134. Can you buy a canal narrowboat if you're not from the UK? 

I have to admit, after watching your videos, this American desperately wants to experience "the cut". I like the non touristy way of traveling. This would be an amazing vacation.

What pleasant people. May they putter about pleasantly and discover much that is fine.

We had the pleasure of meeting Bob and Jayne earlier today on our bit of the “Cut” We walk and run along the canal is just perfect so on our walk with the dog it just so happened Voyageur appeared next to us so we walked and talked. When Bob pulled over, we were invited aboard.

This couple is living my dream. God bless ‘em.

What a lovely couple. So nice that they feel right at home on our waterways. As ever, David, another interesting and informative video.

I really enjoyed this video. I am fascinated with cultural perspectives and realities of mixing cultures. I think in these days, its good for Britain and US to find friendship and understanding.

What an interesting interview! Great idea for a vlog. It was amusing to hear him say “advertisements” with the British pronunciation. This fellow American wishes them all the best in their travels. 🙂

I have lived next to the tennessee river for 47 years. Grew up around the water and have worked on towboates for 23 years. I would love to live over there on a narrow boat. Thanks for all the great videos and hello from the 🇺🇸

The Fultons are such nice people! Thank you for sharing!

The canals of the UK are lovely. It reminds me of a story like Wind in the Willows of some other Edwardian era novel.

Yes, Yes you can. We're Americans and my parents live 6 months out of the year on their narrow boat in the UK.

As an American that is totally in love with the British Canal life, vicariously sadly, it is great to see those that can realize the dream of enjoying a narrowboat. I only stumbled upon this life researching American Waterways, for what is called in the US the Great Loop. Maybe someday the wife and I can make our dream come true.

Cruising the cut sounds like a nice way to pass the time during hurricane season.

Lovely people , I hope you enjoy your adventure , welcome to the UK .

30 year old Aussie here, lovely people and a great lifestyle. As a single bloke I cannot wait to get over there and rent a narrowboat and just relax when I want to and socialise when I can.

What a delightful couple.

What a lovely couple. This is narrow boating. It's not where your from. It's where your head is at. People like these and of course the vlogger, makes you want to get into the life

What I like is that you are nosy in just the right way.

If I suddenly became rich I would be hard pressed to not pick up and move over to England and buy a Narrowboat. The slow pace and the sense of adventure is something I long for. And I could also indulge my interest in British Railway history.

I'm a Texan. I've owned a narrow boat for two years and spent three months each of the last three Summers on it in the UK. I love it.

the audio quality on this video is absolutely fanbloodytastic, well done!

As a Bostonian with family in Guilford this speaks volumes to me. I always had the dream of retiring to England but after watching this video among others of yours i think retiring on a Narrowboat might take the cake for what i would love to do. Keep up the relaxing informative videos!!

I'm glad you made this video. I am retired military and have become very interested by these VLOG's and the possibilities of purchasing one. Hence my interest in this particular vid.

Done one trip in 2016 and had a blast, always looking to afford another trip to the UK and the cut.

We are Australians and we cruised the canal for 2 years on our narrowboat, it was a wonderful experience!

Great interview David! Nice to see people from around the world who share the passion for narrow boats. :)

Lovely couple. Enjoy your travels and broader Blighty.

A very usefull vlog for those that are not based in the UK. Nice one David..

You still have that touch for doing great interviews!

Very nice American couple. Heart warming story and wish them well on their stay and travels in England.

A really enjoyable interview David, thanks for that. It's always a pleasure to see people enjoying themselves and having their dreams come true after putting the effort into doing their homework.

Great interview & answers for them & your viewers. I learn something new on your videos everytime I watch them. Just all around a great video. You do a wonderful job. You have the touch in about away that others try to get it & they never do. Keep it up. And thank you for sharing your videos. Chris

Lovely couple, interesting conversation...and I really liked the flowers, so bright and cheerful.

Hi David, I'm as Aussie who has always hankered for pottering about on the canals. I'm planning a holiday! These folk have answered a lot of questions for me. I thoroughly enjoy your vlog. All the best cobber. Rob 😎

Oh I am so happy I found your blog, and am enjoying seeing your trips through the cuts.

Brilliant interview. Bob and Jane looked so comfortable chatting with you, and have added to my confidence that I'll be bale to do exactly what they are doing...soon. Well done.

