LIVING ON A BOAT Challenges | Is it worth it? [Ep 132]
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- Опубліковано 20 вер 2024
- This week I continue my cruise heading North explaining the downsides of living on a boat. Although I really do love boat life it does have its challenges and is a lot of hard work especially during the colder winter months. I try my best to address Boat Life expectations and realisations although I absolutely adore this off grid lifestyle choice.
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Thank you so much for watching. If you are new here, I'm Heidi and I live aboard my Narrowboat The Rum Wench and travel the UK's Canals in search of Adventure. After selling my house to experience an alternative lifestyle I bought a canal boat and a camper van which as a solo female who loves to travel, gives me the best of both worlds. I have recently got myself a new addition to the crew, a fabulous companion - my little rescue dog Bonny who is an absolute joy. I also work full time off grid from my tiny home and trade at canal festivals as The Pirate Boat.
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Just watched your episode for the first time.. loved it... keep them coming
It's hard to show the downsides of anything when you love what you do and where you live. Isn't the struggles of life that make the good times even better.
Yes 😃🏴☠️😂❤️
Well thinking about it, all the negatives and I still think it beats the crap out of 4 walls in middle class suburbia even in deepest Cornwall. Stay safe Bab..xx
You are as far away from being a whinger as anyone could possibly be. You work hard to maintain your lifestyle and you don’t complain at all. It is nice that you’re traveling with a companion. It makes life easier at times when you know someone has your back.
Aww thanks so much for your lovely comment .. it’s made my night 😄🏴☠️
I do hope you are feeling much better. Those early winter colds can be just awful. Thanks for squirting this video up the interweb early for all of us viewers of the channel to enjoy. All the best to you Heidi and Bonnie and say hi to Nicky
" Raise the JOLLY Roger " !!!!!!
In the spirit of Thanksgiving here in the USA.
Thank you so much …. Happy thanks giving 😃🏴☠️❤️
I agree with you about the CRT. But they do also like wasting money on the canal where I fish they have just replaced the signage with new ones that was only two years old, saying exactly the same wording. Also last winter a group from crt was planting 3 rows of hawthorn canes when speaking to them they had traveled up from Cornwall to Yorkshire with them. No wonder they are scint.
Come on Heidi you can't be getting ill on us. We all need your weekly videos. Have a tit of rum that'll warm you up 😉
😂😂 cheers 🏴☠️
Hope you're better. Bad when you're ill, but your attitude is great.
Aww thanks Kev 😄🏴☠️
To be fair you do give a realistic account of boating life .
Do hope you are feeling better we have been rough with it tc Bonny to the oldies
Thank you, I hope you are both on the mend 😃🏴☠️❤️
Thats great Heidi 👍 im local to Stone at Trentham which you would pass through next .. just out of Stone is an iron age fortress "bury bank" king Wolfere is believed to of lived there at some time .. hope your better soon 👍 Glyn
Oh wow!
Wishing you a speedy recovery. Please stay out of the rain and a sip of rum can go a long way. Cheers
Live the life you love and love the life you live
How on earth you do those locks when feeling poorly leaves me admirering you even more Heidi
I’ve no idea 😂😂 I felt it later on 😂😂 thank you 🏴☠️
What can i say, 😂 your little jokes make your channel so funny. Enjoy the cut. Won't be long before I'm on the cut too cannot wait. Then I can learn to play my tenor saxophone all day long 😁
Whoop I look forwards to hearing you 😄🏴☠️🎵
:smiles: One of the small pleasures with watching boating channels like yours is when we recognise where you are :) As soon as I saw that huge gathering of geese I knew you were coming to visit us here in Stone :) Seeing St. Michaels's on screen was lovely, as it is part of quite a pivotal period of the towns history. Interesting to see that little snippet of Sally too - now that's someone with some get-up-and-go to run a small pottery business on a boat!
