Hi Brad. Ah.. thanks for the knowledge. It was really interesting to see that type of structure. We’ll look into cruck framed houses a bit more now. Thanks 👍❤️
All this bow and thrusters and stern. When I was a kid, mucking about on the Thames and the canals, we just called it the sharp end and the blunt end. Waiting for you to say, pass the painter!
Yes, it is a cruck house and these are part of the main structure of the house. Originally the ridge of the roof would have been where the apex of the crutch frame is but it has been extended upwards at some time to give higher 1st floor.
Wow Tim that you so much for letting us know that, it was so interesting to see. Such an unusual house, what date did they build them like that?? Thanks for taking the time to message us.
Fantastic blog 👍 It’s like being there with you on your journey, No BS just as it is But because your blog is so natural & your a fantastic people it’s interesting at the same time. Enjoy, Stay safe & Good Luck
Thank you so much 🙂 what a lovely comment, yes you are right it is just us, we love bringing our fun and games to our vlogs. So pleased you are finding the content interesting. We just record what happens, there is certainly no planning involved. It's just our waterways journey. Maybe when we are old and grey and in our rocking chairs it will make us smile. Thanks for watching xx
Hi again Katherine, great to see you are watching our other waterways adventures. Yes we used this measurement method when we were in France and a river flooded overnight, we had to get up every 1/2hr to check it. It got within 2 inches of coming over the top, we were the only people on boats in the marina on that night, it was very scary. The marina manager had put us in charge of checking... LOL. So we are well versed at it. x
It was good you needed the loo that was a sign you were being looked after, oh I love you two great couple love you as my boat neighbors. Love hugs sent to you both love your videos as always.
Funny watching Jackie dancing on the bollard. Am now up to date on all your vlogs, have watched them all in the last couple of weeks. Wow that river was really flooded and flowing so fast. A Fux Capacitor is what enabled time travel in Back to the Future !
John so pleased you’ve binge watched and are up to date. If you have Instagram that is even more up to date, with little sneak previews of our adventures… more fun and games 🫣 to come next week too!! 🙏
Our boat is one of the long term moored boats you passed before you went under the low bridge, you were extremely lucky to come away unscathed, once the water levels start rising and the river starts flowing, it is extremely dangerous to move on that section of river.
Hi Ricky wow that is so good to know we did see them all and realised as we passed by you were all long term moorers. It was so tricky and yes we realise we were lucky. Thankfully we could moor up safely. Thank you so much for commenting. Happy cruising on the River Soar.
Hi Jackie & Michael Wow the jeopardy of traveling on rivers!! Great boat handling skills Michael, that looked tough with the river joining and then the weir as well Hope you had plenty of water and supplies on board, oh and plenty of gin 😂 Great video as always, stay safe the both of you and please buy some wellies!! Lots of love Jane & Martin.
Hi Jane & Martin hope you are both safe and well and coping with all this poor weather 🌧️? Michael did a fab job in a very tricky situation, we couldn’t believe it as we turn off the canal 🫣🫣. Wellies yes a must in those situations 😂… just very wet shoes and feet now 😂. Love to you both x
I continue to enjoy your videos and have sent you some coffees while you wait for the water to subside. We experienced similar situations on the Oxford near Cherwell and on the Kennet and Avon . Only sensible thing to do is pull over at a safe spot and wait. Please enjoy your G&T and the "coffee"...John
John 🙏🙏🙏🙏 for your kind kind gesture. It means a huge amount to us. We’ll definitely have a cheeky coffee and yes the g&t was good too. Hope your Oxford experience wasn’t too bad. It can be frightening can’t it 🫣. Jackie & Michael 💕
Hi Michael And Jackie I find that it is best to bring your lines back on board when mooring , It then saves you going ashore to adjust them in the middle of the night . I hope you have enough GIN onboard to survive your stoppage!!!!!!?? Cheers
Hi Ramsey thanks for your thoughts and comment. We do bring our lines on board always both from a mooring, safety and security point of view. Don’t worry we always have a cheeky gin 🍹 on board. 🥂 💕
Hi Robert 💕 lovely to hear from you. Next week we have to make some tough decisions due to the ongoing floods. So pleased you are enjoying our journey north 😀
You are in my area it only needs a shower to close the roads with the flooding, anywhere around Loughborough is dangerous. Take care..........we become 1st time boat owners on Tuesday hopefully we get summer soon !!!!
Hi Michael. How exciting just starting your very own boat life! What type of boat do you have. Keep an eye out on the cut for us and please say hi! Yes it rained a lot! 👍❤️
Hi John. Ah ah the wellie debate is alive and kicking 😀. We both wear goretex running shoes in bad weather, think we needed thigh length waders that day 😂. Panic not we always have lots of essentials on board. Great comment 👍
It used to be, during the 1970's, in the "International Rules of The Road" rule number 1 was "In an emergency the rules of the road do not apply. To me that means Hit The Gas and get past the weir!
