233. Through Newark, to the end of my narrowboat cruising for 2020

[@cpelofske]

We always look forward to your posts. Peaceful and informative. They are food for the soul in these stressful times.

[@brianharris7243]

Getting up for the loo in the night? There's a new wine on the market for us older folk-Pinot More.

[@hoogmonster]

Bought a bottle at the budget supermarket Pidl...

[@wickedcoolsteve]

Vandemonium last night and a cruising vlog today?? David you're spoiling us! What a nice treat!!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Haha cheers. I've been very busy!

[@nickgiles7568]

Thanks also from me for this year's cruising videos. The newly painted roof is still looking good. Have a safe winter.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thanks 👍

[@NotMarkKnopfler]

The perfect antidote to the nonsense and hysteria that grips this insane world that we live in.

[@sheaross3124]

@@CruisingTheCut I hope I speak for all of us when I say I love it when you get excited and Theatrical ;p you seem to make the most mundane subjects come to life with excitement and vigor ;) I love this channel it's a great way to end my day ;p Jesus Christ loves you much love from Kansas City USA God bless

[@cenglish0828]

"Switch off the news. Turn off the outside world. And it's a pretty marvelous place to be." - Excellent advice. Thank you as always for your videos. The calm and peace of the English Canals have been our family's refuge in these tumultuous times.

[@c898dba]

Thanks for having us along on the cruises this year, watching your videos has brought moments of calm in a total mess of a year. Thanks, Andy.

[@MrYaroslavMudrij]

My God! As a foreigner I just admire your language. You are so well spoken it's a pleasure to just listen to you.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you

[@slothrr776]

Congratulations David. I'm a nurse who has been slowly descending into mental health problems with the strain of this year. Your vlog has been a surprising and endless joy to me. Have a good winter. "Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one."

[@kellinigh2398]

What a lovely thank you. I share your sentiment about the value of these vlogs. They heal the mind. Be well.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Henry, I'm so pleased the videos have helped to calm your mind and I can't even begin to imagine the stress you and colleagues are under this year. Take care.

[@brbertram]

The world just got a little more sane.

[@lindasmith6654]

Stay safe this winter, looking forward to Spring already. This was a nice beautiful cruise to end 2020 with. Thanks.

[@caniacstevehenderson7115]

Great scenery especially that last shot 👌

[@KYLETIBOR]

Recent developments across the pond in the US have reminded me how much I appreciated your videos over the past couple of years as a way to lower the old blood pressure when things got really crazy. Cheers!

[@frankgh1]

Last cruise of the year posted on my last night in Afghanistan. Thank you David, I look forward to watching the next one from home wife my wife.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Excellent, I hope you have a safe journey.

[@alanbarber4543]

Took me about 2 months to binge watch and now I'm sad that there's no more to watch. If I wasn't stuck here in America I think I'd love living a simpler life out on the canals of the UK.

[@struanpeat5116]

I think this is the first full year I've enjoyed your videos, and I have to say they've done wonders for helping relax after tough days. You may not hear it often, but you and your channel are greatly appreciated, even by people who don't go sailing.

[@christopherestrada8576]

I just want to thank you again. The world seems to have gone completely mad and yet you somehow you still manage to be a most welcome and needed bastion of tranquility and inviting vistas. The calming influences and delightful laughs you have provided have been appreciated beyond all description. I hope all is well with you and that the storms of this world long pass you by. Here’s to another great season of cruising and too the future! *hoists a cold drink* Cheers.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you

[@stevenflebbe]

Thank you for having us along on your cruises this year...you've shown us some wonderful things...like the closing image for this vlog. Between you and Jasmin from This Narrowboat Adventure, you've made me fall in love with the UK waterways. We have nothing like them here in the States, and one day I hope to be able to visit, hire a boat, and go to some of the places you've taken us. Thank you again! 🙂

[@clintmullins4406]

“Cremated food”. I wasn’t expecting comedy but it found me haha.

[@CruisingTheCut]

😁

[@allenhatt3433]

I had a good laugh about this also😂

[@HelensHealingHands]

😄

[@ronmcdonald466]

Hard to believe another year has come and gone. Thanks for taking us round the "Cut.". Let's do it again next year!

