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The Red Arrows flying over my narrowboat as I watch this..

Your video, art, and poetry remind me of a quote by photographer Dorthea Lange. "A camera is a tool for learning to see without a camera." Thanks for going slow and documenting the most important little things.

Zephyr Will never be a sheep dog, nice vlog again thank you 😊

We were delighted to check in and see your latest vlog and picked you for the first course of the evening. As regular viewers we love watching you and as fellow vloggers you are an inspiration, thank you.

Happy Five Thousand Subscribers!🎉😁🍾

I would like to say a massive thank you to you for bringing me your videos. I lived on my narrow boat for 4 yrs and loved every day of it. I was based on the Great Ouse. I am currently very ill with a rare neurological condition and your videos are bringing me peace and comfort more than anything I’ve found on RU-vid. Very envious of your journeys. Thank you and take care. Tim

As always, I loved your poem. Glad you included the noisy planes.

supercalifragilisticexpialidocious ........your vlogs never let us down, along with super artwork and poetry, thank you. Take care & keep smiling x

Peaceful....Your vlogs are so nice...Ending them with your diary enters...Thanks for taking time for sharing........Robbie

Congratulations on a great vlog and reaching 5K subscribers (l said it would happen by the end of the week)

That really was a noisy mooring , even the geese joining in !.

I enjoy this Vlog so much that I press the thumbs up as soon as I see a new one pop up because I know it's going to be wonderful ❤️

Hi Vanessa,what a interesting blog yes noisy it may be but everything around it gets used to it I got my Shih Tzu from there it was on the base housing a nurse had him but when Covid hit she was never at home so I brought Gizzy from her at 11 months old ,hope you are enjoying you cruising,the cott is so bad on the rivers and not a lot you can do just plough through it ,till next time take care keep yourself safe,John 🐞🐝🦇🦆🐦🦅🦉🌹👀🙌❤️🇬🇧🇬🇧🥵

Great video as always Vanessa I fancy some of you lovely pudding too. I enjoyed the jets flying over but they are so noisy, take care.

Just when I thought your videos couldn't get any better I come across this beauty Thwe cruise through mushy peas was awesome and Zeph's surprise when she comes across the sculptures 🙂 so cute. That's a great idea putting wet towels down for her feet; I'm going to try that with my dog in this heat. Also going to try making some apple slop 😋 I have no idea of the weights of the ingredients so I wonder how it'll turn out. Looked yummy with the custard on top 😋 Thanks Vanessa for another wonderful watch 🥰

What a lovely vlog, as relaxing as usual ... well apart from the jets and the chinook. We used to live on a farm in Oxfordshire and our neighbours field was used for training chinook helicopter pilots to put down and pick up the huge payloads that they carry during the day and occasionally at night. Watching a huge helicopter flying low over the Velux window in the bathroom while I was laying relaxing in bubbles was disconcerting to say the least 😀 🤣

Oh how fabulous this is a real Friday afternoon treat Coningsby have Typhoon Fighters and do training on the jets I think and you got a Chinook as well! They fly over me and it certainly is such a noise! But what is with all this weed!! Goodness! As always your wildlife pictures are a delight and real relaxation And just how brilliant is your niece Lani with her stickers and necklace Just the job that daisy She deserves to do real well Thank you Vanessa as always 🙏

Back in the day - My car of choice was either the Vauxhall Cresta PA 0r the Ford Zephyr/Zodiac Mk2 - Can't quite get My head around a Dog called Zephyr 😂

Can we just take a moment to acknowledge 5K subscribers? Nicely done and I predict many more to come. (P.S. I don't think we've ever heard Zephyr actually bark before!)

Custard or cream.... looks delish!!

A Kettle for a chimney top. Lovely Duckweed hope engine stays cool. I know you keep a close eye on the engine and your kettle whistle. ♥

beautiful scenery...

Beautiful Winter Warmer

Another great video i am loving the wildlife and stunning views while you are on the water

Great photography this week Vanessa. I enjoyed the reed warbler, and seeing Zepher puzzling over the sculptures.

Thanks as always Vanessa. Your videos are always so interesting. Kudos to your niece for running her own business. I love the necklace. I see that "mushy pea" problem a lot on the canal videos. It's a pity that they can't do anything useful with it.

