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I’m old enough to remember when BBC television was this good and also left me feeling how lucky I was to have been born in England. Thanks so much.

The more of your vlogs I watch, the more I crave for that lifestyle. The peacefulness & tranquility of it all ignites something in me 😊

Thanks Vanessa for cheering us up again, there is so much more to life than politics, wonderful scenery and wildlife, take care.

Wonderful video with such a love of nature. The poem and journal drawings are amazing. This has become my favorite narrow boat channel.

YOU BRING OUT THE BEST IN OLDER PEOPLE, WITH MEMORIES OF WHAT FREEDOM WAS

Your love of the nature surrounding you, and your skill with words and art, had me spellbound. Thank you young lady, and cheers from an old Aussie grandma. 🙃

Such beautiful colours and my what a sight those red kites and the peregrines too! Much needed relaxation and restoration watching this tonight. Thank you Hope you find your own bit of calm too this weekend. 🙏

So much better than cruising the cut . More genuine

Found your channel this morning. What a beautiful way to start my day! I am a birdwatcher for fun, don’t have the time to take it more seriously. Thank you!

Simply idyllic!

Was expecting just another narrowboat blog, wasn’t expecting a delightful and educational tour and a local wildlife hunt! Amazing stuff

Horse Glue is the very best glue , perhaps unfortunately. Love your channel ! Subscribed

Beautiful and relaxing. As always we learn so much from you. Thanks and be safe.

I love this video. The music is wonderful

thankyou that was wonderful

Some of these narrow boats are wonderfully cozy and beautifully fitted out....I can almost imagine the comforting sound of water lapping the Hull whilst lying in my bunk..Reading by ships lamp..

Piękne widoki. I smutne, jak to w jesieni. Dziękuję.

Bravo! 👏well sone! Im living your channel! Thank you for taking the time to share your life and beautiful drawings, along with your poetry. I do hope the town was able to get the nesting boxes in order!

Your videos make me feel relaxed and spiritually alive. You've got such a great talent for words and drawings. And your filming and editing to your videos are superb. Well done. 👏 👍

I love watching kites, falcons, hawks flying, they have such poise. The factory must be producing by products which the birds feed on otherwise surely they wouldn't stay around. Thanks for the awesome trip, so peaceful. Take care =-) Post script as I comment through your journey and not wait until end. I'm following the progress of 2 peregrine falcon chicks who are approximately 3 weeks old and live in a water tower nest box in Orange, NSW Australia, it's fascinating watching the parent birds caring for the chicks. Totally time consuming ..... =-)

One of my unfulfilled dream vacation experiences. Thank you for sharing your video.

It’s great to hear the locals are helping the peregrines out. 👍🙏

Had no idea such a course was available for new narrow boat navigators. Thanks for sharing!

Great for morning coffee. Thank you.

The red kites are majestic flyers aren’t they! How awesome Mother Nature is. Thankyou 🙏❤️🦅

The land in which I grew up. Sailed down that way a few years back. Such a beautiful area. Thanks for sharing

As ever beautiful photography.

Thank you again, haven't been able to follow as much as I would like as up a tropical river, but I feel so much cooler after viewing your channel.

Awesome thank you, just subscribed after randomly finding your channel, now to binge watch, it is wonderful to see someone who delves into history and wildlife as you do so well. Poetic and artistic, absolutely love the journal endings.

Vanessa. This is so beautiful. Thank you! The falcons!!! I hope they get their nesting box. What amazing creatures. Peace

How very romantic (even with the tallow factory 😀), thanks for sharing 💙

Wow. The calming. Relaxing asmr effect I guess...although I was enthralled with everything...especially you just being a very special wonderful human being... my faith restored as to I never want to view or read the news of the world again. Your everything and more. My goodness !.

Love the birdsong❤️❤️❤️

Wow what a wonderful cruise and so many interesting birds... well jell.

Lovely…perfectly lovely!

Thank you very much for this watery and green balade. And the birds and history, drawings

This is one of the most creative an talented videos I've seen on you tube. Well done an well done presentation. I'd have to say if I ever decide to leave America an come to Europe I'd have to get me a narrow boat to live.

