WebHeres my first video blog, describing how I came to be in the market for a narrowboat on which to cruise the UKs canal network and hopefully take life easy for a bit. 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. A thruster could come in handy for tight spots in some marinas but generally its not a necessary item but a luxury so its not on my must have list. 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. 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! Theres something retro, hypnotic, and relaxing about all this, which partly explains its popularity. Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2022. Plus, how to buy a boat if you can't afford a whole one. A couple of days before his arrival we gave each other a good haircut with Penny's dog clippers. Besides, a visit from David Johns deserves nothing less. You can view Davids episode on Nighttime on Still Waters (via YouTube) here: 265. By that point the camera on my boats bow is 50 feet further forward so its missed it. He is best known for his breakthrough role as Daniel Blake in the 2016 Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake. Just a matter of personal preference.You can also use apps or online guides such as canalplan.org.uk (ideal for route planning rather than a map) or opencanalmap which has all the CRT facilities marked etc albeit in a rather tiny font that you cant seem to enlarge. AND now see vlog 249 which is an updated version of vlog 66 for 2021. We had a very I was also really touched that David felt that there might be enough things to include to sustain a vlog. Although normally prohibited to powered craft, with permission of the Cam Conservators in winter you can take a narrowboat onto the Cambridge Backs where the river Cam flows behind many of the citys historic colleges. David begins his journey this year by getting a diesel leak fixed in the engine bay and then heads off towards the heart of the canal network - Braunston - before continuing towards the Leicester Arm of the Grand Union Canal. I went down to the big smoke to find out. We had watched him before we had even bought a boat. Explaining what is needed and why with sensitivity and clarity; guiding and supporting them, and most of all, knowing when to step back and leave the picture. 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 net worth is $1.1 Million. As of April 2022 however, I have moved off the boat (for the reasons why, see my explanation video by clicking here). Many, possibly most, have multi-fuel stoves which burn coal or wood and they will keep a boat so toasty youll have the windows open in mid-winter! WebCruising the Cut is THE BEST series Reviewed in the United States on November 3, 2022 David Johns is an amazing host and everything about this show is equal parts wholesome, informative, and relaxing. They can advise you of everything and answer any query about good routes for hirers.Just google uk canal boat hire or have a look at places like Black Prince, Kate Boats and so on. Where does the grey water from the sink and shower go?Unlike your sewage, which has to be storedin one form or another until you get to an emptying point, grey water goes straight back into the canal. The fact that he managed to put something together in which I not only have been saved from appearing as a jabbering fool, but has garnered interest in the podcast is a testament to his skills in salvaging silk purses out of particularly grotesque sows' ears. There are the occasional repairs, and in one episode he ads solar panels to his boat. Plus: can you buy a narrowboat in the UK if you're from overseas? WebSee where to watch Cruising the Cut web-series on reelgood.com. May rain casting rings on thrashed water,The flash of fin, And a watery thunder That rumbles along the side of the hull. The weather's sunny, then rainy, then sunny again and the boat gets hung up on a ledge at one point. And is Lorna your wife?I am long ago divorced and currently single (applications for the post of girlfriend are welcome ;-). Am I being too overly familiar? 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. I like his personality and sense of humor. 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. In which David boldy takes his narrowboat on his first solo cruise - albeit accompanied by a friend on another boat - along the Grand Union canal Leicester arm and up to the end of the Welford arm. There he attempts his first canal lock, single-handed and meets a sad horse. He reflects on his former life. Whats your fuel consumption?Ive never measured it but narrowboats typically drink 1-1.5 ltr/hour. For a typical video which will have taken me a day to film plus two to three more days to script, edit and upload, I might earn maybe 20-30 ish for each 10,000 views it gets. Boats that move around do not since they are not resident in any council area. Where does the water come from to supply the canals? He had become too Americanized. He navigates the many tunnels and locks. 