Hi David hmm 🤔 we think you’re right. Not the safest of footwear for operating locks but standing in deep water definitely a yes ✔️. Thank you we will 😀
Hi John 🚤 we know it’s been very challenging. This is when you need to be on canals, but even then it can be tricky. Sure it will get better soon. Thanks for your lovely comment 🤗
Gosh you don’t expect such flooding in the summer months although the River Soar and Trent are flooded most autumns and winters. I hope the weather improves soon. X
Hi Shirley. The Soar is notorious for flooding apparently. The footage it from a couple of months ago as we film so much it’s hard to stay live sometimes as we don’t want to not show most of the things we film. It gets even wetter next week and we are forced to abandon ship as it were! Take care Shirley 👍❤️
There are numerous "Narrowboat" Vlogs so I dont tend to watch them all but this one looked interesting. As a former Royal Marine, then Ship Repair worker, then Angling Boat owner, I love all things " Watery 😁". This was right up my Street and very enjoyable. Plus you come across as a lovely couple, so I have subscribed. Look forward to more and best wishes to you both.👍👍
Hi Peter 💕💕 wow what a wonderful comment, thank you so much 😊. Great to know your background being a water lover as well. So pleased you are enjoying our waterways adventures and thanks 🙏 for subscribing. Take care x
Hi Christine yes the life of a narrowboat liveaboard is a constant one of low and high water levels 😁. Next week we show why staying safe is so important…. Keep watching 😉. Love your comment thank you 🙏
Great video both. We live just up from where you moored at Pillings Lock marina on our widebeam. All I can tell you about the house in Cossington is that it is known as a ‘bow beam’ house I believe. Some great history around here of which I also know very little, shame!, even though I’ve lived in Birstall for 59 of my 64 years - learning a lot from ‘boating vids’.
Wow Len loved the comment and it’s great to learn more about that house, so interesting. So pleased you loved the video. Hope we did the area justice when Jac went for a run in the village. 💕
When you get to the River Trent, assuming your are turning left you will go through the two locks by Swales Marina, a short distance on and the River Derwent enters from your right, with all the rain we have been enjoying the flow on the Derwent will be quite strong and force you over to the left, keep as far right as you can as on the left is a large wall that you will otherwise head into, the scary thing is your boat will possibly start to lean over due to the strong water flow. Safe journey.
Ah Ah Alan, thank you 🙏 for the warning others boaters have mentioned that too us…. We’ll definitely keep our eye out. Sounds like it could be tricky 🤯. Thanks so much for your comment and the advance warning of things up come 💕
Stay safe fir❤st rule of thum. The house beams you saw is the up turned hull of a boat . A common way to start a build in the early sail boat days.aroud rivers. The film Back to the future ,flux capacitor,
Hi Russell wow thanks for the info that’s so interesting to know. Ah ah yes Back to the Future a few people have now mentioned that to us. Loved your comment 🙏🙏🙏
Hi Julie 💕. So so pleased you enjoyed. The weather is bonkers at the moment, we shouldn’t be short of water!! We will be safe thank you for your kind words x
Hello Jackie and Michael mick from Hull I have just watched this very exciting episode glad to see you two are ok and I will look forward to your next episode xx😊😊
Hi again Mick. Always great to hear from you. Glad you enjoyed that one. It gets even more interesting next week when we decide to ‘abandon ship’ as it were! Take care 👍❤️
Really enjoying your channel! Scary about the flooding, but good too to see the water full in the canals, it did seem like they might partially close because of low water, not too long ago? I could be wrong I'm on the other side of the world. Cheers, Happy and safe travels!
Hi Diane so pleased you are enjoying our waterways adventures from the other side of the world 🌎. The water levels can change so quickly, one week there is not enough the next too much 😁. 💕💕
Hi guys. enjoying your videos every week so thanks for those. I did ask once before if you would indicate when the video was shot. Might help us newbies understand the water levels at different times of year. The flood was pretty high and i can imagine caused a little anxiety. Anyway keep up the good vlogs and thanks again.
Hi. Thanks for your comment. The footage is from a couple of months ago. We film so much content as we have explained perviously and don’t want our viewers not to see the bulk of it and as we only post once a week (it’s a lot of work as you can imagine) then we sometimes are not live time. But we hope you enjoy our channel non the less. 👍❤️
You could have solved the problem with a Detroit V6 300hp Engine, I am surprised you did not use the time to fit one!! Being serious, I think you were in a very dangerous situation and handled it very well. Scary but well thought out. Good luck John
That river was certainky wreaking havoc , pardon the pun , the flooding looks horrendous 😳 , you did well to maouvre your boat past the weir Michael 👍... l didnt realis Dr Emmet Brownnwas British , he doesnt sound like it on Back to the Future ?!..... 😅😅
Good evening Jerry 😀 hope all is well with you? Yes compliment’s to the skipper 👨✈️ he did so well. He’s super cool under pressure 👍. We learnt something that day re ‘back to the future’ 🚀
Hi, Rivers are so beautiful when they are calm. Very scary when not. Loved this vlog and standing on a bollard to undo the mooring rope isn't something I have seen before 😂 was waiting for the splash 😂 sorry not funny 😅 well maybe a little 😆
Hi 👋 we loved your comment it made us both chuckle. Jac did her best to untie that rope, I think she should just f just done as normal from the towpath and changed socks and shoes after 😂😂. Yes we were both waiting for a splash too 🫣🫣… no your right it was funny 💕
Having grown up by the Soar l’m familiar with its moods .You made some good decisions!You got through North lock Ben and Emily didn’t.Maybe a boat going up tried to force the gates.
Hi Tony ah ah you’ll know all about the Soar, a tricky little stretch! It’s a tough one when there is so much water around. Hope B & E are not stuck for too long. Make the live aboard lifestyle difficult 😣
Hi Pat I know we didn't realise when we talked about but we do now and the number of people who have mentioned it is incredible. Thanks for your comment.
