Can you recommend a hire company for us to use? I have never visited your part of the world and had no idea that cruising the canals was taking place. Are you married? Lorna, aka The London Boat Girl visited our boat at Crick with David Johns of Cruising The Cut. Stars David Johns David Johns See production, box office & company info Watch on Prime Video S1-4 included with Prime Add to Watchlist 11 User reviews Click here to watch it. We and our partners use cookies to Store and/or access information on a device. I presume the climate here just isnt warm enough for great clouds of them that you might find in other countries. I wish you every success in 2021 and much good health to be sure. My father-in-law did that several years in a row and loved it. Grab the chance to break away for a spell Actually your coal boat video is one of my favourites, though I havent gone back through the back catalog much. English. Cheers from the U.S., may all be well with you. So while I shall look forward to seeing you down the road, thank you ever so much for making my life better. Well, thanks for the excellent vlogs so far, thoroughly enjoyable and you need to enjoy the knowledge the hordes of other narrowboat vlogs now out there were highly likely inspired by yours. Cheers. 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. Thanks for watching and the info about the viaduct. I am sure i carry the sentiment of all of your viewers and subscribers when i say i hope to see you again, creating new content after your well deserved break.. Cruising the Cut. At first I was able to help with the locks etc . And really, they look just like every other supermarket Ive ever been into (!!) Do the canals ever flood? Looking forward to seeing the revised format! Other boats have diesel or gas-fired radiator central heating systems just like in a house. Those are most kind words and much appreciated. If it is anything like the YouTube content, I am sure it is as well presented and informative as ever!! Ive really enjoyed your videos over time. I only tend to visit pubs if Im with friends and as I have no friendsHonestly the best advice youll get will be if you phone a handful of the hire firms, who have years of experience and know their local routes like the back of their hand. As an American, I am astonished at just how much history England has to offer in terms of beautiful things such as a flight of locks, or a Steam Engine Works museum. The canals are what brought many of us, but your wit and presenting are why we watch more. This last year has been a pain for us all and must be even more lonely when youre a single handler. We love the insight into your amazing lifestyle please give us something to look forward to! 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. 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!) Thank you Barry, much appreciated! Love your minidocus! Oh, how amusing that you wanted to chat with the saleswoman about narrowboats! "Best Of Cruising the Cut" Play all 187. I think that you are the very first one that have a balls to say that what you did. And I can honestly say, my wife is very pleased with my decision as she was always worried when I was on the road. I prefer to keep the channel focused on narrowboats and canals rather than life in Britain as there are other channels that do that. I turned around, headed home and told my wife I was going to sell the bike, and it was gone in two weeks. 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. Mental health is more important to David than pleasing his fans! Haha, I can imagine your wifes relief too. Cheers. Thanks John. The argument is partly that most rust occurs at the waterline (true) because thats where you get the highest mix of water and oxygen, and partly that the baseplate is (usually) 10mm thick so it can withstand many, many years before its rusted to a point where youd worry about it. David Johns Host. Apart from a few high spots around the canal network, we just dont get the kind of breeze these things need.Plus they have to be put up and down each time you travel. 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. Come back when a fresh wind carries with it some new found enchantment. Thank you Fred, I am glad I can give you that canal enjoyment despite the distance! How did the boats of old go through tunnels without a towpath? However, things changed with recently, which avid fans will have seen. Just found cruising The Cut on Amazon this weekend, what a breath of fresh air your commentary is along with the history of the canals. 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. The boat has very little space to store things and I prefer a minimalist, uncluttered, lifestyle. If you have any tips for beached boaters be sure and pass them on. I really enjoyed your travels after my daughters found you and gave me a pointer. I wish you that your new subject for videos gained even a bigger audience. Do continue to enjoy your boat. That said, the canal limit is 4mph but really, thats too fast. Typically, a canal might be maybe 4-5 feet deep in the middle (the canal bed tends to slope upwards slightly at the edges). Although he does also have an Instagram account and Facebook page, which might also come in handy . Bear in mind the canals are entirely man-made and were quite literally dug out by teams of thousands of men a couple of hundred years ago, using pickaxes and shovels. 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. The handsome viaduct you filmed on Rugbys outskirts at Hillmoreton used to carry a railway line, long gone, now much used by bikers, walkers and horse riders. Thank you again and I hope you will be able to make a few more cruise videos again in time to come. Cruising The Cut is a video series on YouTube documenting the travels and life aboard a. Cruising The Cut is a video series on YouTube documenting the travels and life aboard a narrowboat by a man who quit his job and sold his house. Haha thank you and Im glad youre enjoying the shows. So hybrid solutions are the only reasonable option. And, to be honest, there are so many other channels offering the living on the canal experience with cruising videos and all, that I think the Cruising the Cut fan base can easily find a new home for this type of content. He chucked his job, sold his house, bought an old school, live-aboard fifty-six foot "narrow boat," and started chugging along . Man throws up in court as his wife is jailed for biting off part of pub landlady's ear during boozy bar brawl. Cheerio, Jobim, Thank you Jobim; the refilling of my tank is underway! Lorna is not my wife, it was a little joke I made in one of the videos because we see so much of each other, and a lot of people thought I was serious. So for the last 16 months narrowboat videos, yours and others, have been our only link to narrowboating. Passion is everything! Dear David, So peaceful and David did a great job! Usually though it may not look like it! Glad it brought back nice memories of home :-), I absolutely love your episodes on Amazon. Do I regret my decision? See Lornas (London Boat Girl) video about voting here. Cheers, David, just watched your 2021 things to come video. Thank you Danie, I really appreciate the comment. Why dont you have an electric engine?You do find some hybrid boats on the canal (see vlog 69 I did about just such a craft and also vlog 244 which was all about electric boats vs diesel) and electric running certainly is appealing especially when the boats just sitting in a lock but it seems a bit of an odd system with the massive battery bank and a diesel generator just to gain a bit of electric movement. Im glad he experienced life on the canal, but understand his desired to be on dry land. Thank you Iris. Genres: Adventure, History, Documentary. 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. In order to avoid damage to the rudder, boats would pass port side to port side. Thank you so much! However, time has come, you need to change up some stuff to bring the adventure and fun back into what you do. An example of data being processed may be a unique identifier stored in a cookie. Rest and see how you feel. My other idea for you is to take over where Huel Howser (Californias Gold) left off and begin interviewing everybody associated with the canals including random lock volunteers and the maybe several owners of those majestic homes you fancy along the banks. I say he should do whatever makes him happy and if he wasnt feeling it with living on a narrowboat, then he should make whatever change is needed to help him feel better. David, I totally support the decisions and conclusions you have made in regard to your personal life and how it intertwines with your Youtube Channel. Always been fascinated by canal cruising. Fashion designer Victoria , 48, featured on the cover . David Beckham gushed over his 'perfect' wife Victoria on Tuesday - shortly after the couple enjoyed a romantic getaway together in the Alps.. Why dont you have / fit a bow thruster / trolling motor?Although many (generally newer) narrowboats have bow thrusters, it would be near impossible to fit one onto my boat without some major, and expensive, surgery. 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