah-toes for lunch while I had ta-mA-toes for breakfast. Safe Journeys lol
Thank you David and Lorna for taking us along on your adventure. More please.
Thanks for the educational and entertaining journey. Also thank for introducing Lorna, I will follow her channel, so I will be keeping up with your shenanigans too. Also, thanks for some of the other channels you recommended. Lou and Emily crack me up.
Missed your narratives mr. David 😂
Tks for sticking around
Delightful travelogue! The odd tidbits of history, local folklore and truly awful (and appreciated) puns and commentary are an entertaining escape from reality. Thank you for taking us aboard!
Awful?!! 🤣🤣🤣
I done this from reading to Windsor in 4 days by kayak. Loved every minute doing it. Folk in the boats cool in the locks. They kept offering me alcoholic drinks lol..
14:37 love to see that Dutch barge; Merwede, the river I live next to her in The Netherlands. How thoughtful showing this for your subscriber. Thank you, David!
Pleased I'm not the only one to be a long time appreciaterof the Cowes joke! 👍
I'm glad it's not just me as well!
What excellent scenery this trip. I wasn't even there and those rowers got on my nerves 🤣
Thanks for a fun and informative "Part 2" video, David. I even learned a new word from you: "pongy."
My pleasure!!!
I absolutely loved the sights and the witty monologue. Awesome. Former Brit now in TX 😄👍🏼👍🏼
You speak just like the audiobooks and films we were given in english class. You know, the ones where they pronounce everything really clearly and pauses etc. No critique I just found it fun. Love your videos my friend.
You've given me an idea for a business. I'm going to get a card reader, walk along the bank of the Thames, and charge everyone who is moored up eight quid!😂😂
Fight you for it 🤣
It's an old scam. In Three Men in a Boat, JKJ describes people doing exactly that (although not with a card reader, obvs). He also relates how it was not unknown for them to be told to go forth and multiply.
They should really issue a ticket. I got fleeced by a guy at Pangbourne like that. He came up and asked for the mooring fee and I give him a fiver only to find out later it was free mooring. After that I refused to pay unless they issued a ticket
Lovely to see “my part” of the Thames from a boat perspective. I’ve walked the Thames Path between Reading and Windsor countless times.
The “event” you saw being prepared at Shiplake would have been for the “Wargrave and Shiplake Regatta”.
Thank you both for visiting “my world”. 👏👏👍😎
That would certainly be more likely than a jousting tournament!
@@CruisingTheCutHad it been the sort of tournament you described David, the organisers would certainly have left their setting up to the last minute. Or as they would say "Joust in time".
I'll get my coat..........😱😱
Watching this video is riding personal on the boat with a very friendly and cheerful tourguide. Love it ❤❤❤❤❤
Thank you! 😃
Aww thank you for this David. I grew up in Bourne End and went to school in Marlow and it was a lovely trip down memory lane seeing the river. Great video. ❤
😀😀😊😊
Thanks to you both. David, you wit is lovely. I truly enjoy your diagolog.
Many thanks!
@@CruisingTheCut you are welcome 😊
Love your sense of humor. Enjoyed so much your trip from Reading to Windsor both parts. We live in the US and so enjoy your videos. God Bless from Pennsylvania😊
Awesome! Thank you!
Your classic Brit narration cracks me up 😂 so I had to subscribe. Thanks for all the laughs. Cheers from California USA 🇺🇸
Welcome aboard!
You are one the best presenters I’ve ever encountered. Just the most lovely stuff. Thank and bless you!
Wow, thank you!
Another great story! Getting to see some of the sights of London without leaving my home. Someday I'll get over there.Thanks to you both for all the hard work!
Thoroughly enjoyable: light, relaxing, funny & informative. Thank you. :)
Your video was more interesting than most of the stuff on the TV nowadays, which I can't watch.
Another excellent narration and a wonderful adventure. Thank you!
Cheers!
Lorna is a real love. Great and very enjoyable. Ty.
These two short videos are one of my best! And, I have to agree with Lorna, I was left thirsty to see what was along the route. Thank you very, very much for sharing with us such a beautiful journey! And, keep on boating! David, as always, you did a splendid job narrating this trip! I really felt like I was there with you guys! Cheers from sunny Puerto Rico! :)
Glad you enjoyed them 😀
David, again you went and set my wishes to be young again and visit England by narrow boat. I would pay a kings ransom to boat the cannels. What an enjoyable 4 days you had. The country side was one that I was very much surprised to see. Thanks to you and your boating wife really did a wonderful job. Thank you.
Great story telling and narration
Much appreciated!
I often returned to Wraysbury late Sunday nights after an ADLS event, to be ready for work Monday morning. Winding those lock wheels all the way, once forgetting my jacket with keys in the pocket three locks back. No tow path so had to rewind one lock, never forgot the jacket again.
My brother did the motorcycle on the table stunt for Meatloaf in the RHS. He also jumped Tower Bridge in Branigan in an E Type for John Wayne.
Beautiful scenery shots really enjoyed the wildlife
Great to see you sharing your passion for narrow boating together.
Thanks 👍
Oh my my my ! The workmen on the scaffolding high in the sky at 7:55 minutes! How brave - don't look down!
A pleasure as always to see your vids.
Lovely!
