Animals encountered include swans, sheep, horses, cats, dogs, ducks, and herons. Have a look at this video from Slim Potatohead where he experiments with one on his caravan (travel trailer): https://youtu.be/ZvXwqMWbt1c?t=122. Links to the episode as well as to David's channel can be found in the programme notes. He also meets up with some new friends, also narrowboaters. No, far from it. David Johns YouTuber and Narrowboat-dweller Welcome to the Airscape, the online home of video producer David Johns. Top channels; Top videos; Most subscribed channels; Most popular channels; Most popular videos; The Highest-Paid YouTubers of 2021; In his second year of narrowboat ownership, David Johns took it on a more extensive voyage involving five rivers, one Victorian boat lift, many canals and a lot of wildlife! Londons canals and rivers are becoming ever more crowded with boaters as people flock to the capitals waterways, drawn by the lure of a seemingly idyllic and possibly cheaper lifestyle. Why dont you get all-solar narrowboats?It sounds great, for sure. So get the kettle on, and settle down." There are no mains electricity points along the canal network other than in marinas (though I one of the Welsh canals has power points for a fleet of electric hire boats see vlog 169 but this is unusual). 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. When David Came (Cruising the Cut) The Greek myths tell us that there are times when the gods come down from Olympus to walk amongst mortals. And really, they look just like every other supermarket Ive ever been into (!!) Its a tale of mid-life crisis, near-purchase of a campervan, and a calender from the RNLI. 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. Typically, a canal might be maybe 4-5 feet deep in the middle (the canal bed tends to slope upwards slightly at the edges). I prefer to keep the channel focused on narrowboats and canals rather than life in Britain as there are other channels that do that. In which David needs to take the narrowboat out of the water to de-rust the gas locker at the bow, and has to work out how to stop his chimney from leaking. As he travels, Johns points things out with a wry sense of fun. He had become too Americanized. This gets stirred up each time a boat goes by and then hangs in the water so it looks dirty.The CRT do dredge parts of the canals occasionally but its an expensive business so sadly there isnt enough dredging done. As he reaches the final stage of his 2017 travels, two familiar faces pop up to help with the last strenuous leg down Hatton locks. And David, certainly did not put me under any pressure.
Little is known of the sword due to the high . In October 2015, David quit his job and went to live on a narrowboat where hes now making YouTube videos. His YouTube channels include: Cruising The Cut (narrowboats): www.youtube.com/CruisingTheCutUK His YouTube channels include:Cruising The Cut (narrowboats): www.youtube.com/CruisingTheCutUKVandemonium (campervans): www.youtube.com/VandemoniumTubeshooter (camcorder / gear reviews) www.youtube.com/tubeshootermagUKAirscape (informal camcorder tests): www.youtube.com/UKAirscapeDavid Reads Stories (exactly as the name suggests): www.youtube.com/DavidReadsStoriesDavidExpert (gadget reviews): www.youtube.com/DavidExpertTV, Powered by - Designed with theHueman theme. Good fortune smiles upon David as he travels up the south Stratford canal, with lock after lock being set his way and help being given by random boaters and passers-by. This is Part 1 of 2 of the journey. So, he quit the rat race. Back in 2015, the UK television news reporter David Johns was very unhappy with his personal and professional life. We do get lots of houseflies and occasional wasps etc but theyre just the normal summertime pests. I was so worried about the interview and convinced that the only useable part if it was that 'I live on a boar', that the next day I emailed over to David a lot of other material so that if he wanted to persist with this desperate endeavour he could use instead of the interview, but that I also could quite well understand if he simply wanted to retain his dignity and walk away from this whole sorry saga. Only in peak summertime are you likely to approach the solar panels maximum output and even then only when the sun is high.In spring and autumn, any solar is very variable and in winter its negligible plus the hours of daylight are much shorter too and the angle of the sun much lower (Its not always possible to angle the panels at the sun and even so, the other factors mean the resulting power will be far less than in summer).On an average 57 foot narrowboat you have space for about 2.3kW of solar. Also, when you are going past moored boats, it is required (and polite) to slow to an absolute crawl, generally at engine tickover or just over, so that you dont rock them or pull their mooring pins out this really does happen when boats go zooming past with no regard for anyone else. David texted me to say he'd arrived and by the time I had located the 'g' for 'I'll come and Get you' he was already down on the other side of the canal. [3], In 2016, he starred as the title character in the Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake in a critically acclaimed performance described as "powerful", "a welcome comic touch", and "all the more moving for its restraint". 