Enjoyed Wedgwood factory. My late mom collected wedgewood her whole life ! (Unfortunately not very long She passed at 48 with the big C !😢) My dad used to buy her a different piece for each of their anniversaries and birthdays for the 22 years they were married. My sister Jacqui inherited the collection and added to the collection but unfortunately also passed at the young age of 57 also the dreaded big C. My youngest sister Alison is now the custodian of the collection. Cheers Mike from Pietermaritzburg South Africa PS Painting of Bonny is brilliant !
Yes I had so much, lost the lot….I’m very grateful for all I’ve been blessed with in my lifetime. I’m happy in my camper van with nothing. Simple, no worries. I miss my husband though, so much. Thanks for the ride and tour Heidi. I’m going to sleep now.💤
You are a hoot! I had a terrible day at work and am now decompressing by watching your videos. Thank you so much for the enjoyable videos! Your pup is adorable and very well-behaved.
Through winding waterways and moonlit night, The Rum Wench glided with silvery light. Heidi's laughter echoed, a hearty sound, As they sought treasures in each canal they found. In the heart of the night, under the stars you see, Heidi and Bonny, wild and free. They sought not gold or jewels so rare, But the joy of the journey, the wind in their hair.
Heidi's posting day is the best day of any week. I hope you and Bonnie are well. Seasons greetings to you all. Keep safe warm dry and virus free everyone. Safe journey travels.
Lovely, lovely watch, thanks again for this. Loved the Wedgwood family history bits, don't have any Wedgwood but do like my various collection of Hornsea. Love again your music, would buy the CD, and just like the meaning of places you pass. Just sitting with my breakfast and throughly enjoyed the start of my day. Stay warm, Rob
Many years ago used to go to the BT training center in Stone when I was working on a BT satellite earth station in Herefordshire. Actually experienced a minor earthquake while in the training center. There was a pub just outside the training center called 'The Labour In Vain' Which became controversial a few years ago as it was based on a woman trying to scrub a black child white. Not politically correct nowadays. Thanks for the memories! Previously lived in caravans, converted a 41 seater coach and lived on a sailing catamaran. Sadly geriatric and bricks and mortar now as an investment for my descendants. Keep up the good work!
That was a really good one this week interesting stuff about the Wedgwood factory history, I just love learning about canal history. All the best to you Heidi and first mate Bonnie ❤Stephen
Blown away by Michelle's talent. My dad, who was a cartographer, could do oil paintings, but his forte was what is referred to as scratchboard. I remember seeing him using a cartographer's loupe to do the fine details on whatever he was working on, so I can see and appreciate the amount of craft that Michelle is doing. He managed to sell some of his original works which were small (8"x10") of endangered species, such as the Snow Leopard, to companies who bought art as a tax write-off back in the early eighties for £800 a pop.
Hello. Um. I wonder could u settle A bet 4 me. U said that stainless steel is not magnetic. ? All of my stainless steel kitchen knives are stored on my kitchen wall via a magnetic strip . Have u ever put a magnet near stainless steel?
@@eddyvoidsoul6963different grades of stainless steel as mentioned previously - not all stainless steel is magnetic and a google search should help settle your bet
I love the way you support other narrowboat traders. And I simply live to see Bonnie each week. So proud that she can now stay on top while you go through locks!
Lost chimney cap? Ya might get a large magnet on a rope like they use for magnet fishing you also might find a lot more than you are expecting with it.
I have a great magnet which I’ve shown many times but unfortunately with 2 boats behind me heading up the locks, I didn’t have time to moor and try to locate it plus the lock would have been emptied and filled so many times it could be anywhere
Lovely video once again with great history, scenery and Bonny! I have a few pieces of the blue and white Wedgewood accessories that my mother had when I was growing up. Always got told to be careful not to break it being so precious. Women supporting women as it should be, yay!
Chimney Cap, maybe a small chain so that when it gets knocked off. It doesn't go far. Can't believe Nikki has a jacket on. Maybe it's -4 like here today and one needs a jacket. Enjoy the day!
I have a Wedgewood necklace pendant that my mother gave me several years ago. It’s the Wedgwood blue and white. Now I know where it came from! I really like your videos and your friends are nice. Thank you!
Bonnie sure does seem to enjoy riding along on the roof. I guess it's like sticking your head out the widow of a car but at a more gentle pace! You two are a good measure of entertainment. Thank you!
hello heidi and bonnie hope you both are well it nice to see someone happy for a change your channel is so interesting you learn another thank you love patsy xx l love watching bonnie
Absolutely fab video. Awesome to see Bonnie making such great progress, she’s adorable. Michelle is such an amazingly talented artist. Looking forward to seeing the portrait develop. Your weekly videos are brilliant, funny, life affirming, and joyous.
Wonderful video -- great variety -- a view of local town and history, boat travails, meeting other boaters, different boat traders, Bonnie's progress. Well-done, Heidi -- you've got me looking every week.