ANother really great David video,,,,,Blimey O Reilly!! HAHA i enjoyed that!!! THis one showed more boats than ive seen in ever i think,,,and many beautiful homes and shores but then we are getting more into the populous area of the home land. Seems to me that the water looked cleaner and less cluttered with limbs, leaves, and flotsam......more beautiful and ancient bridges,,,id not had any idea that those built sooo long ago were sturdy enough to be still useable and looking so attractive.,,,,Thanks again David for the education and entertaining comments. Im thinking by now that maybe you could do well as an after dinner entertainer or speaker, or toastmaster, or maybe stand up comic!! You have lots to draw from and a very personable and intelligent, friendly approach to all we see. Lotsa editing here that is not evidenced of course, but in reviewing, it all fills in smoothly and seamlessly,,,,,thanks for your dedication and caring for us across the pond to your left. I know im to your left because as i look at a map, you are to my right 8 inches and up about 5 inches.....bill in alabama,,,stay safe,,,
Bill, you are most kind, thank you
A most enjoyable video with fascinating landscapes. Thanks for sharing. Be well and stay safe.
Thanks, you too!
So happy to be on the water again with you!
Always amazed at the powerful looking boats so far up the Thames when only so slight a performance can be used
What a lovely trip.. so enjoyed the cruise.. hope you both do more of these! Cheers to the both of you!
What an exhilarating trip all around; seeing the million pound (or million plus dollar) properties as well as pretty, calming and enjoyable natural river scenes. And the Victorian Mansion turned into a hotel - an unexpected sight because it didn't occur to me that you were approaching WINDSOR CASTLE!!! I was floating along...enjoying the river and there you were. Amazing, thanks!
So enjoyable. Thank you for taking us along.
Thank you
Amazing beauty on that trip! Those inconsiderate rowboats are so frustrating! Here in Florida, we have sailboats that constantly require the drawbridges to be raised, usually during rush hour or when you go out to lunch.
Thanks for taking us with you, a lovely video and, as always, some laugh inducing wit.
Thank you
Very enjoyable. Now watched the last third of it. Loved the feel of money around Henley!
So much beauty to look at. Loved the churches and the cormorants (including the commentary accompanying them). Eyots--I knew the word and the spelling, but had never heard the pronunciation and never had bothered to look it up, so thanks for that. I don't know who does the landscaping for those locks, but they are an ambitious and hardworking bunch. Thanks so much for this trip.
Such a fun and interesting cruise, and so lovely! I’ve never seen Egyptian geese before, ducks though they be, and the cygnets, though ugly ducklings they’ve been known as! Really interesting sights this go-round! Photography a real treat!
Glad you liked it!
I love these videos. Such a different view of life. calm, chill, and an easy way to relax.
21:15 "Why did they build Windsor Castle under the flight path to Heathrow? What were they thinking?"
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LOL.
Fantastic to see you on the water again. And Lorna is an added bonus! Thanks so much for bringing us along!
Wonderful video guys👏👌 Took me back to the early eighties sitting in the Angel listening to the hip George Benson and drinking the oh so fashionable (relatively new to market) Perrier water😎👌😂
Wonderfull journey, well done both of you.🇦🇺🙏👍
About a year ago I wanted to get away from my life for a variety of reasons so I flew to England with my packraft and paddled down the Thames from Godstow to the barrier. It was more exactly what I’d needed than I’d imagined. It could be. It was wonderful to see some of the same stretches of river again. Thank you for filming it. And for what it’s worth, having done almost all of those portages, I expect some would be quite awkward with a long shell - operating gates, making sharp doglegs, often bad ramps - and they’d risk banging their racing craft up a bit. I went through a couple of locks when I snuck in with a narrow boat or two. And the power was out for us as well so there was a lot of wheel turning. One boater had counted exactly how many times the wheel had to be turned for each operation. I checked my notebook from the trip and was disappointed to find that I hadn’t written the number down but I think it might have been in the neighborhood of 330. It’s exhausting even when you split the work
Thank you! And good to hear knowledgeable points about the portering too, cheers
That was delightful to watch. It took me back to when I was in the Sea Scouts, and we often went boating on the Thames. I emigrated to the USA and lived for a while on a boat in Galveston Bay Texas. What a contrast, not just the size of the boats (everything really is bigger in Texas) but everyone is so friendly and happy to see others out on the water and in the Marinas. Lots of stories as you can imagine.
What a great trip. You could not get bored travelling on that river. So much stuff to see.
Beautiful video and history! 🇬🇧
It is nice to see a cruising video again. I have missed your canal cruising wit that seems less present in your documentaries. Thank you.
Cheers; you say that but of the last 10 videos, 7 were me cruising on a boat!!! 🤣🤣
Nice video with brilliant narration 👍
Many thanks!
That Victorian mansion(at 19 minutes ish) was frankenferters castle in rocky horror
I loved the two videos! I have missed the old and traditional Format! Nice!!!
I needed a boat ride. Many thanks. The ducks were lovely. The houses, oh my!
Posh everywhere.🌟
I can understand why so many lock keepers were upset. You were stopping them gardening. There must be a "Best Kept Lock" competition, like they used to have for railway stations.
As someone from Western Australia I was very happy to see a black swan! Woo!
The story of the discovery of the black swan by the English is really interesting. They had only seen white swans and back in England the expression likely as a black swan was used to describe the impossible. Then they travelled to the other side of the earth and found black swans in western Australia.
Ah! My new home (Reading) to my old home Windsor ...well, south Slough.... Nice to see my regular walks from the river
Nice to see a wee bit of Eton.(on the left) Hope the Waterman's is still a good pub..my old local
They say it takes a village, and in this case it’s being part of a community! Thanks to all involved that make videos like this possible!
Great, super photography - I love you on the water best. Sorry, just can not image being locked in a box to sleep and toilet around England. You are best on the water - just borrow boats and do all the Northern canals - but for all your watchers, you are the best at showing us a world we are missing and can not see! Many thanks!
Thank you for sharing this with me , and Cheers From California 😊
Lovely to see you both enjoying the river in my part of the world - Maidenhead, thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching!
Storytelling upon the water is your great talent! Thanks.