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Portable electric trolling motors are often suggested in the comments on my YouTube videos but Ive never seen a narrowboat with one; I think it would be a bit ugly and awkward to have one mounted on the bow plus it could cause an obstruction in the locks (potentially getting caught on the gates etc). This isn't a movie or even a television show, it's a "video blog" or, as IMDB puts it, a "web series" that you can watch on YouTube, Twitter, or Amazon Prime. After talking it through with Donna, we said yes and so we tentatively set the date for around the end of March and springtime. As a Yank, I can't help but associate this with watching golf on TV with my dad, back in the 60s-80s. 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. He stops at pubs and villages. Copyright 20012023 by Daniel B. Clendenin. In that case they divide up your monthly fee amongst every creator you watched that month according to how much of each creators videos you watched. And so, when David contacted me, I was a divided soul. Or perhaps, it's more like I imagine it is how the ancient swineherds felt when the Greek gods appeared amongst them - like 'Oh, I know you so well' and 'that's really odd, you are real!' [2], In 2009, he and Owen O'Neill dramatised Stephen King's Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption for the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. Why dont you have a generator?Dedicated diesel generators (ideally in a silenced enclosure) are great but fantastically expensive many thousands of pounds even for little ones. He chucked his job, sold his house, bought an old school, live-aboard fifty-six foot "narrow boat," and started chugging along the extensive network of bucolic British canals at two miles an hour. 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. 2022 Emmy Nominees Action & Adventure Animation Anime Comedy Crime Documentary Drama. When boats were horse-drawn and there was no towpath in a tunnel (because to build one would require a wider tunnel which would cost more), the boats would be legged through; a plank of wood laid across the bows, two men lying flat on it and walking the boat with their legs out to reach the walls of the tunnel. I lie in the half-light of dawn, Suspended above the silty jungles Filled with so much life., Erica ready and waiting for David's visit, Banner image for David's Cruising the Cut YouTube channel. It was a dark period of personal crisis. When we did, it was his vlog and the Foxes that provided the initial information. [4][5][6] He later wrote a stage version of the film updated to the 2021/2022 cost of living crisis which will be premiered at the Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne in May 2023. Its therefore important to use wildlife-friendly washing products so as not to poison the fish, ducks, swans and other canal animals.A lot of people seem to get very irate about the grey water situation and I suppose in an ideal world, if we started again from scratch, wed be likely to use grey water tanks and have to pump them out. He navigates the many tunnels and locks. MarySue Foster/5 things that made me happy, National Dog Day and Seeing Nature Up Close, This is Why Ill Never Invest in a Medium Format Camera, Editing Tips for Stunning Black and White Photos, How to Make Twitch EmotesQuick and easy, https://twitter.com/CruisingTheCut?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor. Penny gloomily watched the entire scene with a very long face, appalled at such wanton misuse of her grooming equipment, as she always did at hair cutting time. First thing to say - David is far better at gadgetry and digital communication than I am. A sense of aliveness that is contagious. Other boats have diesel or gas-fired radiator central heating systems just like in a house. It becomes a metaphorical journey in learning about narrowboating, changing lifestyles, and meeting challenges, as well as an actual journey along the csnals and rivers in England. Keeping you company through your night-times, canal-side. And there, again, was that curious Janus hybrid of someone you know so well and yet is also a total stranger. David Johns Page 2 Cruising The Cut Author: David Johns Vlog 277: Without a Paddle September 7, 2022 Travels, Vlog 6 This is the third and final part of my 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. And even if I zoomed in from above it doesnt really tell you anything useful about the place. 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. We had a very For the past three years, he has been living aboard his narrowboat and navigating the extensive British canal You can view Davids episode on Nighttime on Still Waters (via YouTube) here: 265. Im 53 and used to work as a local TV news reporter for ITV in the south east of England. The Wooden Canal Boat Society in Ashton-under-Lyne is a wonderful group of enthusiasts who not only renovate and bring new life to decaying ancient wooden narrowboats but also provide valuable services to the local community. Boaters do pay an annual fee to the Canal and River Trust which covers provision of waste disposal services etc. When I started, I had always thought I would politely refuse offers that would involve either the Erica or myself appearing on video or print - although, to be absolutely truthful I really thought that there wasn't the remotest possibility of anyone being interested enough in the podcast to offer in the first place!
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