HOW FAR DO I HAVE TO MOVE my NARROWBOAT? 

I love your resilience! Great videos. Please be safe.

Really liked this and lots of information aswell . Nice to see all the bits in between! Stay happy😊

I always look forward to your weekly updates May, and great to see you enjoying boat life so much too. You seem to have really settled down now, found your routine and look so at peace. Have a great week May! 😊

Thanks for another great vlog, really informative. X

Good video! Thank you May.

I have tried narrowboating and it’s hard work much respect to you for living there full time, love you enthusiasm and you have a beautiful smile too, keep up the good work

Love how you talk to your boat like it’s a pet 😀

Very informative video , something I’ve often wandered about as most peeps seem to work online. Handy to know it’s possible to work a job and maintain the boat life

god bless you May, what an awesome person

Just found you by accident .great vibes you give off and positivity great luck with this great new channel 😐

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK

You have a great voice. Love your commentary. You make it interesting.

Always a joy when one of your videos shows up - excellent singing voice by the way :) I have been toying with joining this life for years now and the thing that stops me more than anything else is the issue of continuous cruising and having to hold down a job. So this was quite on point for me :D It's an issue I hesitate to bring up in case it triggers anxiety but an attendant thing that gives me pause is security when away from the boat. That and vandalism of the boat itself. I can't see any effective way of safeguarding your property when you are away - I know a house is just the same but there are usually neighbours to keep an eye out.

Its also fine balance to be able to move your boat and park a car in safe place thankfully the canal looked flat so no up and down hills all the time . As well I guess. I don't drive so have to work out the logistics of bus and train stations and the share number of people can be a little bit of odd feeling when I have been out in that middle of nowhere for two or three weeks. Also it's reassuring that I'm not the only one that talk to there boat,

You, Ben & Emily, Jacob Collier and Cadbury have all made me love the UK, but all for different reasons!

I noticed you were iced in for one video and wondered if that might be an exception to the "must move" requirement. Thanks for all the great videos!

May thanks for your video they are very interesting especially how far you have to move every two weeks take care

I was told from one parish to the next or roughly a mile and a half. I never had a problem with the crt. Like you say , as long as you play the game . They pretty much leave you alone. I boated on the kennet and Avon (devises to woolhampton) for seven years. Loved it, but sold my boat due to covid. But now would love to get another..

Hi May, I like that you worked out your moves to fit with parking, so when your year is up do you do the same trip in reverse or just go back to the start point and start over again, can you change derection after the year? I guess if it was me I think winter I would like to be closer to work becouse of the shorter daylight hours and summer further away

You are so cute and self sufficient! I admire your spirit.

This is not legal advice, but there is certainly some legal stuff in what I am going to say, and things may have changed recently ( but I do not think so). Firstly, unless things have changed recently you always got some form of warning (letters stuck on your boat for example telling you to up your game) In fact CRT used to just allow you a 6 month licence renewal if you had not moved enough in the previous 12 months if they thought you were not playing ball in order that you were on notice to "up your game" as so to speak. The law is a bit vague but it is slowly getting clearer, although CRT seem to like it being vague. In the summing up of a legal judgement in November 2013, which was supposed to be a test case which failed, the judge decided to play along and still give some clarification even though he did not have to. It was quite refreshing to here a judge understand a bit of boating history. Firstly, bona fide means that it must be genuine, ie you can not claim a journey just to avoid the rules, ie we can not move a boat 50 yds and claim that as a bona fide journey. He said moving a boat 500 meters in the same parish was not a different place, but moving a boat 2 miles to somewhere that wasn't that parish clearly was. He then went on to say somethings that CRT were claiming were clearly wrong. The old you can not go back and forth rule is wrong, he gave an example of the ferry on the Mersey, that never traveled move than a mile, but was certainly in a bona fide journey. He said that CRT claiming you should progress around the network or use a significant part of it was also wrong, as boats went from Ellsemere to Ellsemere port and back and never left the shropshire union, and coal boats also went back and forth on the same canals but were still bona fide. Now you should notice something from what I have written. The term bona fide is the most important thing. There isn't really any other rule except bona fide journey and not the same place... everything else is just stuff CRT have slapped on. Me myself, I would not take what I have written as a guide. I would not go back and forth from one place to another every two weeks no matter what a judge said, my balls just are not big enough. I would certainly stay on one canal if it was long enough. I would not bat an eye lid at going a big distance over a long period and then turning round on the same canal and slowly making my way back. As many have said, just don't take the pee and you will be ok.

