041 - A DAY IN THE LIFE ON BOARD OUR NARROWBOAT IN WINTER

[@pfalzgraf7527]

I simply LOVE it! The dog, the life, the play, the dog, the play, the dog, the food … the .. dog!!

[@MinimalList]

The dog! Indeed! M

[@pfalzgraf7527]

@@MinimalList Travels with Georgie … :D (assuming you know the YT-Channel I refer to)

[@MinimalList]

Actually I didn’t, but now I’ve found it! M

[@pfalzgraf7527]

@@MinimalList sorry ... for some reason I thought you know all Canadian boat channels ... stupid assumptions and shortwires happen even to those who ought to be more intelligent.

[@MinimalList]

Hah, no, I can barely keep up with the narrowboat channels... there’s way too much content out there for me to catch up on! M

[@GenaF]

I'm laughing at George, even asleep with the ball in his mouth. Totally obsessed 🎾

[@MinimalList]

He is one with the ball, and the ball is with he. M

[@moragodofthunder]

I really like that you guys made a video showing what happens on a non cruising day. I'd love to see more boat-tubers doing this.

[@moragodofthunder]

And Carcassonne! I approve. 😊

[@MinimalList]

They're a little harder to shoot without demonstrating that we're not all immaculate housekeepers! M

[@pdtwynne]

Carcassonne - now that is a good board game, good choice! I wonder if there is a board game about making an canal 'empire'...? Loved the homely nature of the video.

[@MinimalList]

I rather doubt there is one, but it would make for an interesting board game! M

[@pdtwynne]

@@MinimalList It's amazing what one will go and search for online in these times of lockdown... and I did indeed find a board game about canals called Canal Mania (boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/19995/canal-mania). With no canals in South Africa watching your videos is certainly keeping me entertained having only just found your channel. It is a holiday I would love to do, and after following the vlogs even more keen on it.

[@MinimalList]

Hah, interesting find! Glad there’s a game for it! Would wholly recommend a vacation afloat; there’s lots of hire companies that will help you out with that! It’s a really nice way to see England, and there’s so many potential cruises to choose from! M

[@darrenblois8495]

What's to judge about that food? It looks awesome (for vegeterian).

[@colingibson8018]

Hey guys. loved this one George has settled in well. just love the snooze picks. If I were to leave mine out side the shop like that, the rspca would be all over me like white on rice.lovethe chips . Idea for you as I have said before I was in the Royal and a good sandwich was the banjo .It derived from Singapore . and matlots waiting for the boat back to there ship anchored in the harbor. It consists of a 6inch crusty roll lashings of butter two fried eggs runny yokes. optionally HP sause. But it does not need it served hot. it got called a banjo due to the fact that you had to hold it away from you to stop the yoke from running down over your uniform. Today I suppose it would be called an air guitar..

[@MinimalList]

Sounds like a good sandwich, but maybe not for the bearded! M

[@megcallea3986]

Glad all is well ! What a lucky dog George is!!!

[@MinimalList]

He knows he's a rucky rog! M

[@suedolly7081]

Essentially, a day in the life of George. Love it!

[@MinimalList]

Every day with us mainly revolves around George! M

[@luanncrownover4]

Glad you have slowed down a bit from your hurried pace to get past the construction. George looks like he is enjoying the play time as well....good job on teaching him to fetch and especially to talk! I'm sure you will come up with a great plan on where to go next. Thanks for the videos and good luck with the next stretch of water!

[@sarahmartella3381]

Hi Michael Hi Jo..Hi George..Glad to see you are all well. Mud...Mud...Mud..and more Mud!! George looks like he is enjoying the mud!! Look forward to seeing which route you take on the system..Take care xxx

[@MinimalList]

Whichever route it is, it'll be the muddy one! M

[@frankthoughts1625]

Another great video from you guys thanks for that. Love the way George says " oh yeah" random involuntary voice type thingie just brilliant. Take care guys look forward to more videos.

[@MinimalList]

We just hope he's not talking more while we're asleep! M

[@lakelady57]

your life makes me smile :)

[@MinimalList]

It does us too. Especially the freezing cold bits! M

[@ofb1583]

You invited us into your home so understand when I say "we are watching you" & no matter how tough times are, there will be no eating of adorable George! 🤔

[@scottfw7169]

"Adorable George", I like that!

