British Canal faces closer - inspired by nature #84
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2023
- The canal faces closer, but Mother Nature comes to the rescue, with torrential rain after the heatwave. I get close up to one of the UK's tallest birds, a bird that loves stillness and has a lot of patience to catch its next meal! I capture on film a barn owl in flight! Stunning nature and wildlife shots from down on the canal. Join me as swap my narrowboat for the kayak, and paddle along the picturesque canal, experiencing the beauty of nature.
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Hi Dave. I saw you for the first time on the Alternative Living channel. I'm so sorry to hear about the passing of your wife. I can imagine how very difficult that massive life change was on you. I have been with my husband for 22 years and I just know what it would feel like to loose him. You are very brave and I'm so glad you decided to stay on the planet. Your video's are so peaceful and beautiful. I would love to live a simpler life without as many stresses. Unfortunately the work myself and my husband do require us to .have a fixed abode. We live in Dublin Ireland and I so wish we had the canal system you have in the UK. Be safe Dave and continue to enjoy your world and to create a visual diary of all that you are experiencing. I think you should get yourself a kitty cat!! XOX from Ireland
Hi, I also just found his blog the same way, and I look forward to following his journeys. I'm from Co. Meath and I was wondering if you have ever been to Sallins, Co. Kildare? The Grand Canal runs through it, and It's a hot spot for canal boats. 😊
Found you the same way, alternative living. Super impressed with this video, fascinating footage of those Herons. ❤ Wonderful film making too, thank you for sharing and taking the time to make it.
You have the royal canal and the grand canal I believe.
Hi Dave, I’ve just discovered your channel - and what a gem it is!! We change the ENTIRE world for the better when we make OUR world the best it can be. And you’ve done that. We’ll done, you. Yes, there’s been pain that brought you to the place where you are right now, comfortable in your skin, and in your boat. Pain is a great teacher, and it’s when we experience pain and difficulties that we accelerate our personal growth. But, you know all this. I’ve been a lover of narrow boats since childhood - though I’ve never spent time on one. Sad really. I can now remedy that lack through your beautiful channel - touring the most amazing island in the world on your pretty canal boat. Thanks, mate!
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I just love your journey of turning ashes into beauty. Grief and depression is so hard and debilitating at times. I’m so grateful you listened to what your soul needed. I’m feeling the call for change myself and your videos draw me in to life living in the moment more… on a narrow boat! ❤
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I loved this video, it exudes peace, tranquility and contentment. Being alone in nature can bring a wonderful connection to a Higher Power. ❤
Beautiful Dave...thank you for the peace and solitude you've found in nature passed on as a gift to your watchers. Most grateful 🍃
Thank you Paula 🙏
Truly stunning video, Dave...Your camera skills are outstanding, bringing together and sharing so much of the magic and beauty in nature. The owl was so peaceful to watch, and I was fascinated by your slow motion of the Heron diving for its dinner. You are so so right when you say that in times of trouble we all need to look to nature for peace. I couldn't agree more....🦉🪶 You have brought a great deal of comfort and calm to your viewers.Thank you.
Thank you Dave 🇦🇺❤️
A wise one once told me...Nature is our first parent.
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What a stunningly beautiful video so relaxing to watch.
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Hi. Sandy, from the high desert country of Front Range Colorado. Your videos refresh me to the bone. I am 76. I hike and roam the forests, but I live for green fields and water. Thanks for keeping me sane.
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As always, watching your episodes is one of the most peaceful gifts I can give to myself. Thank You for the serenity and beauty of your photography.
Thank you Judith
Dave
Here from Alternative Living.
Absolutely wonderful and stunning photography. I found myself bought to tears, at times, overwhelmed by the sheer beautiful of the canal environment. It is ironic that an unspeakable tragedy can see us reconsider our direction. You are obviously where you are supposed to be. I am so thankful for that and to you. I’ve stumbled onto your channel from the bottom of the southern hemisphere, via Exploring Alternatives. How grateful I am. Thank you
Aww, it's lovely to know that my story and the footage touched your heart. Thank you for tuning in from down under ! Dave 🙏
How beautifully you had captured the rain, Dave! Thank you also for the description of life and behaviour of the handsome grey heron. And that awesome barn owl, wow 😊
Hello Dave, I discovered both your channels today & I'm in awe of your story and amazed by your ability to capture nature. Thank you for spreading peace & tranquility. 🦋🐞🌱
Thank you for tuning into my channel 🙏
Dave
Dave I just replied to you on shorts. I thought I would share a bit more with you. I like you am a widower and I have been for 9 years. Two years ago I walked up from Land’s End to John O’Groats and wild camped most of the way. I walked up 5 canals and loved meeting the canal community. It made me realise that I am “ a tramp with a home. I live in Dunbar in South East Scotland, I love my community but I have also the urge to travel. Consequently I am selling my large house and moving to a smaller one. But for a year I am going to cruse the canals: like you I love nature and meditation slows us down to enjoy it all the more. Your Vlogs brings these beliefs out so well. You have strengthened my intent to live this life. I thank you for this and maybe we will pass paths out there on the cut. I would welcome that
Wow ! Beautiful and peaceful video. The shots are so magnificent. Thank you for sharing this beauty!