On the downsides theme, one of the big challenges to come for all boaters is the foolish decision of the government to cut funding for the CRT - such a short-sighted move on their part, especially given that, the scheme of things, it is not a huge amount of money compared to what they waste on other things ... cough ... cough ... HS2! It's as if they recall nothing of the immense effort it took to revive the canals after they had been neglected last time around!
Thanks Heidi, Luv ya work, appreciate seeing the mud at the bottom of the rainbow, the gnarled base of the unicorn's horn and all that giss(*) ...... A fiend once noted that whilst he was unhappy commuting to his daily grind of a job, he realised that he shared that commute (on a ferry) with tourists on their way to or from the tropical island that he lived on..... We often see only the negatives in our lives, where others would be jealous of what we have..... Thanks for sharing, giss (* gizz, jizz???) and all..
I've had a couple of shitty days (1st world anxiety issues), yesterday I came hone to enjoy the latest from my van life girls (#campervibe), today I forgot my troubles by living vicariously through you and your adventures..... Thanks..
Isn't it about attitude and approach to life that makes anyone's life happy and rich?
Of course 😃❤️🏴☠️
Not a whinger at all -- good to see all the reality! Really hope you are feeling better soon!
Hi Heidi and bonnie, we need to know about the down side of boat life, it ain't all sunshine and warm days!!! Don't waste your money on lemsip. Buy a bottle of lemonade, a lemon, honey and paracetamol. Warm the lemonade, honey and lemon together and take the tablets!!!!! A fraction of the price of medicine and tastes much nicer. Take care keep filming kind regards Alison, we met at Asterstone locks ❤❤❤
YOU ROCK... I APPRECIATE YUR SENSE OF HUMOR... HAAARRRGGG!! BE BLESSED , GET WELL, THE MUSIC IS GONNA BE A HIT!😃😋👍👍🏁🏴☠🏁
Thank you 😃🏴☠️❤️
Great video again Heidi. No it’s not a bed of roses as a lot of people may think, but it’s fun 😂 (when things aren’t going wrong) 😂
You have earned my subscription, its rare to see the hot and the cold,x
Thank you 😃🏴☠️
Hope you are feeling better now. Thanks for showing the other side of boat life. Be well and stay safe.
Thanks Mark, you too xx
Being outside when feeling rough can sometimes help to blow those cobwebs out. If you run out of lemsip, soluble aspirin +honey does the trick.
Where I can feel a bit envious about your beautifull life is when you pass all those amazing bridges, aquaducts all that gorgeous old craftmanship 👏👏😊👍😘
4am in the morning here and you got me into trouble for waking the wife up by laughing too loud at your shopping ! Thanks for the chuckle.
😂😂 hehee I was just having a giggle 😃
Absolutely love ur vlogs, they give me a grin everytime,,,,,
Ur a tough one I give ya that,,,,
Keep em coming
Rich
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I'm really glad that you showed how hard it is Hiedi,I know it's not going to be a fairy tale when I eventually get my boat,to be honest I'm bricking it a bit as it's just diving into the unknown, doing locks mooring up planning where to go let alone learning about the boat and trying to keep it in the right direction etc but it's always been my dream for over 10 yrs and I'm going to live it within the next 18 months I hope,stay safe,Nick 🏴 x
Like all things you have to take the good with the bad you are such a trooper .
Hope you’re feeling better soon we have just finished watching all your videos took a few weeks a bit sad as we only get one a week now love to Bonnie and thank you for all the happy videos Peter & Serenity in Western Australia
Aww thanks so much for watching 😃🏴☠️
Hi Hiedi & Bonny
Hope you're feeling better and your batteries are fully charged 🎉 must be a bit cold holding your tilla on top of your boat How Rude.😊 keep sipping sipping sipping your lem sips you'll feel better soon luv Chris & Jeannie xx luv your video 's you must have been a great teacher very entertaining 😮
Very nice Retirement Homes by the lock in Stone and also a pub alongside the lock.