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! The sky was blue but whispy, horse's-hair clouds warning of incoming weather fronts had begun to be replaced by thicker midlevel banks and a playful wind was beginning to kick its heels. A lot of damage had to be rectified both to boats and the canal infrastructure afterwards. Disabling it will result in some disabled or missing features. Can you drive a narrowboat in the dark?Technically you can but I dont. Piano and keyboard interludes composed and performed by Helen Ingram. Enter any name, date, reference, Scripture, etc. It's fun and quirky, partly because of the extremely simple production techniques, and a good example of the expanding range of genres far beyond movies or TV. All the points of connection and reference run just one way. So no, the canals are two-way for 99% of the time. And David, certainly did not put me under any pressure. Solar would make little difference even a 1kW 1.5kW array (which would take up valuable roof space that you often need to walk on and store stuff on) would only give decent output in summer and still then not much in terms of engine powering for a typical 10kW motor even if it uses less than full power for actually moving along. So youd need an hour of optimal sunshine to provide 1-2 hours of propulsion. 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. I presume the climate here just isnt warm enough for great clouds of them that you might find in other countries. Vlog 279: Honey, I Shrunk the Narrowboat. 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. How much easier it would be if you could steer your boat with remote control! What video gear do you use?See my gear page! A narrowboat needs only 1-2kW to move along (once it has begun moving) thus a 20kWh battery pack could sustain 5-10 hours travel (presuming standard lead-acid tech ie 50% drawdown before recharge) and presuming the battery is not used for anything else aboard (though in reality most electric-focused boats use it for domestic purposes as well so the battery and solar system has to support that too)However, solar is not so reliable in the UK. This lovely series is a relaxing travelogue, providing ease and calm distraction The charming David Johns is narrator, captain and solo resident of a British narrowboat. I watched it upon the recommendation of a friend, and I'm glad that I did. It's not just the equipment - all I do is step up my laptop and microphone! 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. A boaters term for the canals is a cut, because long ago they were literally cut out of the land. Reviewed in the United States on February 6, 2022. A haze hung low on the canal. Thats exactly what Gill Gregory can do aboard Desiderata so I went to see the system in action. As for doctors, dentists etc, just stay signed up to your usual one and go in to any local surgery on a visiting basis if you need to; they dont need to know youre on a boat. The boat has very little space to store things and I prefer a minimalist, uncluttered, lifestyle. In these special editions of "Cruising the Cut", your host David Johns takes a break from chugging along the English canals in his narrowboat to instead introduce different aspects of YouTube Top Charts. It was a dark period of personal crisis. Will David make it through? It's the coiled spring of life and energy of someone who has never lost their curiosity and interest in the world around. As a self-confessed fair weather narrowboater, a trip along the canal in the middle of deepest, darkest winter is something of a departure for our host but, with a friend aboard, a short jaunt along part of the Oxford Canal in December was in order. After talking it through with Donna, we said yes and so we tentatively set the date for around the end of March and springtime. I don't mean that at all derogatively, as if he is immature or, in some way, not fully formed. 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. Reviewed in the United States on August 6, 2021. Enjoyed the scenery and the interesting tidbits of information about life on the canal. 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. The scenery is lovely, there are fields, small towns, some city scenes, church steeples, bridges, obscure side routes, and so much more. Back in 2015, the UK television news reporter David Johns was very unhappy with his personal and professional life. If you can wade your way through that occasional treacle, its good stuff. He relishes a simple cheese sandwich. A sense of aliveness that is contagious. He navigates the many tunnels and locks. It was like I was locked inside my head and I could only sit there in paralysis while I heard my voice engaged in some weird stream of consciousness. There are no speed police or radar traps on the canals however; its more the ire of other boaters that you will incur though Im sure if a CRT officer saw you zooming along theyd note your boat registration number (which is required to be clearly visible) and send you a suitable letter. I love cruising the cut, I have watched every episode and I hope amazon will give us another season of David and his narrowboat. My tank is 62 gallons (282 litres) and I just tend to refill it when I remember, after a few weeks cruising. 