155b Not A Vlog: real time narrowboat journey, Weedon to Whilton on the Grand Union canal 

I can't tell you just how much pleasure/joy my wife and I get form watching your real time cruises just wonderful, just one of the reasons we are now in the process of having our own boat built. It's a widebeam so unfortunately won't be able to cruise all the waterways you've been, making your real time cruises that much more special for us. Big thank you!

I sat and watched this vlog on my 32inch TV, no other lights on and a J.D and cola beside me so relaxing. It's like I'm sitting there in the bow traveling with you. Thank you.

*Thank You David* 😊❤ This was wonderful to listen to early this morning as a kind of meditation. It took me back to my youth when I would rest in our boat's bow berth listening/feeling the rumble the engine, hearing the gurgling of the water along the hull, as we made for our home mooring after a long day trip. 🌌 Now I am enjoying the scenery as I watch this in the background at work! 💁

Thanks so much for these Zen Canal Trips! Four inches of snow here in New England, with more snow, and sleet, expected for the next two days. In between the snowblowing and shoveling, I happily can ride along with your bow-cam.

I didn't think I would enjoy these cruise vids, but I find them very relaxing! Keeps the dream alive for a caregiver "stuck" in the city. Thanks.

Thanks. Saving this for tomorrow. Nothing better than watching your videos while I eat breakfast and have a coffee.

Well, what's not to love about this? I've just spent a wonderful hour & half 'on your boat' soaking up the sun of a very warm Midsummer's Evening with a🍷(or maybe two 😊!) What fabulous relaxation Many Thanks as always Perfect end to my day

Wonderful ........... sheer bliss for one and a half hours . You filled my eyes with the natural beauty of the real world and my ears with the simple sounds of life and the heart beat of your narrowboat engine. Well done - keep it up ...

That was a treat. It’s just so relaxing watching the canal go by from the front of your narrowboat. Thank you

A huge thank you for this lovely Not a Vlog and for all your time and effort that has gone into making it. Such a treat to be able to escape for a while, on this very foggy and damp day.

I enjoy these I can get on with what I am doing on the PC and have it run on the other screen....just keep looking across and feel like I am on holidays. thanks!

I'm watching this during the Corona crisis. Totally takes my mind off the current problems, very relaxing and stress relieving. Anyone needing a doctor should be prescribed, cruising the cut!

It's like Wind In The Willows . Love it.

I just love all your cruise videos! Thank you so much for offering me the only chance I will ever have to "cruise" the canals of England!

Wonderful! I will never have the opportunity to travel the canals in England via Narrow Boat but your videos are the next best thing. Thank you so much from British Columbia.

This so beautiful and calming, thank you for all your time and effort in making these "Not a Vlog"

Staying home during the virus in Phoenix, AZ. I've been watching your videos for a few months and this morning went to see if there were some I had missed and found this gem. What a beautiful, tranquil and comforting hour away from the anxiety and uncertainty of our new normal. Thank you my friend and stay safe!

What a beautiful painting on that narrow boat!

Just think - if you did this over the whole network you could create your own 'Google Maps' of the canal system :-)

Thank you David, I really enjoy these real time cruising videos a lot. So calming and peaceful. Just perfect for a sunday afternoon. Cheers!

Thoroughly delightful, and very restful.

I always love these " Not a V'logs ". The only downside is I quickly start to get very relaxed. With the gentle rolling countryside the drone of the engine, I begin to drift off. Good thing you have to stand to steer. If you drift off, you really will drift off right into the water. You know at the 12:00 minute mark it did indeed sound like you were snoring. Lol pleasant dreams. Hopefully dry ones as well :-)

I like the countryside but I did miss your tourism guide/history/humour comments!

Mug of TEA, & Ham, Cheese, Butter, French bread, Sandwich (thick) and a side of sliced pickles sweet and sour. Mans best friend sitting next to ya.❣️And a afternoon of Life really doesn't get much better! (thats right no mustard) 😋

Thankyou for that cruise... this little Tasmanian enjoyed the ride.

This went well with "On an Island" by David Gilmour. Thanks for posting these long form journeys.

Awesome as usual. Thank you. I have this playing on the big screen in my office as I work. Better than any "environmental" CD. Cheers.

Serenely gliding trough the lush green landscape. I'm beginning to see why you like it :-)

Great counterpoint to your usual witty narration, keep doing both!

Odd - this didn’t appear in my subscription feed. I noticed it in the ‘Recommended’ section, But if I select only your channel in my subs feed, it is there. Switch back to all channels and it’s gone.

