Summers over but the Llangollen canal gets even busier! [Ep 21] 

I love all those fresh smells all the flowers etc beautiful 😊all of it

Red skies towards night, sailor's delight. Red skies in the mornin', sailor's WARNING! 🏴‍☠️🦜

Nice little trip! Thank you. I love your music, it just sets the mood of the time lapse of the sky so perfectly!

My Dad always told me the following tale….in days of old when knights were bold and toilet paper was not invented, they wiped their arse upon the grass and walked away quite contented.

Red sky at night sailor's delight Red sky in the morning sailor's take warning

I like being on your fire. 🙂 Life will change in winter. Whoa, aqueducts, we don't have them here in the USA, and that bit that was chipped off is frightening. But WOW the view back to the aqueduct on your walk to the pub was stupendous! You are an excellent boat handler. And so courteous even when other people are cranky, and yes when most boaters are just doing their best. Some day I might be renting a narrowboat ... I'll be courteous! And I'm learning from you. When I bought my second boat (a 40 foot 1939 wood power cruising boat) here in Washington State in the USA, my friend Dave said "don't go any faster than you want to hit something". Great advice! Yes, here too, if the cows are lying down, it's going to rain. 🙂My cousin was a dairy farmer for all his life and he swore by that. Fun stuff. Cheers and thank you both.

Old country saying ... Never cast a clout til may is out. ... I used to think it meant dont go without your coat until the end of the month of May, but it actually means the may blossom on trees is in bloom before going coatless

Great video. I loved hearing about you opening your flaps. (I'll get me coat.)

Great blog as usual. As for old wives tales, the best way to cure sea sickness is to sit under a tree😂

The factory making all the smoke is where my daughter works. The smoke is actually steam coming from the wood driers where they manufacture Chipboard and MDF. Cheers Heidi 🍷🥃🙂

Lovely vid. Did not think Thursday would ever get here.

Red at night Shepard’s delight, red in the morning, shepherds warning ❤️

The smell of a forest after rain is one of my favorite words, petrichor (pet treh core). I love that smell! Drink one for me!

That beautiful Lister sound. ♥♥

Love your videos, you have a cracking sense of humour. The world would be a better place if there was more people like you. Take care of yourself.

Canal gridlock, haha.

Love it when I find an older video I had missed. I can normally tell because I thumb up all the video's I have watched.

Red sky at night. Shepherds hut's on fire

red skies by morning sailors take warning ,red skies by night sailors delight

The smell you get after a rain shower is called Petrichor. You're welcome 🙂 Thanks for another great vlog!!

"take me roughly from behind" oh my....

That Yongala is the cutest boat. Looks very vintage :P

Love the time lapse of the sky.

Old saying, red shoes no knickers!

If there are lots of autumn berries, a hard winter is on the way,,,,

A suggestion (a clean one) if you need a suitable location in winter for your camera as you can't use the chimney as it gets too hot. Try turning a deep saucepan upside down and place your camera and gorilla tripod on the top which is, as you know the bottom of the saucepan. It should have sufficient weight to hold itself in place. Don't try a plastic bucket, as it'll blow away. Great vlogs!!!

Wow how busy but looked great fun too. Very picturesque too. Thank u. Made my evening

An outstanding outlook on what many would feel a hugely stressful journey ... never change 🙂

Saw Buddy and the cockerel at Ellesmere earlier today, used to live in the area and had a day trip out today..nice to see them in film 😁👍

Every cloud has a silver lining.... or as my other half would say every silver lining has a cloud 🤷‍♀️loving your videos Heidi and your music 👍

Just love to hear you talk. You have a soothing voice. And a fun voice when ya woooohooo

Down in Cornwall we have a saying about the weather , you know those spring or summer misty foggy mornings, we say " tis all for eat you " ( say that in a Cornish or Pirate voice ! ) It means the sun will burn through the mist and it will be a hot day. - Bernie the bolt

Love your vids so much. You and Jack seem to have a great time most of the time. Thank you for showing us a great slice of life, an amazing life style on your fabulous boat. Love to see it all. Where your travels take you, thanks for bring us along. Stay well both of you. Sending love and good vibes from New Mexico. USA. #WeAreFamily

Always fun to cruise with you! My mom used to say that when the leaves on an Aspen tree turn upside down, it’s going to rain. Here in Colorado, we know a whopper of a snow storm is coming from the North when we can smell the cattle yards 50 miles away! It’s a thing!😜

Great vlog, Being blacked means some thing completely different.in Orkney, it is where the potential bride and groom are kidnapped, whisked around on a flat back vehicle and covered in molasses eggs cereal etc, and lots of booze drunk on the way. Then a quick clean and on to the local pub.

Pink sky at night, shepherds delight. Pink sky at morning, shepherds warning. It’s also been used with the word sailor instead of shepherd. The first sky means good weather ahead The second, morning sky means bad weather that day.

My husband always said the fishing would be bad, if the cows were lying down. Oh, and thanks for the time lapse tip, I can’t wait to try it.

