American's First Impressions Of UK Narrowboat Living!

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  • Опубліковано 19 жов 2024

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  • @williamburgess4732
    @williamburgess4732 2 роки тому +13

    Nice to know that I am one in a million as your blogs are also, look forward to hearing all about the wedding in September, I will turn 87 years old in the same month and have been married to the same girl for 52 years, just trying to set the bar higher for you. Love you both.

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +4

      Thank you very much William. Yes hopefully we'll get some good footage of wedding to share! Keep chugging

  • @raylewis8851
    @raylewis8851 2 роки тому +1

    Hey Guys !!
    Ray & Guna here...we was next to you at crick selling Guna's scarves and accessories....we just wanted to say we have in the last few minutes just watched your last episode when you arrived in London, since crick we have watched every episode, (which took a while as i work away all week), really enjoyed every minute of your vlogs, well done on all your travels, & Good luck in you new home, looking forward to your next adventure & and seeing you at crick next year...we'll even try and remember a bottle of sherry !! Lol ! 😉

  • @veesimmons2464
    @veesimmons2464 2 роки тому +4

    Your wedding day will be here so soon! How wonderful and exciting! I do hope you will post some photos afterward.

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you Vee! Yes we'll share photos and videos of our wedding 😁👍👍🏾 Keep chugging

  • @setholson6550
    @setholson6550 2 роки тому +4

    Congratulations on your upcoming wedding. I’m one of the million folks to watch your videos and enjoy them so much. I’m in the USA and dream of doing what you are doing someday so I live through all the videos on UA-cam and enjoy the canals so much. Looking forward to seeing where all you travel in the future. Susan

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you very much Susan, keep chugging 😁👍👍🏾

  • @judithmallinson5178
    @judithmallinson5178 2 роки тому +4

    Great vlog and your friends are lovely and such fun. Congratulations on reaching 1 million views - that's absolutely brilliant. Willow Tree marina looks really nice and very handy for everything. Your wedding day will be here before you know it and I hope you are going to post some pics! Xxx

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +2

      Thank you Judith. Hope you're well. Yes, we'll share videos and photos of the wedding. Not long to go 😁👍👍🏾 Keep chugging

  • @nancyspringston8547
    @nancyspringston8547 2 роки тому +5

    Congratulations on reaching 1 million followers. I am one of them! LOL. My husband and I lived our first 3 yeas of marriage in a 8’ wide, 40’ long mobile home. It worked quite well while he was in college. So, we can easil envision living on a narrow boat. I am not so sure I could do it now as I have a very large home with all the things I dreamt of having: a sewing craft room, a music room with both grand piano and organ, a big kitchen for cooking in. A yard for gardening. These are things I love to do and when retired could enjoy doing them full time. I. It is an easy care home and yard. I am not so sure we could handle all of those locks at our stage of life now. But, the idea of cruising and the the many beautiful canals, stopping to dine at a pub, etc. certainly looks fabulous. So, I enjoy keeping my iPad with me and watching and going along with you is great fun. I live in the Rocky Mountains with my 81 yr old husband, our younger daughter, her husband and their two teens 15 and 13. We are very busy with friends and family, and we do travel. Spent 3 weeks in Norway last April. I have been to the UK 4 times, my husband has only landed several times at Heathrow (not my favorite airport) on our way to Norway. I do want to return, with him, and visit the canals. I only learned about that extensive system in the last 3 years. Now, I definitely want to visit the canals and stay at the Inns along the way……and look some of you up to say hi in person.

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +2

      Oh wow! The Rocky Mountains and Norway sound great 🗻 Thank you very much for your comment and kind words. Keep Chugging

  • @lindabiglowe3135
    @lindabiglowe3135 2 роки тому +4

    Congratulations Sam and Tim 1 million views. Your friends are delightful I think they may end up living on a narrow boat too one day.

  • @Wlf5953
    @Wlf5953 2 роки тому +3

    Mazel Tov! 1 million views that’s fantastic! Excited to see photos of the wedding if you plan to share ,hope all goes as planned. Cheers

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you very much Charlotte, yes we'll get some photos and videos of our wedding 😁👍👍🏾 Keep chugging

  • @izlandsisterztv8792
    @izlandsisterztv8792 2 роки тому +3

    Narrowboats are the absolute best.
    Just came off the Kennet & Avon canal after cruising from Aldermaston to Windsor and back for a week.
    Had our first Narrowboat adventure in April and couldn’t wait to be back in the summer

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +1

      Sounds like a great trip. Just checked out your channel! Glad you enjoyed boating 😁👍👍🏾 Keep Chugging

  • @jonbiglowe3664
    @jonbiglowe3664 2 роки тому +3

    Congratulations on the million views, that's amazing!