I became fascinated by the British canals on my visits from the US to see members of my mom’s family. When dining at a pub at Barnwell, we watched someone going through the locks and I couldn’t look away. The daughter of Mom’s cousin lives with her son in a narrowboat on the Fens of East Midlands. I follow her posts all the time. Then I found your vlog and want to watch every post. Thanks and Happy New Year!

These are the kind of normal decent Americans that do their country credit - sadly not shown on news casts of late

Another Aussie who thanks you and your very enthusiastic guests. I found your channel via a random RU-vid recommendation, watched a few, and then went back and am currently watching them from number one. I never believed I could be so entranced by someone going around at three miles an hour. This particular "VLOG" gives me hope that one day I may be able to give you a wave as we pass.

I would love to move to the UK but it is so hard if you don't have a huge amount of money to back you up. My son lives there and visiting is just never enough. The Broads are close by and I have seen so many beautiful boats on our travels. To live on a narrow boat is on the top of my bucket list. Love these videos as get a real feel for how it could be. Thanks so much.

Great video, i love your style, what lovely people, you are speaking to, I wish them every happiness here in their new narrowboat adventures.

Truly enjoyed this VLOG.....I am a South African and have done 2 trips on a hire boat from Oxford and it is on my bucketlist to still do a trip in winter on the cut! Thanks for your VLOG....I've seen them all. Regards from Cape Town!

I live on one of the oldest and still working industrial canals in the United States. Look up Bellows Falls, Vermont. Fascinating history and a very small village. Most houses are Victorians. Unfortunately, the taxes are killing everything that was good. But most of us at the historical society work very hard to keep stuff up to snuff.

Too Bob and Jayne , who both fell in love with the narrowboat lifestyle and loving it!

What an absolutely lovely couple. It was so interesting to hear their story and I hope they have a fantastic time in their travels. Thank you for sharing their story with us.

Nice to see and hear about people from different countries joining the community and having a go at the locks Hope they both enjoy exploring

Glad I found this channel,Ive seen these type boats a few weeks ago in the river Shannon here in Ireland as I was passing by.

Lovely couple. Great interview CC...Thank you.

Lovely interview David of two lovely people. I've watched this episode before don't think I left a comment, I'm doing catch up, trying to find where I got to before I got distracted and watched your other amazing Camper Van build adventure channel but I'm in no hurry and every chance of catching up through your impressive array of travelogues now we are in shut down. Shut down is a bit ridiculous to me but moving swiftly on. I am resisting the temptation to skip forward though preferring to follow the stories but I did see you successful bread baking which was very entertaining. Hope you are keeping yourself occupied and I am sure you will emerge with your sanity in tact.

How lovely to meet more boaters and from the USA. As always the content and quality of your videos is fantastic. Thanks.

What a lovely couple David and your expertise produced a very informative beautifully edited interview. Congratulations again.

This is Brilliant! Such an interesting couple well filmed and relaxed.

Excellent video bro and what a lovely couple too. All the best from a frosty morning in NZ

Hi David, I asked you about Honda outboards vs. diesel inboards. You made very valid points. Thanks. Ed

As a former expat from the US who lived in London 2004-2007, I have always had the insatiable desire to move back to the UK. Whenever I can, I make a return visit on average once annually. I don't think I can ever rest easy until I get back there. I have talked to other Americans who have spent a good amount of time (and even short visits) in the UK and almost without exception, they all feel the same insatiable desire to return. I call it the London syndrome. One day, on a future return visit to the UK, I would love to get my first experience on a canal boat and see what it's like for myself. It's no surprise to me that people from overseas can potentially buy a canal boat. Whilst living in London, I attended a church whose congregation were largely foreign expats (many of whom were Americans in fact). One American lady in that church actually lived on a narrowboat. During my frequent walks all over London, I would often see those boats and wondered what they were for and what was inside them. Watching your videos really piques my interest. And yes, I still use British English pronunciations, spellings, expressions, etc. on occasion. Once a Londoner, always a Londoner.

Very good topic. I'm from the new world colones and for a little over a year I have been slowly making moves as to allow me to head over in 2021 for a few years running up and down the canals.

Loved this interview thanks so much David.

