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Spring is the season of rebirth, and narrowboat life gives one an intuitive awareness of nature and the sublime nuances of the seasons.
I awoke with fog laying over the water and shrouding the fields. Despite the early hour I heaved myself from the warmth of bed, hauled on some clothes, and grabbed my camera and tripod. Tiny water droplets dampened the flora, and birds vocalised the assent of another day. Sunrise.
Complemented by the evocative music of Esther Abramai (No.8, Requiem).
I hope you find this brings you an easy calm.
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Music by Esther Abrami : @estherabrami No.8 Requiem

[@brynvjones6679]

That was rather nice.

[@davidfinch5062]

You certainly captured the atmosphere there. I don't usually favour overlaid music (some You Tubers ruin an otherwise excellent production by doing this), preferring to hear the natural sounds of daily life, but here it seems to fit perfectly no doubt down to skilful editing. Thank you for the upload.

[@talesfromtheswansneck]

Thanks David.

[@FlameCatStudios]

Very captivating, love the atmosphere and combination of music with the natural sounds, beautiful work my friend! ♥

[@talesfromtheswansneck]

Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed it.

[@TheNarrowboatgeordie]

Very ArtyFarty but nice and Chilled Well done and nice to see you again.

[@talesfromtheswansneck]

Thank you. And thanks for the coal, the last of which is on the fire tonight.

[@Trond_travels]

Wow! I call that misty and beautiful 😊 Cheers from Norway

[@talesfromtheswansneck]

Thank you, well worth getting out of bed for. I'm sure morning mists a fairly common occurrence in Norway.

[@Trond_travels]

@@talesfromtheswansneck Yes, it is. But we don’t have canals. Morning mists and canals together, absolutly extraordinary beautiful.

[@stuartcox2785]

Lovely to meet you both on your 84 shopping trips to rugeley 🤣Stu on foxy doxy

[@talesfromtheswansneck]

I've told you a million times Stu, don't exaggerate 😂 Yeah good to meet you whilst bobbing up and down.

[@Boatdog_Traveller]

Lovely 👍

[@talesfromtheswansneck]

Cheers Del. Hope you're loving the Weaver. Devil's Garden got to be one of the best moorings ever

[@furzefieldphil]

Stunning!

[@paulsrov6758]

I enjoyed that. Thankyou

[@talesfromtheswansneck]

Great, thank you.

[@janecurtis2105]

Simply breathtaking Andy ! Must get up earlier for sure I'm missing all this .

[@talesfromtheswansneck]

It's called 'the golden hour' for good reason 😉Can't say I could get up at that time every day though

[@NarrowboatWill]

stunning pictures and filming

[@talesfromtheswansneck]

Cheers. You got to love those atmospheric mornings.

[@bishopofbarf]

Superb, and calming! Thanks

[@talesfromtheswansneck]

Thanks

[@maxiemills6982]

What a nice surprise to see you pop up here again. very nice video.

[@talesfromtheswansneck]

Thank you. Just got inspired by the scene and popped a quick one out. There will still be the odd video here and there.

[@davidwilleford4497]

Outstanding!

[@talesfromtheswansneck]

Thank you

[@willduckworth5535]

Beautiful. Thank you! If and when I meet you I want to buy you a pint!

[@talesfromtheswansneck]

Well thanks Will, I'm sure we'll cross paths at some point, but I did give up drinking 2 and a half years ago! So maybe a coffee or non alcoholic beer 😁

[@yeoldfart8762]

Good to here from you again. It's finally green here again. My little finger is becoming more active. I can do bar chords again. this video is quite stunning. Thank you!

[@talesfromtheswansneck]

Hi Skip, great to hear from you again. Funnily enough we were talking about you the other day as I'd been reading a book about a Scotsman who spent a year in the Alaskan wilderness. Sounded harsh, but I guess you grow used to it. Glad to hear your finger is up to doing bar chords again.

[@philipizzard2584]

Beautiful well done

[@talesfromtheswansneck]

Thanks Phil

[@nathanberry4339]

Lovely photography Andrew , this sums up why sunrise is my favourite time of day to sit out on the stern with a cup of coffee and enjoy the early misty morning and bird songs ❤❤❤

[@talesfromtheswansneck]

Hi Nathan, good to hear from you, we were wondering the other day how you were getting on. Clearly from your message you're enjoying boat-life. Still on the K&A? Where's your favourite mooring?

[@nathanberry4339]

@@talesfromtheswansneck hi Andrew I was also wondering how you both were yesterday ? I know in your last vlog you were busy planning and arranging so I hope everything is going well ? I'm fine thank you and still on the K&A waiting for my house to sell as I had a time waster so I'm going to auction it and yes I absolutely love boat life my dogs have settled in really well and even managed to get a part time job within walking distance of the canal to help keep me occupied and my favourite mooring spot is ladies bridge down by widbrook it's the bridge further on from where we met it's just after the bridge at airsprung but the down side is i only moore there over winter as its far too busy during the summer i also like mooring in bradford on avon by the winding hole just before the lock and i recently helped tow somones sunken boat though i didnt charge them as it felt wrong to profit from their misery

[@talesfromtheswansneck]

@@nathanberry4339 glad to hear it's all going well. Yes I remember ladies bridge, I took some photos there when it iced over. Yes we're fine thanks. Val has a new part time job which is completely remote so she can work from the boat and we can travel. Be wary of towing other boats, you need insurance to cover it, and if the CRT 🤬find out they can revoke your licence. You'd probably get a warning email first though like I did.

[@nathanberry4339]

@@talesfromtheswansneck thank you and I'm not going to be towing any more boats as it can be a bit stressful though it was only a 24ft otter with an aluminium hull so it didn't weigh anything and I did actually tell the CRT I towed it to the marina and they were happy it cleared the blockage as widebeams couldn't get through but it would be interesting if the CRT did moan at me for towing as they flat out refused to do anything to help the situation even though their supposed to keep navigation clear , and glad Val has a part time job I think it definitely works out well with narrowboating especially as my job is agency so i can pick and chose my hours which is a luxury these days and my other favourite place to Moore is by the winding hole at semington i like to Moore in the middle of nowhere own my own away from everyone 😊😊😊

[@nathanberry4339]

​@@talesfromtheswansneckI have to say moving onto the canal was the best thing I've done , I can spend more time with my dogs I work hours I chose my life is very quiet and my anxiety levels are almost zero

[@patriciahodgson4188]

Beautiful Skip.

[@talesfromtheswansneck]

Hi Derek, I hope you and Pat are keeping well. I guess you'll be spending much time gardening at the moment, but I bet the flowers will be flourishing with all this rain. Our little well-deck and roof gardens are thriving, but they get a lot of Val's tlc!

[@patriciahodgson4188]

Good to hear are both well and happy. You’re right about garden, it is going ballistic! Ambushed by former pupils of yours today in the co-op namely, Andrew, Andrew, James! From the farm? Take care x