  • @DetroitMicroSound
    @DetroitMicroSound 2 роки тому +2

    Subscribed! I've been a fan of Cruising the Cut for years. Maybe I'll figure out how to come and do this. Also, CONGRATS! 💘 Ah! 🤔one more thing- You should definitely invite him aboard.

  • @rachelleottereyes364
    @rachelleottereyes364 2 роки тому +3

    Congrats on the million views!!

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you very much Rachelle! Keep chugging 😁👍👍🏾

  • @downhilltwofour0082
    @downhilltwofour0082 2 роки тому +1

    I like the thought put forward by the lady living in Vietnam. "I have a balcony, but you guys have the world"! Is that a new catch-phrase? Maybe?

  • @chrissaltmarsh6777
    @chrissaltmarsh6777 2 роки тому +1

    Good for you. My nephew lives on a boat on the Thames - it ain't moveable, but the tide wobbles it. Or maybe that's the Merlot.

  • @penneynoss9552
    @penneynoss9552 2 роки тому +2

    Hi Sam and Tim, thank you for the catch up. As someone from the states, it was nice hearing what your america friends thought. Wedding's are a nice get together with family and friends.

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +3

      Thank you Penney 😁👍👍🏾 Yes we're looking forward to our wedding

  • @michaelwhite8031
    @michaelwhite8031 2 роки тому +2

    Glad there isn't an S&M near you lol. Nice to see you having fun with your friends.

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +2

      Haha! Thank you Michael 😁👍👍🏾

  • @melbeasley9762
    @melbeasley9762 2 роки тому +3

    Congratulations. I think mooring over winter was very wise.

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you Mel! It's a great marina. Keep chugging

  • @nickevans1698
    @nickevans1698 2 роки тому +2

    Hi Guys great vlog as always. Looking well Sam👍🏼 Congratulations on your 1 Mill followers. Hope all goes well with your wedding.

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you very Nick. Keep Chugging 😁👍👍🏾

  • @tomas5376
    @tomas5376 2 роки тому +3

    Congrats on the million!

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому

      Thank you Tomas, keep chugging! 😁👍👍🏾

  • @morrisvanderslice1735
    @morrisvanderslice1735 2 роки тому +6

    Congratulations on your pending marriage!! Will you continue living on your boat as a married couple? Hopping that you do. Again, congratulations!!

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you Morris, yes, we'll start married life on board 😁👍👍🏾 Keep chugging

    • @morrisvanderslice1735
      @morrisvanderslice1735 2 роки тому +1

      @@chuggingalong You mean that you’ll “Married Chugging Along” on the boat…
      Special Cheers to you both!!

  • @dorothydotson7154
    @dorothydotson7154 2 роки тому +3

    That's a lot of views! Congratulations! The marina does look nice. It has a rural aspect while still being close to London.

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +2

      Thank you Dorothy! Exactly 😁👍👍🏾 We think it's a great marina

  • @nancinowlen3043
    @nancinowlen3043 2 роки тому +2

    Always good to see you two

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you very much Nanci. Hope you're well. Keep Chugging 😁👍👍🏾

  • @davidcharleston1314
    @davidcharleston1314 2 роки тому +2

    Another great vlog Tylor and Jessy very nice loved there accents 😀

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +2

      Cheers David. Keep Chugging 😁👍👍🏾

  • @suestone7791
    @suestone7791 2 роки тому +1

    Congrats on your up and coming wedding xx

  • @brianellison3525
    @brianellison3525 2 роки тому +3

    Been living in a 35 foot motorhome traveling all over. Have a property in Washington we are going to build a house on as soon as we are done with our trip not exactly the same, but I assume some parallels. Our cat seems to like the change of scenery.
    Be well all

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +1

      Sounds like a great life Brian, good luck with the house build. Keep chugging 😁👍👍🏾

  • @namvuthanh4130
    @namvuthanh4130 2 роки тому +1

    You're doing so well, mates

  • @davethenerd1369
    @davethenerd1369 2 роки тому +1

    Another person comments about the USA canal and river system which is extensive but given the geography of the country, is all based on the Eastern side - draw a vertical line in the middle and everything is to the right of that line. I would suggest a bit of reading for your friends too. Terry Darlington who wrote the three Narrow Dog to... series. The second book is Narrow Dog to Indian River where they travel from Norfolk, Virginia to the Gulf of Mexico.