Heidi keep your diesel tank full and make sure your filters are clean also you can get a filter with a water catcher There a bastard to prime and get rid of the air lock. Have a good week be safe you to bonny
I went to the Wedgwood Factory when I was about 10 years old. I was lucky to have some pocket money to buy a souvenir. I bought a black urn. To me it was for flowers for my mom. I had to witness the black urn on a shelf in an alcove for years. It now reminds me of funeral ware. Fortunately I left it behind but still remember the piece. 😂😂😂
Love the history. The buildings. And the intricacies involved in your daily life are amazing. Thank you for the video. Very informative and very enjoyable.
Ahoy Captain, I'm back from the past, another great vlog Heidi, the fuel boat, use it or lose it, great to see you supporting local business, you said that you can't afford Wedgwood, ASDA smart price is made by Wedgwood, so you can dine on Wedgwood. That Lister sounds amazing, I absolutely adore it ❤. The community you have on the canals is wonderful, that couple on the hire boat were so pleasant. Bonny is coming on fantastic, one day she will grow into those ears 😂. Finally I would like to say that your Lady Garden, is a very nice piece, ( don't be rude) ❤❤
great vlog, Bonnies is flying now she must think she is captain and you are staff. I used to paint the designs on the expensive Wedgewood when I lived in Worcester UK. good to see all the women looking out for each other .
Nice one Heidi 👍 good Christmas market on at Wedgwood 👌 nice to see a positive film about traveling the canal through Stoke many people don't like the old industrial parts but great film 👍 Glyn
Another great video. Thanks for taking us along with you. Good to see Nikki and the other two female solo boaters. Loved the Wedgewood estate and history, the pub/brewery was excellent also. Love to you and Bonnie. ❤
Some years ago we moored near the Star at Stone and went in the pub which was packed with boaters celebrating a 50 year birthday.The birthday turned out to be one of the boaters parrot.That was in the day when all the the boaters used to congregate in the pub at night.Happy times.
Supporting small businesses is supporting local community. Much better than supporting corporates. Love seeing Bonny out on the roof. Getting more like boat crew every week. =-) Take care as always =-)
The comment about "not letting your tank get too low because..." is an old wives tale, truth is your pickup in the tank is at the bottom, so it would draw in whatever is at the bottom anyway, best keep the tank no lower than half full as A:- you don't know when you can top up again, and B:- by keeping a good level you have the fuel sloshing around thus mixing up all the sludge at the bottom and drawing it through the system, where it gets removed by the fuel filter, thus keeping the sludge to a minimum. Great channel, I'll watch more from now on, keep up the good work. Cheers!
Not on boats I’m afraid … the pick up is about an inch and half from the bottom but yes you are correct about the fuel filter and I change mine twice a year …. We are prone to diesel bug on boats and that’s caused when we let it for low and being in the cold water condensation forms with the steel and causes water in the fuel tank …. But thanks so much for your comment and watching 😃😃😃🏴☠️
I bought a boat which had 90l of diesel, i pumped it out, and over three days i removed thirty litres by settling and with additive. I try to syphon of a few litres from bottom every year, its generally some watery mix.
I've got to tell you that your dad is absolutely correct about not letting your fuel get down to the very bottom of the tank. For the very reasons he has explained. I have spent 27 years with Castrol and I can tell you that he is correct. I might also add that you have cut my attention on UA-cam as being a most fascinating intriguing and mesmerizing middle age lady. I am 80 years old and my wife passed 5 years ago. However, I have introduced you to my youngest daughter who is now 47 who has labeled you an absolute spaz which is an great compliment coming from her because she too is an absolute spaz. Your talented most artistically and musically. I can attest to that because I too. I'm a keyboard player and I have a nice les. Paul that i play every once in a while. You are, as I said, most intriguing with a super smile and a British accent that goes beyond beautiful. Thanks for your great blogs on UA-cam. You have a follower Wayne Gass, Montreal, Canada
I loved the longer vlog today, it was so interesting looking through the wedgewood show room they have such beautiful pottery, and Bonny was soo good and so cute wanting to get back to the warmth of the boat.
Hey Heidi, I am the newbie boater sailing away into the sunset! I have to tell everyone what a lovely person you are in real(?) life! It was an absolute pleasure meeting you, and of course Bonnie! It was also a pleasure meeting Nikki, also a lovely lady, what a day for me! I also love your blogs and your music, so please continue with both. PS, did you per chance find a mooring chain lying around?? It belonged to the couple I was following at the time, in a non stalking sort of way you understand.
Just stumbled across you and was immediately transported back to my childhood home by your glorious accent. I grew up in Northwich but haven't been back for some fifty years. What a fabulous channel!
Very informative log Bonny was very brave while you did the locks and seemed ok with the big dogs grand progress tc now keep warmn well from the oldies 🤗🤗🌟
Oh that will be Christina Collins but she was murdered in Rugeley which is a good few miles / days cruising away so I wonder why the statue is there ?!