And thank you for watching!
Greetings from Baltimore US. How fortunate you are to live in this beautiful natural environment. Best wishes snd thumbs up!
Thank you 🙏
Very peaceful
Sat here Watching this with my Mouth Wide open in Amazement of the Beautifulness of your Video Quality. You really know how to film Nature so well Dave. Thankyou
Thank you for your kind words! Thanks for tuning in to my channel and my vlogs.
Dave
Dave this was actually good. Your filming is better than TV. Thank you so much
Thank you for your kind words 🙏
Dave
So happy to have found your channel. I love nature too.
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This was truly a beautiful video. Your instinct or eye to capture the moment is a gift and thank you for sharing that with us. We should be humbled by natures beauty and her tolerance of our ignorance. The Barn Owl was the coup de grace.
Hi. I'm from South Africa and have been to the UK years ago. This is the life I've always wanted to live. Well done to you and happy travelling. Hopefully one day i might be able to join all the narrow boaters.
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I watched your video on Exploring Alternatives and came here to support you.
Absolutely lovely. Thank you.
Thank you too! 🙏
What a beautiful video. Thank you so much for sharing! Greetings from a Mexican vanlifer living in the woods who also gets inspired by nature.
Thank you very much for tuning in 🙏
WOW!! Dave, what a gorgeous vlog. It rolls along peacefully and wraps it's arms around you. The sharp detail, perfect colour balance, correct exposure, super transition shots and editing, and slow motion of the Heron (and the rain drops dancing on the water?); we are entranced. My wife and I are continuous cruisers, having recently retired, and are currently wandering gently around the midlands. Sometimes we moor in towns and sometimes miles from anywhere. You're right, it's a great way to get rid of stress.
Thank you for all the shooting and editing you do for us, and we look forward to the next one.
... and a very interesting article about you in the latest Waterways World magazine...
Lots of love,
Sue & Keith
NB Su-Kee.
Aww, thanks for your kind words. Pleased you connected with the content of the episode. Yes was a lovely piece about me in the Waterways World Magazine. Best wishes, Dave
Very peaceful in your videos
All birds are beautiful,but the owl is quite magnificent. Super video, thankyou for sharing. 💚
Thank you too for tuning and watching Sheila
Yes well needed rain 🌧️
Beautiful videography and mesmerizing voice!
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Loved everything about this video. So pleased I happened upon it. x
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I love this birds. so nice in nature. I work seven years in Germany in a wood- childhood. it was so nice with the children every day outside. Greetings from Mira and dani
Only just found you. Watching all the videos I've missed. 😊
What a beautiful video.
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Absoloutely gorgeous scenery. How lucky you were to catch that elusive Barn Owl. We are lucky to live on a farm on marsh land and have three types of owl living right outside our windows, but was just as excited to see a big barn owl swoop right past my lounge window and down across the firlds. Later returning with a mouse or something , perhaps for young. Nature is truly amazing if you stop and look.
Thank you for your kind words and for sharing your experience🙏
Dave
Hi Dave. Just found your channel today. Love herons and owl and all the birds. Your voice is so pleasant and soothing. I am sure I will be watching many of your videos. Looks like I have found a new channel I will love. Cheers from Vancouver, Canada.
Thanks for tuning in to my channel Jana.
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Beautiful 😍🦉🌿
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I love herons. I watch them on the canals here in London, on walks with my dog. I love to watch them dive and resurface. So beautiful. Not so beautiful watching them eat a toad, but amazing video footage.
Thank you for this so calm and beautiful moment on this canal and to take the time to share it with us. It is a good moment.
