OFF GRID Narrowboat Life in Autumn - inspired by nature VLOG 87
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- Опубліковано 24 лис 2023
- Living on my narrowboat in Autumn, I experience stunning colourful foliage, misty magical canal scenes, witness celestial Luna moments, and each morning the appearance of roe deer in the field opposite, even a barn owl makes a fly pass. I enjoy my mindful walks in the woodland next to my floating home. Life is a lot easier now I've got myself a new trolley to transport my supplies to the boat along the towpath, including a water tight rucksack.
The Journey started here... I once lived in the fast lane of life, happily married of 26 years, with two children. That chapter was suddenly shattered by the sudden loss of my wife to cancer, which led me in to depression and homelessness. Waking up in hospital, after attempting to take my own life, with just a suitcase, kayak and bicycle and no money, I've managed to rise up out of the darkness and find happiness and continue my next chapter.
I'm a self taught film maker, and creating these vlogs, it gives me something to do, share my personal experiences as I continue my journey cruising and living life on the canal. Please do consider supporting my channel below... Thank you Dave
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If we ever doubt the equality of humanity, all we need to pay attention to is how creation has made nature equally available to us all. Is there a bigger gift of love? Thank you for your soulful content, Dave.
Thank you for a lovely video. There is no doubt that "stop & smell the roses" is the way to stay sane & keep everything on an even keel - I learned that from my Dad as he took us kids from our city street to the countryside almost every weekend - and he always said that is where the real world is ! Thank you Dad ! I dabbled in so many babbling brooks as a kid, found frogs & picked armfuls of bluebells when they were in season - lovely memories ! Dads - get your kids out there - show them huge spider's webs, bumble bees making honey, the dew on the grass in the early morning - they will 'see' the world with new eyes & never forget to value what we have on this earth !
Hallo Dave, ich bin so sehr beeindruckt von deinen Videos sie strahlen soviel wärme und ruhe aus.
ich würde auch gerne so mit der Natur leben und verbunden sein.
die Ruhe und die Natur verändert den Menschen was man auch an deiner Ausstrahlung deutlich erkennen kann.
Du bringst mir durch deine Videos ein stück Natur und inneren Frieden nach Hause und dafür danke ich dir sehr.🙏
Nature is my church.
I've only just discovered your amazing channel and it's been such a blessing. For many different reasons I often don't sleep at night but these little works of art are so relaxing and they really help me. I'm old now and disabled and can't get out into nature myself but you have enabled me to live your experiences with you. Thank you so much for what you do. God has created such a beautiful world for us to live in and these gentle vlogs are very much to his glory.
And so are you, Martinez.
You are grateful!
I sure do appreciate you Dave, I enjoy your vlogs so very much.
I really need to find the beauty in the midst of all the temult.
Thank You, I love you brother.
´Mastering´ the art of ´Stillness´ ....is one of life´s great achievements.
and....Love. Fruit. Nature ....is all you need. Good wishes from Portugal x
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I love the way you are using back-light, Dave 👏😍 Thank you for this very beautiful video, bringing so much tranquility and happiness. Nice to find another tree-lover!
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Glad we came across your vlogs.....This afternoon's viewing.....
Hi dave Dave, greetings from Jakarta, Indonesia.. Im glad to find this channel.. to find the beautiful nature from place you live there. Hopefully you are doing well and always find awesomeness everyday 😊
Exceptional photography Dave ! Such joy You bring to us all watching. Humble Thank You
Thank you for your kind words and watching this episode 🙏 Dave
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Thanks for watching and your kind words 🙏
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It’s just what you needed Dave looks better than your other trolly it gets you to and from the shops and to carry your wood gas and petrol for your boat , love the water proof bag really a good one 👍❤
Splendid!!!
I am 4 months away from getting my boat Dave. Watching your clips remind why I want to move on to the water. Thank you for sharing and inspiring
Wow, that is wonderful news about the boat. Not long to go! Let me know when your on your maiden voyage! 🙏 Dave
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Simply beautiful Dave, there's nothing to beat nature.
It's showing minus6 outside right now at 9am, but ill be getting wrapped up in an hour & hitting the outdoors & my local canal.
