In 2021 we decided to change our life!! Having previously owned and lived on a boat in France for 3 years, we decided to buy 'Border Reiver' a 57ft narrowboat. We are now continuing our adventures cruising the rivers and canals of Britain. We'll share with you our travels, life and no doubt have a few laughs along the way! So, hop onboard and follow our journey!
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Just found your vlog and have started watching from the beginning. Such a nice gesture and, the children clearly loved it. Glad you kept in touch. So relaxing watching your adventures. Thanks
Excellent review, im so tempted to order one but im just a bit concerned about the length if the bike. Could you pleae tell me the length from tyre to trye, its says on the website 78 inch but this seems huge, i live in a first floor flat and really concerned about the length getting up my steps. Cheers . Wayne...
Today is july12.. missing you. What are you doing now and where are you forgot year 2024 !! Hope you are both well .still have your lovely hair Jackie?❤❤
Defo looks like Tin tin. Brilliant shout hahaha. Really enjoyed the video but was saddened about what you endured. Have subscribed and will be looking through all your videos. Me and my wife are considering living on a canal boat once our last child leaves the nest. These videos are a great insight.
I navigated from Chorley to the top of the Wigan flight a few years ago. Took one look at all the locks and thought 'nahhh'. Turned around and sailed away again 😂😂
Ah ah Tom, they are very difficult as you saw in our video. We are about to do them again, going down!!! Keep watching our Instagram to see how we get on.... x
Oh now I love this comment Carole, please tell me why I will wear it out, it is because I am always playing with it??? You have clearly been paying attention to me.... ha ha ha. So pleased you are enjoying our videos.
Michael, they checking the health of the Fish? Yeah imagine being electricuted, then brought round out of a coma to see if your ok. These agencies should be disolved all corporates. Fisherman would soon tewll you if there is a health problem with fish.
Hope you keep making these videos they are a good watch....found this about that pea soup, duckweed, Swans eat it take a look ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-eN281YwdU80.html
LOL, Jackie that green stuff is Duck weed, it is beneficial in water but spreads quickly. Plastic needs to go though, pitty you could not set an example by getting some tool to lift the plastic out to dispose of it. All good, you need to keep doing these.
You can do it! What’s the budget? Start by having a look at some boats and their layout. We had a smaller boat first 40ft to decide if we liked ❤️ we did and upgraded to Border Reiver. There are lots of useful FG groups. Watch some of our other videos and drop us some questions. Look forward to hearing how it all goes xx
The singing distracts from the beauty of the scenery and your travels. You have lovely personalities and a beautiful boat….Thank you for sharing your adventures with us.
Glad you enjoyed it… some like the music, some don’t. We do take great care in deciding where to place the music and try not to have too much. We’re not experts with this video production lark 😂😂. Great to hear from you x
So someone shouts over to ya " to get out of here" and straight away you hot footed out of there, why? Wish you explained more about that moment, what was so bad that you had to move on his say-so??
Thanks for your comment. We hope you watched the follow up episode where Michael does explain what happened and why we did what we did. Look forward to hearing from you again and do enjoy our other videos 😀😀🙏 xx
Thanks! We do try to make it all work. What we record is just us going about our travels and we learn every video with the editing, neither of us have any editing experience. We trust we get it slightly tight. 🙏🙏
Your video diaries are so nice to watch. You work so well together on your travels and are such a lovely couple, helping everyone you meet. What a fantastic way to see our beautiful country. Thank you for all your hard work navigating the locks and canals and editing your videos which I enjoy watching so much. Very professionally done on all counts. I look forward to working my way through your videos. Best wishes to you both.👍👍👍
Eddie is great to have you onboard and we do appreciate your lovely comments and the time it takes to message us. We just video us being us and then try to editing it to make someone that works for everyone. Look forward to hearing from you as you watch our other videos. J&M xx
"Nefarious activity?" I'm sorry, but I really don't understand what the problem was. At some level it bothers me to see people just submitting to thugs like that, but I am an American so I might have a different view of the situation.
Loving your videos. I have been binge-watching for some days now. They are both facinating and inspiring. Thank you for taking us along on your travels.
I'm 66 & in poor health. I'm from Manchester. A real concrete jungle, no greenery for miles. With the exception of my son, the best 3 days of my life were spent on a narrow boat on the grand union canal around beds & mk.
You don't need to be on a narrow boat to encounter situations like that. Sadly, it's just a part of life that we all need to be cognisant of, particularly in less affluent areas. But as you know, for every 1/2 mile of dirty, glass strewn, yob infested, desolated urban canal, there's 200 miles of beautiful, lush green, safe and welcoming historic English waterway to enjoy :) You did right by quietly moved on. Good call...
Thank you John, yes you are so right. This is our first ever potential security issues in over four years on the UK network. We also traveled through three countries in Europe between 2011 and 2014 and never saw an issue. Hope you are enjoying the rest of the videos xx
Thanks for the comments, water management is one of CRT’s major headaches after maintenance. They work so hard at it but like you say too much water can also be bad!! Hope you are enjoying some of our other videos x
Oops 😬 🍦🍦I’m so careful with my sugar intake too, a little ice cream is my weakness. Michael is always taking the Micky out of me for constantly eating salads, vegetables and very healthy food 😂😂. Take your comments on board through 👌👌 x
