I havent done enough of the canals to be able to happily recommend somewhere; also everyones requirements are different.Plus hirers tend to do one of the standard circular routes so they end up back where theyve started, whereas Ive just dawdled my way on the various canals as Ive seen fit so my experience isnt similar to a hirer.Most hirers want to know about site-seeing places and which pubs to visit and on that front Im a dead loss as well as I just dont go to them. Hi Tom. It was all I could do to not ask her about narrowboating. These wont be appearing on Prime (anything after about vlog 201 isnt on Prime) but will be on this website and YouTube. To be clear, the recipe is buttered bread, with ingredients as just described, and thats it.I absolutely loathe mayo or any similar gunge, and I dont like salt, pepper or suchlike either. Hi DavidI must be psychic. I dont know of any narrowboats that steer from the front though there are some old, shorter, ones that had a wheelhouse slightly back from the middle. Love your minidocus! If you start doing mini documentaries about the channels, and perhaps some history, about the building of the channels, and interesting places along the channels I am sure it will be nice who actually want to pay me money, typically $2 $5 a month to support me in making more Vlogs. I will look forward to any other up and coming projects, excursions or hobbies you choose to do and film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j6_nZYR2nK4&list=PLa9px3O5n5hADgtrnNwa5jTzO7uaWC8-e. I presume the climate here just isnt warm enough for great clouds of them that you might find in other countries. May you find your way back to joy. There are not that many truly sunny days here and no matter what solar proponents say, if its cloudy and overcast, the resulting power is much less than optimal. As Dory says, Keep on swimming.. Cheerio, Jobim, Thank you Jobim; the refilling of my tank is underway! Available on Prime Video . You just dont see it on my videos. Thank you for tuning in and Im so glad they bring back wonderful memories. I enthusiastically support any direction you intend to pursue. My best wishes. Genres: Adventure, History, Documentary. Best wishes for the coming year. It is not exactly what I would like to see happen but I get it fully. You have a unique talent that will be greatly missed on the West side of the pond. Thank you Iris. If you have a permanent mooring on a wharf or in a marina, you can often have post sent there though it depends on the contract terms. J. Clay Hall, P.E. I just found your videos a couple of months ago. I had heard you were banned from leaving (quite extreme, I thought, Id have imagined coming back was more of the problem). Cheers, Hi David, I am in Johannesburg, South Africa. We will, I am sure, gird our loins to deal with the vlog void while you take a break and look forward to you being back behind the camera in due course. A rather lovely video to end the season sees David firstly having a new stove pipe custom-made to crown the chimney he'd fixed in Episode One and then, on an utterly glorious day in mid-summer, he takes a trip to Welshpool to see, and experience, a horse-drawn narrowboat. Kindest regards Haha, I can imagine your wifes relief too. Fashion designer Victoria , 48, featured on the cover . A couple of years ago there was extensive winter damage on some of the northern canals due to flooding which even raised up boats onto the towpath and left them there once the waters receeded. Would definitely find it so interesting on the restoration of the canals and anything else you wish to get into. Why not use a drone to look ahead and around corners?Not really feasible as a solo boater. So no, the canals are two-way for 99% of the time. Your background in Broadcasting Im sure, has much to do with just how successful these videos have been, and I look forward to viewing what you choose to produce in the future. Usually though it may not look like it! One life.. live it! You can tell they are not expert camera operators. I get buzzed by one or two a year. Hi David, I shall miss your humour and lovely take on the world of cruising, but, take the time you need to fall back in love with it. Plus lots of other topics I could cover, I hope. Glad you enjoy them! I turned around, headed home and told my wife I was going to sell the bike, and it was gone in two weeks. A bygone age: horse-drawn narrowboat on the Welsh canals. Really find them very informative. Firstly, its unlikely a cordless drill would have sufficient power; a lot of the mechanisms can be very stiff indeed hence needing a decent length of handle on the windlass to get the appropriate leverage. Bruce Martin, Hello Bruce. And you can get diesel stove as well. John Lennon and first wife Cynthia had a son, Julian, who was born in 1963 and was believed to be the