Nice relaxing background noise for my new work from home scheme. Makes me feel like I’m outside while safe at home. Thanks!

One of your best! Thanks for calming the evening down!

So after listening to you for a good bit, I can't help but self-narrate these real time videos - in your voice in my mind of course! Definitely not as witty though... Happy New Year!

Ah. Perfect day. Don’t think it would be so good at this time of year. Enjoy the marina David.🇦🇺👍

Thank U David for the vlog. A brother from another Mother

So busy, no time to think, ROFL, love it

*starts video* "Ok Google, Play The Imperial March on loop..." *settles in for the ride*

I enjoy the semi-silent running - please do more. QUESTION ??? -- about how many engine RPM are you cruising at and about what speed?

Isn’t that a lovely looking wooden boat at 26.03

As it´s raining horisontally here in Gothenburg today I got out of bed and sat down on my "office"-chair in front of the computer and watched the long prequel to this film and with the autumn colours here I got an idea of the ultimate jigsaw puzzle, 1500-2000 pieces and the picture a long and soft canal bend to the right with a stone/brick bridge in the distance of the bend with a cottage beside it, smoke from the chimney. In the bend a narrowboat where in the early crisp morning still moist the crew has come up and fired the stove and put the frying pan on it to prepare breakfast so if one uses the nose extra well one can feel a thin whiff of smoked ham together with the coal, in other words the complete idyll. To fullfill the idyll there are some birds swimming on the mirrorlike water where the trees, the boat, the cottage and the bridge can be seen in the forefront too.

So peaceful....thank you.

A bit too slow for watching on my phone, but it reminded me of our Black Prince narrow boat holidays me and my family did several years ago, ☺️

Maybe the sound is exaggerated in the recording, but.... did you ever think of silencing the engine? I know bargees on the continent managed to get 3/4 of the noise suppressed by building an insulation case around the engine. Or swap the engine entirely for an electric drive. It would enhance the feeling of "quiet and calm"...

QUESTION ??? do all the leaves on the water cause any problems with the water intake to the engine or with the prop? - Any other problems caused by debris on water? QUESTION ??? - why does the engine "rev" for a few seconds every once and a while? like time 1:02:51 /53

Hey there just started watching your vids, just wonder if you ever do the whole length of the Grand Union canal, would love to see real time a video series.

Great stuff, wish I was there

can I hear snoring in background 13.46? What a lovely video going to watch all of this, just dream of having my own boat.

I don't know where I saw it, but I thought you got a new narrowboat. Whew , glad I misunderstood that.

Keep at it

And now your moment of Zen

This video should be used in workout centers in front of the treadmills at 2x speed.

QUESTION ??? does the TRUST have an easy OnLine system to report maintenance situations (trees down, etc) along the canal? How do you report locations? Are their mile markers along the canal? Canu use use Google maps to report GPS locations?

I will save this for the next ER visit now that I know how to find it :)

That must be the noisiest of all your vlogs, with the railway close on one side and the M1 on the other for most of it. For a new bridge, that one just after Weedon looks rather grand from the canal, much better than it does from the road.

Do you ever travel at night time?

Wonderful!!

Are there Apple trees and Berry patches along the canals? If so, are they considered "Public Property and can you partake of that bounty?

Ahhhhhh, . . . Thank you!

Hang on... is this a re-upload, or have you had this in the can since last year?

What lane do you follow on the canal? Do you pass each other port to port?

That was kind of them to wait in the lock for you to pull in!

Not in 4K? Or is YT still processing that?

0:21 Are we there yet?

Nice.

Is it my imagination, or has the engine noise increased with this recording? It would be so much better to hear the surrounding sounds, without the constant intrusion of diesel fuel being burnt, at a level which makes this less enjoyable than it could be. A different microphone/location? A post-dub perhaps?

Hi David, I was wondering how do you handle "snail mail"?

any thoughts for a vandemonium vlog ?

Cool

If I am ever so fortunate as to get my own boat, I would look for a very high tech, small diesel engine with a sound deadening exhaust or an electric motor. You have done wonders for the narrowboats and the live aboard life style. I wonder if you could get a horse to pull you along. It would be much quieter and one could hear the birds as well as the horse could eat the grass around the pathways when you docked for the night. You have covered most of the boating realities so now David, what could you have to lose or should I say, what could go wrong? Hahaha. You might start something rather interesting and gain a few hundred thousand new subscribers. Hmmm...

Likes. Posterposterous loves you guys. Spoiler alert - Postposterous is a fan. thx

No music that's the ticket

I felt like I was really there..........

👍👊😎

You can hear your coupler problem at that time.