[@MinimalList]

Don’t worry, he’s safe from us vegetarians! M

[@daneenmcdermott48]

Love the mug with George's photos! Great way to keep memory photos without additional clutter! What's in the "dead" corner under your galley countertop, the L or U shapes always make me wonder how that dead space gets used.

[@MinimalList]

Hah, we don’t really know what’s back there! Elves, no doubt, or possibly a passage to Narnia! M

[@sbayles]

I always hit like right away and then, later in the video, Whalen something adorable happens with George I go up to hit like without remembering I have already done it. I need a like button, and then a LOVE button for George. And, what game were you playing?

[@MinimalList]

Aww, thanks for the support

[@davidoliverhann8703]

Keep posting guys I really enjoyed!!! 😉

[@MinimalList]

Will do! M

[@michaelbright9162]

As a Springer owner I love the videos where George is featured more prominently.

[@grahamreeve673]

Love your videos

[@MinimalList]

Thanks! M

[@mattstubbington8805]

Day in the life of the crazy, wild, mad George!! Loved it! He is certainly one very lucky dog!!

[@MinimalList]

We are lucky to have him... though sometimes, when we look at the state of the floor, we do wonder how lucky. M

[@mattstubbington8805]

At least he keeps you both busy with the cleaning!!

[@mattstubbington8805]

I must add that when i aboard Odessey for our family holidays my two kids have the boat looking like a bomb has exploded Inside within an hour of setting off!! Fancy a swap?!!!!! Lol

[@MinimalList]

Ours isn't much different, when George tears from front to back and back again as we ask "where's your ball George?".

[@dulciebarnes6228]

I saw George saying oh yeah when you posted in on Twitter. Couldn’t stop chuckling, nor could my Daughter! The Ashby is lovely, no locks too, we did it last Easter. Fazeley is pronounced Fay-zeley. If you continue up the Coventry towards Fradley Junction and T&M we will have to look out for you, we live and moor the boat near there. The muddy towpaths are what we dislike most about winter boating. Roll on spring!

[@MinimalList]

When I first showed the video to Jo she thought our dog some sort of daemon ... thankfully she changed her mind as quick as he snores again. We're looking forward to the Ashby, we've just made it on to the Coventry today, and are heading south first, but then back up that way! M

[@TeleToastTom]

Thanks for all the great videos you are doing!

[@MinimalList]

Thanks for watching! M

[@stevecooney1361]

Bril blog. Loved it

[@courierdog1941]

George is dreaming of his wonderful Staff who look after his every need. ha ha

[@TokenRing1024]

Excellent Editing !!!

[@MinimalList]

Jo will appreciate that! M

[@christopherstubbs8130]

Spaniels really do have that 'don't leave me outside the shop' look perfected!

[@MinimalList]

Ours is especially good at it... even when the other one of us is right there with him! M

[@emmc9437]

Is there anything better than doggie snuggles after a work session!? Tough life you guys have. 😊 When you discuss future plans I was reminded what a difference there is in "going to Coventry" and being "sent to Coventry." Gotta love English idioms.

[@MinimalList]

Ahh, the English, and the traps you lay for foreigners. Well, that's one worth learning! Thanks! M

[@mamaddoesdinner4977]

Great George video! Can't imagine the clean up, lol. He is a cute pup and we enjoy knowing he truly is the leader of the pack, lol.

[@MinimalList]

He is indeed! M

[@mmatih22]

Beautiful puppy!

[@waza987]

KZbin doesn’t like this video. Been watching vlogs from #1 and so far top of the up next recommended list has always been the next vlog. But on vlog 40 it was suggesting 42 and I had to search for this #41

[@MinimalList]

Yeah, IIRC that’s the one where the song we used off of a free-to-use site had been improperly uploaded and it got a copyright hit against it. Because we turned off monetization it’s not displayed the same. M

[@clydemoneyhun1920]

Love the first three minutes or so! (Up to George’s snoring.). Good filmmaking.

