NARROWBOAT Home on the River with May
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- From canal-dweller to river-rat, May moors up her narrowboat home on the river for the final blast of the British summer. Enjoy scenes of river exploring, making honey mead, blackberry vinegar and catching crayfish!
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What a beautiful video of two young people at peace with nature. There really is hope for the future.
Aww bless you Ian
Hi May, you do compliment each other lovely, it's great to see you enjoying company on your adventure. This year's bounty has been very rewarding 🙂. I like your thoughts and feelings towards food, your honesty is refreshing.
Thank you 😁
I’m 66 yo, I’ve learned over my lifetime never to judge, if more people were like you (that includes myself) this world would be heaven. Be safe be happy live the life you want ❤
Bless you
I do appreciate your attitude and the thoughtful way you approach eating, or not, creatures.
Thanks Lisa
Absolutely amazing, what a fantastic lifestyle you have there may x my dream is to live on the water like yourself may x respect to ya. Pain in my body 24/7 x
Much respect May. First, you and George are adorable together and second love how you express your beliefs with explanation but not judgement towards others. Lastly as one who pickles anything from green beans to mushrooms your concoctions look absolutely amazing. Best to you both
Aww yay thanks so much!! Loved this comment. Also love the word concotions 😁
What a cracking start to the video , bet the water was chilly :) but waking up to that sun and some peaceful area
Yes it was! Brr!
Glad to see you both found to take some good times on the river .
A lovely vingear May best wishes Simon and Beth ❤🙋
Hey Simon and Beth! Sending you hugs and thanks!
Another lovely relaxing video of life in the slow lane, just the way it should be. I don't subscribe to the way of life where we are running around as though yesterday was three days too late to do anything. Just keep being yourself, you are beautiful inside and out. The back seat is definitely best when you can sit back and relax while someone else does the work.
Love this!! Thank you
That was a really nice video. I enjoyed watching you doing your yoga and seeing you ride down the Canal like Cleopatra. Its always nice to see your videos on a Sunday morning. Have a great day
Thank you so much! Haha cleopatra! Felt that
You both look so happy 😀 so whatever you are doing keep doing it 👍
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What a fantastic chilled day you both had 😊.
In regards to your comment about food, we all have our own thoughts and opinions, yours isn't right nor wrong, its just your thoughts and opinion, it's what makes everyone different and the world go around, I respect that. So no negativity from me.
Thanks guys for sharing and I'll see you on your next adventure ✌️ 🤙 🤟
Couldn't agree more. Take no notice of the rest of the world, just carry on being you.
Totally! Well said
Did you eat them ?! Arghh what strange looking things they are ! Loved hearing my favourite tune you sing ❤. Kinda like the idea of George and Mays pancakes at Christmas!! ? Xx. Err think I ve written this on the wrong vlog 😂
Thank you May for the nice positive video. And many thanks for yours clear smile. And for very beautiful song of corse!
Aww bless you thanks
Hi I enjoy watching you 😊 I have had to remove three of these crayfish traps from rivers in Norfolk as we have had two otters drown after entering for a free lunch only to be trapped and drown 😢 legal traps are tagged and have a means of escape . Please watch traps and never leave them unattended .keep up your great work May and keep healthy ❤
Thanks for the tips Duncan. People do strange things!
what a peaceful life looked like it was fun love Merilyn xx
It was a fun day!
Great relaxing Vlog. May. Sharing nature and your tranquil environment and how you sustain your life style. Thank You for sharing
Thank you so much for watching!
George reminds me of a cross between one of the Red Hot Chilli Peppers and Captain Jack Sparrow 😀 Great to see you both enjoying each others company, wonderful video, Thank you.
Haha he's buzzing about this one! Piping hot pirate
Theraputic and tranquillity 👍🎼 we all need it. X
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Nice video may, great to see you relaxing and enjoying some special company, it's not anyone's place to judge you on what you decide to eat . The easy way to kill and cook crayfish is to par boil them and then to cut them in half and put on the BBQ which will add flavour and on a side note catching them to eat helps to get rid of them from the rivers and canals as they are considered a pest and harmful to the natural inhabitants as they will kill small fish
Yeah I heard they were invasive, interesting
Excellent
Hi guys, good to see youse are having fun together and having a lot of laughs on the river. So good to see. Keep up the good work. Love your videos. Appreciate your both, Cliff from Logan City Queensland Australia from the big island 🧑🏾🦽🏝️🇦🇺🦘🐨🌏🏝
Glad you enjoyed it 😁
Mate a big island you're not wrong mate Marty YEPPOON QLD
I am so glad you went in the water and that G is with you. You are so young, you should be living it up! Before you know it you'll be 60 like me and you have to live your life to the fullest!