Hi Heidi Great episode, I hail from around this area but I’ve lived in Western Australia for the last 53 years My wife and I met you at the Norbury junction festival earlier this year Tony and Lauri
Helloooooooooo Heidi and Bonnie, another awesome video. This week as been really cold, -4 yesterday I do not go out being on crutches am to scared I might slip over, going to be a bit warmer next week no frost. We have a plume of feathers pub in Weedon Bec. The art on board of Bonnie 😮😮😮, Wow fantastic work. Take care Heidi, Kisses 😘😘😘 for Bonnie X X X
Hi Heidi you need to get a top hat for your chimney then rivet it on it save the rain from coming in. Great to see Bonny staying aboard when your doing the gates
Hello Heidi, have followed you, Ben and Emily over that last 18 months ishhhh. Enjoyed your adventures , trials and tribulations not to mention all the interesting visit points and people who you come across. Hopefully have my own v/l when I retire and enjoy the canals for a few years
Chimney knob. Ya ca'nt resist it can ya, buggerlugs ? Ya know full well it's a cowl. Love it. Never boring. Loved the bit about everything being local, as told by the gadger in the pottery. I'm more "local" than him, and i be from Yorkshire !!
Pleasantly surprised seeing you go through my home town of Stone. Walked many miles along those tow paths over the years. Many years ago, my old boss, who was a coal merchant, used to tell me stories about the times when they used to transport coal from the pits to the yard in Stone in horse pulled boats. He was only a young boy at the time, being early 1900's, it was his fathers business, who had been doing it since the mid 1800's, but he would be working from early hours till late at night by the time they unloaded and stabled up the horse. It sounded extremely hard work. Different times eh !
The Wedgewood history is so interesting! I work at the Rose Creek Mine in Franklin North Carolina, and it’s been in operation nearly 72 years. We have two kinds of clay here, and they use to sell it to Wedgewood, with which they made their fine China. Our Mine also has Star Garnets, and it’s so much fun watching the Kids and Rockhounds find treasures in our dirt. We also find two thousand year old shards of Cherokee Pottery!
You could also get a portrait done of Bonny from Julie from "Weir on the move". She specializes in animal portraits. Plus, if you don't know them, you could get acquainted with another fellow boater couple. Cheers. !!!
Super video, what a range of content . The amount of effort you put into filming all the camera moves, the after filming editing . Who needs to watch films, etc . When there are channels like yours
To be honest I prefer my good ole Corelle dishes to Wedgwood. :-D I could never get excited over expensive dishes. It was fun to see the Wedgewood displays, though. I love hand made items best. Loved the video, thank you. Bonny is just too sweet and her portrait is gorgeous.
Thanks, I have a fab magnet myself but the lock was filling and then there were 2 boats behind me so I would have been thrown around a few locks and pounds by now and I didn’t have time to stop 😃❤️🏴☠️
Hi Hiedi, I think that when you get a replacement hat for your chimney an easy fix would be a short length of chain say off a sink plug as it is stainless a a couple of self cutting pan head screws, just fix end of the chain to the hat and the other to the chimney so take still take off to clean but if you knock it off no worries, let us know when you are about to pass Barbridge where I live I' ll do it for you only take minits, keep up the great work, John from Barbridge
Very Very Talented she is. I'm so glad you have so many single female friends 😉 I always enjoy your vlogs an so very glad you support your local Crafter's ! till next be safe!🦜🥃🏴☠
great video Heide ,nice to see bonnie , Staffordshire is full of history pottery ,railway's, coal mining ,canal's etc +the countryside Cannock chase.xx
Love watching your videos ,Barlaston is just down the road from me. I live in Stoke and my bit of advice while cruising through stoke is ...don't stop , keep going cause if your boat had wheels, you wouldn't have them by time you got tuther side.😊 hahaha. Keep those fires burning and those videos coming!!!
Ahoy Capn n first mate B, another cracking episode. It still amazes me to think that the canals were dug (mainly) by shovels and picks, opening up and connecting areas of Britain (and Ireland) for trade and commerce like the motorways of the day! My great grandma worked in one of the Wedgwood factories and i was lucky to inherit a few pieces when she passed away many moons ago- the exquisite detail that went into them is wonderful. Nice to see ye promoting other trade boaters on your channel as well, helping each other out in these tight times, a credit to your kind nature. Happy boating and looking forward to seeing that beautiful picture of Bonny and her amazing ears. Aarrgghh 🏴☠️🏳️🌈
Hi Heidi, I was privileged to visit the Wedgewood factory when I was in the UK 20 or more years ago. It was fascinating and the factory tour was great, to say nothing of the grounds themselves. Nice job my lady and keep it up!
Awake again at 5AM 😳 I’m sad about your little blue chimney cap, an old cake tin might just do the trick until you’re able to get a replacement 🙂 That portrait of Bonny. How clever is Michelle hey? Just brilliant. That’s going to be such a treasure. Ooooh it looks really chilly. The further north you travel, the colder I can see it growing🥶 - wrap up warm and stay cosy you two. Anyway, thanks for sharing another great video - including adventures with Nikki 🤣 Big hugs to you and to Bonny, and all my best to your Mum and Dad. Take care and see you again next week. eve (back to bed) 🙂🐿🌈❤️
Really enjoyed this weeks vlog. Especially seeing Stone as I lived there before moving to the USA 20 years ago. Always used to take my three kids to watch the boats go through the lock. Back in the day the building across from the Star was a tea shop, so it was great to get ice creams and sometimes help operate the gates. My kids loved it. We visited Stone and the locks last year. A great trip down memory lane. Keep warm!