  • @AndyCutright
    @AndyCutright 2 роки тому +3

    Congrats on the views!

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому

      Thank you very much Andy 😁👍👍🏾 Keep chugging

  • @maobfh
    @maobfh 2 роки тому +2

    How is it that you put out a video 4 DAYS AGO and it just now popped up in my feed?!? Sorry I was/am late! The video was just as good as if I saw it fresh (I think so, anyway). There wasn’t a stale part of it.
    You have American friends!?? What an amazing thing! They seem nice enough at first glance. You HAVE known them awhile, yes? You don’t want to let random Americans in and around your home. Things can get scary at a moment’s notice.
    For all of you Americans out there, I am also an American, born and bred and my lineage goes back on this continent well over 60,000 years. The above comment is 100% tongue in cheek and there is nothing to get worked up over. It’s a bit of a poke at the mostly young American haters out there who really don’t understand what it is that they hate. B.R.E.A.T.H.E.
    Great video! Will you over-winter at a marina again, this winter? If you got a lot of snow, I don’t know if I would want to stay in. But you don’t see that much snow in the UK, do you? If you did, I would take my cross country skis with me and enjoy a glide into the market occasionally but stay out where you can hear the ice and trees sing when it is really quiet. But, you don’t see much snow so that little memory/fantasy was pointless. As you don’t (get much snow accumulation), I think wintering in a marina in London is the PERFECT way to enjoy the season! I am jealous. Sorry.
    I plan to spend the next couple of years wondering around North America in a skoolie, taking the younger/youngest grandchild/grandchildren out on wild adventures. The middle of 3 is 15 and sometimes he wants to come but most times he wants to hang around with friends. He will want to return to DC & NYC but otherwise he wants to stay close to his mates. At 15, it is time he learned his way around airports and he can join us on the more urban adventures. Then return to his friends. After those few years are up, I hope to have all my papers in a row and will hop on a boat or a plane to Southampton or London and moor my own narrowboat in a London marina, if that is what I choose to do. How exciting is that?!? Was going to leave straight away but MY boy and his boys had a bit of a panic about such a rapid departure and since the youngest and I have so much fun together, it will be no hardship to stay close for a bit longer. This summer, I taught them how to find, understand and use the Metro. Plus other things as well. Do you care? Me either. Just typing out loud.
    We enjoyed Argy Bargy this summer! The youngest (9) read the instructions as soon as he arrived and said he knew how to play. We were interrupted by someone and put it aside for about a week. Then we came back to it and he insisted he knew how to play and was ready TO GO!!! Granny needed a few minutes to understand and away we went. He was overly enthusiastic about the opportunity to sabotage his Granny’s plans but I got him instead a few times. However, at the end of the game, he didn’t just beat me. He cleaned the board at my expense. He certainly DID understand the game! We took the game with us to DC with the intention to get a shot playing at the feet of Abraham Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial. The Park Service staff members patrolling did NOT share my vision of how great the shot would be and made us pack it up. But I think Argy Bargy should make several stops around iconic North American landmarks. What do you think? Any requests? I am going to give the Lincoln Memorial another go, but it will be a late night shot and if the lighting is inadequate, I will hang an LED lantern on Lincoln’s knuckle (if one of us can reach it). I have to get that shot!!!

    • @julieanneroberts4752
      @julieanneroberts4752 2 роки тому +2

      Fingers crossed you’ll get that Argy Bargey/Lincoln shot one day 📸🎲🗽

  • @dragnfli520
    @dragnfli520 2 роки тому +1

    Cheers!