LOVELY STUFF, MAKES ONE FEEL 👋 THANK YOU

Thank you x

Hello Vanessa - greetings from Poland What a wonderful video - thank you so much for producing it. This vlog had everything - RAF air show, cooking lesson, driving lesson of how to negotiate mushy peas. Gorgeous wild life, beautiful birds, sculptures, very clever lady who can crochet and of course you and Zephyr You are an inspiration to us all. Stay safe please

Another beautifully captured vlog, thank you! Super talented lady😊

Thanks Vanessa!❤️🇨🇦

Nice relaxing film 😊 always enjoy watching 👍 thanks

The Warblers probably think the aircraft are just their noisy cousins haha

What a interesting nature vlog Vanessa most people would just walk by without noticing they were there🕷🪳🐟🦢🦆, did the mushy pea cause any problems with the weed hatch? Alice Grace looks lovely with her aray of flowers and veg on her roof. Just think of the creepy crawlers ear wigs silver fish and wood lice that would made their way into our homes if we had grass roofs, not for me thanks lol. Have a great weekend and stay safe✈️✈️🛩

I've got loud planes around here. So loud the car alarms go off. Congratulations on 5k subs. I'm currently stuck on a shallow river just before the turn around Point. I have to reverse now for miles. Life on the rivers and canals it's never boring. I thought those sculptures were real sheep when I first saw them. I'd eat that Apple mush. Looked lovely. Take very good care Mrs Mindful.

Hi Vanessa, Absolutely loved this one. It had everything, and planes as well. The last vulcan bomber flight flew right over our house. awesome never forget it. Now totally relaxed, and off to bed ready for the weekend. Take care all, Russell.

You of course amaze me with your eye and skilss in videos. But your camera also amazes me. It wins you the Bafta for best colour saturation of a video.....but also the coveted I'm a narrowboater and my Canal Water is the Best BLUE Water ever Seen On A Canal Video Award. Which sadly very very few other narrowboat video personages have ever only fleetingly achieved. They seem content with the grey and browns. Your New Attenborough title is secure, and you keep proving it. :) One thing really bothers me tho........No Apple Thingy Recipe????? What?

Thank you!! 🥰🥰💗 xx

The military planes are noisy, I agree. You were lucky that they weren’t practicing low flying, where you think they are going to decapitate you and you can see the colour of the pilot’s eyes! Or night flying, but they have to give notice for that. Great video, Vanessa, thank you so much. Loved the shots of the reed warblers, little birds that are usually heard but not seen xx

Fascinating the fish cages out for the fry. Lovely cruise. Glad to know you took out some of the noisy footage. It is loud.

Hello Vanessa - love your vlogs, they're feeding my renewed narrowboat obsession and adding a relaxing break in my week. I don't suppose you could please share the recipe for Apple Slop? Looks delicious x

Well Vanessa another brilliant video. I just love watching them. That weed is a nuisance does your propeller get clogged up. Your cake looked right yummy. The airplanes were a tad noisy though. Have great week. See you next week. 🤞

I think the many comments before me have covered it already but great vlog 😁 very entertaining

'Echelon clonks' (who says I don't listen ha ha) who but you could put this in a poem Vanessa, seriously I don't know how you always work the magic!!! 'Mushy peas'.. how does this weed become such a problem in certain areas is it transferred by the boats, drainage from farms, or what??? Your photography is beautiful as usual. So many awesome still shots could be made into photos, the streak of deep blue reflection from the sky as you trundle through the weed, the sunset, Zephyr contemplating life - that was a fantastic shot...btw that fruity bread looked yummy...bit like 'Spotted Dick'. Happy days Mr & Mrs M love from WA .................PS I forgot to say.. poor Zephyr he didn't like those sheep at all did he.. and the lovely quiet cow munching mooring??? Those jets should have stood down until you moved on...how inconsiderate!!! ha ha Does your niece have a website or contact address I love her stickers. That daisy was you to a tee.. have been meaning to say your painted daisy on AG looks beautiful.

beauitfuly as allways jusy helps me relax and comes my week down blessingd and love peace allways davey

Thanks for taking us further along on your summer adventure and as they say "the proof of the pudding is in the eating" it looked yummy. What a great but noisy mooring with all the aircraft operating alongside all the wildlife. Your poetry and art work is magical. Take care and all the best. Stevie

