We might be breaking the rules on the River Thames | Full-time narrowboat life - 138
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- Now that we're on the East end of the River Thames, it's time to try and moor up, but things don't quite go to plan. Join us as we potentially break several rules in an attempt to find somewhere to moor up... 🚨🚣🏻♀️
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I am a 62 year old lady from Kansas, USA who recently found you all, and really enjoy your channel. Even when you’re faced with adversity you face things with a smile on your face. You’re living my dream on a narrowboat, and that type of community. We have nothing like them here.
Thank you so much! That's so lovely 🤗💖 welcome along for the journey! 👋🏻
You need binoculars for the signs
I got so excited to see you guys had a video out, I ran straight to the kettle & fetched out my cake tin. I’m now 1 cup of tea & 4 peanut butter /chocolate flapjacks down & a big smile on my face after watching your video.
I’m sorry the rude yacht lady upset you, just be proud of the fact that you two are the lovely people you are ❤️❤️
Aww thank you so so much for such a lovely comment ❤️❤️ a cuppa and a biccy never fails ☺️
So glad you found a spot! I love to see Rufus having a joyful run. It makes my heart smile!!
He absolutely loves a field! 🐕😊 thank you!! 🥰
Started binge watching your channel two weeks ago. This is as far as I have got to till now! Loving the channel. I live in reading so. If ever passing through and need anything. Holla! Hoping to be on the cut myself in the next twelve months! I can't wait
Heart in mouth especially when you lost paddle 🙈🙈
Such fun. So diverse. Terrific dialogue including abundant giggles. As always, thanks for including us.
We need to get you a pair of binoculars to see those tiny signs. That was so rude for that cruising boat not to move to help you out. One day that will come back to bite them! Karma baby!! Stay safe until the next time! 🥰
Always found sailing on the Thames stressful and unfriendly on the main. Hopefully, a month on from your recording, you are both safe, well, in better company of fellow friendly boaters, and still enjoying all the scenery. Thanks for taking us along 😊
Funnily you should say that, last night we had a bbq with some fellow narrowboaters on a lovely mooring! 🥰 thank you for watching!
Doops hopping around at the end is SO cute x
Right! 💖🐰 I was trying not to cry just watching him haha
Who would have thought tht the Kondor 3000 would become the ultimate reconnaissance vehicle. Famously the hardest of all water bound responsibilities. A job well done Kondor 👍
A worthy title for a strong part of the crew! 👏🏻😂
Thanks for cheering this pair of wannabee narrowboaters up immensely with your wonderful antics! A lunch eaten in a dinghy, getting up close with little baby duckies and having ok coral with the snotty yacht creature. Dont stress about those types lovelies. You probably interrupted their champagne and charlie shenanigans. Stay lovely and happy and shove your middle finger up at them because you have something they will never have (despite the money they spend on poisonous bubbles in a fancy bottle and white powder that they snort) - you have natural happiness and a fabulous bond with each other. Give Rufus and Doops a huge cwtch and cuddle from us and hope to see you on the cut one day. We're in Nantwich lovelies so please come back to the Shroppie Union and we can show you around. It's not snotty here and we have a gorgeous town centre that welcomes lovely people and their gorgeous doggos ❤ xxx
So sorry we took a while to reply but thank you so much for such a wonderful comment ☺️❤️ we really appreciate it!! Xx
You guys are the only narrowboater’s I follow that actually cause me to lol, and I follow many! That snapping oar did me in. 🤣🤣 Happy days from sunny eastern NC.