inspiration for three Beatles' songs Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds (1967), Hey Jude (1968 . No plans for that at present though. Have a good rest and come back again, Tony Garden. I recently discovered you on Amazon Prime over Christmas and your series has been a great help to me. I spent happy hours walking the Oxford canal (gongoozeler) and its rich wildlife. As a future narrowboater I must say your vlogs have been extremely helpful. Cheers and hopefully not a forever farewell. Since that original video we enjoyed binge watching all your videos (starting with #1) this past year. Thank you! Thank you again and I hope you will be able to make a few more cruise videos again in time to come. All of these videos were very well presented and enjoyed by many! Living in N.Ireland we used to visit my granny over in England and the absolute highlight for me every year was a visit to Foxton Locks. They have lost their commitment and become the prisoners of their camera, patrons and schedule. It has been known to happen but generally only in severe weather and often when a nearby river or stream overflows into the canal rather than the canal itself overfilling. That said, there are very few occasions when a bow thruster would really be needed. Do the canals ever flood? I hope 2021 is less dreary for you and that wonderful things inspire you. A history of canals was something I was going to suggest as a diversion, pleased to learn you are already on it. If you can wade your way through that occasional treacle, its good stuff. Thank you for taking the time and effort, in making hours and hours of videos for Cruising the Cut. Hi. Cheers, Do you need a TV licence on a boat?This is a more complicated subject than you might imagine. I dont do much either, just eat a meal and watch telly or YouTube (see my Day in the Life in Lockdown video). David at Cruising the Cut still has a lot to offer the narrowboat community even if he isnt living and breathing the live day to day , If you are an avid fan of David and his Cruising the Cut channel, I would love to know what you think in the comments section below . To clarify though (and as you will have no doubt noticed from this website), I am still producing videos about canals, just not cruising on my own boat. Dont give up! Regards, David. . There is no need to be cold on a narrowboat. If you still refuse then eventually legal proceedings begin with the CRT having the contractual right to remove your boat from the water. Very peaceful and pleasant. I loved every minute. Can you recommend a hire company for us to use? David Johns Director. Do you pay council tax?Boats on official residential moorings pay council tax as they are classed as residences. They gave me the most wonderful sense of calm watching the scenery, hearing the water lapping, and enjoying your commentary. GO FOR IT. If you have any tips for beached boaters be sure and pass them on. I used to paddle a canoe. Occasionally when the weather is nice but mostly no. Unfortunately I cannot as I have never used any of the rental companies myself so I cant in good conscience recommend any. Also, due to the shallowness of much of the canal network, any blacking on the baseplate would be quickly scraped off in many areas. The calmness! Totally understandable, and while I enjoy your cruisin vids, can sure understand how what you do in life has got to have some fun in it and some, cant think of the word, but you have to enjoy what you do. Dont let the past year get you down. How Can I stay in Touch with Cruising the Cut. Cheers. If you share it via YOUTUBE, nice and if I dont like the video I can move on to something else (dont think it will happen with your videos however!) https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/fishing/angling-strategies/fishing-faqs, https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/fishing/fish-species, Links from my videos to Amazon with an affiliate code in them. Hey, nice show. see vlog 249 which is an updated version of vlog 66 for 2021, https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/specialist-teams/managing-our-water/day-to-day, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79df3e_z6sg, see vlog 69 I did about just such a craft, vlog 244 which was all about electric boats vs diesel. A break will do you good and you can decide on the way forward. Alongside this David announced that there would be no more cruising videos (as he will no longer be on a boat) and he would focus more on the documentary style videos such as the very successful Coal Finger video above, essentially reporting on stories he sees along the canals. Hi Peter. It was a dark period of personal crisis. After 13 years of doing this and working in radio, I decided to chuck it all in and buy a narrowboat to cruise around the canals on. Journal entry: 11th May, Wednesday. And . Buy HD $0.99. Take care. Oh David, going to miss you, but I certainly can understand. Sneaking ahead and watching the great Electric over Diesel generator river run. I knew what this vlog was going to be about before I watched it; I had the feeling you were feeling a bit dejected. Initially videos of my travels, I now document . However, time has come, you need to change up some stuff to bring the adventure and fun back into what you do. Oh, I can imagine just how your wife is pleased! Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. I rather like the idea of a motorcycle despite never having ridden one but it does seem to me that there are too many dangers (on the British roads, at least) from other drivers. Cheers! He is best known for his breakthrough role as Daniel Blake in the 2016 Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake. To start with due to my advancing years I do not hear as well as I did but I can hear every word you say and you do not drown out your remarks with inappropriate music. Unfortunately theres no charging infrastructure on (most of) the canals so yes youd also need a generator of some sort even if thats just the engine standalone diesel gennys are ridiculously expensive and a massive battery bank which is expensive, weighty and requires maintenance. How about putting up some links to what you consider your best of videos? Oh, how amusing that you wanted to chat with the saleswoman about narrowboats! How long was your boat, who built it and when?Its 55 feet 11 inches and was built in 2000. Cheers! As for voting, you can vote by post or by proxy and (Im told) either declare an affiliation with a particular area of the country and vote there, or if you still own a bricks-and-mortar home, you vote wherever it is. I hope to feel more energised about it all after a couple of months not doing it! Why dont you steer from the front, in a covered wheelhouse? Hello! Im all up to seeing more documentary type videos. Jasmin from This Narrowboat Adventure has done an excellent video about a new phone app which you can use to get services from a local GP wherever you are on the network. Why do you steer from the back, not the front?Because with 40, 50 (indeed up to 72) feet of solid steel boat, you really need to stand at the back to see what its doing when you manoeuvre it; bear in mind they pivot in the middle so when you turn left, the back goes right and vice versa) not seeing what the back is doing could end up with you bashing a lot of moored boats on these narrow canals. It dawned on me that if you considered selling or auctioning off your iconic celebrity cannalboat along with an autographed DVD package of her amazing heartfelt journeys. I have enjoyed listening to David Johns as he experienced his travels of the a English canals and becoming adept maneuvering his narrow boat. Dont eat them, youll likely give yourself something nasty from the water.See https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/fishing/angling-strategies/fishing-faqs for the CRTs Fishing Questions page.For the various types of fish in the canals, see https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/fishing/fish-species. Cheers, David, just watched your 2021 things to come video. So keep well, stay safe and enjoy 2021! Unlike rivers theres virtually no current in the canals except for whenever a lock is emptied, and with the canals being so shallow and having a lot of trees on the bank, theres an awful lot of silt lying at the bottom. I, too, went through a similar mental encounter when I went out one day with my motorcycle. Your email address will not be published. You can just rock up at a hire firm or brokerage, pay your money and head off down the canal with no experience, test or licence whatsoever. Rest and see how you feel. This is slightly different from some of my other what happened toX posts, as David is still posting regularly to his Cruising the Cut YouTube channel. There were narrated cruising videos, informational videos about buying and maintaining a narrowboat and even some documentary style videos (Coal Finger is a great example, watch it below if you havent already!). Of course many, many of us will miss getting our regular fix of your take on canal life and on life in general, but your passion means everything to these presentations and its clear your passion has shifted. We had a very similar experience when, on a sunny day in late March, David Johns came to visit us and record an episode for his canal-based vlog Cruising the Cut. Starting in Peterborough, I took the boat off the River Nene and onto the Middle Level Navigations. Click here to watch it. Its only the ads that pay, I get nothing for views of the videos themselves unless youre a member of YouTube Premium. 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