That's my intention! Till the day I die!
@@wellbeingonwater Good!
Child Of The Universe 😍 that was stunningly haunting and beautiful mate 🙂 x
Thank you pal, beautiful song
It's wonderful to enjoy your narrowboat.
It really is!
Brave lady jumping in with what they pump into it these days, also hope your both up on your jabs, as you need a puncture outfit kit when playing in Bristol docks and around. Looks a lovely day and evening with you able to play the lady of leisure in the back seat for a while. Take care you two.
Yes! Makes a nice change! I have a friend in Bristol who wild swims and apparently there's info on when they unleash the 💩 into the river which is good!
If you believe that when they tell you is the only time they do it's time to believe in fairies at the bottom of the garden. That's apart from the now posh end suited rats that hang out there. Plain ordinary rats when I was a kid and it was our playground just gone upperclass.@@wellbeingonwater
Thanks for your honest opinion on your food.
We should all be aware of where our food comes and choose the path we are comfortable with.
So many people have some quite extreme views, which often are based on a very incomplete picture. Animals will always die in our food production. Be it cattle bred for meat or the managment the bird/rabit/deep populations to protect crops. But it should all be done in the most humane way possible.
Your cray fish are almost certainly going to be the invasive species that we need to control, for the benefit of other species in our waterways. And eating them is the most ethical end for them.
Thank you for yours! I agree with what you say. There's no right or wrong when it comes down to it. At the end of the day what you put out you get back
beautiful place to hang out. looking forward to seeing how the honey mead works out
Me too!
I grew up on a small livestock farm. I think to a large extent the animals don't get the same freedom of life that we gave them. We had 4 of us looking after 50 cattle, many of the modern setups have 4 people per 1000 cattle.
We knew our cows individually and they always looked happy to see us. They know they were going to get fed and have their backs scratched. We learnt each cow's boundaries and they learnt ours. With a modern size herd you don't get that.
I remember the cows excitement when we turned them out into the fields for summer. Seeing cows jumping with excitement and watching them flick their legs in all directions really did make sense of the phrase 'full of the joys of spring'
Increasingly many farm animals live their lives never seeing the outside. It's quite sad seeing how unhappy some of the modern farm animals are.
Nature can be far more brutal than anything that anyone has ever been sent to prison for, but at the same time most animals if given a free choice choose to be outside rather than in a barn for the winter.
We ended up renting our farm out to a horse rescue charity. The horses had shelters and barns that they could use, but it was almost impossible to get them inside and when we did it pretty obvious that they really wanted to be outside.
I've got this video on my other UA-cam channel of me feeding those horses. I think it was filmed about 12 years ago by my brother and niece.
ua-cam.com/video/cJrASFM51HM/v-deo.htmlsi=cz9eyQSGV24QFEjG
Thanks for sharing 😁
Hi May this vlog is your best to date keep up the good work xxx
Aww glad you think so
What a nice and peaceful day
It was!
Lovely vlog 👌🥰 thanks 🙏 May x
Thanks for being here!
Congratulation May....you did it ! Jumping in the Water ! In the Harz Mountains we had a Men, Kneipp was his Name, he createt the Water Therapie long Time ago. It is all about strengthening the Immune System. In Germany it is a well known therapie by Kneipp in the health resorts.
It is so nice, to stay with both of you on the Trip with the Boat! England in the Sun, so lovely !
Thanks Rudi! Loved this comment
Peaceful ❤
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I fell in a cold canal once near Wales, it did not leave me feeling happy lol. Then I find further down the canal a dead pike floating, nice..
Ew, no canal swimming for me
Great vlog May, I'm with George on the intolerance issue, ended up in hospital 'cause I thought I couldn't possibly be intolerant to anything, turns out that Gluten and lactose are my arch enemies ! Who knew . Absolutely loved the singing, see you in the coffee shop 😎
Aww that sucks for ya!