I spent a good part of a year without a permanent mooring on the Broads, all moorings are 24 hour! I used a pushbike to get to the car to move it to the moorings. Moorings were never guaranteed so could be a 1 mile between car and boat, might be 10, usually never much further. You have got the methodology right, don't take the P and get the authority on your side. Not sure what me and the boat have in store for the future, possibly going exploring again. 🙂

We miss you May!

Hello May, I have just subscribed because I was so impressed with your vlog. It was just what I was looking for. How be it I want a wide beam live aboard continues cruser along the southern parts of England. Do you know if this is possible. BTW I think your camera work is fine. And you have a great personality. God bless you 👍

Nice footware 💚

Interesting that May i always wondered how it works and how far you have to go you see some of these films where they travel absolutely miles then have to retrieve the car .. lol ..nice film thanks 👍

Incredible voice!

Hi may, how do the river authorities keep an eye on your movements to make sure you behave?

I like what you said about moving. It has to be in one direction. Not just back and forth for a mile or so each time.

If you add the continuous cruise cost to the cost of the boat diesel for the month, it must end up averaging like £300 + a month? I would also be worried about my car being in a random car park where a stranger can just park next to your car and scratch or damage it.

How long does it take to get through a lock typically if there was no queue?

Strange question maybe, but when mooring against Armco metal sheeting like you did today. Do you ever use Nappy Pins? I think they are called 🤔 😂

How long do you have to wait before you can move back to a previous (recent) mooring?

“Back int day” What’s with the Yorkshire accent every now and then?! Awesome video - very peaceful and informative

What engine is in the boat sounds like an iveco or something

Ive often wondered what happens if you work and have to move the boat.

Love your channel..

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Hi, what's the footwear brand plz?

Move just enough. 😊

Great vlog May loved the ..."not the piss" comment lol. Do you ever feel restricted with having to stay in the same location for job ?

I had a narrow boat and its the like of you that i got rid of it, i paid my fees like you do, but i see boats that never move.

See you soon on the cut soon may

Hey May,I live in my bus and I suffer with Lonelieness,anxiety,depression,and currently on a 2yr waiting list for autism ! Ha I'm 37 oh well 🤷, I'm very nature orientated maybe you could help me,you have great energy peace

Any boat steered from the stern should always leave an alongside mooring stern first.

You live an interesting life. We don't live like you here in New Zealand.

❤❤❤❤ you . From Canada

You so sweet. Allways happy. You Yoga for me. I love you. Kari Hilska 74 Finland❤

I know that area well, that wasnt a mile. more like 1/2 mile lol 😂

Wink wink, bye!!!

There's a lot to be said for becoming an expert and completely immersed in a local environment. Have you found places away from the motorway noise ? I guess the idea behind the continuous cruising is that the CRT don't want people monopolising the best locations, or acting like they own them, which is entirely reasonable. btw did any of the film crew fall in ? The picture you showed looked pretty precarious - hanging on with her toenails 😱

I’ve often thought of buying a barge, but what puts me off is undesirables n unruly kids that want to make your life hell. How do you deal with them

Moving every 2 weeks is just one dilly of a pickle😅

You have mentioned mooring longer because of pregnancy a couple times now. Are you trying to tell us something?

Have u retired?

It would piss me off having to go back to get a car then try to find some place close to park it but do like your vid

Ur so beautiful love watching u

Its not that simple. You can travel Twenty mile ore more and not be seen by an inspector. Then when you get back an inspector sees you and assumes you haven't moved at all. I have to go back to my usual stretch of the canal so i can get to the Doctor and dentist. But the truth is there is no minimum distance rule. Its rubbish. They can also say they are not happy with your cruising pattern. The law courts on the other hand refer to moving to a new PARISH every two weeks. i am currently on the langollen.

Ha ha! your 'don't take the piss' covers nearly every and anything I would say. I can see why your asked to move or the canals would soon become another on water housing estate but it sound difficult if you have kids with schools and all that bit to think of. Around this area marinas are not cheap to stay in and work out more than a price in rent to say a flat. Lots are moving out of Bristol docks as they have put their prices up and if you have a car it now cost £9 / day to travel in and out of the docks area. Funny when I was a kid and born and lived around there it was nothing but a rat infested playground but now a major money spinner guessing with still the same rats around but now posh rats.

Can you now define ‘in a pickle’? 😂

Check your comments, you have a troll

Make friends with CRT.... yeah right rather die

canny crack you take care

I can run faster then you

What you don’t say is were you park your Car. People like you think its OK to park in a street where you don’t actually live, Taking up space from Home owners, I suspect your doing the same ……

But how do the river Po Po track you then? .. lovely videos young lady... Livin tha dream🦆,🫶

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