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому

      Thanks for your comment Dragonfly! Keep chugging 😁👍👍🏾

  • @MartinJames389
    @MartinJames389 2 роки тому +7

    There are canals in the USA, much bigger ones, and people do live and cruise in boats on them -again much bigger ones. There's the 3,000 miles of the Intracoastal Waterway, with canals linking natural rivers and bays together. The Illinois Waterway is similar, but only 300 miles. However, that's still a lot longer than the Grand Union or the Leeds & Liverpool canals. I doubt the USA has anything like the Huddersfield narrow or the Standedge Tunnel, though! Aaand... though not part of the English network, does the USA have anything like the engineering bizzarity of the Falkirk Wheel?

    • @umbertoyltp
      @umbertoyltp 2 роки тому +1

      And Anderton Boatlift. Thank you for your input about the USA!

    • @MartinJames389
      @MartinJames389 2 роки тому +1

      ​@@umbertoyltp Yes, but the Anderton Boat Lift is straightforward and sensible. It does what it says on the tin. The Falkirk Wheel is brilliant engineering but ... umm ... a bit nuts. Pictures and vids never quite do justice to the huge scale of it, made more dramatic by the shape of the land. If you come at it on foot from the Union Canal, you turn a bend, and see the view before you. That thing is going to get boats from way down there up HERE? On the other hand, if you're at the bottom, the sheer size of it is breathtaking. And it requires only negligible power to operate.
      The huge flight of locks which used to be there (though derelict even then, I think) was the final waymark and fuel check for the middle group of German bombers which blitzed Clydebank in 1941. They were beyond their theoretical range and got that far West only with extra fuel tanks. If their fuel was too low at the very visible lock flight, they were to turn on it, straighten on the heading for home and drop the lot on Falkirk as a secondary target. The Northern and Southern routes didn't have such significant secondary targets, and aircraft turning back through insufficient fuel simply unloaded over open country.

  • @Narlee2226
    @Narlee2226 2 роки тому +3

    Hello I love the chanel.. I'd love to buy your Board Game where do I buy it thankyou from Australia 🇦🇺🌻🌻

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +1

      Hi Lee, here is the link: biggiebros.square.site/
      We ship to Australia. Thanks for your interest. Keep Chugging 😁👍👍🏾

  • @ladyliberty417
    @ladyliberty417 2 роки тому +3

    Congrats on 1 million views🎉 and love where you’re staying ❣️has everything except for a wee bit of a commute,ha! But it’s worth the safety I think!! So happy for your wedding as well, thanks Sam and Tim🥰

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you Lady! Hopefully we'll get some good footage of the wedding. Keep chugging

  • @anderwmarcell9503
    @anderwmarcell9503 2 роки тому +1

    I.would deeply enjoy such a journey.

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +1

      Thank you for your comment Andrew! Keep chugging 😁👍👍🏾

  • @suee6835
    @suee6835 2 роки тому

    Congratulations to you both on your Wedding not sure of the date,Best Wishes to you both for a Healthy Happy married life..Enjoy many Sherrys .Xx

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому

      Thank you Sue. It's 24th September. Hope you're well

  • @SLO-Ride
    @SLO-Ride 2 роки тому +2

    Must you reserve a long term mooring at the Marina months ahead, or are you able to motor in, tie up, then set up a winter long lease? With all the canal vlogs I watch, I rarely observe a Marina not filled to capacity all year!

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +2

      Hi Slo, we did reserve our spot at Willowtree but there seems to be a decent amount of space here to just turn up. Keep chugging

  • @Orxenhorf
    @Orxenhorf Рік тому

    There is a cruising path in the eastern United States/Canada called the "Great Loop" that covers the area of Florida that your friends mentioned. It covers the Intracoastal Waterway on both the Gulf of Mexico and Atlantic coasts along either the inside of the barrier islands or inshore canals. From there it goes to New York city and up the Hudson River to the Erie Canal ending between Buffalo, NY and Niagara Falls. That's where some people are turned-off from completing the loop though. The next part is to either take the Welland Canal, Trent-Severn Canal, and some bays through Canada, or cross Lakes Erie and Huron. Those two options then rejoin to cross under the Mackinac Bridge and cross Lake Michigan to Chicago. From there it's a canal to the Illinois River and down the Mississippi River to New Orleans.

  • @4windrush
    @4windrush 2 роки тому +2

    Hi! you're vlogs are fantastic. Did I spy a diesel stove on your boat? Hubby and i are due to have one fitted so I'm wondering if you recommend it?