[@raywatts9150]

You are in my home town not sure if you are still there now but try the barley mow pub very nice meal in there well last time I went it’s in newbold right on the canal

[@MinimalList]

We were sitting just a few minutes walk away for the last couple of weeks. We got some laundry done there, but we didn't head back in because we couldn't bear to track all the mud attached to George and our boots onto their nice clean floors! Seemed a very nice spot though, indeed. We really liked Newbold. M

[@colinstobbart599]

Great video! Though as you aren’t CCing at the moment maybe a video on what you would have changed or looked out for more on your boat if you where buying it now. Eg would you have gone for engine inside, or maybe bought it with solar already installed. More batteries.

[@MinimalList]

Well, we are still CC'ing, we're just doing it with a few longer pauses... that's actually a pretty good idea for a video, I'll talk it over with Jo. I'd personally have loved a working-style boat, but I've yet to see one that wouldn't require me to lose three inches of skull. But yeah I think we could have some useful advice for people looking, so we'll ponder that one a bit! Cheers! M

[@greymouser8659]

Thanks guys. Missing your 'meditations'.....time lapse river cruising. 'Happy George' :) (as always)

[@MinimalList]

More coming! M

[@mjallenuk]

That's an impressive number of out takes for a short video.

[@MinimalList]

Sometimes it’s the smaller ones where we screw up the most! M

[@LinuxUser119]

Love the dog, love the boat... do you guys do Airbnb?

[@MinimalList]

Like putting the boat on AirBnB? An interesting idea, but I think we'll need some of that odor-removing spray first! M

[@thewebtutorguy]

Just love all the wet grass and mud....😉 Today was 37c in a shady spot in our garden in Perth, WA. “Mud, glorious mud” but just wondering how you cleaned up George after his ball games and muddy tow paths?

[@jjdladams82]

Yay. More snoring George.

[@vivianewing7154]

What was the board game you were playing? Looks like a game we play here in the states called Catan which has several different versions of the game too. My son just bought a Japanese version of Catan in Japan and since he has played the game so many times, he can figure out the meaning of the cards in the game even written in Japanese.

[@landschrabbler5726]

Gonna love the Ashby 🤗

[@MinimalList]

We're looking forward to getting to it!

[@kevinrowland3]

Good to see a video of a "normal day" whilst moored. My wife and I wondered how easy it is living in such a reduced space after living in a house ? Is is easy to adapt to life in a narrowboat if we decided to live aboard one ? Keep up the good work...I enjoy your updates very much. best wishes

[@MinimalList]

Assuming you get along pretty well, it's not that hard to adjust. The room is definitely small, but it's not too difficult to build a rhythm for moving around on it... though I'll admit it's a good thing she's so skinny, as I am not! We have spent a lot of time traveling together and staying in small spaces, so it wasn't a huge transition for us, but it's still going to take some getting used to. That said, I'd say we were quite comfortable and adjusted to it within a couple of weeks. M

[@stephenshippam9374]

Hi what a great video, and life, I am a single parent all ways had holidays on canal boats. got to move next year my house has to make way for a road, and I am strongly thinking of having a narrowboat built to how I want it and living on it with my little girl and dog. What do you think about that for a idea??

[@MinimalList]

Not a bad idea at all, though they do take a while to build. Personally I'd try and find a workable used one first, rather than pay the premium of a new one. The girl and the dog will love it, though we do try and show that it's not all easy and comfy, and that there's a substantial learning curve. M

[@stephenshippam9374]

@@MinimalList hi thanks for your reply, I have found a 67ft shell with the engine fitted and first fix on the plumbing and electrical work, That was a councled order going to look at it on Monday, and take my little girl, she's had quite a lot of holidays on them,

[@stephenshippam9374]

@@MinimalList hello we have both just been to see the canal boat shell, I mentioned in the last massage we both love it and keept in mind what you mentioned brought it, the only thing missing was bow thrusters but as it is still a shell they can fit them with no problem,, going to let them finish it and do the fit out..