Very exciting to watch, but scary/stressful to be in. When I was visiting Oxford, about ten years ago, I remember major river flooding then. I can't quite remember time period. Protecting your floating home and investment at all costs. Does England have a warning system for canal/rivers or you see it in real time? I love Michael with the measuring tape.❤
Hola 👋 great comment as always 💕💕. It was scary but Michaels a great skipper and always stays calm. Yes it’s important we protect our home. Yes there are warnings on sections where the canal meeting rivers often, but nothing on this section hence why we did what we did. The Environment Agency do have an online warning system we also use. Ah ah yea the measuring tape was something we used in France in a similar situation it’s a good idea and helps to make decisions where necessary. 👍
A few words of advice, please put a sign up in your boat saying Wellies are banned on this boat! Most dangerous things to wear around water. If you fall in they will fill with water instantly and take you to the bottom! I know most of the canals are shallow water but....... Please put up with the mud and wet feet!
Davy, we’re with you on the wellies thing… can walk or run in the so no good for Jac anyway. Wet feet are 👍👍. Thanks for the advice and dropping us a lovely comment 😀
Good Day Michael & Jackie You have sure got into the bad weather, same where i live down south, not that i am on a boat. apparently it is going to last about 7 days on & off. It looks a lovely place were you are at the moment. Question. do they some times open the locks to balance out the water level? as it looks like you are on a river section, obviously this would be were there is no weir section running it off? Keep safe & good traveling on your journey if your still going towards Leeds.
Hi and good day to you too 💕. Tricky time of year and slightly unexpected we think! The CRT have a water management team who work to keep the levels good. They will often add water to the system…. Like turning a tap on and it pushes water down the network through a series of bywashes. Tricky job we are sure. Thanks for you comment. Stay dry and let’s hope the ☀️ shines soon. J & M
Dancing on a bollard to avoid wet feet was a dangerous stunt that could have ended badly. I am retired & writing this from a narrowoat. I last cruised the Soar in 83, have my helmsmans certificate & several years experience cruising the inland waterways. But.......... A few weeks ago I got it wrong at a lock. Perhaps because I had covered nearly 30 miles & 25 locks within a couple of days travelling from dawn till it was too dark to continue in order to get to my destination asap as I had other business to take care of. I was very tired & a couple of locks shy of my destination. I sustained serious head & chest injuries before ending up in the water. A couple on another boat threw me a lifering (as I chose not to wear a lifejacket) then they pulled me out. Lucky they were there as I was solo. I made it to a marina where they patched me up & called an ambulance. Injuries were so bad that Doctors wanted to admit me for 7 days. But I declined & left after the cat scans & glueing of the head wounds & morphine. I won't be so arrogant in future. If it can happen to me it can happen to anyone. Only takes a seconds loss of concentration, or that little risk to avoid wet feet or a boat floating away, which can be recovered anyway. Take care & stay safe
James hi and wow what a story and yes we very much agree and our philosophy is always stay safe. Thank you so much for your concern 💕 it means a lot to us. We both hope you are fully recovered from your incident. We will heed your comments of course. You take care x
Better safe than sorry, always appreciate your caution - you only want to be greeting ducks and swans from your hatch, not cows and certainly not bulls !
Hi Katherine yes you are right and we definitely love feeding the feathered wildlife from the duck hatch...Thanks so much for your lovely comment. J&M x
Hi Gill thanks for your comment we appreciate you taking the time to message us. Yes we know about the other 18" but its still a scary thought, we've seen a few boats come over!!
Michael and Jackie just a heads up Cows don't have horns only male bulls have horns ! when I was 8 years old in 1967 I lived next to a farm, once got chased through a field by a large bull so learnt my lesson the hard way lol
Hi. Thanks for your comment. I guess we called the male cow a cow and should have called it a bull. Just a slip of the tongue I guess but it looked pretty scary anyway! Take care 👍❤️
Haha female and male cattle can have horns. A steer(neuted bull) or bull have a tassel hanging from the middle of their bellies Females have hudders, hanging between their back legs.
Oops my keyboard locked, surprised it uploaded. Bulls have balls between their hind legs. Or as my great grandmother said. Well turn it around, let me see the business end. (The reason, a good fertile bull has big balls)
I live in my wellies and scarf from October to March, then they have to be surgically removed 😂 Buy some wellies, worth their weight in gold 👍Stay safe
Hi Jan 💕💕 love your comment and thank you yes wellies are on the list for the winter definitely… we will stay safe. It’s been a tricky weather few weeks hasn’t it 😄
To answer you question in regards to the fictional flux capacitor its main purpose was to turn 1.21 gigawatts of energy in to 1.210 million gigawatts once the Delorean reached 88mph interestingly the reason the Delorean was supposed to time travel at 88mph was because that was the cars top speed , also interesting geeky fact the Delorean didn't have anywhere you could feed spacial co ordinates into the time machine which would have meant they would only have been able to time travel within that exact spot
Hi Annette great comment and yes it was very scary. Michael managed the boat so well as we rounded that corner and made a safe mooring before the lock. Not something we would like you to repeat. Thank you so much for dropping us a comment, keep them coming. Jac x
Hi 👋 thanks for you comment. We don’t have wellies, there not great for walking in and Jac does run often between locks to get her exercise so they would be impossible to run in 🫣. We both wear goretex trainers in wet weather 😀
Hi Michael yes agree would be very tricky to wear and cumbersome at locks. Maybe in floods they are good but not your everyday footwear we find. Thanks 🙏🙏
That blue plaque for Dr Emmett Brown has got me puzzled .. because both him & the “Flux Capacitor” are figments of Hollywood fiction.. and are from The Back to the Future trilogy of films! Doc Brown (played in the film by Christopher Lloyd) invents a Time Machine fuelled by the Flux Capacitor and builds it into a DeLorean Sports Car!! First film made in 1985 .. Pt 2 & 3 were filmed back to back in 1989 .. when I visited Universal Studios in LA that year .. they were filming these.. sadly didn’t get to see anything as they were closed sets! In pt 2 .. Doc gets trapped back in the late 1800’s and has to re-invent it all again .. this time using a Steam locomotive! The fictional background of Doc Brown is that his family originated from Germany .. so no idea why that plaque is doing in the UK!