As you say you never know whats going to happen next day to day. And glad to see Bonny is helping you do the gates! Next is to see if she can cope with the paddles, but take it a stage at a time eh!! That watercolour of Bonny is very special, can't wait to see it when finished, will have to be patient. My old Dad was an amazing artist and during quiet spells in the War he painted and sketched, his drawings of Churchill and Monty (just to name 2) are stunning, but then in peacetime he never took it up again, a great waste of a special talent. I'm not great at portraits but landscapes and particularly skies are, well, not at all bad. Since the age of 8 I've worked in watercolours and Indian ink as well as pencil. Never thought of selling any but I did a couple of years ago when a friend who has a lovely shop said "we could sell this watercolour" and so it sold to a couple who fell in love with it. Nice to think its being appreciated rather than languishing in a drawer eh. I do admit to giving a few away, Its all about sharing if they will be loved.
Another great video Heidi! No wedgewood here - mines all from the chazza! And Michelle artwork is just spectacular- I’m going to start saving for a pet portrait of my scruffy little terrier one day. Happy travels x
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Enjoyed Wedgwood factory.
My late mom collected wedgewood her whole life ! (Unfortunately not very long She passed at 48 with the big C !😢)
My dad used to buy her a different piece for each of their anniversaries and birthdays for the 22 years they were married.
My sister Jacqui inherited the collection and added to the collection but unfortunately also passed at the young age of 57 also the dreaded big C.
My youngest sister Alison is now the custodian of the collection.
Cheers
Mike from Pietermaritzburg South Africa
PS Painting of Bonny is brilliant !
On wow Michael thanks so much for sharing ❤️
Yes I had so much, lost the lot….I’m very grateful for all I’ve been blessed with in my lifetime. I’m happy in my camper van with nothing. Simple, no worries. I miss my husband though, so much. Thanks for the ride and tour Heidi. I’m going to sleep now.💤
@@marionjohansson4235 the dollars are not happiness
You are a hoot! I had a terrible day at work and am now decompressing by watching your videos. Thank you so much for the enjoyable videos! Your pup is adorable and very well-behaved.
Aww thank you 😄❤️
So, has the Summer of George begun? Or are you still decomposing?
Heidi and Bonny my wife and l love watching your videos and adventures and enjoy them so much! You are the best thing on our TV! CHEERS 😉
Aww bless you thank you 😃❤️🏴☠️
Through winding waterways and moonlit night,
The Rum Wench glided with silvery light.
Heidi's laughter echoed, a hearty sound,
As they sought treasures in each canal they found.
In the heart of the night, under the stars you see,
Heidi and Bonny, wild and free.
They sought not gold or jewels so rare,
But the joy of the journey, the wind in their hair.
Wonderful 😄❤️🏴☠️
Heidi's posting day is the best day of any week.
I hope you and Bonnie are well.
Seasons greetings to you all.
Keep safe warm dry and virus free everyone.
Safe journey travels.
Awww thank you - you too David 😄🏴☠️❤️
Lovely, lovely watch, thanks again for this. Loved the Wedgwood family history bits, don't have any Wedgwood but do like my various collection of Hornsea. Love again your music, would buy the CD, and just like the meaning of places you pass. Just sitting with my breakfast and throughly enjoyed the start of my day. Stay warm, Rob
My music is all available to download from my website but I don’t have a cd writer I’m afraid 🎵🥃😃
Many years ago used to go to the BT training center in Stone when I was working on a BT satellite earth station in Herefordshire. Actually experienced a minor earthquake while in the training center.
There was a pub just outside the training center called 'The Labour In Vain' Which became controversial a few years ago as it was based on a woman trying to scrub a black child white. Not politically correct nowadays. Thanks for the memories!
Previously lived in caravans, converted a 41 seater coach and lived on a sailing catamaran. Sadly geriatric and bricks and mortar now as an investment for my descendants. Keep up the good work!
Aww thanks for sharing 😃❤️
When Neil Morrisey was a kid, he used to live opposite my granddad in Stafford. Staffordshire a beautiful part of the world, with nice people.
Aww thanks for sharing 😃🏴☠️
That was a really good one this week interesting stuff about the Wedgwood factory history, I just love learning about canal history. All the best to you Heidi and first mate Bonnie ❤Stephen
Thanks Stephen 😄🏴☠️❤️
graeat vlog - so happy to so see Bonnay asserting herself..
Thank you 😄🏴☠️❤️
Blown away by Michelle's talent. My dad, who was a cartographer, could do oil paintings, but his forte was what is referred to as scratchboard. I remember seeing him using a cartographer's loupe to do the fine details on whatever he was working on, so I can see and appreciate the amount of craft that Michelle is doing. He managed to sell some of his original works which were small (8"x10") of endangered species, such as the Snow Leopard, to companies who bought art as a tax write-off back in the early eighties for £800 a pop.
Oh wow Brilliant and thanks for sharing 😃❤️🏴☠️
Scaperboard is a lost art.
Hello. Um. I wonder could u settle A bet 4 me. U said that stainless steel is not magnetic. ? All of my stainless steel kitchen knives are stored on my kitchen wall via a magnetic strip . Have u ever put a magnet near stainless steel?