What a great vlog. We were in that area recently and we loved going to Coningsby to watch the Battle Of Britain planes practicing. Such a lot of duck weed but much better than that dreaded blanket weed. Amazing information about the fish protection that is happening on the river. I always learn new things from your Vlog. You really should get your beautiful journal published it’s unique and very beautiful. I’d buy it! Thank you Vanessa and Zephyr. Take care and stay well you three. X

Another great vlog Vanessa. Dog Dyke for me was a wonderful mooring. As I'm ex RAF I loved watching the aircraft. It looks like you weren't lucky enough to see the Lancaster, Spitfire, and Hurricane of the Battle of Britain flight that are based there. We had a great flying display last time we were there. Maybe on your return journey.

Enjoyed the ride today. It's sad that the water was not clear. Stay safe and God bless.

I so look forward to tuning in to your vlogs Vanessa - and they never disappoint. Zephyr's confused reaction to the lifelike but not real sheep was priceless! What an intelligent dog to know these weren't 'normal' and warranted a question. Sorry, but I had to chuckle to myself when you moored up for a bit of peace and quiet right by RAF Coningsby - home to our combat-ready squadrons and the training station for Typhoon pilots! Lincoln, Cambridgeshire and Norfolk are home to many of the remaining RAF bases still operational from WW2 - the flat landscape is perfect for runways. With the current problems in Ukraine our fighter planes are doing manoeuvres even more frequently than normal and although they are noisy the message they are sending you is that they will keep you safe. The Red Arrows also are based not far away at RAF Scampton so you could have seen them flying off as well to attend a Carnival or Air Show. I think those geese in formation have been watching the Arrows for tips! Your Apple Slop looks delicious 😋; and your very clever niece is yet another creative genius in the family. Please pass on my wishes for great success in her new venture. When I was her age I was still playing with dolls!!! Take care xx

Beautiful..thank you

another beautiful video, thank you! :-)

Beautiful.🙂

When I found your vlog it was the best that RU-vid has to offer for me. Your ability of presentation about all the subjects that most of us seam unable to see. Nature, trees, insects, wild life and sounds are beautiful. Your love of Zephyr and letting her be a free natured dog is wonderful. Poetry and sketching's of yours are calming and relaxing, as I also had a live of anxiety through my career. I am a observer watching your videos and can't always tell if you are alone, as some camera angles are capturing you by a moving camera. Canada is my place of wonder for the past 85 years and I wish you all the best. Only thing, when I watch you sit at the table and talk to the camera I have to turn my volume way up. No I'm not deaf just my ears have trouble picking up on your accent, a lapel mic would help. Keep them coming and only family I have see is your daughter.

Love it

hi vannessa you are torture me with that pudding that look delicious with a cuppa and watching those english showers love those geese flying in formation thanks for another superb video

So lovely and relaxing to watch your experiences 🇨🇦❤️

Hi Vanessa, great vlog, I agree going green is the future, but cruising in peace soup must have been a tad hard. The geese sounded like they were arguing whist in flight. Zephyr made me smile as he cautiously sneaked up on the sculpture. Apple slop I must have a try at that. I love the way you capture the tiniest critters. 💚

See how close that antenna was to Lucy's face! I asked an engineer with 30 years experience in helping people with sensitivities what he thought of that sort of system you mentioned you learned from the foxes and he explained these really need to be erected much higher so as not to be in line with your face or body [or those walking past] and you see some boats are doing that.... at the moment it's like the cigarette industry - remember how long it took to get the regulations there cleaned up, don't expect proper safety instructions any time soon but they will come...

the apple slop looks yummy :P

Fabulous video Vanessa and well done sailing through the mushy peas !! Sounded like ear plugs were the order of the day and another well done for capturing the Typhoon Display Team aeroplane ZJ914.

Spider is amazing

You make scary things beautiful.

I am so relaxed i have to go to bed now, thanks.