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. But I hadn't realised how much work it entailed! In this special bonus end-of-season episode, David goes "behind the scenes" at a narrowboat manufacturer, seeing how huge steel plates are beaten and wrestled into submission to become beautiful canal craft. How did the boats of old go through tunnels without a towpath? Its a tale of mid-life crisis, near-purchase of a campervan, and a calender from the RNLI. Thirdly, its not uncommon to drop a windlass into the canal by accident and it would be a very expensive mistake to do that with a cordless drill! Lorna (aka London Boat Girl) has done a comprehensive video about it, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=79df3e_z6sg. His journalistic training is not just in evidence in the finished product uploaded to YouTube. That said many boaters disagree entirely with these arguents and do paint the baseplate how often is down to their enthusiasm for the task and / or the depth of their wallet. Reviewed in the United States on October 7, 2022. Following on from the last video, about wooden narrowboats, which are quite rare on the canals, heres another wooden narrowboat which is even rarer a fly boat, the parcels service of the canal network. The trouble is that with a 50+ foot, 15 tonne boat, you really need to see what its doing as you maneouvre it, rather than have it all happening behind you. Thiswebsite has ads on it from Google; that also earns a few pounds each month, literally just enough to pay for the website hosting! Do you pay council tax?Boats on official residential moorings pay council tax as they are classed as residences. David Johns Cruising The Cut Author: David Johns Vlog 286: Click and Collect January 7, 2023 Engineering, Other Canal Topics, Vlog 8 For single-handed canal boaters, Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. An unheated boat in winter even in Spring or Autumn would be cold but thats precisely why narrowboats have heating installed. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. Johns calls his 239 videos the diary of my life afloat. 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. He is also someone who is good at his craft - and when I say good, I mean GOOD! Why dont you fit a wind turbine?Theyre quite costly, apparently make a lot of vibration noise throughout the boat, and dont generate a huge amount of power. David's epic narrowboat odyssey along the Grand Union canal concludes as he returns to Braunston in surprisingly sunny weather for mid-October. 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. A very special trip on the narrowboat as David reaches the Anderton Boat Lift, an amazing feat of Industrial Revolution engineering, restored some 15 years ago. I really have very few fixed plans such is the joy of the narrowboating life so Ill tell you now: I dont know! Will you ever be visiting
?People often ask if Ill be going up a particular canal at any time. 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. Copyright 20012023 by Daniel B. Clendenin. If youve ever felt your canal boat scrape on the bottom of the canal and wish more dredging was done by the Canal & River Trust, heres an explainer of how dredging is done, why its so expensive and why they cant do more of it. Consider two, 57-foot-long boats coming from opposite directions. Can you fish in the canals and do you eat them?You can fish if you have the appropriate licences local angling groups tend to have the rights to each stretch of canal so talk to them. 285A The most unusual narrowboat cruise I've ever been on (Part 1 of 2) Popular. No, far from it. 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. Will you film a shopping trip for us please?Its likely not something Ill do because if Im going shopping I dont want to lug the camcorder along as well as the bags of food. After all, if we are going to be rubbing shoulders with the YouTube, Boat-Vlog, Greats, we might as well go for the full Hollywood experience and style it out. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2022. We also talk about ContactFor pictures of Erica and images related to the podcasts or to contact me, follow me on: I would love to hear from you. Nothing fast paced here and that is fine with us. That said, there are very few occasions when a bow thruster would really be needed. 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. Plus he visits one of the Canal and River Trust's two workshops that manufacture lock gates out of English Oak, largely by hand. A sort of surprise that they look the same, but also out of place, like seeing your teacher in a karaoke competition - something, I should say, which has never happened to me, so I have no idea why that example popped into my mind. [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". Your mileage may vary and that's fine. How that is all put together at the editing stage is beyond me completely. Moorhens scuffling and splashing, turning the water and the air around them into liquid diamonds. Plus there's a winter cruise and to cap it all off, an episode featuring how canal boats used to be pulled - by horse. Have a look at Vlog 74 which is all about heating on narrowboats. As I said in the interview, one of the main reasons I began the podcast was simply as an audio journal to keep family and friends informed about our life - and they would have thought I was completely mad if I started changing boat names and things! 