[@MinimalList]

Wow! That's a good choice, if the engine and electrics are already in and well done. If a bow thruster can be added it will indeed make life easier, but it can be lived without and cutting and welding the tube if it's not already there might be pricy. Sounds like a brave but good choice! M

[@stephenshippam9374]

@@MinimalList hi thanks for the reply, the boat yard has thrown in bow thrusters for 1/2 price as its still ony 1/2 bilt and at 67tf it's a benefit and as it's only myself and my little girl it will make life easier,

[@manwithapan9481]

Dried chives and dried parsley for that cheese sauce I swear it's a game changer :) Try some panko bread crumbs seasoned and soaked in butter, just enough to lightly crust the top and bake till golden brown for a wonderful crunch too :) Sorry can't help myself :)

[@MinimalList]

Ooh, now that sounds interesting! M

[@manwithapan9481]

The dried parsley and chives combo is also really good for mashed potato too :)

[@MinimalList]

We'll have to pick some up! M

[@paulturner7837]

Not sure you’re going to see this as it’s on an old vlog,was just wondering what that board game was that you played ?

[@MinimalList]

Its called Carcassonne. Its good fun!

[@paulturner7837]

Minimal List Thankyou I will google it, my family like a board game 👍😄

[@drhandle4498]

Better to go to Coventry than be sent.

[@MinimalList]

So I’ve heard! M

[@courierdog1941]

Where doe George find all the energy

[@thecanucklehead7351]

you should send a copy of this vlog to the Battersea Dog's Home entitled "Ya Numbskulls" - a happy, well adjusted dog, living with his happy, well adjusted family - great vlog guys:)

[@MinimalList]

I don't blame them for trying to protect their charges, but yeah, some poor pooch at Battersea really missed out. ;-) M

[@BrookD195]

I'm curious, what game were you playing around the 3:45 min mark?

[@MinimalList]

That's Carcassonne! A great game! M

[@mcauleyrj]

How do you stop George from transferring the mud from the tow path to the inside of the boat?

[@MinimalList]

We don't. Oh we try to, by toweling him off at the entrance, but we don't. Instead we own a good vacuum (or Hoover, as it's known to the locals). M

[@normanboyes4983]

What you threw half of the cauliflower away (the green bits).;-)

[@MinimalList]

They're not that nice in the cheesy sauce, though they work fine in soups and stews. M

[@llessibm]

If you’re planning on a cruise into Birmingham via either the GU or Fazeley then choose your moorings carefully - best to do the urban leg in one day - if you’re on the GU and passing Kingswood Junction then a more pleasant journey might be had by going up the Stratford and in to the city on the B’ham and Worcester - I’m not speaking as a narrowboater but as a Brummie with more knowledge of what goes on around rather than on the cut

[@MinimalList]

Good to know, thank you ... we have head ... let's just call them "stories" ... but nothing too specific on routing. M

[@BlueJon1975]

I visit Newbold Revel next Thursday!

[@MinimalList]

Had to look that one up ... now that's a house with a history! M

[@rachelmarshall4352]

Can I ask what board game you were playing ? 😄

[@rachelmarshall4352]

George is so funny 🤣 😂

[@MinimalList]

I can’t remember but it was probably Carcassonne.

[@jpaulrice]

When I come over from Florida for a Narrowboat trip next September, can I come visit George? I can see that George only plays in the highest quality mud.

[@MinimalList]

No telling where we'll be, but we don't mind visitors... that said, everyone's a little surprised to find out he's usually disinterested in anyone that isn't actively throwing a ball to him or feeding him! M

[@rickdearmont9950]

George has a grand life!

[@MinimalList]

He's curled up on one of our dinette seats, just snoring away ... it does seem a pretty decent life for a dog! M

[@rbagrizzly]

That dog is obsessed! LOL

[@MinimalList]

He really is! N

[@FrazzledPup]

Cool. Normally I do my YouTubing in the afternoon, but here I sit this morning, with breakfast at the ready and click play only to watch you also having your breakfast. Enjoyed the peek into the daily life, though I wanted the cheese to be darker on the cauliflower , and the cauliflower to have more, well, dead animals. George totally needs a brother ;)

[@MinimalList]

There shall be no dead animals upon my veggies! Glad you liked it! I don't think George wants anyone getting in on his gig though, he's jealous enough of our attention as it is! M

[@FrazzledPup]

Ah come on, a nice slab of beef right in the middle. Mmm.

[@MinimalList]

Ughhhh. Poor cow. Poor, poor cow.

[@FrazzledPup]

Minimal List mmmmmmmmoooooo

[@MinimalList]

Ugh.