Yes, it's below freezing here and canal is frozen over. 🙏 Dave
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How lovely and peaceful.
Thank you for sharing. 🙏
Thank you so much for your beautiful videos, this one was so beautiful 😍. I’m going through some tough times at the moment and I’m trying to practice mindfulness, watching your lovely videos are as good as a session of meditation, I feel at peace watching them, thank you 🙏🏻 xx
Hi Tracy, thanks for tuning in and I'm so sorry to hear that you’re going through a tough time. But I'm pleased that watching my video has help in some way, to put you in a better place. Take care and thankyou for sharing 🙏 🫂 Dave
This gentleman has a gift in taking the smallest and simplest bits and pieces and elevates them to breathtaking wonders of nature, which they truly are. Such an inspiration (not to mention the photography!)
Very meditative video, sir. Amazing cinematography. Thank you.
Many thanks!
Wonderful Dave, thank you .
You are very welcome 🙏
¡Que hermoso video! Me suscribo.
Thank you for subscribing!
I want to confess!!….I have a new habit of watching one of your videos before going to bed & one first thing while having breakfast. I feel so calm afterwards. Thank you Dave. Off now to see what Mother Nature has to offer. The sun is up & it looks like it will be a grand day to go exploring in my local area. Enjoy your day. Dianne 😀
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Hey, Dave!
I saw your story:
You life was SAVED by living on your narrow boat!
And here I am, right after, subscribing!
Found you!
I too live a simple off grid life:
Have to set up my own electricity
Catch my water by keeping A LOT of trees around me.
Inspiring!
Thank you!
Welcome aboard! Thank you for subscribing!
I like it how you see rain as something beautiful. I sometimes struggle to keep positive during this time of year and I don't like it when people including weather presenters use the word "miserable".
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Thank you for watching ! Hope you check out my other episodes on my channel 🙏 Dave
Another beautiful video Dave. As ever your film making skills are top notch. It was a privilege for us both to meet you and chat with you a few weeks ago when we moored near you. Please keep sharing. Take care. John & Natalie NB Half Dozen
Hi, It was lovely to meet you both too on the cut. Thanks for watching my vlogs 🙏 Dave
Hya Dave I have only just found your channel and for me I can remember being able to connect with nature as I used to before I became disabled with m.s and now being house bound
The colour of those leaves Dave and those red berries are a delight love the sound of nature hope your keeping well take care my friend 👍
6AM, a big mug of coffee and this video made a peaceful start to my day today. Thanks Dave. Nature seen thru your eyes, very enjoyable. I look at nature in much the same way, the tiny details you only see if you really look.
Good morning! 🙏
Thankyou for such a lovely vlog ! As always so beautifully filmed 😊
My pleasure 😊 🙏
Hi Dave just wanted to say how amazing the visuals on your vlog are. And the poetry to go with it seems to draw me in to the forest, water, leaves - whatever is there. This is like meditation for the ears and eyes. Thank you for sharing your gift 🙏 Estelle 🤗
Wonderful video. Watching from over here in western 🇨🇦. We’d planned to move over here permanently and a couple of years after that decision we came to the realization whilst walking along the Kenner and Avon canal one January morning that we were now in a position to do so. That April we ‘upped sticks’ and moved.
Seeing this video took me back to that moment 15y ago.
Thank you so very much for the wonderful moments over a morning coffee.
Stay well.
So relaxing watching you and listening to the sounds of nature. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you for tuning in and watching 🙏 Dave
Aww Dave thank you once again for your spiritual, tranquil vlog. Nature is amazing and so inspiring. Thank you for the night shots. Keep up the fantastic work.
Marvellous, you are a colourful poet. Thanks for sharing
Just beautiful. x
Thank you!
Thank you Dave. Just what my nervous system needed ( I have a rare nervous system disorder ). They are truly in the class of ASMR. I subscribe to several slow living UA-cam channels wit many featuring videos of people living in the countryside. I love how you connect with nature ( our beautiful Gaia ). I talk to my dwarf tangerine tree in my back yard on a daily basis. I tell her how beautiful she is & thank her after I ground with her. You are doing a fine job with your videography captures.
Love & blessings to you & all.