Hi again David We guessed the plaque was a spoof but it was funny non the less.. so we decided to film it. I was flummoxed by the flux! Anyway David its back to the future for us! 👍❤️
Hi guys, the house is a cruck frame medieval form of construction. Great vlog stay safe. Regards Brad.
Hi Brad.
Ah.. thanks for the knowledge. It was really interesting to see that type of structure. We’ll look into cruck framed houses a bit more now. Thanks 👍❤️
Wellies... i think that a couple of pairs of wellies would be a good investment. 😊
😂😂 yes Karen you may be right. Loved your comment 🙏
Time to invest in a couple of pairs of "gum boots."
Ha ha yes totally....
You did the right thing by powering through the flow of the river, that is the safest way to dealing with any strong current.
Hi David thank you 🙏 yes it’s the best way. Michael is very calm and skilful, I left it to him. A tricky day for us though 🙃
I was thinking ‘Back to the Future?!? And there is a plaque and everything?!? This is my kinda place!’ 😄
I know we were baffled by it. Great fun.
@@cruisingontheborder Flux capacitors are a staple of Doctor Who movies. Greetings from Perth, West Australia. Cheers, Frank.
Apologies, seems Google disagrees with me, no mention of Doctor Who, only Back to the Future... Cheers, Frank.
Jackie and Michael your channel is growing because it’s such a fantastic channel. I am so happy I found you. Take care and cheers.
Thank you so so much 💕💕what a wonderful comment. We are so pleased you are enjoying our adventures so much 🙏
All this bow and thrusters and stern.
When I was a kid, mucking about on the Thames and the canals, we just called it the sharp end and the blunt end.
Waiting for you to say, pass the painter!
Hi thanks for the comment. Sadly we are bow and stern on our boat. LOL
Yes, it is a cruck house and these are part of the main structure of the house. Originally the ridge of the roof would have been where the apex of the crutch frame is but it has been extended upwards at some time to give higher 1st floor.
Wow Tim that you so much for letting us know that, it was so interesting to see. Such an unusual house, what date did they build them like that?? Thanks for taking the time to message us.
They started, I believe, in the 11th century and continued into the 13th and possibly up to 14th century@@cruisingontheborder
Wow you a both very brave, well done. What a great episode and history lesson for me to. That g&t is well deserved cheers.
There is something about a little G&T after a difficult day. Thanks for the great comment x
Fantastic blog 👍
It’s like being there with you on your journey,
No BS just as it is
But because your blog is so natural & your a fantastic people it’s interesting at the same time.
Enjoy, Stay safe & Good Luck
Thank you so much 🙂 what a lovely comment, yes you are right it is just us, we love bringing our fun and games to our vlogs. So pleased you are finding the content interesting. We just record what happens, there is certainly no planning involved. It's just our waterways journey. Maybe when we are old and grey and in our rocking chairs it will make us smile. Thanks for watching xx
Scarey times......thanks for sharing xxxxx
Hi Loraine your so very welcome 😀so pleased you enjoyed this weeks adventures. Keep watching, more to come next week 😉
Such a faff just to avoid wet feet, I'd have thought one of the most obvious things to own when living on a boat would be a pair of wellies, lol.
Hi.
Wellies would be a bonus but just a little clumbersome trying to get around the boat. 👍❤️
Measuring the water level changes was such a good idea - not sure you could eyeball those kind of changes otherwise
Hi again Katherine, great to see you are watching our other waterways adventures. Yes we used this measurement method when we were in France and a river flooded overnight, we had to get up every 1/2hr to check it. It got within 2 inches of coming over the top, we were the only people on boats in the marina on that night, it was very scary. The marina manager had put us in charge of checking... LOL. So we are well versed at it. x
@@cruisingontheborder I’ve just ‘discovered’ your channel so I’m happily binge watching - although I’m not hugely disciplined and tend to hop around 😄
Perfect so pleased 😀 lots more fun and games to come as we head north 💕
It was good you needed the loo that was a sign you were being looked after, oh I love you two great couple love you as my boat neighbors. Love hugs sent to you both love your videos as always.
Hi Pamela 😃😃 loved the comment thanks 🙏. So pleased you enjoy our little adventures x
The flux capacitor is a 3 pronged star looking thing which is found in the DeLorian car of back to the future.
Paul hi and 🙏 for your Back to the Future information. It was a great find on the house wall in Cossington 👍
Definitely my favourite episode, well done to you both. Thanks again.
This one makes us laugh in places, Jac balancing and nearly falling off!!!
Funny watching Jackie dancing on the bollard. Am now up to date on all your vlogs, have watched them all in the last couple of weeks. Wow that river was really flooded and flowing so fast. A Fux Capacitor is what enabled time travel in Back to the Future !
John so pleased you’ve binge watched and are up to date. If you have Instagram that is even more up to date, with little sneak previews of our adventures… more fun and games 🫣 to come next week too!! 🙏
Our boat is one of the long term moored boats you passed before you went under the low bridge, you were extremely lucky to come away unscathed, once the water levels start rising and the river starts flowing, it is extremely dangerous to move on that section of river.
Hi Ricky wow that is so good to know we did see them all and realised as we passed by you were all long term moorers. It was so tricky and yes we realise we were lucky. Thankfully we could moor up safely. Thank you so much for commenting. Happy cruising on the River Soar.