Loved this vlog. I love seeing the kites, buzzards and kingfishers along the grand union canal my local kayaking routes provide such a wonderful array of wildlife even a cormorant gave me a surprise diving down into the dark waters of the canal close to rose narrow boats just on the outskirts of my home village of Brinklow. Love the canals and rivers in my area, kayaking for me is a wonderful cleanser for the soul and exercise too especially while being chased by the swans as i padfle by when their nesting. Have fun spotting those secret birds in the wild hedges love your poems and drawings lovely book uouve created very gifted thankyou for that gift to those of us that watch your narrow boat life.. kev the Brinklow kayaker...

Beautiful, beautiful video. I'm so pleased I came across this.

What a pleasantly quirky (out of the ordinary) video! Thanks.

I just love your sketchbook journals!!!

Thanks for another beautiful video Vanessa. It's so enjoyable to see the wildlife.

That was fabulous, Vanessa, thank you so much.

Brilliant! And fine poetry.

The sunset was absolutely amazing. I can imagine sitting by the fire in your boat and how peaceful life must be. You and Mister M should really enjoy the peace of life on the canals.

We travelled this arm out of Market Halborough and the Foxton Locks in 2018. Beautiful area. thanks for bring back such great memories.

Throughly enjoyed that. Those bird's are magnificent.

Your creative talents and love of nature are so evident here. Zephyr seems so calm and happy with universe was she like this as a pup ? I am in awe of your work.

Always nice to see where I walk the dog.

Vanessa what a great video. The footage of the Kites dancing in the air was very enjoyable. Also enjoyed your closing seen. A warm fire with the kettle on felt very cozy and homie. Thanks once again for bringing a little joy to us. Please Mr. M and you keep safe, and God bless you both.

Beautiful and so relaxing.

I remember well this place, we started the Leicester ring from here. Best two weeks I've ever had

I love your bird illustrations! I'm an artist and have drawn birds and other animals over the years, from photographs and my imagination. I live in Seattle, WA, USA where Redwing blackbirds, Cedar Waxwings, Pin-tail ducks, Kestrels, hawks, Bald Eagles, pelicans, Mergansers, etc. abound. Seattle is surrounded by Puget Sound and Lake Washington plus the Pacific Ocean off the Olympic Peninsula is a great place to bird watch as well as enjoy whales, sea otters, etc. I'd love to live aboard a narrow boat and cruise the canals of Great Britain. What a fun life with nature all around you. All the best, Jenny 🦉🪶🦆🦅🐧🐦🐺🦊

Thank you peace my friend x

Just started watching your videos. Will have to look back at the old ones. So relaxing and beautiful scenery. And your drawings and poems are beautiful

Marvellous photography and you create such a wonderful atmosphere. Each one of your vlogs is a treat. Thank you.

Excellent love seeing all the amazing birds thank you for sharing xxx

Thank you it was a beautiful vlog x

You did a lot to offer this. Thank you.

beautiful vlog and autumnal colours so peaceful

Thankyou Vanessa for the lovely peaceful start to my day. So appreciated.

Great trip !! My favorite book too !!

That diary - thats your retirement right there. thatl be a bestselling childrens book that adults will find intersting too

Ahhh, good ol blighty. That's the thing I miss, having emigrated to New Zealand in '88. British countryside....

Thanks Vanessa, for taking us along to see all the countryside and in town to see all the wildlife. As always at the end I'm amazed by your poetry and art in the lovely diary. Take Care and all the best. Stevie

Brilliant….again ….smashed it 😊👌👍❤️🤪

Oh Vanessa, you are a wildlife magnet! You're like Snow White but with her camera at the ready! The peregrine falcon was a real surprise though, I'll make sure I look up next time I'm in town! Well done on another truly beautiful vlog of my back yard - we're honoured to have you xxx

So once again my week ends on a peaceful note, all thanks to you, so wonderful to see those falcons, and I have seen many kites here in Somerset over the last week or so,and our many owls, hooty and screechy ones, thank you so much, and travel safely, bless you x

Wonderful wildlife, beautifully captured on video for our enjoyment. Thank you. x

Awww what a wonderful relaxing vlog such grand scenery and wildlife such a help tc now 👋👍

You're a very lucky, talented lady. I wish I'd had the courage to do what you do before getting older!! Take care and enjoy your life. 😁😁

What a relaxing vlog. Really nice of the gentleman and his son to give you some local knowledge of the bird life plus a picture.