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. Those canals look very narrow, are they one-way?Very, very few bits of the canal network are so narrow that you can only get one boat through. Also, due to the shallowness of much of the canal network, any blacking on the baseplate would be quickly scraped off in many areas. Or am I over compensating so that I am not being too overly familiar? Countries United States. It was partially the reason why I didn't create a vlog of my own. Thats calculated as 40 feet / 12m usable roof length at absolute max, assuming you dont store anything else up there (which most boaters do) and that you dont want to get on the roof during lock maneouvres (which again most boaters do) x about 1.6m width which you dont want to overhang else the panels may get shredded when you go through some bridge holes or tunnels.Using high output 400W LG Neon solar panels (1m x 2m dimensions), youll get 6 panels max = 2.4kW maximum theoretical output. It was a golden silver sort of day. This is niche, its not for everyone, but you and I like it, and that's enough for me. This is Part 1 of 2 of the journey. Many boaters do not paint the bottom at all! If youre permanently in one location or have a base mooring, register somewhere near there and whenever you go back to the mooring you can get your teeth checked or whatever. 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. He takes the narrowboat through a very tight squeeze outside Rugeley, changes the engine oil, and admires some flowers by the canalside. 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. August 2019 David Johns, a popular video blogger who specalises in a series of canal based videos called 'Cruising The Cut", spent a day filming with LHCRT and has produced a report on our progress so far. The Greek myths tell us that there are times when the gods come down from Olympus to walk amongst mortals. He is a consummate professional, skilled in what he does, and someone who either by nature or by profession can read people well. Why dont you use a cordless drill to operate the paddle gear?For several reasons. Top Genres & Tags. Its fun and quirky, partly because of the extremely simple production techniques, and a good example of the expanding range of genres far beyond movies or TV. A boater's term for the canals is a "cut," because long ago they were literally cut out of the land. [1], Johns has appeared on Never Mind the Buzzcocks (four times), 8 Out of 10 Cats, Rob Brydon's Annually Retentive, 28 Acts in 28 Minutes and, as an actor, he has appeared on Mud, Time Gentlemen Please, Inspector George Gently, and Harry Hill as God. No doubt my text arrived on his phone as he was driving home! How do you turn around?There are turning points, known as winding holes (wind as in the breeze, not as in winding a clock) every few miles although not all of them are big enough to turn the longest boats in (sizes are usually marked on the canal guides though). And really, they look just like every other supermarket Ive ever been into (!!) What happens if you overstay on a mooring?The CRT have towpath rangers who patrol and note down boat licence numbers and dates; they will issue an overstay notice requiring you to move if you hang around too long. As a Yank, I can't help but associate this with watching golf on TV with my dad, back in the 60s-80s. 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. David is 50 and used to work as a local TV news reporter for ITV in the south east of England. Having survived the terror of Harecastle Tunnel, David now has the small matter of Heartbreak Hill, a very long series of canal locks to descend. Cruising the Cut. Its working out what shots are needed and from what angles. I watched it upon the recommendation of a friend, and Im glad that I did. I try to answer the question, To be a writer or to write? Its tough, that. So hybrid solutions are the only reasonable option. He stops at pubs and villages. No, what I mean by boyishness, is a hint of infectious enthusiasm and fun. howHow To Create Hotel Booking SystemBuild Simple Reservation Software! Another popular maker is: Galen Leather and their Portable Writers Box and Desk. Get enough views and this will eventually add up. WebDavid Johns net worth, income and Youtube channel estimated earnings, David Johns income. I dont get anything if the viewer presses Skip on the adverts so if you like my videos, Id be grateful if you could grit your teeth and try to let at least some of the advert run!The sums are tiny; its a fraction of a penny for each advert view, so you need tens (hundreds!) Hence its not generally advised! Its fairly foolish to do so though, so most people will either try it out with friends whove done it before, pay for narrowboat experience days, or even go on a one or two day RYA Inland Waterways helmsmans course. Helpful David continues his cruise north along the River Soar, wears a funny hat because it's cold, and turns from the Soar onto the River Trent rather briefly, before joining the Trent & Mersey canal to head east across the UK. 4. The Umbrella Solution Top channels; Top videos; Most subscribed channels; Most popular channels; Most popular videos; The Highest-Paid YouTubers of 2021; David's epic narrowboat odyssey along the Grand Union canal concludes as he returns to Braunston in surprisingly sunny weather for mid-October. But no boats have them and there are no disposal facilities for grey water, so its not going to change.The abundance of fish and wildlife on the canals suggests it really isnt an issue! 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. TV Shows TV. He is a naughty boater. 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