Liliane
You have really found the way to live this life as it was intended. All the distractions of the modern world don't concern you, you have found the peace and beauty that most people are too busy rushing around to notice. Fantastic films and music too, I imagine a few real ales and an English Sunday lunch in an old country pub with the fire crackling would be a great place to have a chat with you about nature and the world as it quietly passes from day to dusk to night! Love the videos, it's like meditation for the normal world👍
Thanks, Roger,
I still do sometimes get distracted 🙃 🙏
Wow Dave...I too just found your channel and am in awe..such a gift you have 🍃
Thanks for tuning into my channel, welcome onboard 🙏 Dave
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God's wonders!! How beautiful He made it.
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Thank you
You're welcome
Your footage is of exceptional quality. The golden foggy morning just blew me away.
beautiful and so calming 💚🫶
Sooo beautiful. Allows us to exhale and just forget about life's troubles for a short while. Thank you. Greetings from Cape Town, South Africa. ❤
Hello Luvi in SA 🙏 Thanks for connecting 🙏
That was beautiful, Thankyou.
🛥️😊👍👌👌👌💫✨thanks
Helo Mr. Dave. I suscribed today because I enjoy your peacefull way of life and your videos. Saludos desde Málaga. España
Hola! Thank you for subscribing to my channel. Dave
I also been aware of this channel today, amazing photo work 😮
Welcome aboard!
Amazing again what a beauties we have around us , I lived almost all my live in nature in Africa desert like beautiful in the higher mountains and now already 20 years in the lower mountains in Portugal no neighbour's or traffic only nature around me which give me everyday joy , thanks so much for sharing
Dave.. you and your vlogs are medicine for the soul… most grateful.. thank you
Video content is stunning💯
Visual masterpiece🌿💚
Nice drone footage
Thanks 🙏
Before dawn today the only light glows softly from the snowy roofs that I’m looking down on. We’ll have clear Colorado sun later, and you can bet I’ll be out in it. Thanks for your morning wake up.
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It’s a very beautiful spot you chose Dave loved the large oak tree where you sat and drank your tea, a peaceful way to regenerate yourself , such is your life you chose thank you so much for sharing always a pleasure to watch one of your videos take care 👍
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Thanks for sharing , beautiful and relaxing
A delightful and enjoyable video. Thank you so much.
Glad you enjoyed it! 🙏
Happy New Year Dave! It is now 2024 here in the US!! I hope this new year is a wonderful year!
Happy New Year! 🙏 Dave
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Wonderful descriptive words for the nature of things......sometimes even poetic! 😊
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What a beautiful channel/video. ♥
I subscribed to your UA-cam channel a while back, but I never really got round to making a start watching them.
I think I'm going to go all the way back to the beginning from your first very Vlog.
Thank you for showing us your world. 🥰
Thanks for subscribing. Clicking the bell 🔔 button will make sure you're notified when my latest episodes are online. Many of my early episodes are missing, but they are slowly being recovered and remastered into future episodes. Dave 🙏
The autumn colours are so beautiful. We dont have autumn in the tropics where I live in Australia. Love the shots of the deer frollicking in the paddocks. ❤
It looks so lovely and peaceful on the canals. I enjoyed seeing those beautiful deer too.
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There's something really special about exploring somewhere new. Thank you Dave 🌳✨🌲✨
Change is good, new is good 🙏
It’s always a joy when your vlog is released. So calming. 🙏🏽 ❤
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what a calm and relaxing video thanks :)
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Looks very peaceful, I love going to the woods or walking along coastal path I find it helps with my depression
Hi, thanks for watching and sharing how you connect with nature. I'm originally from the east coast, and loved my walks along the coastal cliffs of Flamborough head and Bempton 🙏
@@inspiredbynature3 No probs i'll have to pay them a visit, I live in Dorset I went to the Lake district a year ago for the first time I've never been up north b4
Thank u Dave for a lovely autumn vlog 😊 I'm watching this all cosy under the duvet on the Shropshire Union on my boat with owls hooting in the distance. I've had one of those garden trolleys for a few years now besides being a little rusty, l swapped the wheels for solid ones as l was always getting punctures and it has served me well. 👍
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The only canal boater to show me deer. I love them, used to have a huge number as neighbours before the next door folk installed a deer proof fence and I miss them…….they used to eat all my naughty ivy.
