119 - Battling upstream on the River Avon to Pershore
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- Опубліковано 7 жов 2024
- We carry on with our journey up the Avon, from Twyning to Pershore. Just three locks today but not an easy journey as the heavens open just as we get to one of the locks.
Relieved to finally get to civilisation at Pershore.
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Michael and Jo: the way you portray life on the Narrowboat is so down to earth, as I have said before, it bare repeating, your style of VLOG is like neighbours chatting over the back fence.We need more people like you in our lives.
Thank you Dave! Really glad you like our odd meanderings! M
What amazes me is you are continuing your canals journeys in 202, to me you are among the best of the Narrowboat VLOGs
Thank you! We set out to complete all the connected canals, and it's taken us to late 2021 to get to the last of it! M
That dog George loves that ball... thumbsup
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I grew up in pershore. Beautiful town.
it is beautiful the gray sky adds to it i know it not nice being in the damp wet cold but it looks lovely so from a viewers perceptive is great so thank you for sharing it cheers
Luckily it wasn’t too cold. Just wet! Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for watching! Jo
Thanks Guys for our daily dose. Keep warm.
So far so good! It’s freezing this morning. Just about to start the engine and pull pins too!
Clothes dryer over a stove, that has been a Long time, but I do remember how warm they were to put on afterwards.
A wee bit too warm, if the unmentionables get too close to that stove! M
You guys always brighten my day- love catching up with your travels.
Thanks Alan, happy to hear you enjoy the vlogs!
It would nice to see this stretch in better weather as it looks very promising ...George is happy what ever the weather as long as he has a ball to chase. Miserable wet day but you both made the best of it ...even though you were wet and cold.
Agreed!
Really enjoying the channel. Keep the videos coming. Can we have more technical answers for stuff for us blokes and more pics of George ,thanks from the 9-5pm people.
Thanks Mark
Gorgeous scenery, but did look a bit chilly! Beautiful set of bridges ... expertly navigated! I hope you are feeling much better Jo. Safe cruising!
Very extremely chilly! Luckily she had been feeling better, thanks! M
Hi is Jo ok she doesnot seem herself is she enjoying your travels still ,hope so x
I am fine! Probably just a bit miserable in this one from the cold and wet! J
Bless him, he tries his best with this English malarkey!!! Nice one you two. Going thro hell for the pleasure of tea drinking sofarites.
It's a very convoluted form of malarkey, but one tries! M
After over 100 attempts the outro is still proving a challenge for Michael 🤣
No sign of it getting any better any time soon!
Appreciate the information regarding doing the Avon in better weather. Hope Jo is feeling more ‘chipper ‘. Will have to watch most of your videos again when we do the different waterways so many thanks for all your hard work.
It’s a lovely Navigation, we enjoyed it in the rain but it must be spectacular in the sun! Thanks for watching!
Looks quite pretty there, good scenery, would look even prettier in summer I guess. You're getting to see places In my country that I've never ever seen Michael, nor probably ever will, a fabulous way to see England if you've got the time, and the money of course, thanks again you guys.
We've got the time... though as with the money it's starting to draw low... but we're really lucky to get to see as much of the country as we have, and how we have! M
@@MinimalList I may well be doing it one day, wont do as much as you're doing though and it will probably be via a fibre glass cruiser, and I'll probably start or finish on the Norfolk Broads, ( not connected to the old canal network ). Hence my interest in your and the other similar UA-cam channels, at the moment, yes, you've guess it, I'm a gongoozler, hey, go easy on us guys...
We love gongoozlers! And anything you can do to get on the water is s great idea, so get ye into the Broads Sooner rather than later! M
Dear Jo and Michael. I would say that you passed Mr. Fripp and Ms. Wilcox’s beautiful home on the port side of nb Perseverance at approx 5 min 40 secs on your video #119.
Hope you enjoyed the towns of Pershore and Evesham, lived there many years ago, beautiful area in Spring time! ;)
They were both great. Pershore in particular. J
Looks lovely. One day we’ll get down that way. The joys of late autumn cruising, no traffic, plenty of moorings but iffy weather.
We totally recommend it! We haven’t seen a moving boat for weeks! I kind of love it.
Enjoyed the review of the K&A . Never been that far south on the system. As a hire boater , maybe late or early in the season would be best ?? Hope you're feeling better Jo. I've been laid up with chest infection. The UA-camrs get me through the long days thanks x
Totally recommend the K&A we were there in July and August and we always got a mooring and never had to wait too long at locks. Hope you feel better soon! Jo
Came down the Avon in August - had a great night at Piesse hotel in Wyre Piddle, then staggered down the garden to our moored boat. What a difference a few months makes. You should do it again in the summer. Be sure to spend a few days in Stratford, beautiful town.
Was it very busy in the summer? The best thing about doing it in November was having the whole river to ourselves!
No it's a big enough river,plenty of room and moorings.We spent 10 days winding our way down the river and another week in Stratford.
Thank you. Never been on the Avon. Plenty of times over the m5
We always feel a little bit smug going under motorways. So happy to be on the boat and not in a car!