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +2

      Hi Emma, yes that's a diesel stove. We have only had a diesel stove so we don't know what multi fuel is like. We think it's going to be more expensive with the fuel costs rising but it's very clean and simple. Hope that helps. Keep chugging

  • @garylydement5020
    @garylydement5020 2 роки тому

    Looking forward to the return of your vlog's guys

  • @umbertoyltp
    @umbertoyltp 2 роки тому +2

    London, is the place to be, London, is the place for me....
    I was in London in the seventies with a friend. We used a GoAsYouPlease ticket to move around, using the Circle Line a lot! Does it still exist? I heard you in the vlog talking about the Central Line, is that similar?

    • @jillr27
      @jillr27 2 роки тому +2

      The Circle Line still exists and has been expanded a bit. The Central Line goes through the centre of London and out into Essex.

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +2

      Thank you for explaining!

  • @rdyfhi
    @rdyfhi 2 роки тому

    Nice 1...

  • @borderreiver3288
    @borderreiver3288 2 роки тому

    a nice looking marina....

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому

      Thank you Border! Yes, we think it's great 😁👍👍🏾 Keep Chugging

  • @MarcelEling
    @MarcelEling 2 роки тому +1

    Nice place to be

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +1

      Thanks Marcel! Yes it's a great marina. Keep chugging

  • @sandrafarley7967
    @sandrafarley7967 2 роки тому

    In America check out the Erie Canal system

  • @newyorknewart
    @newyorknewart 2 роки тому +2

    CONGRATULATIONS!!! 👍👏🚀🎵 A MILLION!! I GOT ALL MY RELATIVES, SCHOOLMATES AND CREDITORS TO SUB - THAT WAS ABOUT 700,000 RIGHT THERE! 🤪
    COULD NOT HAPPEN TO TWO NICER PEOPLE. (NOW TIM CAN PAY ME BACK THAT MONEY HE OWES ME!)
    I PREDICTED A MILLION BY CHRISTMAS, BUT YOU WERE TOO GOOD TO WAIT THAT LONG! HOO-RAY!!!

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +1

      Haha! Thank you Courtney 😁👍👍🏾 Keep chugging

  • @geoffkburton
    @geoffkburton 2 роки тому

    Its a Tardis , its bigger on the inside .

  • @Rocky19577
    @Rocky19577 2 місяці тому

    Has Jessie got a sore throat ? Sounds like it

  • @nellyt2807
    @nellyt2807 2 роки тому

    Americans only for a little while Not for Christmas

  • @shalaconballard9912
    @shalaconballard9912 2 роки тому +2

    Wedding, wedding you guys can't get married its completely civilized the next thing you know you be wanting children lol

  • @philroberts7238
    @philroberts7238 2 роки тому

    "American's First Impressions Of UK Narrowboat Living!".... OK, I usually try to supress my natural pedantry and I'm only asking this because I know you're both ESL teachers, but can you spot the (deliberate?) mistake in that statement?

  • @jacquelinemarcella3370
    @jacquelinemarcella3370 2 роки тому

    Prⓞм𝕠𝕤𝐌

  • @droses1600
    @droses1600 2 роки тому +1

    You need an apostrophe in the title: "Americans' first impressions..."

  • @brianmillar5075
    @brianmillar5075 2 роки тому

    How come you call your channel :Chugging Along" but you never do any travelling along the canals?

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +5

      😂 Look at the other videos on our channel or subscribe for future videos

    • @brianmillar5075
      @brianmillar5075 2 роки тому

      @@chuggingalong Yes, but most of your videos are just you pair sitting in your boat chatting about a whole lot of BS.

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому +1

      @@brianmillar5075 Apart from the 500 miles and 2 series of canal cruising. Get a grip mate!

    • @brianmillar5075
      @brianmillar5075 2 роки тому

      @@chuggingalong Well no one is interested in you pair waffling on about your statistics and general BS you rarely show anything of going through locks etc. and the day to day trials and tribulations of narrow boating, so maybe you need to get a grip.

  • @weepair2
    @weepair2 2 роки тому

    Surely the American dream nowadays is to get out of America!

  • @nellyt2807
    @nellyt2807 2 роки тому

    Americans oh jesus

  • @henrybiglowe6409
    @henrybiglowe6409 2 роки тому +1

    Comeront 🤣. I think you need to check your pronunciation

    • @chuggingalong
      @chuggingalong  2 роки тому

      😂 Have you got Bill Oddie's phone number?