Hi … thanks so much for excellent footage and sublime (relaxing) storytelling … for sure I will be following you . Wish you safe Sailing fra Denmark 👍🇩🇰
Many thanks! 🙏
Thanks to Exploring Alternatives I found your channel. I hope your channel grows immensely so you can live comfortably. No worries for you mate. I live south of Seattle, WA USA and love all of the UK. From one water lover to another, happy and safe travels.
Welcome aboard! 🙏
Excellent, Beautiful!! Love it!!❤
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Looks so releaxing, although I am scared of those birdies,
Thank you Dave for these outstanding videos; I love nature in Australia whilst living in a small motorhome. Simple living is the best!
Thanks, glad you like them! 🙏
Superb, infinite love and gratitude .:. 🙏🔆❤️🔥
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Beautiful scenery and camera work. Thank you for bringing us along. Loved your story on the other channel (Exploring Alternatives) and our condolences to you for the loss of your wife. Isn’t God still so faithful; look at the beautiful things you get to do.
Thanks for tuning in and for your kind words 🙏
Wow, you have such a talent, absolutely beautiful video, thanks.
Thank you for tuning into my channel and watching! 🙏 Dave
So peaceful and wonderful photography ❤
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So nice to see another soul enjoying Earth’s magic. It makes my heart sing. Thank you for sharing.
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Cheers mate! Take care and be happy 😀.
Hi Dave, well you've got me hooked, your video skills are quite amazing. Thank you
Glad you like them! 🙏
Hello, I just saw you on the alternative living channel. Your filming is extraordinarily beautiful. I cannot wait until your next video. Thank you so much. I am from Illinois, USA.
Welcome to my channel. Do check out my playlist with over 80 of my videos to watch 🙏
Hey Dave, thank u so much for this. 💗💗💗💗💗
You are so welcome 🙏
Just found your channel l luv birds beautiful nature thank you❤❤
Stumbled upon you via Alternative Living. I'm sorry to hear of your wife passing. Your boat is beautiful and your home in the quiet of nature. Good for the mind and soul 💚
🙏 Hi Rosemarie, Thanks for connecting!
I’m new to your channel and am so happy to have found it. I find your videos so meditative. A great tonic before I go to sleep. With all the craziness in the world it’s so peaceful to watch your lovely vignettes.
Wonderful! 🙏 Dave
It's amazing. Thank you so much.
You're welcome 😊
Beautiful…
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What a joy it is to have found your blog. I can now sit back during the autumn months and bingewatch. 😊 Your cinematography is first class 👏. Blessings from Ireland 🙌
Welcome aboard! 🙏 Dave
Thank you so much for sharing your gift. I just discovered you through Exploring Alternatives. The heron and the barn owl and your quiet paddle calmed and inspired my day. Thank you.
Welcome aboard! Thank you! 🙏
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Hi from Alternative Living. This is so relaxing and educational! we live near Washington DC, and we have a small canal here which is almost dry by this time of the year and no personal vessels are allowed. Thank you for sharing these beautiful footage, love every second of it! Please keep on your great work! ❤
Thanks for your kind words and watching 🙏
Hi dave love your content. Please keep going. ❤ From the Philippines
Thank you! Will do! 🙏
Quite a lot of wildlife on the water or near it I see such a beautiful setting ❤
Hi Dave, your vlogs, films and photography are OUTSTANDING!! I felt like i was in those clouds at the beginning. And that Barn Owl...WOW! Thank you for your vlogs, and for your patience filming them.
Are you still on the Macclesfield Canal? We are coming up for our regular holiday next week and we stay just up the road from the services and cottage. We may be able to bump into you. 🙂
I am so very happy to have found your channel Dave! And what a coincidence that, like @luvi122 here below, I too am from Cape Town South Africa. I cannot wait to watch all the videos that you have posted. You are living a beautiful worthy life.
Aww thanks for discovering me and my channel. Welcome onboard, enjoy the episodes! Plenty to watch!
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I love Your videos. I really admire You. What a wonderful life 🐿
Thank you 🙏
just like the comment below, I also saw you on the alternative living channel so clicked on your link. I really enjoyed this film. I'm lucky enough to live on the banks of the Forth and Clyde canal on the west side of Glasgow and very much enjoy walking along the banks and have also been canoeing in the area. I grew up beside the canal and learned a lot about nature there. I am now a subscriber and look forward to watching many more of your films.
Thank you for tuning in, and welcome aboard! 🙏 Dave
I just love the canal systems you have there and what the Trust does for conservation. Your videos are beautiful!