My wife and I moored at Pershore in the fall. It turns out that you should consider not mooring overnight under chestnut trees in the fall. It was a little noisy overnight!
I liked that you are supposed to leave the gate open when you leave the locks on the Avon. The flow from the paddles was really intense, though - they were not kidding about using two lines in the locks there!
Enjoying your trip!
Oops on the chestnuts. It’s so nice arriving at a lock on the Avon to find the gates open so you can drive right in.
mayby it was a deluge but if found it beautiful scenery...
Great video as usual. I still want to know who the @0/% is hitting the thumbs down. Give George a good belly rub for me. Thanks again for the ride.
If it makes you feel better thumbs up or down they count the same.
Exactly!
We don’t really understand why people do it. I guess it makes them feel better. Seems a bit mean to me but we don’t let it bother us.
Loving the vlogs, and Michael you did pronounce Twyning correctly.
Hooray! Got it right for once!
Great video The sunken boat has been there for over two years nobody will take responsibility for it as the owner was navigating the river in red and his insurance was void good luck with the lock at wire Pido 👍🏻
It is such a sad sight! Kind of took us by surprise! J
November is my least favourite month. Thomas Hood summed it up:
No sun - no moon!
No morn - no noon -
No dawn - no dusk - no proper time of day.
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member -
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees,
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! -
November!
Here we are in December and I had to scrape the ice off my car for the first time, this morning. But, at least, there is Christmas and New Year to look forward to. Then, the snowdrops will pop up again, followed by the crocuses and daffs and there's a light at the end of the tunnel.
November, however, is a no-no.
I hope the grey skies don't make you blue and the blue skies follow you! x
November has never been my favorite either, though in recent years I've been glad for the opportunity to feel like I'm well ahead of all the people who stop shaving for the month! But at least we're in December now, just a few more weeks and over the hump and the days start growing again! M
I was wondering about the amount of thrust the boat has against current. I think that would frustrate me if I couldn't do it efficiently and got slowed down. I would be thinking of attaching a 40-50 hp outboard on the back that I could raise and lower into the water fixed not to steer just give thrust. I'm probably way off on my thinking here.
There are separate notifications for when you are about to upload/publish a video? Wow! I suppose that is only available for Windows or android. I have only 1 Bell to click and if I click it, it turns notifications off. Huh. Maybe I should buy a new device? Nahhh. I like the surprise of getting the notification that the upload is complete and ready to view. The suspense would kill me if I was first notified that you were about to. What if lunch came? I would be at the edge of the seat waiting and you had pushed the laptop aside. Or you started the upload then put it aside, missing the fatal error message that the upload failed. Yes, this is best. Oh, and on the topic of clicks and clicking: I taught digital medical data acquisition for many years. Not intentionally picking on nurses but were not familiar with computers and I took to adding a day of basic computer operations and hardware introductions. If you suggest that they ‘select ‘ the bell, they would check their paperwork for a menu of sorts. If you suggested that they ‘click ‘ the bell, they would understand that you wanted them to maintain focus on the screen and maneuver the mouse to place the arrow over the bell and (wait for it!) CLICK the bell. So while ‘click’ may be the less favorable term for selecting something on screen, it remains the command of choice when teaching computer newbies. In my less than humble opinion. Just saying, not taking sides. Jo? What term are you familiar with? I cannot think of another word. Not being catty, I really can’t think of anything else.
She mainly gives me guff on the click thing because I sometimes just say "like, click, and subscribe" without specifying WHAT to click, and other times I say silly things like "click the comment button" when there isn't one! If I suggest clicking specific things that you can actually click she leaves me be! ;-) M
Why is there a small sheep on the end of Mikes arm?
Oh, thats a giant eskimo mitten... nvm
Haha! 🐑
EEEEEWWW soaking wet wedgie lol, you must have felt terrible, keep warm or you could end up unwell, " not like stating the obvious" take care guys.
Haha, think that was a bit of an over share! Sorry!
Yo George, I'm still your biggest fan, but borked my leg, and it turned into an ulcerated wound.
Not had a chance to see how your acting abilities have progressed, but will try to catch up when I'm back on my feet.
Oh my goodness! Hope you get better soon!
@@MinimalList thanks guys, took a fall North of Grenada five weeks back. Yesterday Dr redressed the wound with an unna boot (silver oxide) thingy.
I think I'm gonna be stuck here for two months more.
So Xmas in paradise, ain't life a bitch....
I'm excited that I'm the first person to like your vlog lol
you forgot to like it................ so it doesn't count, sry..
Nothing t do with Twinings Tea, they are Andover
Haha, thought as much! J
Sooooo disappointed that Michael has stopped asking us to click (randomly). Our drinking game is now entirely ruined....
Sorry! But no doubt I'll resume again soon! M
You need some excitement, how about I send a shipment of flying carp, they are all the rage here in the states. They come complete with a glossary of Chinese swear words as they have not yet learned to understand English....
Just so long as they domes speak either!
@@MinimalList lol I am trying to learn how to joke around with you but for now I am wishing you two a Merry Christmas and that is no joke
Merry Christmas to you too! Don't worry, I can be had to joke with... just ask the carp! M