Think it was called a wishbone structure that was used in early construction ,probably one at other end of cottage.
Hi John that’s so interesting to know. Thanks for dropping us the comment. We learn new things every day we travel around our amazing country.
The blue plaque is a spoof . He was a fictional character, this is why the dates state he lived there from 1912 to 1894. ( back to the future )
😂😂 we love this… would like to go back (no pun intended) and knock on the house door and see what the story is behind it 😀😀
Hi Jackie & Michael
Wow the jeopardy of traveling on rivers!! Great boat handling skills Michael, that looked tough with the river joining and then the weir as well
Hope you had plenty of water and supplies on board, oh and plenty of gin 😂
Great video as always, stay safe the both of you and please buy some wellies!!
Lots of love
Jane & Martin.
Hi Jane & Martin hope you are both safe and well and coping with all this poor weather 🌧️? Michael did a fab job in a very tricky situation, we couldn’t believe it as we turn off the canal 🫣🫣. Wellies yes a must in those situations 😂… just very wet shoes and feet now 😂. Love to you both x
I continue to enjoy your videos and have sent you some coffees while you wait for the water to subside. We experienced similar situations on the Oxford near Cherwell and on the Kennet and Avon . Only sensible thing to do is pull over at a safe spot and wait. Please enjoy your G&T and the "coffee"...John
John 🙏🙏🙏🙏 for your kind kind gesture. It means a huge amount to us. We’ll definitely have a cheeky coffee and yes the g&t was good too. Hope your Oxford experience wasn’t too bad. It can be frightening can’t it 🫣. Jackie & Michael 💕
Stay safe and enjoy the G and T.
Hi Russell 🙏 and 🥂 we will. Glad you’re enjoying the videos.
Hi Michael And Jackie I find that it is best to bring your lines back on board when mooring , It then saves you going ashore to adjust them in the middle of the night . I hope you have enough GIN onboard to survive your stoppage!!!!!!?? Cheers
Hi Ramsey thanks for your thoughts and comment. We do bring our lines on board always both from a mooring, safety and security point of view. Don’t worry we always have a cheeky gin 🍹 on board. 🥂 💕
YOU Made the correct decision be safe at all times
Hi Gerard thanks 🙏 for taking the time to message us, yes we always make sure we and the boat are safe 💕
Brilliant vlog, absolutely loved it, keep them coming.
Hi 👋 thanks for your very kind comment Ian. So pleased your enjoying our diary of our waterways adventures. More fun and games 🫣 to come 🤗
If you get a chance to watch a film, try Back to the Future and you may understand what was attached to David and Rosemary's house in Cossington.
Ah ah yes we have seen it but we might have to rewatch to understand the Cossington link. Thanks for your great comment.
Could be wrong but if your boat has say a 2’-4” draft there’s no chance of rising onto the bank. ? 😉
Hi Stephen… very very good point, if it did rise 2ft 4” the area would be in more trouble than just our issues we think 😖. Thanks for your comment 🙏
Wow !!! Never realised canals could get so flooded stay safe 😊👍
Hi Gaz thanks for your comment. It’s only where the river meets the canal normally. But it was a tricky situation 😀
Well that was an interesting episode in the floods, stay safe.
Hi Robert 💕 lovely to hear from you. Next week we have to make some tough decisions due to the ongoing floods. So pleased you are enjoying our journey north 😀
This was a really useful vlog in detailing he dangers of flooding and how to deal with it ... Thank you
Glad it was helpful Nathan.
@@cruisingontheborder oh it was definitely helpful , my two biggest fears with a boat are being stuck in a flooded area and sinking in a lock
You are in my area it only needs a shower to close the roads with the flooding, anywhere around Loughborough is dangerous. Take care..........we become 1st time boat owners on Tuesday hopefully we get summer soon !!!!
Hi Michael.
How exciting just starting your very own boat life! What type of boat do you have. Keep an eye out on the cut for us and please say hi! Yes it rained a lot! 👍❤️
Thank you very much for sharing Take care you2
Hi Lilo 💕 you to. So pleased you enjoyed and great to hear from you 🙏
Lol you defo need wellies I c you didn't find a wetherspoons hope you have got plenty essentials aboard IE bottle of the best lol all the best John 😊
Hi John. Ah ah the wellie debate is alive and kicking 😀. We both wear goretex running shoes in bad weather, think we needed thigh length waders that day 😂. Panic not we always have lots of essentials on board. Great comment 👍
That captain has a good looking shipmate
🙏 for your comment. Lovely to hear from you.
It used to be, during the 1970's, in the "International Rules of The Road" rule number 1 was "In an emergency the rules of the road do not apply. To me that means Hit The Gas and get past the weir!
Brilliant, yes we love this. The Captain of course put the gas on at the right time and we were ok in the end.... great comment thanks x
Stay safe and take care.
Hi Judith thank you 🙏 for your kind thought. We certainly will do.
I think wellybobs are needed 😅
Both of yo keep safe ❤
Hi David hmm 🤔 we think you’re right. Not the safest of footwear for operating locks but standing in deep water definitely a yes ✔️. Thank you we will 😀
Shiny boaters personified...
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Hi Guys sorry to see the water levels rising, but im not suprised the amount of rain we have had.
take care and lets pray for sunshine.
Hi John 🚤 we know it’s been very challenging. This is when you need to be on canals, but even then it can be tricky. Sure it will get better soon. Thanks for your lovely comment 🤗
I had to laugh when I saw Michael measuring how far the water had gone up or down with a tape measure...about as accurate as using a piece of string..