Loving “Nip in the air” Heidi. You are such a talented musician ❤
Thank you so much! 😃🎵🏴☠️
Maybe switch from rum to warm whiskey or brandy and some sugar and paracetamol. That's a big cucumber you got in Morrison's!😀
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SO GOOD TO VIEW.. YOU ARE A MIRACLE. thank you
Hi again Heidi, so glad to see you are still just as cheerful! My Dutch barge is now moored up in Mulhouse, France, where I will be spending a fair bit of my winter; x 😋
How wonderful 😄🏴☠️❤️
You're living my dream life ✨️ but I'm just saying that running a house has its issues and wants repairs and general upkeep, and sometimes it's out doors so I t totally understand where you're coming from....... with doing things in horrible weather you really do take the brunt of it and you do so well for being a single boater I take my hat off to you!! 😊
Take care Heidi and Bonny safe boating looking forward to next week 😊 ❤ xx
I love your honesty, as we will be CC we know the downsides and are with you that we always love it but there are certainly are days that you think ahhhhhh 😂. Love to you s as bd Bonny ❤❤
Think a cold started to come down on me as I was leaving Stone this morning! Winter sniffles are going around I reckon!
always enjoy every week with you stay safe
Your inspirational. Thank you for enriching our lives.
Honestly, I see them to close down the cannels someday. A huge makeover will cost millions, and then only the rich will be able to boat on the cannels.
You're so funny Heidi even with a bad bout of cold. I have had 4 days suffering from a stomach bug. Didn't know which way to point at the toilet first. 😢
Sorry if you were in the middle of eating your cucumber... 😂
But seeing you made me feel so much better. I may even have a tot of Rum or Brandy tonight.
Lots of narrowboaters moan about the weather, it's only natural, but you seem to just get on with it, and thrive.
Thanks for an uplifting vlog. ❤
Aww thank you and I’m glad you are feeling better 😄🏴☠️❤️🥃 cheers 🏴☠️
Oh you poor thing ,😢😢😢,we get hurricanes in the carribean and in summer its 95 plus but we have beautiful turquoise seas ,turtles and lots of other good stuff 😅😅
Shout out to Nick . . . you know who you are.
You’re such a positive person Heidi, that’s a great trait helps you over some more negative times. That was a scary lock. Do you often find if one thing goes wrong it can turn into a shyt day, that’s when the positivity has to come out. Great video, keep your chest warm and drink lots of water, take care, kisses for Bonny. 🥰
Thank you 😃❤️🏴☠️
Get well... no fun being sick.
Hope the cold has gone. For me, 2 lemsip a tsp of sugar a glug of whisky all in one cup topped up
with boiling water. All taken at bed time. I sleep like a log and awake refreshed, or hung over. Either way I don't care about the cold😊
BTW
Thank you for your videos. I love them
I love your positive attitude - even when you’re trying to outline the negatives you still say how much you love the life. There are so many people who find the negative in everything that your attitude is brilliant. 😊
Thank you 😃🏴☠️
Get well soon xxx
I'm still heading up your way Mrs. I will try to get up over the next few weeks. Looking forward to it. I keep changing my route due to stoppages and sunken boats etc. Great that you are showing the ups and downs. ❤
It will be fab to see you 😄🏴☠️❤️
I’ve only just watched a minute of your vid, I bet on your negative list is, water points, emptying toilet, getting fuel, locks not working, and ofcourse bad cold weather, weed hatch! Hope you get better soon. 3:10 😊
Hope you are feeling better sending lots of love and hugs xxxxx
Great vlog Heidi, not moaning just a explanation of some of the downsides. Maybe next should be a vlog about the upsides of narrowboat life. You could raid your archives for your favourites bits of good times - not more than 59 mins though!! We cruise April to Nov on our 58' narrowboat and then winterise it whilst we bugger off to somewhere warm. Of course we're retired, it took 47 years of working to achieve it though. We love seeing youngsters like you living on and enjoying the inland waterways, so keep up your great vlogs for the world to enjoy
Cheers,
Keith & Sue
NB Su-Kee
I’ve already done that one - it’s in the playlist 15 reasons why I love boat life
Those Canadian Geese are Just like the rest of us Canadians do enjoy your channel!