[@greggobleman270]

"Whew" Wet dog. LOL I am a fan of Linux Mint. I enable all the goodies and codecs.

[@MinimalList]

Mint is nice, but more as a day to day using OS than a coding one ... I'm using I3 as my windows manager, and as soon as you swap the stock WM for a tiling one all the extras that come with the original desktop environment just become a lot of bloat. So my real goal is to have as minimal and stripped down a system as feasible, but that's still smooth enough an experience to keep me working... it turns out that's kinda hard! M

[@davelawrence821]

got to love George, is he nuclear powered? as he is always on the go...except when snoring with his ball lol heading off down the trent and Mersey soon myself. might see you if you decide to go that way. That chip shop looked good as well lol

[@MinimalList]

Judging by the smell, we think he uses that Mr. Fusion thing from Back to the Future. It was a great chip shop, highly recommended! M

[@2Sugarbears]

How do you get George clean after his walkies?

[@MinimalList]

We typically don't ... we towel him off, brush him off, and occasionally have to hose him off ... but I'm not entirely certain that dog has ever been clean. For one thing, we're not sure the brown spots are actually real! M

[@2Sugarbears]

(laughing) You (three) are a pleasure to watch/see.

[@MinimalList]

Thanks! From all three! M

[@maxboonkittypoison]

This kinda vids i like most. there real. and George taking a big (.......) hahahahaha he always makes me smile :D Greetings from Holland,, Kitty.

[@MinimalList]

He's a good dog ... but sometimes a messy one! Cheers! M

[@maxboonkittypoison]

Cheers!

[@ianmason8713]

Nice one.

[@miketipping1583]

If you're heading up the Ashby, make sure you stop at the Bosworth Battle Field visitors center. If you're interested in history it's fascinating, but if you're not it's still worth a visit to see what happens when you spend millions on a visitors center only to be told by archeologists a few years later that it's in completely the wrong place!

[@MinimalList]

Hah! Sounds worth a visit... the War of the Roses ended "somewhere vaguely in this area" must not make the greatest memorial plaque. M

[@jimfromri]

If you please, what was the board game you were playing? That looks different. Thank you.

[@MinimalList]

It's called Carcassonne, specifically with the River and Abbot expansions. It's quite a good game for a small number of players, and one of the few we've found we ever play twice. M

[@AndreasDuessca]

The ex-linecook in me cried a little when I saw you break down that cauliflower.

[@MinimalList]

It was lovely, and I'll have no word against Jo's cookery! ;-) M

[@ade9685]

Brilliant did like that.

[@MinimalList]

Thanks for watching! M

[@MrBblhed]

Well it looks like you can either get things done or you can get things done but you can't do both.

[@darrannewman7113]

more like a day in the life of George, but at least you got in a couple of shots.

[@MinimalList]

Well, our lives do revolve around his! M

[@ThisNarrowboatAdventure]

I liked this video purely because you blured your dog weeing :)

[@MinimalList]

Spent ages figuring out how to! M

[@NostalgiaSmith]

No wonder the towpath's muddy! And no excuses really: you could easily spend the sedentary winter months teaching Geoarge how to use the toilet. Just look how quickly he grasped the concept of chasing ball, returning ball, chewing ball, etc ;)

[@NostalgiaSmith]

Where did that rogue "a" come from?

[@MinimalList]

I've thought of it, but my worry is then I'd have nowhere to sit and read in the mornings! M

[@MinimalList]

Which rogue A? Did we miss an A?

[@dcm7777777]

I luv a good George day Lol

[@rassman48]

I am not one to cause trouble, but Jo did you notice when Michael was on the computer he hadn't even switched it on? Proper skiver he is. Get the whip out and make him work.

[@MinimalList]

What d'you think the lights on the keyboard were all about? I'm working in the Linux Console right there, white text on black screen. ;-) M

[@rassman48]

I'm a Linux man too, I cut my programming teeth on the Cray II using Genisco terminals, then Linux came in and it was a perfect console for UNIX.