There are many grades of "stainless steel" some are magnetic some are not. Many grades are not even stainless.@@eddyvoidsoul6963
@@eddyvoidsoul6963different grades of stainless steel as mentioned previously - not all stainless steel is magnetic and a google search should help settle your bet
I love the way you support other narrowboat traders. And I simply live to see Bonnie each week. So proud that she can now stay on top while you go through locks!
Awww thank you 😄🏴☠️
Another great video Heidi the portrait will be stunning as Michelle has a lot of talent , looking forward to many more , up your rum 😂😅
Thank you …. Yes I can’t wait to see it progressing, she is very talented 😃🏴☠️❤️
Lost chimney cap? Ya might get a large magnet on a rope like they use for magnet fishing you also might find a lot more than you are expecting with it.
I have a great magnet which I’ve shown many times but unfortunately with 2 boats behind me heading up the locks, I didn’t have time to moor and try to locate it plus the lock would have been emptied and filled so many times it could be anywhere
Lovely video once again with great history, scenery and Bonny!
I have a few pieces of the blue and white Wedgewood accessories that my mother had when I was growing up. Always got told to be careful not to break it being so precious. Women supporting women as it should be, yay!
Thank you and thanks for sharing 😄🏴☠️❤️
Chimney Cap, maybe a small chain so that when it gets knocked off. It doesn't go far. Can't believe Nikki has a jacket on. Maybe it's -4 like here today and one needs a jacket. Enjoy the day!
😂😂😂
I have a Wedgewood necklace pendant that my mother gave me several years ago. It’s the Wedgwood blue and white. Now I know where it came from! I really like your videos and your friends are nice. Thank you!
Oh wow! Cool 😃🏴☠️
My mum was a Wedgwood before getting married. I don’t have any expensive plates though! Was lovely having a longer story from you. Cheers, woohoo!
Bonnie sure does seem to enjoy riding along on the roof. I guess it's like sticking your head out the widow of a car but at a more gentle pace! You two are a good measure of entertainment. Thank you!
Thank you 😄🏴☠️
hello heidi and bonnie hope you both are well it nice to see someone happy for a change your channel is so interesting you learn another thank you love patsy xx l love watching bonnie
She is wonderful
Absolutely fab video. Awesome to see Bonnie making such great progress, she’s adorable. Michelle is such an amazingly talented artist. Looking forward to seeing the portrait develop. Your weekly videos are brilliant, funny, life affirming, and joyous.
Thanks so much! 😊
Wonderful video -- great variety -- a view of local town and history, boat travails, meeting other boaters, different boat traders, Bonnie's progress. Well-done, Heidi -- you've got me looking every week.
Aw thank you 😃🏴☠️
Bonny getting to be a big girl sitting waiting for you working through the locks!
Heidi keep your diesel tank full and make sure your filters are clean also you can get a filter with a water catcher
There a bastard to prime and get rid of the air lock.
Have a good week be safe you to bonny
I went to the Wedgwood Factory when I was about 10 years old. I was lucky to have some pocket money to buy a souvenir. I bought a black urn. To me it was for flowers for my mom. I had to witness the black urn on a shelf in an alcove for years. It now reminds me of funeral ware. Fortunately I left it behind but still remember the piece. 😂😂😂
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Thanks. Keep you going on coal and a beer in pub!
Thank you very much Jim ❤️😃🏴☠️
Love the history. The buildings. And the intricacies involved in your daily life are amazing. Thank you for the video. Very informative and very enjoyable.
Thank you 😃🏴☠️
How nice of you to support your fellow boaters businesses.
We all look after each other, it’s a wonderful community 😃
Another lovely video. Loved the history and seeing you and Bonny enjoying life❤❤❤
Thank you ☺️ ❤️🏴☠️
Ahoy Captain, I'm back from the past, another great vlog Heidi, the fuel boat, use it or lose it, great to see you supporting local business, you said that you can't afford Wedgwood, ASDA smart price is made by Wedgwood, so you can dine on Wedgwood.
That Lister sounds amazing, I absolutely adore it ❤.
The community you have on the canals is wonderful, that couple on the hire boat were so pleasant.
Bonny is coming on fantastic, one day she will grow into those ears 😂.
Finally I would like to say that your Lady Garden, is a very nice piece, ( don't be rude) ❤❤
😂😂 thank you ❤️🏴☠️
Heidi must have been a great and fun teacher. A great loss for children.
Aww thank you 😄🏴☠️
DIG THE TRAVELS AND LONG EPISODES. ALWAYS A FUN JOURNEY AND THE MANNING YUNES... HAAAARRRGGG!!1 BLIMEY WELL TIME... BE BLESSED AND TALLY HO!🎄🎄🎄😋😃😃
great vlog, Bonnies is flying now she must think she is captain and you are staff. I used to paint the designs on the expensive Wedgewood when I lived in Worcester UK. good to see all the women looking out for each other .
Oh wow thanks for sharing 😄🏴☠️❤️
Nice one Heidi 👍 good Christmas market on at Wedgwood 👌 nice to see a positive film about traveling the canal through Stoke many people don't like the old industrial parts but great film 👍 Glyn
Thanks so much! 😊
Another great video. Thanks for taking us along with you. Good to see Nikki and the other two female solo boaters.
Loved the Wedgewood estate and history, the pub/brewery was excellent also.