Haha! Aw that's a big compliment thank you!! Glad you enjoyed 😂😊
Hi guys you both never fail to entertain.snap, silence, laughter, broken oar😂.awesome vlog as always.take care and stay safe.👋
Thank you so much 😁 😂
Really love watching your videos and coming along with you on your adventures. It is so nice to see you both enjoying life in your narrowboat, and love to see Doops & Rufus as they navigate the waterways with you. Hope you are able to enjoy your present mooring for a few days, it’s such a beautiful spot, and a great place to get the bunny & pup out for some exercise. Can’t wait to see what you get up to next! Take care, 💕🇨🇦 😊
Thank you so so much!! ☺️❤️
Hi Amy, Wes, Rufus and Dupes, what a lovely cruise you have been having. When you said "There is only one thing for it" I thought of two things..."CHIPS" or CONDOR 3000. It was CONDOR 3000, how lovely it was to see him back out for the Summer of 23! You have so much insane fun with him, it always makes me smile. You are both so full of adventure. Loving the Condor session on the Thames, brilliant in fact. Marlow looked nice. Lovely to see Rufus and Dupes running around in the field. Rufus found a big stick, so he was happy. How cute it was that Rufus came up to Dupes to make sure (Dupes) was OK. Dupes was having a wail of a time running in the grass. Nice to see him out and about. An excellent Vlog as always, and so entertaining. Thank You. Take Care. (Spoolbox).
Wow! What a Vlog. We both got the adrenaline rush again watching this. We are so glad we did it with you guys and made some lovely boating friends to share more adventures with. hummmm ‘The Wash!’ Bring it on. Xxx🧸🧸
Loved seeing Rupey out enjoying the outdoors 🙂 Mooring on the Thames is always difficult, especially East of the K&A, and probably not helped by the closeness timewise of the Henley Regatta. Take care you two and the crew 🙂
Awww bless you. I hope u get to stay there and it’s trouble free being by the park. Looked lovely. Fingers crossed. Loved the condor 3000 moment. So funny. Every best wish. ❤
I’m loving catching up Amy & Wes discovered you recently what a fab couple and Dupes & Rufus.
Thank you Tracey! Glad you are enjoying ☺️
Argh stressful mooring times but happy to see Kondor popping up to lift everyones spirits x
When in doubt get Kondor out 😂
Those plastic boaters with their plastic personalities are just jealous of your nice traditional narrowboat. And, of course, of your fine Kondor3000! Well done for not letting them grind you down. Thanks for another fantastically entertaining vlog.
Great video, its lovely to see you all enjoying your life ❤. Keep doing what your doing 😊
Thanks so much! 😊
Lovely watching your video on the Thames. I had a boat on the Thames for many years. It was always hard to find a free morning. It is wonderful though. Have fun xx
Omg how rude I don't believe some people it seems it's a bit snobby don't know how you keep calm love you r vlog s xx
Haha luckily we can just cruise away and put it behind us! Thank you ☺️
There are some absolutely rude people for sure. Glad you found a good place to set up. See you guys soon. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
Looks like mooring on the Thames is a problem.
As for the rude Yogurt pot owner, they have always had a dislike of narrowboats.
Sod em .
You still make us both laugh.😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Kondor disclaimer I love it ... lol... as long as we don't steel fish, cook fish or stab fish.... we should be alright... lol ... sorry... put them in pitre dishes... all very funny! lol... omg... I'm getting a good laugh..... how rude that that stupid boat wouldn't make room for you... .. 🥰 I love you two... your channel is so much fun!!! 💖🐶🐰
Awww what fun you had apart from snobs lovely to see the pets having a fun time to luv you all the oldies 🤗🤗🤗🤗
Thank you 🤗 glad you liked it! They loved that field 🐕🐰
I’ve seen others videos who say it’s really disheartening trying to find moorings on the Thames unfortunately. Enjoy and good luck finding places to stay with good wiri🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🙋🏼♀️
Spotted the quick view of the Hellfire Club, at 1:23! Also loved the "extreme dinghy action" with a fork at 13:02. 😁
no way! Just googled it, wish we'd have known about it at the time, that's so cool haha!
😂😂 the fork of authority
Yes comorants don't have waterproofing on there feathers so they dry out in the sun.
oooh thank you!! Great bit of knowledge
You both do make me giggle 🤣 but please don’t let them snooty prat’s get you down, your both loving life & your burst of energy is fab to watch ❤️ just keep on doing what your doing with making me laugh 👍🏻😜 X X X
😊 thank you! don't worry, we will! 💖
Cracking vid, guys
Thank you!! 😊
When you've shazzam'ed the condor 3000 back ground music, you know you've reached the sadness! (yes I know you have a link to it, but shazzam is one touch!)