@@wellbeingonwater Hi May , Nah its just a minor inconvenience, these days there are so many healthy alternatives I barely miss out , twenty years ago I guess people struggled but now everywhere has at least one safe option. Thanks for your comment
i hope you are safe on the Rive with all the bad weather stay safe love Merilyn
All is well
With reference to the picture book competition, I'm going to say it's on the right of the hatch, on the wall at time 13:30 when you are being filmed standing up in the boat. Great video.
Ooo good guess but nopes 😁
I'm calling him ragnar lothbrok from now on gal hey the mead should be great steady adding extra honey after fermentation.cheers. N beers marty Australia
Haha he will love that
What a wondeful few days you and George had, just being free from all madness and nonsense of world. Simply rejoicing in the sun, And the even the train sound at the end of your song made it feel as if you travling in space.
Aww that's awesome thanks M
Nice to know that there are others out there that do not subscribe to the way animals are basically mass produced and slaughtered now to provide cheap meat... and what isn't sold before 'use by' goes to waste..... so wrong.
I am 60, not vegan, but became vegetarian several years ago because I have dogs, and will have dogs for as long as I am fit and able to. They need meat in their diet, I don't, so I traded my allowance for theirs.
If I were to want animal protein again I agree with your ethos of if I can't catch and kill it myself, I won't eat it.
Good luck to you guys, love your way of life!
This is great! Thanks for sharing
you got me into Yoga.....Not sure I'm ready to try it on the roof of my boat...only on the floor at the moment...going to take sometime to get the flexibility you have....but its all part of the journey👍
Amazing ! Keep at it! And maybe see you in my online class on Wednesdays?
I miss diving into cold water. I fell out of my canoe earlier this year. It felt good to be back in the water although my 7 year old daughter didn't agree and neither did the phone in my pocket.
AWWW BLESS HER! that happened to me when I was a kid
@@wellbeingonwaterI fell into the water loads of times when I was younger. We had a little river at the farm where we built rafts and canoes. I think I've become immune to the cold shock.
Well that’s a graceful exit from the river, suggesting you buy an emergency ladder for your boat
Haha! Yes or make one
@@wellbeingonwater I’m sure you could dig yourself a little channel and get the mare to open it as The May Cutting 😂🤣
Great video team , hope we get some more .Good to see you relaxed and having a good time . What happened to the Crayfish ? Looks like there are far too many of them in that river . What was the song at the end . Was that one of yours ?
It's called Child of the universe, something I picked up on my travels. And they got eaten!
Nice singing voice
Thanks 😁
Two Beautiful ❤❤️
Thank you! 😊
Loved the video!! What was the song you were singing at the end of the video please?? Thanks ❤
It's called Child of the Universe, not the original tune I just played around. Came across this song around a campfire during my travel days 🥰
@@wellbeingonwater It's a beautiful song! You sing it so well 🥰
Hi May love your videos ! But got confused with the breathing section do you breath trough your nose in and out just to relax or through your mouth in and out thanks john xx
Beginners start with the mouth and once you feel confident with it, try the nose 😊
I catch fish n catch crabs n let go!
A second comment; sorry. I live in Louth, Lincolnshire. The River Ludd runs through Louth which is a chalk stream. It has been in a poor condition but is now flourishing. It has a high American Crayfish population. They destroy the banks and eat fish eggs, depleting the biodiversity of the river. Lincolnshire has a very healthy otter population (almost at the optimum population density). Otters love eating crayfish. The consequence of that is a reduced crayfish population, much healthier fish stocks, more brown trout and the joy of seeing otters, kingfishers and the rest of it. You catching them and eating them makes a positive contribution. Enjoy.
Second comments always welcome! Interesting about the crayfish
Where did you get your seat from with the support posts at the back I’ve got similar seat but without the posts
Somewhere online, think I googled "floor chair"
To reduce inflammation, avoid anything you can that's in a box or processed with chemicals. Eating only natural foods (plenty of meat, God forbid) will bring you back to health. Living on the river and looking forward is a great strategy.
Totally!!
With all of the Boat traffic, I cannot imagine that the water is clean. Did you know how deep it was, before jumping in? Yikes!
Thank you for sharing your healing and healthy advice.
Yeah I did, deep enough thankfully!
Miss read title, thought you said on the river “MAY”
Home on the river with May?
Love these videos when you make something for the store cupboard or general health. My opinion towards animals in food is similar to yours. I don't believe you can kill animals humanely, if they don't want to die, it's murder. 💚
Thanks for sharing your thoughts 😊
muito linda ...