Ha ha 🤣 it does work we have to say. Thanks for your great comment. Hope you enjoy our other videos x
Well with this episode my questions got answer what you do when the canels get flooded,
Gosh you don’t expect such flooding in the summer months although the River Soar and Trent are flooded most autumns and winters. I hope the weather improves soon. X
Hi Shirley.
The Soar is notorious for flooding apparently. The footage it from a couple of months ago as we film so much it’s hard to stay live sometimes as we don’t want to not show most of the things we film.
It gets even wetter next week and we are forced to abandon ship as it were!
Take care Shirley 👍❤️
Quite scary that water flow. stay safe.Love your videos
Hi love you comment thanks for taking the time to message us 🙏🙏. The flow was so fast, just pleased it came out on video 🌊.
There are numerous "Narrowboat" Vlogs so I dont tend to watch them all but this one looked interesting. As a former Royal Marine, then Ship Repair worker, then Angling Boat owner, I love all things " Watery 😁". This was right up my Street and very enjoyable. Plus you come across as a lovely couple, so I have subscribed. Look forward to more and best wishes to you both.👍👍
Hi Peter 💕💕 wow what a wonderful comment, thank you so much 😊. Great to know your background being a water lover as well. So pleased you are enjoying our waterways adventures and thanks 🙏 for subscribing. Take care x
Wow! After all the low water canals before. Now floods.😮 Stay safe!
Hi Christine yes the life of a narrowboat liveaboard is a constant one of low and high water levels 😁. Next week we show why staying safe is so important…. Keep watching 😉. Love your comment thank you 🙏
Great video both. We live just up from where you moored at Pillings Lock marina on our widebeam. All I can tell you about the house in Cossington is that it is known as a ‘bow beam’ house I believe. Some great history around here of which I also know very little, shame!, even though I’ve lived in Birstall for 59 of my 64 years - learning a lot from ‘boating vids’.
Wow Len loved the comment and it’s great to learn more about that house, so interesting. So pleased you loved the video. Hope we did the area justice when Jac went for a run in the village. 💕
When you get to the River Trent, assuming your are turning left you will go through the two locks by Swales Marina, a short distance on and the River Derwent enters from your right, with all the rain we have been enjoying the flow on the Derwent will be quite strong and force you over to the left, keep as far right as you can as on the left is a large wall that you will otherwise head into, the scary thing is your boat will possibly start to lean over due to the strong water flow. Safe journey.
Ah Ah Alan, thank you 🙏 for the warning others boaters have mentioned that too us…. We’ll definitely keep our eye out. Sounds like it could be tricky 🤯. Thanks so much for your comment and the advance warning of things up come 💕
Stay safe fir❤st rule of thum. The house beams you saw is the up turned hull of a boat . A common way to start a build in the early sail boat days.aroud rivers.
The film Back to the future ,flux capacitor,
Hi Russell wow thanks for the info that’s so interesting to know. Ah ah yes Back to the Future a few people have now mentioned that to us. Loved your comment 🙏🙏🙏
A flux capacitor is a theoretical design of a passive on -chip microwave circulator based on a ring of superconducting tunnel junctions.Sleep well.🤣🤣
1.21 gigawatts Need plenty of solar for this.
😂😂
Ian 🙏 for the technical info, you are clearly very knowledgeable. We didn’t realise it was a Back to the Future thing 🙀. Great comment 👍
keep safe Jim
Thank you Jim we will 💕
Hi Guys, another fabo vlog. WE ARE HAVING A HEAT WAVE............. and you have month worth of rain in a day. Stay and safe and look after each other.
Hi Julie 💕. So so pleased you enjoyed. The weather is bonkers at the moment, we shouldn’t be short of water!! We will be safe thank you for your kind words x
Hello Jackie and Michael mick from Hull I have just watched this very exciting episode glad to see you two are ok and I will look forward to your next episode xx😊😊
Hi again Mick.
Always great to hear from you.
Glad you enjoyed that one. It gets even more interesting next week when we decide to ‘abandon ship’ as it were!
Take care 👍❤️
You too take care of yourself to xx😀😀
Really enjoying your channel! Scary about the flooding, but good too to see the water full in the canals, it did seem like they might partially close because of low water, not too long ago? I could be wrong I'm on the other side of the world. Cheers, Happy and safe travels!
Hi Diane so pleased you are enjoying our waterways adventures from the other side of the world 🌎. The water levels can change so quickly, one week there is not enough the next too much 😁. 💕💕
Hi guys. enjoying your videos every week so thanks for those. I did ask once before if you would indicate when the video was shot. Might help us newbies understand the water levels at different times of year. The flood was pretty high and i can imagine caused a little anxiety. Anyway keep up the good vlogs and thanks again.
Hi.