[@CruisingTheCut]

This year can't go soon enough

[@psmirage8584]

I am absolutely enthralled by the centuries' old buildings and castles. Having grown up and living in Western Canada, nothing here is over a hundred years old. A building is considered old if it was built in your grandfather's time.

[@SLO-Ride]

Same here in the USA. We like to brag about our "ancient" 200 year old buildings :)

[@johngrosshans1040]

Psmirage you are so right, being American I was quite impressed when traveling through Ireland and bumping into people who had a family that lived in the same house for 300 or so years.

[@susan4916]

Another perfect video. Please keep going with whatever comes into your head! Your life is the perfect break from reality for many of us. :)

[@msjorgensen3828]

It couldn't be said any better. These videos are relaxing and yet educationel if you enjoy geography.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you so much!

[@jimcadogan6723]

Once again sir a utter joy I look forward to hearing your random ponderings over the winter lay up .take care

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you

[@markbowen3638]

Thank you for all your wonderful content which has brought peace and tranquility into the strange times we have all found ourselves in at the moment. As this years cruising draws to a close , here's to next year and what it hopefully brings for everyone...

[@Nilguiri]

Beautiful stretch of river. Looking forward to next year's cruising. Have a good winter!

[@xaviergarrak]

Thank you for the fantastic videos! They are a wonderful balm in these trying times. Have a safe winter!

[@kiethee]

I would like to thank you for all the vlogs that you have done over this last year I as well as others have really enjoyed going on your journeys along the canals I think we all needed it especially with what is going on at the moment and look forward to seeing you again when you start cruising again stay safe and enjoy the rest over the winter

[@1258-Eckhart]

Thanks for the 2020 cruising videos, very much appreciated.

[@autumnnite1803]

What a wonderful final cruise before hunkering down for winter. Thanks David.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@paulharris3149]

What do you do in winter do you moor over winter

[@CruisingTheCut]

Yes, moor over winter

[@richardwheeler7954]

Wow I remember when you were surprised when you reached 25K subscribers and here you are now with 169K. Love your videos!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you! 😃

[@lobstercheescake8264]

Dave-I’ve watched/enjoyed all your “cruising the cut” videos and currently watching your van/reading books series-you’re absolutely a treasure! Thank you-for keeping us all so well entertained this past year. Cheers to your continued successful endeavors!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you, I really appreciate that.

[@keykeypr8292]

Loved all the "old bits," the castle, the church, the bridge, etc. from hundreds of years ago. Really appreciate you looking those up and commenting about them in your vlogs.

[@CruisingTheCut]

There's nothing that Wikipedia doesn't know! ;-)

[@ginstar3]

What a beautiful day to finish your cruising.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Yes it was!

[@michaelpilling9659]

What a shame the cruising vlogs have to stop. Regardless of COVID-19, a million thanks for all the miles we've covered together this year. As for this cruise along the Trent - magnificent. Fabulous film and great commentary. Please take care of yourself David. Don't take any unneccessary risks. See you again soon

[@CruisingTheCut]

No risks here, I'm a chap who likes tea and sandwiches, that is not the recipe for a risk-taker ;-)

[@ZATennisFan]

Not getting up for the loo is the new meaning of "an all nighter" 🤣🤣

[@TheLookingOne]

David, you are the Bob Ross of narrow boating (Intended as a compliment)

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you

[@TheLookingOne]

@@CruisingTheCut Others have put it more eloquently. Have you seen Bob Ross operate? It's a scream.

[@CruisingTheCut]

I love watching (and listening to) Bob Ross!

[@TheLookingOne]

@@CruisingTheCut He's a scream. He could stop raging elephants. Look into his background. In the military, he was an angry hard nose. What a turnaround!

[@rmyerscmi]

Ha! Cremated food. Your narrations are the best! Thanks for the great cruising season.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@erat91]

The outside is a pretty marvelous place to be. Turn it off and go outside, fantastic advice.