Haha we tried to match the vibe of what we we’re actually listening to which was sittin on the dock of the bay! ☺️🎶
Wahoo you’re back! Been looking forward to seeing you again guys! Lisa xxx❤😘 aww sorry the stuck up owner of that yacht didn’t let u moor. How rude! X
You two are Amazing, never seen a vlog without a smile. You wouldn't get me on that dinghy, you are both so brave 😁
Aw thank you!! 🥰💖 haha! He isnt very stable so I don't blame you! 😂
Duck tiller pin is sick! Looks like my drake Norell 🦆. Escape the rich yacht crew!!
Haha, he's a great lil guy for our tiller! Thank you 😊
Niligitmae carborundum methinks👍The stealth mooring was brilliant particularly in a narrow boat .Had similar problems in 1976!
Only recently found your channel, I love it. Just went back to watch your first video and you crawling over the roof had me laughing. Fab videos, my dad has a wide beam so it’s nice to see things from a narrower perspective 💜
Welcome and thank you so much!! ☺️👋🏻
Oh dear, London is such a pain in the a$$. Nice see you keeping your spirits up.
We absolutely love cruising the Thames but yes you Roughton back memories...our fist 7 hour cruise was Henley to Windsor and the same the following in reverse!!!! The next 8 hour cruise was from Paddington to South Tottenham....nearly caused tears 😢
*brought
Ah, so glad it wasn't just us! Luckily around Windsor its definitely better and easier to find moorings, but from Henley its a nightmare isn't it! Its hard to explain how stressful it is when you just want to stop! x
@BoatTime definitely stressful. The first experience was our first year so totally unexpected and quite scary being on acriver and unable to moor :( love the way your heading albeit tricky to moor ;)
Hi wes and Amy, you two are bonkers,😂😅in a good way. I had visions of you nodding off on condour 2000 and floating away, you would open your eyes and be floating under London Bridge.😂😂
Can I say be careful when rufus chews a wooden stick as splinters could potentially get stuck in his mouth. I know as it happened to one of my dogs. Its ok he runs around with the stick. Lovely to see Dupes running free. 💚
Always fun in the Condor3000!🎉
You got that right! he saved the day haha! 🚣🏻
Really enjoying watching your Thames adventures, we spent 6 years on the Thames in our cruiser - and even at under 30' we sometimes struggled to moor., but we did know all the places we could try. Marlow is always hard to find a mooring. Cookham is better.
Thank you for watching 🥰 glad you are enjoying it!
Yeah, this stretch was definitely the hardest, it did get much better luckily as I'm sure you'll know 😊
Oh guys! We found it stressful when we did this stretch of the thames. Our gearbox also packed it in which made the whole experience even more fun. Marlow is lovely though, we broke the lock there so had to stay on the lock landing overnight... Most places seem fine if you arrive late and leave early ish. Hope it gets better heading into London!
Oh god it always happens at the worst times 🫣thank you 😊 seems a lot better further down! C
This watch was so good. I was watching so much that I opened the freezer and the frozen pea bag emptied all over the gallery floor UPS it's not what I said😊 Fun watchXx
Omg we were laughing so much when u both were on the kondor 3000, it was so funny. 😅❤
Haha he’s back baby!!!!
I wonder why you need to be in London on June 23rd..... We had three narrowboats abreast on that mooring in Marlow, later in June! I think your standard licence will cover a vessel used as a tender, which is what Kondor is!
Hehe, wonder why 🤔😂 oh nice, that makes us feel better! It was a good spot! Hope you enjoyed/are enjoying your Thames travelling!
Lovely vlog today guys
Thank you!! 🥰
Your voice sounds just like Chris Goffey
Haha not sure about that, I will take it as a compliment though 😂
Hi AMY Wes,tell me you keep saying condor has a blister not sure what you mean maybe you van tell me ,yes it so hard to find a mooring on the Thames ,you always make me laugh you two are so much fun ,nice to see you having fun with condor hard work but fun lol take care all of you sending hugs 🫂 ,🚣♀️🚣♀️🌹🍓🍓♥️🇬🇧😍🫂🫂🙏🐕🐕
There’s a big bump at the front, think an internal layer has popped but the outer layer is holding on 🫣
Thank you John! ☺️
So called Intitled people are the pits. Lovely video. I find finding places to park my wee campervan overnight, stressful in unfriendly places. But fortunately nice people out weight the idiots.