Thanks for your comment. The footage is from a couple of months ago. We film so much content as we have explained perviously and don’t want our viewers not to see the bulk of it and as we only post once a week (it’s a lot of work as you can imagine) then we sometimes are not live time. But we hope you enjoy our channel non the less. 👍❤️
You could have solved the problem with a Detroit V6 300hp Engine, I am surprised you did not use the time to fit one!! Being serious, I think you were in a very dangerous situation and handled it very well. Scary but well thought out. Good luck John
Hi John love your comment thank you so much. Michael handled it so well, he will always keep us safe 😀
That river was certainky wreaking havoc , pardon the pun , the flooding looks horrendous 😳 , you did well to maouvre your boat past the weir Michael 👍... l didnt realis Dr Emmet Brownnwas British , he doesnt sound like it on Back to the Future ?!..... 😅😅
Good evening Jerry 😀 hope all is well with you? Yes compliment’s to the skipper 👨✈️ he did so well. He’s super cool under pressure 👍. We learnt something that day re ‘back to the future’ 🚀
Hi, Rivers are so beautiful when they are calm. Very scary when not. Loved this vlog and standing on a bollard to undo the mooring rope isn't something I have seen before 😂 was waiting for the splash 😂 sorry not funny 😅 well maybe a little 😆
Hi 👋 we loved your comment it made us both chuckle. Jac did her best to untie that rope, I think she should just f just done as normal from the towpath and changed socks and shoes after 😂😂. Yes we were both waiting for a splash too 🫣🫣… no your right it was funny 💕
@@cruisingontheborder I wish I could balance on a mooring bollard... let alone try and undo a moored boat whilst in position 🤣 nice try 👍
Hmm it nearly all went very wrong 🤣🤣 thank you for your comment 🙏
Having grown up by the Soar l’m familiar with its moods .You made some good decisions!You got through North lock Ben and Emily didn’t.Maybe a boat going up tried to force the gates.
Hi Tony ah ah you’ll know all about the Soar, a tricky little stretch! It’s a tough one when there is so much water around. Hope B & E are not stuck for too long. Make the live aboard lifestyle difficult 😣
I love your channel
Thank you 🙏 such a kind comment. We so appreciate it 😄
I know what a "Flux Capacitor" is. What a hoot!
Hi Pat I know we didn't realise when we talked about but we do now and the number of people who have mentioned it is incredible. Thanks for your comment.
So entertaining both of you . What would of happen if ended up on the tow path .how would you get off
Hi 👋 that would of made for interesting footage… not sure 🤔 called CRT and asked for help??? Thanks for the comment love it.
Very exciting to watch, but scary/stressful to be in. When I was visiting Oxford, about ten years ago, I remember major river flooding then. I can't quite remember time period. Protecting your floating home and investment at all costs. Does England have a warning system for canal/rivers or you see it in real time? I love Michael with the measuring tape.❤
Hola 👋 great comment as always 💕💕. It was scary but Michaels a great skipper and always stays calm. Yes it’s important we protect our home. Yes there are warnings on sections where the canal meeting rivers often, but nothing on this section hence why we did what we did. The Environment Agency do have an online warning system we also use. Ah ah yea the measuring tape was something we used in France in a similar situation it’s a good idea and helps to make decisions where necessary. 👍
A few words of advice, please put a sign up in your boat saying Wellies are banned on this boat! Most dangerous things to wear around water. If you fall in they will fill with water instantly and take you to the bottom! I know most of the canals are shallow water but....... Please put up with the mud and wet feet!
Davy, we’re with you on the wellies thing… can walk or run in the so no good for Jac anyway. Wet feet are 👍👍.
Thanks for the advice and dropping us a lovely comment 😀
Good Day Michael & Jackie
You have sure got into the bad weather, same where i live down south, not that i am on a boat.
apparently it is going to last about 7 days on & off.
It looks a lovely place were you are at the moment.
Question. do they some times open the locks to balance out the water level? as it looks like you are on a river section, obviously this would be were there is no weir section running it off?
Keep safe & good traveling on your journey if your still going towards Leeds.
Hi and good day to you too 💕. Tricky time of year and slightly unexpected we think!
The CRT have a water management team who work to keep the levels good. They will often add water to the system…. Like turning a tap on and it pushes water down the network through a series of bywashes. Tricky job we are sure. Thanks for you comment. Stay dry and let’s hope the ☀️ shines soon. J & M
Definitely need to invest in wellies!
Hi Shirley.
You’re right! Wait till next weeks Vlog.. it’s waders we need then !! 🤣🤣❤️
Syston is very close to where i live
Hi Debbie. Gosh we could of call in for a cup of tea 🫖. You’ll know the area and waterways very well then 😃. Thanks for dropping us a comment 🙏
It is known as a Cruck Barn or Cottage.
Hi Des that is great thank you so much for the information. It was so pretty.
Didn't know your boat was gas propelled! Water is the strongest power on earth
John yes sure water is so so powerful incredible really. We definitely went a little too fast with the current pushing us 🫣. All safe though 👍
Dancing on a bollard to avoid wet feet was a dangerous stunt that could have ended badly.
I am retired & writing this from a narrowoat. I last cruised the Soar in 83, have my helmsmans certificate & several years experience cruising the inland waterways.
But.......... A few weeks ago I got it wrong at a lock. Perhaps because I had covered nearly 30 miles & 25 locks within a couple of days travelling from dawn till it was too dark to continue in order to get to my destination asap as I had other business to take care of. I was very tired & a couple of locks shy of my destination.
I sustained serious head & chest injuries before ending up in the water. A couple on another boat threw me a lifering (as I chose not to wear a lifejacket) then they pulled me out. Lucky they were there as I was solo.
I made it to a marina where they patched me up & called an ambulance. Injuries were so bad that Doctors wanted to admit me for 7 days. But I declined & left after the cat scans & glueing of the head wounds & morphine.
I won't be so arrogant in future. If it can happen to me it can happen to anyone. Only takes a seconds loss of concentration, or that little risk to avoid wet feet or a boat floating away, which can be recovered anyway.
Take care & stay safe
James hi and wow what a story and yes we very much agree and our philosophy is always stay safe. Thank you so much for your concern 💕 it means a lot to us. We both hope you are fully recovered from your incident. We will heed your comments of course. You take care x
Your wife is ay awesome 👏 woman much respect
Hi Glenn
Thank you. She certainly is. She helps keep this show on the road as they say.