Love to you and Bonnie. ❤
Thank you 😄🏴☠️
Some years ago we moored near the Star at Stone and went in the pub which was packed with boaters celebrating a 50 year birthday.The birthday turned out to be one of the boaters parrot.That was in the day when all the the boaters used to congregate in the pub at night.Happy times.
😄🏴☠️❤️
Heidi, Congratulations on a brilliantly edited video, so varied and interesting. I enjoyed every minute. Stay safe and warm. Oh! and well done Bonnie
Thank you very much 😃🏴☠️❤️
Your never to old to go into a pub for a drink Heidi
It's so great that you support each other like this. Sharing Michelle's progress on Bonnie is fun to watch and I can't wait to see the updates.
Yes me too, she is really talented 😃🏴☠️❤️
Supporting small businesses is supporting local community. Much better than supporting corporates. Love seeing Bonny out on the roof. Getting more like boat crew every week. =-) Take care as always =-)
She is really coming on now … it’s been almost 5 months ❤️
I love Thursdays, your videos are like Xanax……ahhhhhhh destressing…..thank you
Aww thank you 😃❤️🏴☠️
Another entertaining video. Supporting local trades is so important. Wishing you Fair winds and following seas
Thank you 😃❤️🏴☠️
The comment about "not letting your tank get too low because..." is an old wives tale, truth is your pickup in the tank is at the bottom, so it would draw in whatever is at the bottom anyway, best keep the tank no lower than half full as A:- you don't know when you can top up again, and B:- by keeping a good level you have the fuel sloshing around thus mixing up all the sludge at the bottom and drawing it through the system, where it gets removed by the fuel filter, thus keeping the sludge to a minimum. Great channel, I'll watch more from now on, keep up the good work.
Cheers!
Not on boats I’m afraid … the pick up is about an inch and half from the bottom but yes you are correct about the fuel filter and I change mine twice a year …. We are prone to diesel bug on boats and that’s caused when we let it for low and being in the cold water condensation forms with the steel and causes water in the fuel tank …. But thanks so much for your comment and watching 😃😃😃🏴☠️
I bought a boat which had 90l of diesel, i pumped it out, and over three days i removed thirty litres by settling and with additive. I try to syphon of a few litres from bottom every year, its generally some watery mix.
The danger with canal diesel is that the base is flat, amd sludge can be stirred up when on rivers, just where you dont want the engine to die
A salty water boat is subject to more turbulence, so a double filter is a much bettet idea. Especially with a Volvo Penta DAMHIK
I've got to tell you that your dad is absolutely correct about not letting your fuel get down to the very bottom of the tank. For the very reasons he has explained. I have spent 27 years with Castrol and I can tell you that he is correct. I might also add that you have cut my attention on UA-cam as being a most fascinating intriguing and mesmerizing middle age lady. I am 80 years old and my wife passed 5 years ago. However, I have introduced you to my youngest daughter who is now 47 who has labeled you an absolute spaz which is an great compliment coming from her because she too is an absolute spaz. Your talented most artistically and musically. I can attest to that because I too. I'm a keyboard player and I have a nice les. Paul that i play every once in a while. You are, as I said, most intriguing with a super smile and a British accent that goes beyond beautiful. Thanks for your great blogs on UA-cam. You have a follower
Wayne Gass, Montreal, Canada
😂😂 thank you 😃🏴☠️😃
I am an old yank who has just found your channel, love your excursions.
Thank you 😃🏴☠️
My son made a chimney cowl, with a metal plate and 3 bits of metal with screw holes in it. It works well cheap and cheerful XXX
her art "on board" is absolutely fantastic...
I loved the longer vlog today, it was so interesting looking through the wedgewood show room they have such beautiful pottery, and Bonny was soo good and so cute wanting to get back to the warmth of the boat.
Haha I know she just wanted to get inside for her dinner 😂😂
The best yet every moment bostin arrrrg so much to comment on too stoned to spell Thanx Heidi n Bonny x 🤠🙏👍
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Hey Heidi, I am the newbie boater sailing away into the sunset!
I have to tell everyone what a lovely person you are in real(?) life! It was an absolute pleasure meeting you, and of course Bonnie!
It was also a pleasure meeting Nikki, also a lovely lady, what a day for me!
I also love your blogs and your music, so please continue with both.
PS, did you per chance find a mooring chain lying around?? It belonged to the couple I was following at the time, in a non stalking sort of way you understand.
Ahoy, no I didn’t see a chain …. I’ll message Nikki later to see if she did later 😃🏴☠️ it was lovely to meet you and I hope you are keeping warm 😃
Just stumbled across you and was immediately transported back to my childhood home by your glorious accent. I grew up in Northwich but haven't been back for some fifty years. What a fabulous channel!
Aww thanks so much for watching 😄🏴☠️❤️
LOL! You raise "tongue-in-cheek" to a high art. Love your channel. Cheers.
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Very informative log Bonny was very brave while you did the locks and seemed ok with the big dogs grand progress tc now keep warmn well from the oldies 🤗🤗🌟
Love your video! Your Dad was correct. The statue was of a woman who was murdered. Nice that Nikki joined you and nice to meet Sandi.