That's an amazing camera effect from your phone... Just love the channel!

ive only met about 3 boats all summer 🤣🤣

The music title? lol. nice vlog

good vid on the cut keep it cranked on cut good vids you do on the cut stay safe lee

Absolutely love your vlogs Heidi. Good to see Jacs more involved. Keep it up x

Hi Heidi, we did this trip in early July in 2019 and really enjoyed living the nomad life...am from Nantwich originally so was a step back in time...keep up the good work, Best wishes from Ontario.

Thanks Heidi. Glad to hear that Talbot Rothwell is still scripting? 😉

Yay another vlog from Heidi. Saying I always take notice of .... Red at night shepherds delight, red in the morning sailors warning. It's usually right. =-) Take care =-)

If the Swallows are flying low, it's going to rain too. Usually within a couple of hours. Red sky in the morning Shepherds warning. Red sky at night chippys on fire! Lol

you are such a lovely person i would love to see live but i live a long way in the south of france and gating on a bit keep going i love the way you talk

Greetings from Peterborough Ontario Canada. Hello Heidi, believe it or not this is true. Never plant your spring garden before the frogs have been shut up three times.

A kindred spirit Heidi and with some really cool music nothing fazes you and a sneaky musician on the side :) x A character indeed :) I'd like to moor up a couple of days / nights around Vale Royal just after the locks Winsford bound (Meadowbank) or up on the Trent & Mersey anywhere from Broken Cross to Barnton tunnel (where you can moor between 2 tunnels) and walk down back on to the Weaver and meet the Salterford lockie is where I hang out So hello Heidi and 'Jacks' (Q) ? and wee Pudding ! (bless) ay up !! I am hopefully going back onboard about July 20th ish ish ~~~~~~ :) You know and as it floats about then all well / ........... Aye ! Heidi Manning. A real person with many great qualities and self resourceful with the tinges of funky almost trippy tunes here and there and a sweet dog also a great partner (J...) ? extremely handy ! at spanner + repair stuff :) x Yeah I am impressed and inspired. Thank you ! I'll call out to you OY ! "Heidi - Pudding boat" when we cross........ ?? Blue red water line 57 footer semi trad appropriately named (later) Based (winter) usually Anderton or sometimes winter cruised (stove) Drift on musical Mermaid of the Inland Waterways Rum lass thee aye :)) Brilliant. A.J.

Loving your videos ! You show boater life just as it is! Great work! 😊

loved it thank you

Yeah same for us we have 2 different blues and two different greens .My sister in Somerset has one which she has covered in contact plastic in a wicker pattern .At least wedont haveto worry about toilet cassets of pump outs and I dont think they'd appreciate putting my pooh and wee in compostables *lol*...and dont forget to open your flaps .I love the sound of your lovely old Lister ...thump thump thumpit reminds me of my time at sea as a Cadet on fire drills it was my job to start the Lister fire pump ...always a good starter . onething Please dont go round the bend,I dont mind the canal bends.....off to put kettle on for another brew and a couple of Jammy dodgers...and remember"Red sky at night sailors delight ....load of old bollocks Sailors like many other things more than nice sunsets*wink*XXX

Cheers and thank you.

Wow ! We will have do them 😊

If the wind blows, so the underside of the leaves on trees are very visible, it will storm……

Hey Heidi, yet again a lovely journey. Beautiful scenery , a trip to the pub and yes the rain is going to rain...lol looking foward to next weeks🙂

Wow😮

Eeeee I saw me name across yer bottom!! Best three quid I ever spent!! Plus I agree with Richard down below. And Thursday doesn't come soon enough.

Great Vlog as always, just been on North Oxford and Ashby 1st October and very busy, look forward to next posting

Love the time laps 😁😁😁

Great vlogs as usual and some reminders of our recent visit to the area. :-)

Ooooo a train on the viaduct.I have been across/ lovely views,Thanks again

You make great videos Heidi! And this one is very engaging. Well done 👏 ✔

So nice when the train went over the viaduct whilst you were on the aqueduct. We know that pub The Bridge Inn 😁

Lovely vid hope pudding was safe and warm…red sky at night…me barns a light!!!

Wow it was busy for you!!

It has an "earthy" smell

Hi we came across you after watching some cruising crafts. Loved yours so much we watched the most recent and then went back to the start and watched em back to back! You are a natural, my wife and I love your humour! Can't wait to watch the next ones you put up😜Kind regards from Linda And Richard

I hope it's quieter when I head up there.

Moss generally grows on the North side facing side of a tree(Just in case you ever get lost) but if you are ever in the Southern Hemisphere then that reverses to the South,

cows usually lie down to chew the cud after grazing for a while...much easy to chew and digest than standing up....

I watched this hoping to see my boat, I saw many people I know. Have fun

Can you please do a theme tune to perimenopause and call it Boiling Over lol x

One of my favourite old wives saying..."itchy bum, money to come...."😯

I'm heading that way via the weaver on route for a quick dip then back in ta canal. Looking forward to it. Lovely vlog as usual Mrs pirate lady.

If the cows are laying down, the fish are biting.