Hahaa bule dngu 😆😆😆

Truly one was so very intrigued by this week’s absolutely fabulous vlog.just totally mesmerised by the sheer quality of your amazing video footage throughout.you certainly captured the beauty of the wildlife in such fantastic detail.could you let me know.how much storage is readily available within your narrowboat cabin area.is there ample storage in the bedroom section of the boat.also what don’t you need and can do without when actually moving onto a typical narrowboat layout.what are the main essential items do you think one needs to bring onboard without seriously cluttering up the whole floor space throughout.I’m curious to know.do you go on holiday.if so do you pay to moor up at a marina for the duration of your vacation.or is the canal one big long very exciting wildlife adventure holiday for the both of you.also whilst continuously cruising the cut.is there a truly amazing camaraderie between your fellow nomadic narrowboat community anywhere you might moor up to stay for a while.your slop Apple looks very delicious.so yummy for one’s tummy.to reiterate on a narrowboat purchase.in your own candid opinion.what would be the best option.to have a narrowboat built to your own specifications and internal design throughout of your choice.or just browse around for a second hand boat in one of the many marinas .would it be possible for you to compile a list of wildflowers and fruit that one can safely eat.or to totally avoid which grows alongside the canal and in the woodlands areas.which will not cause serious problems with your digestive system.or could be potentially very dangerous to one’s health if eaten in large quantities.I do readily admit I’m a complete novice when it comes to other forms of eating like this. Is there a need to purchase any special additional equipment when actually living on a narrowboat.which is crucial for the day to day smooth running of a boat in general.hope the both of you have an amazing week just cruising the cut.

I've driven over the river Witham many times on my way to Bridlington R A F MARINE CRAFT UNIT many times in the 1670s

Thanks for the relaxing vlog, I hope that you are keeping cool. Did you stay at the noisy mooring for long? Kind regards as always =-)

If you stay around your mooring for a while longer you may see the Lancaster, Spitfires and Hurricane of the Battle of Britian memorial flight overhead as they are also based at RAF Coningsby

Another fantastic vlog! Shame i wasn't on the water at the time witnessing those Eurofughters landing and the passing Chinnook helicopter as i'd have drawn them! (Check your inbox). I find your videos so inspirational Vanessa! Youre the best Narrowboat vlogger by a country mile!

I guess it was quiet at night, but those jet fighters are very noisy when they are overhead. So are the geese! Horrible green algae on the water, but the swans didn't seem to mind. Is it the warm weather causing that? Take good care xx

Now those little spiders are lovely. They don’t have long hairy legs and make me shudder at all. I wonder why.

another lovely vlog and a pared down poem that gets to the essential. I loved the warblers and spiders. So much algae on the canals! Have you looked into this? I know some algae are beneficial and others are toxic and fertilizers seeping into water ways can encourage their growth. It would be interesting to hear about this on another vlog ! take good care, w

Apple bread ? Love apples

What a wonderful vlog. Did anyone know what the pea soup stuff can be used for. There has to be something. Take care love the look of your Apple Cake 🍰 XXX

Does the “mushy” water clog Alice Grace’s prop? Vanessa, do you carry a depth finder? Lovely vlog per usual. DNA is apparent as your niece Lani is a creative entrepreneur already! Lovely.

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Question: Has anybody discovered any use for the "mushy pea" floating in the canal? Can it be used for fertilizer or something else? Would really like to know, not being from England and unfamiliar with canal idiosyncracies.

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As always love the birds. Do you have many spiders on your boat? Got to say not much of a fan of spiders having been bit twice by black widows and being very sick from it.

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How could anyone live with that noise every day ? It's awful. I live on a busy street and we live in wait for the weekend mornings when it's quiet.

Have you published your work? I would buy your work! It’s great!!!

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Mushy Pea

Hi just watched your nosey video. Been & looked for 'made me .. made on board ' & I can't find either! Can you help, also add your nicest site as well please. X

Bless Zephyr, a bit of a weird experience for her. How cool. How fabulous as always. Your apple mush looked great but I would leave out the custard thanks. Wonderful seeing your birds close up and a the wildlife. Your clever 'neice' How cool.

I'd love to know the amounts for your apple slop!

Spider 🕸

Lanis little Gems?

Do a video how to start Journal do one page and give it away?

What do you teach?

Why is the water so soupy?

This is River not Canal?

Apple Slop?

Do you watch Holly the Cafe Boat?

Correction 1970s predicated text?

Put RAF and Dogdyke in title

Put Location in title

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