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Interesting find on Amazon Prime for boaters..."Travels by Narrowboat" Guy buys a 'narrowboat' and travels along England's canal system
October 09, 2019, 11:12 AM
redstoneInteresting find on Amazon Prime for boaters..."Travels by Narrowboat" Guy buys a 'narrowboat' and travels along England's canal system
I only watched season 1 and I haven't circled around to watch the remainder. It was interesting.
This business will get out of control. It will get out of control and we'll be lucky to live through it. -Rear Admiral (Lower Half) Joshua Painter Played by Senator Fred Thompson October 09, 2019, 12:42 PM
f2the hot and cold food stall with honesty box was cool.
October 09, 2019, 06:15 PM
AllenInAREngland really looks like a cool place in a lot of ways.
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October 10, 2019, 10:44 AM
RogBI stuck it out watching 1st episode, the constant engine noise was aggravating but the scenery was good. Didn't expect to watch any more of it.
Now I'm almost done with season one. Darn thing is addictive! And I've even come to like the guy more than I did at first especially the unflappable way he deals with various problems that arise.
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October 10, 2019, 10:58 AM
KevboI spent way more time researching meat pies last night, because of this show, than necessary.
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October 10, 2019, 06:09 PM
AllenInARI think Seasons 3 and 4 are the best. He seems to have established a rhythm with his videos, and some of the scenery is spectacular.
FiveFiveSixFan was right about
Cruising the Cut.I'm about 20 videos in to his series. He is not as "at home" on his boat as CountryHomeGuy, but his videos are a LOT more informative. From styles of boats to his layout, to working on the various systems. And with 196 videos, I'm pretty certain he'll be hitting the canal soon for some cool sights. The website I linked has all his YouTube videos.
And yeah, the cuisine looks interesting. LOL As do the pubs.
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October 13, 2019, 12:48 AM
KevboSo i also starting to watch some or]f his older YouTube stuff, some I found through his Facebook page
Tonight I couldn’t sleep and I found the video where he talks about being attacked on New Year’s Eve.
It sucks, and is a shitty thing to have happen. I will put that out.
But, damn, if he isn’t the epitome of the British beta male. He has cried more in the course of this show than I think I have in the last 30 years. We are even close in age
I love his videos, and even like him...but damn he is...meek. That’s the word.
The video is called “the real reason I let YouTube for Vimeo” if you want to watch it
I feel for the dude. I do. I get he has had a rough go. I just could never be that timid. Maybe it’s a cultural thing
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October 13, 2019, 01:30 AM
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Originally posted by AllenInWV:
Cruising the Cut...
kevin's diesel definitely sounds better.
October 13, 2019, 07:49 AM
AllenInARYeah, I like the "put-put-put" it puts out.
David Johns goes to the Crick boat show....I DO like the more modern interiors than the traditional ones. It'd be neat to find an older boat, then redo the interior in a modern style.
I also like the ones that show off the engines, I guess that's an older boat thing.
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October 13, 2019, 09:19 AM
NavyGuyKind of an interesting time killer I'll keep on the back burner. Nice to watch if I get into bed and can't get to sleep quickly. Thirty minutes of that old diesel chugging away does the trick.
Maybe I've not watch enough of the series but it seems sometime he's trying to convince himself that what he's doing is really great. Often says, "this is amazing" or some such.
Men fight for liberty and win it with hard knocks. Their children, brought up easy, let it slip away again, poor fools. And their grandchildren are once more slaves.
-D.H. Lawrence October 13, 2019, 11:56 AM
f2S3 E4 of detectorists - Toby Jones' current girlfriend (mechanic) gets him on her narrowboat and he hurls after.
October 15, 2019, 02:27 AM
f2S2 E2 has a good relative ground speed sequence with him tooling along after a lock - no moored boats and from the sound of the diesel he wasn't crawling, but wasn't at full speed either, and a couple walks by with their dog, then another couple passes, and they steadily keep ahead of him.
October 15, 2019, 07:30 AM
AllenInARI saw somewhere that the speed limit in the canals is 4 mph, and I reckon he rarely pushes that. LOL
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