Oh that will be Christina Collins but she was murdered in Rugeley which is a good few miles / days cruising away so I wonder why the statue is there ?!
@@TheNarrowboatPirate I saw it on another channel.
I lived my youth in The Potteries is this video is right up my alley and yeah i have tons of Edgewood china
Wow amazing 😄🏴☠️❤️
Hi Heidi
Great episode, I hail from around this area but I’ve lived in Western Australia for the last 53 years
My wife and I met you at the Norbury junction festival earlier this year Tony and Lauri
Aww wonderful 😃❤️🏴☠️
Helloooooooooo Heidi and Bonnie, another awesome video.
This week as been really cold, -4 yesterday I do not go out being on crutches am to scared I might slip over, going to be a bit warmer next week no frost.
We have a plume of feathers pub in Weedon Bec.
The art on board of Bonnie 😮😮😮, Wow fantastic work.
Take care Heidi, Kisses 😘😘😘 for Bonnie X X X
Aww thank you Susan and I hope you are out and about very soon 😃❤️🏴☠️
Heidi and Bonnie out on a cruise Heidi red faced cos she's on the booze up and down the canal they go spreading joy wherever they go.
Hi Heidi you need to get a top hat for your chimney then rivet it on it save the rain from coming in.
Great to see Bonny staying aboard when your doing the gates
Hello Heidi, have followed you, Ben and Emily over that last 18 months ishhhh. Enjoyed your adventures , trials and tribulations not to mention all the interesting visit points and people who you come across. Hopefully have my own v/l when I retire and enjoy the canals for a few years
funniest pirate ever! Thanks for the great videos!
Thank you 😄🏴☠️
Chimney knob. Ya ca'nt resist it can ya, buggerlugs ? Ya know full well it's a cowl. Love it. Never boring. Loved the bit about everything being local, as told by the gadger in the pottery. I'm more "local" than him, and i be from Yorkshire !!
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Smash, Bang, Wallop, what a video. Great vlog Heidi x
Thank you 😃🏴☠️
Always nice seeing my hometown of Stone. Spent many a day having a pint at the Star watching the boats.
Awww wonderful 😃🏴☠️
Pleasantly surprised seeing you go through my home town of Stone. Walked many miles along those tow paths over the years. Many years ago, my old boss, who was a coal merchant, used to tell me stories about the times when they used to transport coal from the pits to the yard in Stone in horse pulled boats. He was only a young boy at the time, being early 1900's, it was his fathers business, who had been doing it since the mid 1800's, but he would be working from early hours till late at night by the time they unloaded and stabled up the horse. It sounded extremely hard work. Different times eh !
Yes very hard work 😃 but a wonderful way of life and community back then 😃
The Wedgewood history is so interesting! I work at the Rose Creek Mine in Franklin North Carolina, and it’s been in operation nearly 72 years. We have two kinds of clay here, and they use to sell it to Wedgewood, with which they made their fine China. Our Mine also has Star Garnets, and it’s so much fun watching the Kids and Rockhounds find treasures in our dirt. We also find two thousand year old shards of Cherokee Pottery!
Aww thanks for sharing 😃❤️🏴☠️
You could also get a portrait done of Bonny from Julie from "Weir on the move". She specializes in animal portraits. Plus, if you don't know them, you could get acquainted with another fellow boater couple. Cheers. !!!
Aww really ? I just wanted to support a local artist who I’ve known a long time as I felt her style was just perfect for my little Bonny 😃🏴☠️❤️
🏴☠️😍Thank you very much for sharing take care great video😍🏴☠️
Thanks for watching! 😃🏴☠️
I Love You Heidi
There's no greater feeling than chugging North 🙉
You are soooo right 😂😂
Super video, what a range of content . The amount of effort you put into filming all the camera moves, the after filming editing . Who needs to watch films, etc . When there are channels like yours
That’s very kind, thank you 😃🏴☠️❤️
Love the way you bless your engine.
Thank you!
To be honest I prefer my good ole Corelle dishes to Wedgwood. :-D I could never get excited over expensive dishes. It was fun to see the Wedgewood displays, though. I love hand made items best. Loved the video, thank you. Bonny is just too sweet and her portrait is gorgeous.
Thank you 😃❤️🏴☠️
Fancy Nik running out of diesel, not like her, living on the edge eh! 🤣🤪 so pleased she had you there, loved the vlog matey xx ❤
Cheers 😄🏴☠️❤️
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Hi Heidi if you see any one 🧲 fishing ask them if they have pulled a chimney cowl out you wouldn't be the first to lose one.loveyour Chanel.
Thanks, I have a fab magnet myself but the lock was filling and then there were 2 boats behind me so I would have been thrown around a few locks and pounds by now and I didn’t have time to stop 😃❤️🏴☠️
Great Vlog with a nice bit of history, ( Big feet = Big shoes ) I don't blame you for stocking up with coal. Safe travels
Thanks Sid 😃🏴☠️
Love the portraitn-I got one of my 2 mutts-made me tear up it was so lovely
Something forever
Awww I can’t wait to see Michelle’s progress on little Bonny 😄🏴☠️
You girls are on fire. Well done.
Thank you 😄🏴☠️
Your dad is a wise man. My Ducato is filled up to the top, sitting still. Just hope she is ok til next year.