I'm really enjoying binge watching your videos! You dobsuch a great job narrating and your artwork and poetry is so beautiful! 🥰... I think I would like to spend 3 or 4 years doing what you are doing...I had, briefly...contemplated a permanent move to England, but as I began to reflect on how diverse the U.S. is and the vastness of our landscapes, mountains, deserts, prairies, and farmlands, deltas, seashores, swamps...and our wildlife! From bears to sea lions, cougar to racoon, fox, badger, marmot, bald eagles, and Elk, deer...I realized just how LUCKY we are to have all this!! I've been fishing and seen herds of elk walk out of the woods, and cross 100 feet from me, almost hit a moose last year on my way home from work, I saw 2 bear in my neighbors yard...I ALWAYS have bear in my yard- 6,8 times a year...lol. I sit outside and listen to wolves howl... You have a vast amount of swan, and wildfowl there...But honestly? I know I'd miss the U.S. and have to return...I don't think I'd be truly happy living there permanently...You really need to visit Yellowstone!!!

That was a very pleasent trip. I have always wanted to travel the canels. I bought a sailboat instead. But found my motorcycle more to my fancy. Your trip was inspiring. I loved seeing the way you kept your journal.

Hi Vanessa thank you for your kind words and prayers. It has been a hard week but sat and watched your lovely video and what a great video it was. The autumn leaves looked beautiful. I love this time of year. Am looking forward to next week. Have great week. 😊

A lovely video with beautiful views and gorgeous commentary. Amazing weather for the UK

Must be one of the best canal videos I’ve seen😎

I've been binge watching your vlogs and love them,. P S, love the poetry..

Really enjoyed this presentation. Thank you! The Kingfishers were extraordinary... and your puppy's manor is spot on.

Two pairs of falcon eyes Wow, loved that You should send that to the Harborough Mail, with the picture.

Loverly video thanks❤

A wonderful video blessings to you and yours coming at you from the mountains of Southern Oregon

your art is great, all of this makes me see a magic feather boat sliding down the canal while River DAME goes by , speaking to her feathered friends. nice,

Incredible a get fascinated.

Just found your channel and after a shocking few weeks it cheered me up a lot because I love wild birds and nature so thank you

You are such a talented lady and your videos attest to the fact that you are a gifted artist. Great day to stay inside and watch your videos, -20f here today however the sun is out so its not to bad🌞

Lovely video thanks.

Beautiful trip and loved seeing the Bird life. We have Red Kites around us which were as a result of the breeding programme at Harewood House, near Leeds. 🥰 Your poem and drawing of the Falcans were beautiful xxx

Beautiful trip thanks for sharing your eyes, .

I look forward to your diary being published one day! X

Great Video I Enjoyed It Great Narrowboat Adventure😊

You’ll see LOTS of Red Kites on the Leeds Liverpool canal. Especially north of Leeds. I live in Harrogate and they’re in everywhere here. Hundreds of them, all the time. It’s all you hear in the back garden

Hi.I truly enjoyed watching this week’s brilliant vlog.which was so very interesting throughout.just loved your amazing poetry reciting and your freehand sketching.have a wonderful weekend.

I think its not cold enough for redwing and fieldfares vanessa, they come on the cold easterly winds, well done wish there were more people like you, Happy boating.

Ness, thank you for raising the spirits of an old man. Wonderful vlog.🙏🇦🇺👍

Thank you!!

Such beautiful bird song. Looks quite sunny on this trip. Yes the colours are beautiful. Hope you are staying warm. Anazing this factory is still using such things. What a story about the factory.

looking at the red kites flying and jousting .. along with the music .. made me cry .... nice tears though .. i LOVE/ADORE nature and animals /birds .. arnt they just the best .. and the trees turning in nthe autumn is just a sight to behold .. we live in a beautiful country .. dont we xxxx

Kingfisher.... to see that is a privilege......canals are so full of life.

stunning to see so many Red Kites....remember watching them in Scotland...on the Black Isle years ago having been reintroduced having nearly been wiped out in the uk...by sporting estates....