I’m a “Yank” and am currently looking at used boats- I don’t know how I’m going to live in the UK, but I’m getting ready 😅 Great channel ❤️👏

Lovely video, lovely couple, thanks Dave for telling their story.

Im from Texas and recently came across your channel and absolutely love the narrow boating lifestyle. Thank you for these videos

WOW so glad to hear they are enjoying it so much! Great video David :-)

Great video David. As a person approaching my retirement, a few years yet but ya gotta have plans, it is great to see a couple enjoying their life and doing the things that make them happy.

Welcome to our canals Bob and Jayne. I'm a year-round liveaboard based on the Kennet and Avon. Hope to see you sometime.

What a lovely couple - great interview, thanks

One of our best holidays was a hire boat for a week on the Trent. Absolutely memorable! Your vlog lets us relive it and maybe inspire us to do it again. (from Melbourne, Florida)

Being fairly new to narrowboating I'm continually delighted by how lovely narrowboat people are. The very best of humanity. Hope to see Bob and Jane on the cut sometime

Enjoyable and informative video David! Great work!

Great video, Love these two people, hope they enjoy their travels and great to see how people from different countries see the UK. Bob & Jayne you must do the Welsh Canals some great scenes to see! Love it if you did a VLOG of your travels x

I learned such a lot from that video David, many thanks.

Lovely couple, enjoy your times here.

What a nice couple. A very enjoyable video thanks.

Another great vid, you never disappoint..

What a lovely couple the interview technique was excellent , good luck to our American friends living their dream 6 months of the year on the cut in their narrowboat .

Very interesting! Nice to hear a new topic.

Excellent interview all round! I don't think I could gear down enough to really enjoy living on a canal boat, but, no question it would be a wonderful weekend getaway.

This answers a lot of questions I have had for a long time. Moving to the UK and narrowboating is little more than a dream at this point in my life, but there is hope! Ta!

That was really interesting and thanks for taking me along

I recently watched your videos on vintage and old engines in canal boats and I must have watched each 5 or 6 times in the last 2 days. I love them. If you have the opportunity to make more videos on engines or working boats please do. Love every video. Keep up the good work

A brilliant interview and thoroughly enjoyable. Thank you David 👍

I just started watching your channel a few weeks ago and enjoying it very much. Still trying to catch up. Great job.

I love hearing peoples stories! and adventures!

It sounded like he liked the boat and loved the people and culture. Pretty high praise indeed. Thanks for the video.

What a wonderful vlog. Such a lovely couple to listen to. You should consider doing more interviews with people like these two Found it very interesting . Thank you.

A very good interview without the hesitation between words and sentences that some interviewees suffer from.

Good episode #134. I have seen most of them from the beginning. Your’s and other similar vlogs are as close to travel to Europe as we will get. If we ever do get on a boat it will probably be one on a New York State canal, probably with a group or group charter. Keep up the good work, Jonathan

Nice interview! It gives me something to look forward to - retirement isn't too far away!

Many viewers have said it but please permit me to say once again how good an ambassador to cruising you are and especially to the spirit of the real people who make it special. You've captured it again here and it's so charming, delightful and genuine. Thank you.

great to meet them and hope they make it up to the Lancaster canal

What lovely people.

Well, I was jealous at the start and then he said, "We're home.", and that just makes it all the more endearing. Glad you met up with them and shared. I missed if they said what part of the US they're from, may need to review.

Great video, nice people. Excellent presentation, Thank you

Interesting, their comments about the market just now. My experience too. The really good boats go quickly and the not so good hang around. Keep them coming David, I'm a big fan of your vlogs.

Lovely couple,i hope their troubles are small and the adventure continues for many years. People like this make the world a better place.

Bob and Jane, nice people at home. Hope they get to do the Leeds & Liverpool. If they haven't done the Rochdale, they should . We now live near Drumshanbo on Shannon, no boat yet maybe next year. Thanks for the vlog.

Excellent interview packed with information. Thank you.

Excellent video. I'm so jealous. I want to hire a boat one day and spend at least a month on it. I've never been across the pond, as they say, but your vids are so much fun to watch it's almost like I'm there.

What lovely people. Thanks for sharing their story!

Great production David, always look forward to the next one 👍

How interesting! Thank you for sharing 😊

Hats off to two very lovely people. They are living my dream and best of luck to them, thanks David for sharing this. Regards, Geoff.