[@marybarrett9902]

Thanks, David. I do enjoy your vids. Honestly living here in the states, at this point and time. Your video are wonderfully calming. I tend to stay with the calming and the disregard high tension. After 69 years I’ve realized that staying calm is better then the alternative. Thanks again my friend. Blessings to you and yours. (John B)

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you very much!

[@rodrineto]

I discovered the canals recently. And I feel lucky to find your wonderful vlog. Love to watch it. Thank you David, from down here in Brazil.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Welcome aboard!

[@ivancarter7564]

Thank god some sence ....in these turbulent times it's great just to sit back and relax

[@lyndakling901]

You don’t know how soothing these vlogs have been during the Covid times!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Good! Thanks

[@paulbetka2966]

Have a wonderful safe winter ❄️ cheerie O. From Detroit Michigan 🇺🇸 🇺🇸. 🇺🇸🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

[@johnkelly7591]

Will miss your vlogs David can’t wait to next year thanks again 👍

[@CruisingTheCut]

There will be more vlogs over winter, as mentioned - stay tuned!

[@platinum53069]

When leaves, twigs or other organic substances fall into water and begin decaying, they release compounds known as surfacants. This interaction breaks the surface tension, which in turn allows air to more easily mix with water and creates bubbles. These bubbles congregate as natural foam.

[@rgarlinyc]

Coming off my five day, mostly sleepless marathon off stress and suspense with our elections, it was simply wonderful to bask in my now happy mood and sit back to enjoy this delightful journey. Thank you for all the calm and solace you provided me since I first discovered you early this year. You Sir, are a champion among men.

[@CruisingTheCut]

I’m glad you like the video

[@daveandmarthaorvis]

A great video to watch after a stressful election. It's very healing. Thank you.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Cheers

[@Yorkshiremadmick]

This just goes to show, what a gorgeous green and pleasant land we call home. Excellent commentary and great footage, as always. Thanks for sharing 👍🏻

[@tylerdurden7500]

I remember Cromwell Lock very well. After being towed by a sand barge from Goole, The barge crew threw my stern rope at me and missed which landed in the water behind me. I was going at some speed into the lock wall. This was my second day at narrow-boating. I reversed and put all my stern rope through my propeller as I had no time to get it out the water. I still hit the wall, nearly throwing my crew off the front deck. I was like a dead duck, in the lock with the sun just gone down and it pitch black, in freezing January with snow on the roof, cutting my stern rope free of my prop with a bread knife. And I still love boating

[@CruisingTheCut]

Yikes!

[@FordS-O-S]

Always loving the videos... you are about 1 hour short in length :) As always Thank You David!!

[@jonny7491]

You are right to be nervous about taking photos of power stations. Those arches aren’t water inlets, they were submarine pens waiting for photographers.

[@CruisingTheCut]

I knew it!

[@oceana9294]

Thanks for giving me a smile and a laugh for the morning!

[@samuelfellows6923]

🙃

[@virginiatolles1664]

It's been a grand season of cruising, David. Thank you. So looking forward to what comes ahead.

[@ruilof]

The Dutch barges you encountered are called 'luxe motor' in Dutch. In the old days these kind of barges were sailing ships. If the owner had earned enough money he could install a motor. That was luxery.

[@phillipleboa5251]

Thank you for a wonderful 2020 so far !!!! Lock down and all !!! It was worth it EVERY WATCH. God bless !!!

[@altowatts1325]

Newark On Trent. Newark Castle. Great bit of a history lesson. Being from Newark New Jersey I recall hearing that Newark New Jersey was supposed to be the sister city to Newark On Trent. Though I'm not certain if that's true. Anyway, your videos, cruising or not, are always quite entertaining. So feel free to take a much needed break from cruising. Besides you have to have already made well over 100 cruising videos. There's plenty of them for your viewers to revisit ⛵. Sorry I know yours isn't a sailboat but that's the closest emoji my phone has to a narrow boat. Be well & stay safe.

[@capt.eissaeissa2769]

Thanks David, great video. I wish you pleasant stay at this beautiful mooring. Looking forward to your next videos. Keep up the good work. 👍

[@TheKayaker71]

I'm soooo happy to see you - I'm letting ALL the commercials play thru!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Haha thank you!