Gracias
Didn't see any crayfish on your plate so I guess you couldn't kill them. The lamb looked nice though.
George enjoyed his lamb
Like #988 Another great video! Do you have a P.O. Box that I could send you something to?
Yes! Please email me 🙏
@@wellbeingonwater I've just dropped you an email 📧
As you say May ... We're all entitled to our freedom to have different opinions ... How BORING if we all thought the SAME! ?? ... A little Quote I quite like from Our Alien Friends: .... 👽👽 "We Gave You Red Meat - To Sustain You At The Top Of The Food-Chain - Alternatively - You Want To Be The Food Then - EH? " 👽👽 ..... Another relaxing Sunday-Morning Video 😊
Love the aliens!
I hope you have a happy and good winter ahead. Your work is wonderful.
(But I think this amount of firewood is too little for winter. And you should save more firewood..18:35.... My suggestion is to be in the boat only during weekly holidays in winter. Saturday or Sunday. Not all week and month...)❤❤❤
Hey! Thanks for your sweet thoughts don't worry i have much more wood! And use a lot more than in this video! It's just the start!!
Once saw someone catching crayfish with a kiddies fishing net with a knob of luncheon meat in it. He caught one after another, about every 30 seconds! He put them in a bucket of clean water for 24 hours to purge them of the grim canal water... Just saying!
Yes that's what we did too!
Do you have permission to catch crayfish, wouldnt want you to inadvertantly get in to trouble publishing that you caught them
Of course!!
Just FYI, one of your cameras seems to only output audio on the right channel. :)
Love the videos. 👍
Good to know! Ty
Try some magnet fishing, see what you find.
I saw someone pull out a bike once
Loved the video, looks like you had a beautiful weekend, but I could only watch up to where you were bringing the crayfish up. Reading the comments I'm not sure what happened, but I'm vegan and can't bear the thought of killing any living creature for any reason.
That's completely understandable, and that's why your vegan, good on you!!
Also that WH’s rapid breathing puts the nervous system in fight flight. This isn’t a bad thing in some people as they can regulate their nervous system back to rest digest however people with GAD, PTSD etc aren’t able to do that so this breathing style can trigger relapses in mental health. I’ve just finished Dopamine Nation, a book which discusses some of these issues in a more sober way. I really don’t want to put a downer on your latest video but people get quite taken by WF, he’s an entertainer but there are some considerations he doesn’t discuss because it would cramp his showman style.
Very interesting!
Hi May, You might want to have a look around at some of the critics of WH especially around breath retention with subsequent cold water immersion causing issues with the heart. A few people have died and his critics are campaigning against him specifically on this practice. Take care. X
There always has to be critics, that's life
@@wellbeingonwater True but very often those critics have a good point. When people have died, it definitely needs to be at least given attention. WH is in the business of making money from appealing to millions with ancient traditions brought to a modern audience. He’s not medically trained and doesn’t consider that his practices have risks that people should be aware of. I just didn’t want May to be unaware.
@@andylane7142you truly believe that, as the owners of a multimillion dollar business, Hof and his partners did not consider the absolute requirement for medical information and disclaimers in order to protect said business given the claims the method makes to health? That Hof and his advisors just dismissed the fact that he is not medically trained could leave them wide open to litigation? Really? Well, they did, obviously! Among other things, its clear on the website that you should never do the breathing and cold water work together. The breathing decreases carbon dioxide levels which delays the bodies natural inhalation response after breath holding so thats why. The deaths (13) occurred when the practitioners combined cold water and breath work. The most public is a 17 year old girl who's father is suing WH and company despite coroner returning accidental death verdict (2023) What is never mentioned during the rather hyperbolic reportage (the fathers lawyer reports "a proven track record of deaths and drownings in its wake" referring to WH Method) is that some of these unfortunate people did not obtain the methods from the official site, rather from random vlogs and websites of people reporting their own results. It's very easy to rubbish something or someone when all you have is one side of the argument. Perhaps that is why due diligence is so important? Hof's method has saved literally thousands of lives. People are off long term medications in their droves. Peer reviewed studies have been carried out on Hof and his methods. That testimony is also available should you wish to obtain a balanced perspective. Given the fact that medical negligence is the third largest killer after cancer and heart disease (globally) should one not wonder why people are not screaming from the rooftops to have that issue given some attention, no? Our focus is so skewed that our curiosity to dig a little deeper than the surface narrative we're fed has been hijacked. As you yourself said, I didn't want you to be unaware......