Rikki ,Thanks for watching and commenting 😀
Really wonderful videos! Great camera work! The accompanying music is very peaceful, love it. This is soooo relaxing.
Thank you for your kind 🙏
thank you Dave. great way to start my week
Wow! Loven the wooded areas! Beautiful.
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Thank you so much. Beautiful.
I've got that for collecting wood, good accessories
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Dave as always a lovely and inspirational video. Thank you so much ♥️
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Thank you Dave! My mind and my heart are at peace.
Beautiful scenery, tranquil 😀
Great video thank for sharing 👍
Lovely video Dave, all those autumn colours thanks for posting. Pete
Such a beautiful Vlog thank you so much, wonderful for my mind and soul ❤
Thank you for your kind words 🙏 Dave
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Thanks Dave ❤
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Hi thank you kindly ❤for your wonderful sharing ❤
You are so welcome 🙏
Love and Peace 🙏💕🌍
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Your beautiful videos are so calming to me❤
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Wow❤❤❤
Thank you for watching 🙏
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Great video Dave (and name 😉)
I don't live on a boat myself, but we camp out and often walk along the Macclesfield canal, plenty of quiet spots to sit and be one with nature. Your video captures this beautifully.
You're certainly living the right life.
Thank you for sharing.
Liked and subbed.
Take care
All the best
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As always. Inspirational. Thanks for capturing those moments in the now - and then gone forever - fortunately those moments come to us each day, if we choose to observe... much love... and many thanks...
Glad you enjoyed it 🙏 Dave
some amazing aireal shots,great video as always
Glad you like them James. Dave
Qué belleza ❤
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Watching from Philippines
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Dave we are loving your vlogs.. very calming and peaceful! Just subscribed, keep up the good work my man ✌️
Thanks for tuning in and for subscribing! 🙏
Acabo de ver una entrevista y por supuesto me suscribo!. Me encanta ❤
Thank you for tuning in and subscribing 🙏 Dave
Wonderful video - thank you 💖
Thank you too!
Hello Dave, thank you so much for sharing all this beautiful adventures on the canal.
A question, is this canal some kind of a loop and you are floating in a circle every time or can you go on different directions!
A great life you have greetings from the Netherlands 😊
Hi, you can cruise a few thousand miles of canals if you wish. However, I care for an elder with dementia a day or two a week, so I need to stay within the area. I cruise up and down two canals. Thanks for watching 🙏
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Such a peaceful life...I've spent some time on narrowboats and absolutely love them! Great job. As a side note, how do you feel about security? Are there many robberies etc on waterways?
as a former Buddhist gone bible thumper ..i love the reminder of looking close at things
a buddhist vacuum cleaner comes with no attachments
good vid on chamnnel thanks lee
Glad you enjoyed it, thanks for watching and commenting 😀 Dave
Hello Mr Dave from Stuttgart Arkansas USA. Enjoy your video I subscribe to you I'm new
Hi, thanks for tuning into my channel and subscribing.
Dave, were you influenced by any books about Nature? If so What were they? Thanks and much peace and nature to you in the future.
No, I don't read books. If I happen to open a book, I look at the images, or occasionally, my eyes scan quickly through and land on a sentence or certain words that i connect with. Everything tends to come from nature itself, really, or just being in the stillness wherever I am. I've learned and gained knowledge through my mistakes. 🙏
Is the canal wide enough to turn your boat around, it seems pretty narrow...
On the canals, there are places to turn every so often called winding holes. On episode 75 at about 6 mins in to the film you will see me turning the boat around. Episode 75....
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Where did you buy this pull cart from?
It was from an online store. Or you can buy from a garden centre as its a gardening trolly.
I'd love the lifestyle you live dave it would do wonders for my mental health it's so peaceful do you live aboard one your own or do you live with a partner?
Hi Daniel, anywhere in nature is great for your mental health, but living on calm water is very calming for the mind. I'm a solo liveaboard, but have a very special friend not always far away. 🙏 thanks for tuning in. 🙏 Dave