[@sallygunning3696]

Thank you David for another year of nostalgia and wonderful memories of canal cruising.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@robsin2810]

Thanks David. My little piece of sanity, in a very troubled world.👍🙏🇦🇺

[@cheapercharlie]

Thanks for this seasons cruising videos.

[@philipwinter8729]

Looks to be a very attractive journey, thanks. Hope you are now moored somewhere suitable for Lockdown 2 and will be able to keep up the vlogs until you can get moving again.

[@jsdibelka8005]

Thank you most sincerely for the only traveling I've gotten to do since March. It's been a privilege to be your passenger and you may have saved my sanity. Fair winds and following waters.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Wow, thank you!

[@Project_Servotopia]

Couldn't ask for a nicer photo to end this year's cruising vids. Already looking forward to next year's -- no doubt filled with all the lovely countryside views and dry humor/geeky references snuck in while we're not looking but have totally come to expect from your channel. So any ideas so far on what kinds of videos those of us hungry for CtC content can expect in the meantime? Thanks so much for sharing your experience with us -- especially those of us across the pond who have to enjoy the canals vicariously through channels like yours!

[@stevedavey26]

Thanks David have really enjoyed watching you over the summer and looking forward to seeing your winter tales. Stay safe

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thanks, you too!

[@mrwilsonwilson9599]

Thanks for the cruising video ... we shall now look forward to Cremating bread videos 😂😂

[@jimreynolds9195]

Stairway to Heaven and Rorschach Water - brilliant. Your Newark is much prettier than the Newark we have here in the state of New Jersey. Tune out the world and switch ff the news - a wonderful prescription for staying sane in these uncertain times. Your NZ t-shirt seems like a nice hat tip to Traveling K.

[@CruisingTheCut]

I'm glad someone noticed the water comment ;-)

[@grahamjones-musician9825]

What a fabulous photograph to finish on! I live near this part of the Trent; lovely to see it from the water. Thank you and stay safe over the winter.

[@susanmarker2164]

Great cruising this past year..thank you so very much...

[@CruisingTheCut]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@danielbaer2319]

Your channel has been one of those gems I have discovered on KZbin. I have often set it up on my main TV and enjoyed watching the relaxing scenery drift by. I live right next to a river (the Murray here in Australia), and the thought of cruising it is growing on me, though the scenery isn't a touch on the English country side. Thankyou for your channel, it has been most enjoyable.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Cheers 😀

[@misterflibble6601]

Blessed relief from all the insanity in America. Cheers from the U.S.A.

[@Roberttuck5611]

Thank you David for another vlogging season

[@7Heist7]

I discovered this channel about 3-4 months ago because of boring online school. Sitting at home all day and the occasional narrow boat video in the background while doing homework is quite enjoyable.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Excellent! Welcome along.

[@ElementofKindness]

I so enjoy your humor.

[@chrismont5475]

Very well spoken and well educated by your voice and knowledge Thanks. I can see why you have so many subscribers

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you

[@MaryHit1]

Thank you David. Another great video. And thanks for making some enjoyment out of this crazy year 2020. Ron from New Hampshire, USA.

[@philippankhurst6680]

You really have made the best of the bad job that 2020 served up to us all. Another wonderful journey to finish the year, David. Many thanks for the ride and for leaving all of the other vloggers trailing in your wake.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Ha! Thank you 😀

[@sgit1]

Those "Dutch Barges" are beautiful. Best wishes for 2021. It will be a better year if people learn to behave better.

[@brodie2711]

A lovely reminder of a beautiful summer. Thanks, David for letting me ride along with you. Keep safe. All the best. Stephen.

[@CruisingTheCut]

My pleasure

[@liminal79]

thank you so much for sharing all your cruising videos. I've only recently started following the channel (a few months now) and I must say, this is one of the best things I've found on KZbin this 2020. ^_^ Hope you have a warm winter!

[@randykuehntopp]

Thank you, thank you, thank you! Your videos have allowed me short escapes from the 2020 stress we all have been under. Have a peacefull and healthy winter!