@@TeeMac68 Medical negligence is NOT the 3rd biggest killer after Cancer and Heart disease. It's actually number 1.
@@NomadicNight where are your data to support that?
Great vlog as always. Always get a great sense of peace from tuning in 🙂Can you please tell me the piece of music playing around the 10min mark? I'll buy you some coffees 😋
I absolutely agree with you about eating meat in that to eat it it you should be able to kill it. I love all animals so couldn’t kill anything so I choose not to eat meat or fish but I never preach my beliefs or try to stop others eating meat. I have heard about those invasive crayfish killing our native fish species, so good for you if you can do it! This is an absolutely beautiful video you two would make a fabulous couple you just bounce off each other, a fabulous end to summer 2023. Thank you May. X
Aww thanks Shirley. I appriciate your humble comment. Sending hugs
Oh my, I think this is a new chapter in your life May! Can you feel the page turn? So happy for you and G 😊
Awwh 😁 there's been so much change over the last year, on a wonderful journey with everything in my life. Let the pages keep on turning!
Hellow Young Lady, I was watching One of your video, s and see a lot of Wood on your roof.. I live on a Boat too and I have a Chinese diesel heater 5kw and it's perfect cheap and easy. I have a Wood burner too but that's for in need. So it would cost you less and less work to get Wood. Good luck..
Thanks for the tips! I do really enjoy the wood collecting process though
cool boat love it that be good in Australia
Good to see you lighting a wood fire properly & cooking on wood embers rather than shop bought charcoal. I totally respect & agree with your view on eating animals !
Right on!! Thank you for saying
May...you are more beautiful than the queen.shamim🤴🤝👀🤰🤱🏭
Bless! 🙏
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Fantastic feel good production. I just love the good time subject matter. And now it's time for more lighthearted innocuous humor, brought to you by the law offices of Dewey, Cheatem, & Howe: You know aMAYzing May, if you had nudged the canoe (accidentally of course), while George was sliding in the canoe over the gunnel, he would have went for another swim.😂
Love your show.
Ken
Haha thanks Ken!! 😁
That is a wonderful Video. I must confess that I love meat but it should be wild or grown and nurtured in totally natural conditions. I am lucky in having old breeds nearby grown on wild farms in the wolds of Lincolnshire. Humanely slaughtered ( if there can be such a thing) and thanks for their life and contribution made and their lives respected. The nourishment they give to the land during their lives and to us after is part of nature. You are fantastic work. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing your views! I love meat too, so yummy! Can't beat the taste!
Hi may I just wanted to say I love watch your videos and in this video at the end of this video I loved listen to you sing
Hey! Thanks so much for saying! I love reading your comments
May have not forgotten you, that board will take some time for me to get it over to you. looks as if you had a great weekend! 😊
All is well! Thank you
This reminded me of when I jumped in the Milford Sound NZ and what a reset!
Ooo been there sooo nice
Thanks for posting, and you're right: no judgment needed.
Thanks Donald! Appriciate that
So peaceful and chilled.
I enjoy your videos. 😊
I'm so glad you love them! Thanks for watching
Lovely video 😊hope the mead works out 😊thank you
I hope so too!
Good luck with the mead, and great to hear you say you’ll add LOCAL honey,much better! Not that I’m biased or anything, but it is much better than mass produced stuff. 😂
Couldn't agree more!
@@wellbeingonwater if I was closer I’d bring you and George some, but I’m “down south” 😄
Great explanation re health tips
Cheers Justin
What a fun video.
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Looks wonderful!
It was!
THANK YOU MAY. KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK
Thank you 😁
If you using suzie salt u hits couple it up with Percy pepper
Haha no idea what this means 🤣
Don’t not know ainsley harriot? Percy pepper is his name for pepper and suzie salt is his wat he calls salt, they both get used together, and his infamous saying when using salt and pepper is to add some suzie salt and Percy pepper
I eat meat and dairy and some times wish I didn’t. but the last few years I try and eat it less but I feel bad coz I don’t agree with thousands of animals killed everyday for humans to greedily eat, some people 3 times a day and they have no escape just put on a lorry and slaughtered. I’m gonna try to stop eating meat hopefully soon. Good luck on your travels.
Yeah it's good to have awareness and thought into where your food comes from
that was a really enjoyable video
Glad you enjoyed it 😁