Oh guys be careful in Kondor if it's got a blister, don't want you floating off downstream
😂 now that wouldn't be fun
Kondor 3000 is the real MVP ;D
he always saves the day 😂
You moored at the exact same spot in Hurley last year when we had that 40 degree heatwave. 🥵
Was £7 last year!😮
Yeah we saw the crossed out old price haha! 😂 £10 a night as a one off is ok, but its if you want to spend a decent amount of time on the thames it can add up!
@@BoatTime They should do like Lechlade and offer a discount for staying a week or more.
@@MakingNewMemories they dont want us smelly live aboards staying longer than a night though 😂😂
Your very own little landing! Quick get the sign out lol😃 RESERVERED FOR BOAT TIME... NO MOORING! and definitely no yachts😉😅xxxx
Hahaha! They wouldn't be very happy about that 😉😉
Don't let the rudeness of other people get you down .
Love the Vlog, rotten people being judgemental, they are just stupid, you two are lovely ❤
thank you so much!! 🥰
We have been on the Thames in Berkshire in various spots for 5 years and there is a very wide divide between lets just say metal boats and GRP,s. The latter are weekend playthings for the well off who pay a fortune to moor them in marinas at vast expense and then expect all moorings to be empty for their imminent arrival .
If they fail to get a spot they use their posh voices to complain over the phone to the relevant authorities.
They don't believe The Thames should be enjoyed by less than 40% tax payers.
Despite having full time jobs we have been labelled as benefits cheats and all sorts.😮
Needless to say in winter when the river goes on red boards and floods for months on end , they are all back behind the gates of their in/out driveway 6 bedroom homes not giving boating a 2nd thought.
Sadly, we have to agree. Obviously not all of them but it is really disheartening when you feel like you aren't welcome. We got a huge sense of entitlement from some, if we were moroed in a spot they would come by and scoff asif we were hogging a spot, even though we had every right to be there! 😒
This is what living in a truck/ van is like all the time, always chancing a park up and expecting a knock on the door to tell you to move on. Some big flashy white motorhomers looking down their nose at you as if paying more for their home gives them more right to park up, and some local people calling you “freeloaders” for not wanting to spend between £10 and £50 a night to park up every night if the year, which they won’t accept is totally unaffordable for people who are living this way full time and would cost more than renting a house. The attraction of narrow boats for me is that you are at least allowed to stop without a nightly fee for up to two weeks in some spots. I disagree with the attitudes that preclude travel for anyone living in vehicles in this country.
I’m really glad that you found a few spots to stay at and managed to get Kondor 3000 out to enjoy your stay. I did slow the speed of the video down in order to read your disclaimer rolling along the bottom of the screen. You guys are so funny it did make me laugh, as did Wes pretending to explain why he was late back to work when your oar broke! 😆
Ah yeah, I can imagine! Its a shame there isn't more infrastructure in place for Vanlife in the UK. it does seem a lot more difficult for that reason! We agree, exploring the beauty of nature and living amongst it shouldn't only be for the wealthy.
Thank you for watching 🤗💖 glad you spotted the funny disclaimer haha!
I wouldn’t worry about those rude plastic boat people. To me, they are plastic-people. Karma is a very interesting thing and may get me for saying it 🤣.
Love the Pink Floyd T-shirt!!! Y’all are so funny
Thank you 🙏 for sharing
You both are just so amazing you are the best thank you so much for the messages love you xxxxxxx ❤❤
Watch out for the Mr. And misses money bags but think they can own the river Give them hell set the dog on them LOL I hear rabbit bites can be painful😂😂😂😂 Love the blog big thumbs up
Good evening you lovely people
Have a great week Shane! 😊
I would have loved to see ‘the look’ Amy gave the cruiser women when she said no. Never mind karma will find her. Enjoy the rest of the Thames.