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Late getting to the video this time, but like anything so so worth the wait. Superb filming super relaxing and a first class lesson in patience and allowing . Thank you as always 🙏
Glad you enjoyed it Denise. 🙏
Best regards from Catalonia!
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New subscriber from Texas via Exploring Alternatives. To say that I'm inspired and impressed by you would be an understatement. Thank you for sharing all of this, and more power to ya, mate! All the best.
Hi, thanks for tuning in to both channels and for your kind words 🙏
Dave
Absolutely beautiful!
LOVE the way your are living your life🙂
All the best thoughts from Denmark:-)
I also saw you on the other channel Alternative Living and now subscribed to your channel. You actually have a talent for filming and narration of your videos. Thanks for sharing your life and the canals with us. Never even knew they existed
Thanks for tuning in and the sub 🙏
Thank you, really beautiful vlog, I absolutely love barn owls and the footage on the heron was brilliant and interesting 💚 hope you are staying cool this weekend ☀️🌱
Hi Dave iam from Singapore I love watching your videos and I appreciate the experience you have 😊
Thanks for watching!
I do love your videos , what a stressful and agitated world we live in and you calm me down
You seem like such a nice nice person.
My Daisy cat and I enjoy your videos so much. She really enjoyed the heron segment. I’m glad the locks reopened. Nice how your selected your shirt color to blend with nature! Thank you. (Greensboro, North Carolina, USA 🇺🇸)
Thanks for watching! Great to Daisy on-board watching too. The top I was wearing is new from a trading boat called the Hippie Boat. Its nice!
Hi Dave,
I am a new subscriber from Ontario Canada as well.
Your videography is beautiful. I’m half British and your story and appreciation brought me home.
Thank you so much. V🦋
Welcome aboard! 😃
@@inspiredbynature3 Thank You! 🚢😃☀️
Hi Dave, New to your channel. Hello from East Tennessee USA in the foothills of the Great Smoky Mountains. Lovely scenery, music, and information!
Welcome aboard! 🙏 Dave
New subscriber here.
What a beautiful gem of a channel. Thank you for sharing your experiences and your words.
Cheers from California!
Thank you for subscribing. Welcome onboard 🙏 Dave
Im loving your content and i would love more 10-20 minute videos that i can watch before going to sleep ❤❤ they are just so peaceful
There are longer videos within my UA-cam playlists! Check them out... youtube.com/@inspiredbynature3?si=PTgXxRzqm3MZkIbE
So beautiful. New subscriber from Cape Town, South Africa.
Thank you for subscribing 🙏
Its very beautiful where you live.
Just watched you from Exploring Alternatives, what an inspiring story, and really great work on your videos as well! Will continue to tune in to these calming and inspiring videos!
Welcome aboard!
A new subscriber, Dave, from Ontario, Canada. Beautiful camera work and you have an artist's eye for detail. I shall add you to my growing list of narrowboat dwellers.
John, Ontario, Canada.
Welcome aboard! 🙏
Like many others on here, I found you through Exploring Alternatives. What a wonderful, peaceful life you lead. Your photography and film work are amazing especially having been self taught
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Hi Dave..saw your video on Google. My friend lives on a narrow boat and I've been on holidays with her so l know how it all works. She was in a similar position to you and loves the boat life. I myself will follow your journey ....keep smiling 😊xx Vivien xx
Welcome aboard Vivian 😀 🙏
Dave
I just saw your interview on the other channel and now subscribing to your channel. You have a lovely home and sweet story. What a cute, lovely home. Please keep the episodes coming. I look forward to persuing all the episodes you've made already. Greetings from California, U.S.A.
Welcome aboard!
It’s a beautiful life! You are blessed!
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I love the colours that u chose for your boat!
Wow, what a fantastic video Dave. Thank you xx
Glad you enjoyed it sue 🙏
@@inspiredbynature3 a wonderful thing to end a difficult week. You are so right, being out in nature heals us.
Pray
Que bonito!🪷
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Dave, you make the most beautiful nature videos. We too have the Great Blue Heron's in our part of the world (central New Jersey USA). When they take flight it's like watching a prehistoric bird in the air. So huge and graceful. National Geographic should retain you to highlight Nature in the UK...Looking forward to more.
Thanks for tuning in Carol 🙏
New subscriber from Umbria, Italy. Beautiful channel, very nicely done. Bravo!!
Welcome to my channel 🙏 Dave
Magnificent photography David !! Such a wonderfully peaceful video. I'm so glad I found you and your channel 👌👍
Thank you for your kind words 🙏
Great filming Dave!