[@MinimalList]

I've been on Linux for years... but usually at companies with big admin teams, and this is my first time trying to build useable Arch dev laptop, made much more complicated by wanting to do it repeatably via Ansible, but also with a machine that's got all those cutting edge bits installed that I shouldn't have spent the money on... turns out the Installation Guide is dead wrong for nvme drives, especially with FDE. Sigh. I haven't spent this much time staring at the Console (not a terminal emulator, with newfangled features like cut and bloody paste) in years.

[@FrazzledPup]

I started with MS-DOS and then onto Unix and Xenix, and thankfully have left it all, along with Linux behind ages ago. I'm very happy to have Windows and Android these days. (Mostly unrelated, but have you seen the Wyze Cameras? Cheap security cam, might be perfect for your boat - runs off of USB - mine's plugged into my extra port on my router for power) $20+ bucks, free 14 day cloud storage, night infrared recording. FAR from perfect, but the cost makes up for what's not there just yet.

[@rassman48]

Yes, this laptop I'm on hates me because I tried to put Linux on it, it seemed to find all the right drivers until it came to the video and said to me "Bob? What the hell is this?". I could have kept it in basic mode, but it wasn't very nice to work on.

[@clairepapadatos1116]

Hallo chaps! So glad to hear from you😊 Keep going safely through the winter months😊 Think yourselves lucky that you don't have a Golden Retriever, or 2, as I have! They are the most incredibly amazing cuddly dogs😊 They snore, however, 5 timesl louder than George😁😂 They also 'claim' the bed when I am in the bathroom before going to bed😑😕 I say 'the bed', because I always thought that it was my bed, but , come winter, it's 'our' bed, with me having to squeeze a space between 2 snoozing Goldies😟😂, and they also have the cheek to complain, with offended grunts , and disgruntled sighs, when I try to get a place to sleep in 'my' bed! (Sorry, 'their bed '😂) All love , and best wishes, Claire and the sofa crew , Berlin, Germany 😊 😙 😙

[@MinimalList]

They sound very much like George in every respect! M

[@mjallenuk]

Hmm.... another missed video. Slightly freaked out by Georges choice of words. Not sure what he was subjected to TV wise as a pup but he appears to have a ball in his mouth when it happened. I'm sure the meds are getting stronger but I guess I can delete this tomorrow! Georges day still proves more interesting than mine for the most part!

[@MinimalList]

We're not sure on his TV regimen ether, him being a rescue... but we tend to agree the ball was in the mouth the whole time! M

[@mjallenuk]

Maybe I should be barred from commenting after about midnight ...

[@cindygardener-collinsmimi531]

Hope you picked that dog mess up? couldn't see a bag in your hand??.

[@MinimalList]

Where we pixelated him? That was actually a wee! But yes, of course we pic up all his poos! That why you can often see a collection of little black bags tied up on the front of our boat! Jo

[@viviennebrooks3055]

Life is better with a Spaniel they snore well don’t they?

[@MinimalList]

They do indeed! Ours even talks! M

[@chriscross9505]

Me Likey !!

[@MinimalList]

Thankey!

[@allorenz6591]

👌👌👌⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️⚾️😀

[@MaxBreak]

George has been clearly been possessed by the ghost of a 1980's American pornstar 7:40

[@MinimalList]

Personally I think it's 1980's wrestling star Macho Man Randy Savage. M

[@clairepapadatos1116]

Sorry, 'extremely loud grunts of complaint'😆😀

[@wan4891]

Just subscribed: very enjoyable (however please no fast replay).

[@penelope_skye]

First

[@MinimalList]

Well done!

[@carmadham]

Please tell me you don't leave George tied up outside shops unattended, that's a really bad idea.

[@schizzlschnitzl]

carmadham what would be a better alternative?

[@carmadham]

Not leaving him tied outside a shop alone!

[@schizzlschnitzl]

carmadham So you are there with your dog in front of a shop. You want to buy something inside. What exactly do YOU do with your dog at this moment?

[@carmadham]

I don't go to the shops with my dog because it is not safe to leave him outside, anybody could take him.

[@MinimalList]

The risk of that is extremely, even vanishingly low at that particular Co-Op, total population about 40, and foot traffic in the half-dozen or so an hour... we'd never leave him outside a shop where there's any sort of traffic, or when he isn't in eyesight the whole time, but in this case Jo was out there with the camera anyway. M