It was a very friendly look of course 😉🤫
If someone was taking up two moorings I would bot have accepted no. Id have said you misunderstand me, I am coming in....Are they going to risk their posh cruiser getting damaged, I doubt it. Failing that chuck some dog eggs at them.
"dog eggs" 😂😂
Aren’t you a games developer Wes? Thought you’d be earning loads doing that.
Like most creative industries, there's a big range of pay in game dev! Wes actually took a few steps down when we moved onto the boat for a less stressful life, so he works for a smaller company and they don't tend to have the big bucks like some of the bigger ones! The money doesn't filter down all that well in game dev unfortunately, a lot of the devs do it for passion rather than money. 😊
We also have quite a hefty bank loan for the boat that we are still paying off so a lot of his wages goes on that haha!
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The rude ones must have been French. hahaha
We do love you two 😊 Please can someone tell me what it says running along the screen. I read disclaimer and nothing else!
Haha it was just a silly joke! It says:
"Disclaimer: BoatTime does not endorse the avoidance of licence fees and we acknowledge that no dinghy is above the law. If you are reading this from the enviroment agency the jokes in this segment do not necessarily represent the licence status of Kondor 3000. 🤫😂
@@BoatTime thank goodness, we rewound it several times to try to catch it 🤣🤣🤣
If you click the cog symbol at the top right hand of the screen you can slow or speed up UA-cam videos. I slowed it down to read the funny disclaimer. 😉
@@journeytakesatrip thank you. I shall try that later 😊
Hi Amy and Wes. So good to see the Kondor 3000 making an appearance. You can’t help but smile when he’s around. It’s a shame that there’s not many free moorings on the Thames. Glad you found some though. Take care. Nick
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Wondering who or where you pay for your mooring. Is it a honor system?
It’s different In every spot. Sometimes a bailiff comes around to collect cash and sometimes you pay online
Amy & Wes, thank God- we’re not like those plastic idiots on a plastic boat- take care in London-
Thank you! 😊 the majority of them were lovely, but its a shame there are definitely enough of them to notice the stereotype of them not being very friendly.
That part of the thames is where rich people live, so what did you expect when trying to moor.
the pros so outweigh the cons
for sure! 😊
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Just wondering. Do you need to pay for an additional visitors license to cruise on the Thames above the EA. CRT license?
If you only ever cruise on the Thames you only need an environment agency licence, but if you want to cruise on the Thames and on crt waters you need a licence for both, or a gold licence which combines the two.
We have a gold licence for Gregory's girl😊
@@BoatTime Thank you so much for explaining, wishing you safe and enjoyable travels.
@@Royalmoakley No worries! Thank you 😊😊
Can you not just drop anchor a few feet from the bank😂
we have thought about it from time to time, but funnily enough they have written it into the rules that you aren't allowed 😂
Your day is as stressful as mine😢
Sorry to hear it was stressful!
what work does wes do that you got moore for a week at a time if he works online can you not move on a bit each day after work and more atleast your moving while working then to
We usually do this but we only have a certain amount of daylight left after work to find a mooring with good enough internet so on sections like this where moorings are 4-5 hours apart it’s not always possible. But we do it a lot when it is possible 😊
@@BoatTime what work is it that you do if i may ask as i to will soon be on canal network living on a boat
@@keithprosser35 he works in game development as a level designer 😊
why can't you just drop an anchor instead of mooring on the bank?
we have thought about it from time to time, but funnily enough they have written it into the rules that you aren't allowed 😂
It doesn't sound expensive but saying there is no water or facilities it is, who are you paying that money to?
£10 for the night isn't too bad, but when its every mooring, spending any amount of time on the Thames can get expensive as they all add up!
The money just goes to private land owners usually, sometimes the local council
A.bottle of rum will make your day better
Or a cup of tea! 😊
Can you not just drop an anchor
Unfortunately not, they added rules around that too!
their snooby people they don't fit in my world
or ours! We agree. Its a shame we felt so judged, but we know we would never want to be like them!
Too many f’ing snobs down there. Sorry for the f bomb but it’s just not necessary to be mean
Too much whingeing