Ooh fingers crossed but I’m sure it will be fine 😃🏴☠️
@@TheNarrowboatPirate yes it will be fine. Today I feel positive, for the first time in ages.
Hi Hiedi, I think that when you get a replacement hat for your chimney an easy fix would be a short length of chain say off a sink plug as it is stainless a a couple of self cutting pan head screws, just fix end of the chain to the hat and the other to the chimney so take still take off to clean but if you knock it off no worries, let us know when you are about to pass Barbridge where I live I' ll do it for you only take minits, keep up the great work, John from Barbridge
Aww thanks John 😃❤️🏴☠️
Very Very Talented she is. I'm so glad you have so many single female friends 😉 I always enjoy your vlogs an so very glad you support your local Crafter's ! till next be safe!🦜🥃🏴☠
Thanks Steve, she really is, I can’t wait to see Bonny progress ❤️🏴☠️
You’re my kind of person, I’m certain we could share a pint now and then!
Cheers 🥃🏴☠️
great video Heide ,nice to see bonnie , Staffordshire is full of history pottery ,railway's, coal mining ,canal's etc +the countryside Cannock chase.xx
Love watching your videos ,Barlaston is just down the road from me. I live in Stoke and my bit of advice while cruising through stoke is ...don't stop , keep going cause if your boat had wheels, you wouldn't have them by time you got tuther side.😊 hahaha. Keep those fires burning and those videos coming!!!
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Ahoy Capn n first mate B, another cracking episode. It still amazes me to think that the canals were dug (mainly) by shovels and picks, opening up and connecting areas of Britain (and Ireland) for trade and commerce like the motorways of the day!
My great grandma worked in one of the Wedgwood factories and i was lucky to inherit a few pieces when she passed away many moons ago- the exquisite detail that went into them is wonderful.
Nice to see ye promoting other trade boaters on your channel as well, helping each other out in these tight times, a credit to your kind nature.
Happy boating and looking forward to seeing that beautiful picture of Bonny and her amazing ears. Aarrgghh 🏴☠️🏳️🌈
Aww thank you and Michelle is so so talented 😄🏴☠️ thanks Diane
It's Heidi time.👍
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Hi Heidi, I was privileged to visit the Wedgewood factory when I was in the UK 20 or more years ago. It was fascinating and the factory tour was great, to say nothing of the grounds themselves. Nice job my lady and keep it up!
Thank you 😃🏴☠️❤️
I just thought that you might want one for each side of the ship. So they could look at each other. LOLOL 🥰
Hello Heidi mick from Hull another lovely episode hope you are well and I will look forward to your next episode xx 😊😊😊
I very much am enjoying your videos. What a fascinating way to live and to enjoy life. Looking forward to future adventures. Good Stuff.
Thank you 😄🏴☠️
❤Thank you
Thank you 😃🏴☠️
When you get a cap for the chimney, get an extra one for "in case" ...
Awake again at 5AM 😳
I’m sad about your little blue chimney cap, an old cake tin might just do the trick until you’re able to get a replacement 🙂
That portrait of Bonny.
How clever is Michelle hey? Just brilliant. That’s going to be such a treasure.
Ooooh it looks really chilly. The further north you travel, the colder I can see it growing🥶 - wrap up warm and stay cosy you two.
Anyway, thanks for sharing another great video - including adventures with Nikki 🤣
Big hugs to you and to Bonny, and all my best to your Mum and Dad.
Take care and see you again next week.
eve
(back to bed)
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Sleep well eve 😃🏴☠️❤️
Really enjoyed this weeks vlog. Especially seeing Stone as I lived there before moving to the USA 20 years ago. Always used to take my three kids to watch the boats go through the lock. Back in the day the building across from the Star was a tea shop, so it was great to get ice creams and sometimes help operate the gates. My kids loved it. We visited Stone and the locks last year. A great trip down memory lane. Keep warm!
Oh wow, thanks for sharing 😃🏴☠️
"Raise the Jolly Rger" !!!!
As you say you never know whats going to happen next day to day. And glad to see Bonny is helping you do the gates! Next is to see if she can cope with the paddles, but take it a stage at a time eh!! That watercolour of Bonny is very special, can't wait to see it when finished, will have to be patient. My old Dad was an amazing artist and during quiet spells in the War he painted and sketched, his drawings of Churchill and Monty (just to name 2) are stunning, but then in peacetime he never took it up again, a great waste of a special talent. I'm not great at portraits but landscapes and particularly skies are, well, not at all bad. Since the age of 8 I've worked in watercolours and Indian ink as well as pencil. Never thought of selling any but I did a couple of years ago when a friend who has a lovely shop said "we could sell this watercolour" and so it sold to a couple who fell in love with it. Nice to think its being appreciated rather than languishing in a drawer eh. I do admit to giving a few away, Its all about sharing if they will be loved.
Aww how wonderful 😃🏴☠️
Another great video Heidi! No wedgewood here - mines all from the chazza!
And Michelle artwork is just spectacular- I’m going to start saving for a pet portrait of my scruffy little terrier one day. Happy travels x
Aww thank you and yes she is really talented …. I love a good ‘chazza’ 😂😂