Hi Heidi,just love the sound of your engine, are you having your bottom black or is it the boat lol 😂 the canal is such a popular one so it’s always busy but it’s a beautiful canal most boaters want to go there and over the beautiful aqueduct it’s stunning, nice pice of your music Heidi I call that relaxing,till next time take care keep safe, John 😂👀🌹👏👏💃💃🍺🍺🦭🦭🤷‍♀️

Red sky at night shepherds delight....red sky in morning...shepherds warning.....never cast a clout til May is out....

When the leaves 🍃 on the trees 🌳 turn their bottoms to the wind it’s gonna be a big storm ⛈

I'm guessing that its past your bedtime ...sleep well Heidi happy dreams .Nite Nite XXx...its 1230 pm now uk time.

Hi Heidi darlin ,just got home and am going to have my supper so will msg again later till then a big hug ,see you in a bit XXX

Another great fun vid Heidi, thanks. And btw, I think your music is genuinely very good. I've got to ask though- why do you call the cowboy hat a tw*t hat? I'm not a fan of them myself, I must say, although the older guys seem to wear them, even when its not raining- do you think they want to portray a certain image by wearing a cowboy hat?

Heidi, I'm from the States. Could you maybe sometime educate us here upon just how extensive the canal system is, there in the UK? Can you go to Wales? York? Or even Scotland? I am living vicariously through you what seems a really great life. My wife and I are planning on a tour of the UK when we retire. I'd really like to experience the Canal living community. You all remind us of the close-knit Theater people that are our family. Also, I Alabama, at least, if the cows are lying down, the fish won't bite. Cheers to you and yours!

Fantastic video as usual, I also said Eeek when the broken piece of the aqueduct bridge went past. Thank you for your time and sharing your adventures with us Land Lovers - Big hugs to you, Jackie and adorable Pudding - Ontario Canada - moving to Nova Scotia soon

“It’s black over Bill’s mothers”, (storm cloud’s approaching). “Put the wood in the whole”. (shut the door).

When the swallows are flying low be prepared for rain.

Hi Heidi, I'm Mike from Oregon, Here in Oregon we have 1m of rain per year... about like you guys in the UK. So I have a word for you that I think you'll love...Petrichor. Petrichor is that smell you get when it rains on dry ground or for the first time in the season.

Another lovely video Heidi thanks :) - Llangollen is nice for a ride on the steam railway too. Is your music online anywhere?

Hello Heidi - greetings from Poland. On an animal theme, whenever I see a magpie. I always say "good morning Mr. Magpie, give my love to your wife". It's supposed to bring me good luck. A lovely if busy cruise. How wonderful that there never seems to be any "canal rage"' The canal community is very special. Alway curteous, polite, friendly and willing to help a fellow boater in need. That would never happen if you all lived in houses in stead! The return journey through the tunnel and over the two aquaducts was just as exciting. Ooh yes! - love "Flow Job" - what a superb piece of music. A wonderful video, I loved it.Thanks for taking me along. Stay safe

If cows are nesting in trees it's going to flood

Nice spot down there😊

A great vlog. First one of yours I've watched. Saw you on Gary Captain Phillips.

Well I'm back ,it says 2 hours so I apologise for being a bit late .First of all this is in my estimation your best video to date.I dont mind sitting on the Chimmney perhaps it will make me as hot as you *grin*Supper was good nice steak fresh fruit salad and ice cream then my daughter dropped in and we discussed how we could handle Thanksgiving due to the latest Covid regulations,we are in a fourth spike in Covid cases. My grand daughter will be home from Uni for the week end.I think we will end up in a Restaurant as we cant visit with each other.but if we are double vaxed we can do that in a restaurant. Heidi you can go anywher you like rest assured I'll still follow you .Another chore I had to do was the Bins they pick up around 730 in the morning its recycling and compostables this week next week it will be garbage. Not the week just the bin*LOL* Was working in my garden all day I have lots of lawn and many many trees about a dozen Maples a big Cedar and many conifers.The colours are just gorgeous from bright red to orange and yellow's. It means a lot of work clearing all the leaves I know from experience the order in which they shed their leaves so its an ongoing job for a couple of weeks.I have a big four feet wide sweeper which I pull with my tractor. That was a lovely shot of you and Jacki in the pub I do miss British Pubs . I loved one of your tunes particularly"Flow Job" you really are a talented musician ...no bull So Heidi dear enough about me I'll shut up and wait for your response ....btw check the fridge.Cheers from me and Canada ,take care happy cruising .Luvz ya lots XXXX

A drink a day keeps reality at bay?

Does the camera on the roof go under tunnels ok ? I love your simplicity for recoding videos 😊

Hi l work in a school and was talking about you today as they are looking for some badges. Have you got a place online where we can see what you do? Love your vlogs by the way xx

So do you have a cannon tiller pin because it's piratey, or because it's phallic? lol

Having a lovely day, are we? I always wanted to know what it's like living on a narrowboat 24/7/365. I know that I would fit right in because you get to spend a lot of time alone if you so desire or you can bring a partner or two! However, I could never live or park in a marina, traveling the 7600 kilometers and the 1569 locks would take some time and not have to worry bout the time.

those two ladies did well to survive back then as very unconventional then....

After working outdoors for 50 years the only saying which works to any degree is - Rain before seven fine before eleven!