Take care 👍❤️
stay safe guys!!
Thanks drtydawg we will 😁
Better safe than sorry, always appreciate your caution - you only want to be greeting ducks and swans from your hatch, not cows and certainly not bulls !
Hi Katherine yes you are right and we definitely love feeding the feathered wildlife from the duck hatch...Thanks so much for your lovely comment. J&M x
You boat has at least another 18” under the water before it could float onto the towpath!
Hi Gill thanks for your comment we appreciate you taking the time to message us. Yes we know about the other 18" but its still a scary thought, we've seen a few boats come over!!
Back to the future …wonder how doc landed here
Lol love it. Thanks for the comment. We wondered that too!!
Michael and Jackie just a heads up Cows don't have horns only male bulls have horns ! when I was 8 years old in 1967 I lived next to a farm, once got chased through a field by a large bull so learnt my lesson the hard way lol
Hi.
Thanks for your comment. I guess we called the male cow a cow and should have called it a bull. Just a slip of the tongue I guess but it looked pretty scary anyway!
Take care 👍❤️
Haha female and male cattle can have horns. A steer(neuted bull) or bull have a tassel hanging from the middle of their bellies
Females have hudders, hanging between their back legs.
Oops my keyboard locked, surprised it uploaded. Bulls have balls between their hind legs. Or as my great grandmother said. Well turn it around, let me see the business end. (The reason, a good fertile bull has big balls)
🤣🤣🤣 all that is fab to know. Won’t get it wrong next time I promise you 🙏
I live in my wellies and scarf from October to March, then they have to be surgically removed 😂 Buy some wellies, worth their weight in gold 👍Stay safe
Hi Jan 💕💕 love your comment and thank you yes wellies are on the list for the winter definitely… we will stay safe. It’s been a tricky weather few weeks hasn’t it 😄
To answer you question in regards to the fictional flux capacitor its main purpose was to turn 1.21 gigawatts of energy in to 1.210 million gigawatts once the Delorean reached 88mph interestingly the reason the Delorean was supposed to time travel at 88mph was because that was the cars top speed , also interesting geeky fact the Delorean didn't have anywhere you could feed spacial co ordinates into the time machine which would have meant they would only have been able to time travel within that exact spot
Wow Nathan what a mind of information you are. We had no idea that little plaque would warrant so many comments. Thank you.
@@cruisingontheborder thank you no one's used hat phrase to describe me before hehe
@nathanberry4339 😂😂
I’m pretty sure the blue plaque for Dr. Emmet Brown is a pretence! He’s a fictional character!
Hi Christopher.
You may be right about the plaque. It was funny though so we decided to film it. 👍❤️
Flux capacitor: has to do with time travel... they used one in "Back to the Future" 😅
Thank you… we know that now. We’ve had some great comments about it. Look forward to hearing from you again x
If you're worried about getting your shoes wet, take them off - your feet are waterproof.
Love this 🫣 a good idea. 🙏 for your comment.
That is one dreadful flood very scary
Hi Annette great comment and yes it was very scary. Michael managed the boat so well as we rounded that corner and made a safe mooring before the lock. Not something we would like you to repeat.
Thank you so much for dropping us a comment, keep them coming. Jac x
The Duke of Wellington invented something to deal with water and mud... not really sure what they are called.
Hi Chris.
Weren’t they called small boots! 😂😂
Do you not have wellies ?
I guess, if you want to drown, it’s not usually a good choice for a boater ….😉
In the RYA Inland waterways handbook it advises NOT to wear Wellington boots.
Hi 👋 thanks for you comment. We don’t have wellies, there not great for walking in and Jac does run often between locks to get her exercise so they would be impossible to run in 🫣. We both wear goretex trainers in wet weather 😀
No very tricky 🙏for the comment. Speaking from experience maybe? 💕
Hi Michael yes agree would be very tricky to wear and cumbersome at locks. Maybe in floods they are good but not your everyday footwear we find. Thanks 🙏🙏
That blue plaque for Dr Emmett Brown has got me puzzled .. because both him & the “Flux Capacitor” are figments of Hollywood fiction.. and are from The Back to the Future trilogy of films!
Doc Brown (played in the film by Christopher Lloyd) invents a Time Machine fuelled by the Flux Capacitor and builds it into a DeLorean Sports Car!! First film made in 1985 .. Pt 2 & 3 were filmed back to back in 1989 .. when I visited Universal Studios in LA that year .. they were filming these.. sadly didn’t get to see anything as they were closed sets!
In pt 2 .. Doc gets trapped back in the late 1800’s and has to re-invent it all again .. this time using a Steam locomotive!
The fictional background of Doc Brown is that his family originated from Germany .. so no idea why that plaque is doing in the UK!
Hi again David
We guessed the plaque was a spoof but it was funny non the less.. so we decided to film it. I was flummoxed by the flux!
Anyway David its back to the future for us! 👍❤️
Scary…
Thanks for much 👍 for your comment, yes it was but we moored safely and that gave us time to assess what we do next… tune in next week for part 2 💕
Dont think your boat could get to 88 mph so you dont need a flux capacitor 😂
🤣🤣🤣love it great comment thank you.
Ballet de bollard
🤣🤣🤣loved this comment had us both laughing 👍👍
NO, ALWAYS ONE HAND FOR YOURSELF, one for the boat
Hi Nigel.
Did we get it the wrong way round? Still means the same I guess and as you saw jaq didn’t fall in so it worked.. 👍🤣❤️
'cause she had ONE HAND for Herself !@@cruisingontheborder