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You are a treasure be safe stay warm Howard Leavitt aka Skipper 😊
Another great vlog. If anybody asks me about life on the canals I point them to your UA-cam channel, because you tell people how it is, warts and all. If they think they would want to live on the waterways I suggest they arrange to hire a boat for a year, so they experience them at their worst as well as their best.
There are a couple of things I do when I have the 'snuffles'. I will put a teaspoon of honey into a mug, cover the bowl of the teaspoon with a good squash (usually orange, sometimes orange, lemon and pineapple, and occasionally (depending on the last 'component') blackcurrant), add a Lemsip (which, if it is blackcurrant, means blackcurrant squash), and top off with hot water.
One of the weirdest ice creams I ever tried was Mingelas' Dragon Breathe ice cream (I think that was the name). It was like eating a frozen curry! Hot and spicy, while also very cold. My poor taste buds did not know what was going on! Unfortunately they did not make this flavour for very long.
I do not know if I have mentioned this on an earlier post, but for icy conditions you might want to get hold of some Magic Spikers (other products are available), They fit over the soles of your shoes, and the little spikes then dig into the ice, providing you with a decent grip. I have two pairs (one is always in my work bag). Think of them as snow chains for your shoes.
Take care, stay safe, and happy cruising.
Thanks James … I don’t wear the snow shoes when boating and they crap for standing on the boat but good for a hike 😃🏴☠️❤️
Great video, love it. I even love the grain on the lock wood gate pivot arm/thing where you were going up-lock. Yep, boating can be the pits, for sure. Especially in bad weather, but even in good weather, as you mention, you still need to get fuel and water and dump tanks and rubbish. And ... just find a nice place to moor for a day or two, or a week or two. Not to mention WIND! and trees falling! And winter weather too, torrential rain and snow. But my gosh, you have such a great friend Nikki with you ... and she has you. Ah yes, internet access is a big deal too, especially for folks like you who do business online and depend on that for income.
Oh, the reflection under bridge 82 was beautiful. Wow.
Love it. The freedom of boating. And the need for a bit of specific planning. It's all good. Cheers!
Aww Ann, when you catch up you will hopefully enjoy my van videos as I’m currently touring Europe for 2 months in my little camper
Hope you feel better! Hey, I really liked your "Nip in the Air" music -- good stuff!
It looks like a lot of fun in spite of the weather. There doesn't appear to be many sunny days in the UK.
Absolutely brilliant video Heidi and to your point, boat life is a choice which I refer to as ‘the gentle life’. Sure there are times when things do not go to plan, but to bemoan it the way numerous channels do, seems misleading and possibly off putting to those who are genuinely considering a life aboard. The way you describe living day to day comes across eloquently, unfiltered and honest and in your usual ‘carry on‘ like style. If I speak to anyone else considering the life, this is the defining video. So glad you did this. I have been on nearly 9 years and have never looked back.
Aww thanks so much again Nigel 😃❤️🏴☠️
Well done Heidi hope you’re feeling better. Love you lots what you see with you is what you get, that’s a lovely honest human being. XxxTrevor & Linda xx🥰
Really hope you get better fast - no matter how wonderful life is, getting sick is pure yucky.
Get well soon!
You are a treasure be safe Howard Leavitt aka Skipper from Brockton, Massachusetts USA.
That's why we love watching you and Bonny....open, honest and fun living. Can tell you absolutely love your life on the water, and it's ups and downs. ❤
Keep going girl you always make me smile
Still a wonderful vlog! Get well soon Heidi!