[@kurtmartens4593]

I've been meaning to comment for ages, finally found a moment. I love your channel. Working overseas in a high stress job, I find myself envying your life on more than one occasion. I wish we had more canals like this in the US; I think all we have is the Erie Canal system which of course pales in comparison and certainly is not a lifestyle choice. Ah well, something else to envy about life in the UK I suppose. Keep up the great work.

[@55cyberwood]

In the US rivers are used in place of digging canals. The system is very extensive. One can motor from New Orleans to Chicago for example. Or New Orleans to Montana.

[@susancarriker6645]

Thanks for another enjoyable season which has helped get us through this year. May 2021 be better for everyone.

[@samanthadawn9198]

I believe you came across my dad on this journey! When you were travelling through Newark by the marina he was very excited to have spotted you and sent me the picture of you waving! Was hoping the footage may have made it into the vlog, would have made his year!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Ah yes, I remember. He shouted across as I went by and we had a little chat and I waved for his pic but I wasn’t filming him.

[@5thGenNativeTexan]

Thanks ever so much for taking us along for a wonderful season of cruising!

[@nitehawk86]

I love following along with you on Google Maps.

[@sandy1653]

Thanks for taking us along for the ride for another years' cruising David.

[@williamchanning9055]

I always enjoy your calm narration, the vlogs are extremely pleasant to watch - stay safe

[@paulcgburrows7267]

Hi David, I can't tell you how much I have enjoyed your vlogs this year and the areas you go to still puppy training .

[@iancardwell3877]

Good luck for the rest of the year, David. And if we miss any more vlogs, you have a merry christmas

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you, you too

[@jenninstitches]

Watching everyone hunker down for both lockdown and winter is bittersweet. I love watching you all moving about the lovely countryside.

[@davidchandler8881]

Thanks for another great year of cruising videos David. I, and am sure many other people, really do appreciate all the hard work and effort you put into making them as it must take an enormous amount of time. knowledge and skill to produce an end product that is certainly as good, if not better, than anything the BBC has to offer. I look forward to more narrowboat videos in the spring, but in the meantime, I'm sure you have lots of ideas up your sleeve for the winter months including the fireside chats which have always been enlightening. Happy Christmas and a safe Covid free New Year.

[@cindylewis3953]

I agree!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you

[@goddam9925]

Thanks a bit of sanity in this mad world !

[@gillchatfield3231]

Lovely trip. Thank you. Until March I went from Newark to Southwell once a month. The bus passes Fiskerton, but never had time to stop. Good to see it from the river for a change. Then often have a pizza and a pint on the Castle Barge on my way home. Recommended, especially on the top deck, with large windows to enjoy the river and passing boats. Look forward to seeing it all again in person next year. Thanks for sharing your travels.

[@donnamorrison7467]

I spent the last 4 days of vacation time viewing your videos. I never realized the English canal system was as vast as it is, but on each additional episode, I enjoyed watching the new places you cruised, the beautiful landscape and the wildlife. Your commentary was informative and funny at times and I thank you for not running over the little duckies! Enjoy your winter mooring.

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thank you. The ducks always get out of the way!

[@maurbyrne]

Thank you for opening the English canal waterways to this land lubber on a foreign shore!! Happy Christmas and a peaceful and prosperous New Year!

[@deanlindholm8663]

I discovered your channel this summer and absolutely love seeing then English countryside. As a Canadian the idea that you have buildings over 1000 years old and still in use is mind boggling. Thanks for sharing your journey and I look forward to many more videos!

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thanks for watching

[@voodoo2882]

last pic says it all.....good luck,v

[@SLO-Ride]

Between the morning malarkey of Sean and Colin, when I get all exited for the day, and your afternoon calming and serene excursion across the English countryside, I not only get my day started, but I also get to wind down for the evening! Between you and Sean, I now know more English history, and the architecture to commemorate it, than any old tome at a Library :)

[@CruisingTheCut]

I wouldn't trust anything I say, I spend ten seconds on Google and stick it in the script...

[@dirksundbaum6182]

Great video, especially with the history.

[@carlo662]

Looking forward to 2021 already!

[@thenotanarrowboatvlog184]

just watched about 10 of your vids love them all

[@wdhewson]

Quite right. Shut off the news and the world is a marvelous place.