Thank you!! 😊
Loved it as always. Hope you are feeling better and the rums are now for pleasure and not medicinal😜
Great videos love watching your utube good fun .SEAN IRELAND 🇮🇪
The best one for a cold is a drop of brandy that is better than your lemon sips get well soon love from Chris xx take care
Cheers 😃🥃🏴☠️
well i live in 160 m2 where them cars takes about 120 m2 not a problem though my bed takes about 4 m2 and my tv takes about 1m2. its not a problem 2 just live in a smal space. Just make it your happy space. I'm glad you found yours. Happy 4 U i am. Sorry for the spelling. Rock On Pirate Quing!
nice to see your parked near other boats theres safety in numbers
Hello Heidi - hope you are recovering quickly. I appreciate you sharing the reality side of being a continuous cruiser. Any part of life has its challenges so anyone considering cruising or living in a caravan or a tiny house really needs to look realistically at what it takes. You have a serious adventurer’s soul so you are much more capable of adapting to where you find yourself. I loved today’s video - save a spot for me next Thursday- love, peace and blessings to all from Gramma Lainee
🇺🇸🇺🇸 our Thanksgiving today…..I am thankful I found your channel… incredibly interesting …fun…
Take care of that cold…..💪💪💪 hang in there
Thanks, you too!
Great video, that cake and pie stall looked very good
get myself a little bit of shopping 😂😂 what are you like ...brilliant
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there's negatives in all chosen lifestyles so it was good to see what yours are. Bonnie's loving boating, she seems to understnad the routines now a bit. Hope you feel better soon.
First time seen absolutely great watch
Thank you 😃🏴☠️❤️
Ditto regarding having to move when unwell Heidi.. being a pensioner now everything is hard work and the cold/wet weather plays havoc with my Arthritic hands. After 24 years on my boat I sometimes wonder how much longer I can do winters… I hope you feel better soon and thanks for sharing your trip around Stone… good luck and take care of yourself… 😊
Aww take care …. I may have to go into a marina when I get older if I can’t single hand everywhere
Really enjoyed this! Looking forward the the road trip vlogs over xmas!
im sat here now with a can of stella nice and cosy watching your video
Cheers 😃
Thanks for the badges you sent us Santa loves us my wife loved them and was surprised they were made on a narrow boat by a rum pirate xx
I’m so glad they arrived safely 😃🏴☠️
Cheers!
Great episode- love the part about the history!
Hidi have you completed the new music you make my week get well soon Stephen
Not yet I’m afraid …. I’m just trying to get up north and make badges to fund winter coal costs 😃🏴☠️🎵 hopefully soon xx
I can't wait to meet you on the canal one day.
That's was a big shop 1 cucumber 🤣
Miss Pudding but love that lil dog Bonny, she is soooooo cute 😍 im waiting on survey and likely taking on a 60ft cruiser stern (whatever that means) and i shall be let loose on the canals 😱☠️ i know very little 😬
I didn’t have a clue when I bought my first boat 😂😂
Dear Narrowboat piratress. 😁 ;-)
👍👌👏 You gave us a good insight. Because Freddie Mercury sang "It's a hard life" I assume that Queen must've been narrow boaters too (at least for some time). 😁 ;-) 😝😇😘
I'm glad that you got over your cold/flu relatively fast. Get completely well soon.
Thanks a lot for making teaching explaining recording editing uploading and sharing.
Best regards luck and health in particular.
Thank you 😃🏴☠️
@@TheNarrowboatPirate
Thanks for replying and especially for giving a heart to my comment.
As you know, I always and totally appreciate both very much.
Sincerely yours.
You make me smile Heidi, because even when you are talking about the negatives, you immediately switch back to being positive. 😂 ❤
Thank you ❤ .
Saludos desde México.tu canal me da mucha paz...
Aww thank you 😃🏴☠️
Wonderful video, thank you. I hope you are feeling 100% soon.
Thank you 😃🏴☠️
lol think of Canada geese as our gift to you 🤣🤣 I know how loud they can be. I have some hanging around the neighbourhood.
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That was a lovely cucumber Heidi
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Thank you for sharing your vlogs. Love the stories and poetries. All the best for the New Year 😊