E25. Taking the Narrowboat across Dundas Aqueduct. E25

[@keithlewis9237]

Out standing natural beauty... countryside that is. Can see why we could all fall for such an idealistic life, envy you both, live, love and enjoy 👍

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Thanks

[@davldcooksey4137]

Beautiful, 👌👍👍👍⚓️🛥.

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@pineapplecarp]

Nice scenery 👍🏼👍🏼

[@algernon9324]

You guys are so positive. It lovely to share your journey and your outlook on life.

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Algernon You only get one life so you have to enjoy it👍

[@hilarygibson3150]

Not sure if the lovely weather this week is partly responsible or the time of year, but I was thinking the same thing this week about the scenery and colours as I came along the Shroppie. Lovely video as ever.

[@sylviapage8572]

Fantastic scenery and architecture. Thanks for sharing.

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Sylvia Page Thanks 👍

[@richardholmwood1468]

Must have missed this one, we hired urbanfox 4 years ago, best boat we've ever hired and yes the scenery was stunning.

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

thanks

[@johnfoster3286]

Well Debbie, just keep your hat on!! Keep him happy!

[@borderreiver3288]

very odd-looking shed boat...nice views there...

[@kathleenlench4087]

Very nice as always

[@thomaswitman8592]

Another great video. You guys are so enjoyable to watch. Cheers !

[@JCDiamond]

Lovely! Looking forward to seeing Bath. We enjoyed it there but that deep lock is REALLY DEEP!

[@MrPeteJMc]

That's a lesson on how to get one's bum wet. Took a 70 footer down. The stern was so close to the sill and the water comes over the gate . Great water fall at the rear of the boat.

[@RolandMillward]

Nice to watch your videos. I know this canal well and often walk along it as we live in Trowbridge.

[@14486belair]

love all the videos keep it up and safe travels

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

steven blair Thank you 🙏

[@agladman194]

Great video and fantastic colours. Can't wait to see this ourselves, once we get down the Devizes flight tomorrow.

[@morrislouiseeagle7161]

Nope it's 7 paddling doggie snacks 😂❤️Nice one again thank you for sharing this with us xxxx

[@kevinrowland3]

Love the K&A we did it last year on hire boat, the moorings at Sydney gardens are lovely and the walk through the park into town is very pleasant indeed. Nice video BTW

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

It our first full canal we've completed, so the bar has been set pretty high to compare other canals to

[@DrRobert7898]

Hi it was in that area that they filmed the old Ealing Comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt.

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

John Woodruff now off to google that 👍

[@C...G...]

:-) we remember the aqueduct from a bbc 2 documentary called "all aboard - the canal trip" it was right at the very end of the programme just before the end credits. lol at the naked lady wearing a hat :-D priceless!!!

[@grumpybore863]

now, hearing that you're going to Bath, sorry, but I can't resist. are you going to do the "right nice pint" rating of the Bath water? sorry, sorry, just couldn't resist that one! ah, there is no green so green but that it is in England! loved all the greens in this vid!

[@Jules-jt6re]

So pleased to have found your videos! My husband, son, daughter and I travelled the K&A almost two years ago. Hilperton to Bath - we turned around at Bath as I was a bit nervous of the river (I wasn't popular!). Heading back in October and I have no excuses and we are tackling River at Bath. Are you making any footage of that? Maybe you can stop me worrying 😂 Loved watching this, thank you!

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Target We got as far as Hanham lock half way between Bath and Bristol All will be revealed in the next vid Thanks for watching 👍

[@Jules-jt6re]

@@welldeckdiaries5610 That's great to hear - have checked to get notifications from you. Glad you used the name on my KZbin account - realised it was unchanged from when my son used to use it. Look forward to the next vid ☺

[@lsimmons4767]

The Westcountry is a bit special, just a shame there is not more canal network available there.

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Agree totally

[@bobcarter5223]

Must be time for a feedback vlog. How are you getting with the compost toilet? How are the solar panels working out? Any technical problems? You mentioned replacing the gulper in passing Washing machine, not ruining your batteries or inverter? 'Cruising the cut' cold washes only although 'Jono' never mentions it. See you have a satellite dish do you use it? Any good? Trad stern, room enough for both of you? Water, fuel, do you have gauges? do feel the tanks are big enough not to be a inconvenience? Any thing else? How can you tell we are considering buying a boat for extended cruising!

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

robert carter So sorry for not replying promptly, sometimes messages don’t appear my end, so her goes, Loving the Compost toilet. Solar during s the summer has provided us with plenty of fully charged batteries No major tech problems We have a 3.5kw engine driven generator (travel Pack) which we run when we want to use the washing machine Satellite dish has never worked Trad stern enough room when cruising or sitting on the taff seats having a brew and the trad stern gives us 6 feet more internal storage which is essential No gauges for water or fuel but we have worked out how many showers and washes we can have before the water tank (450 litres) is nearly empty, the same with diesel 200 litre tank and we use approx 1 litre per hour when engine running. Good luck with buying your boat. Let me know if you get one👍

[@keithlewis9237]

robert carter. Good questions, my line of thinking also.

[@keithlewis9237]

Well Deck Diaries. From you both selling up bricks n mortar for life on the water has it been hard going? How long was it to adapt/ settle in? If you both could change anything or learnt anything what would you say or advise? So much more to ask but I'd go on forever. We also are considering selling up, down sizing, need to escape the maddening crowds. My good lady n I enjoy yr vlogs, brings me off the ceiling after a **** day at work, thanks guys 👍

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

@@keithlewis9237 Not hard going at all. I think every body will take different lengths of time to adapt but ours honestly was a matter of weeks, the most liberating part was getting rid of the car, we get Tesco shopping delivered to wherever we are ,and plan ahead, and plan well for other things like DIY as you can't jump in the car and shoot down to B&Q if you run out of something half way through. Ive learnt to appreciate a lay in, in the mornings and I truly feel that I am living life rather than being a spectator. With hand on heart the only thing I would change would be applying Owatrol Polytrol to my boat(see paintwork disaster vlog). We originally wanted a cruiser stern reverse layout and fell in love with our trad stern conventional layout, for us the extra storage room we gained by not having a cruiser stern is very import as a livaboard, but each to their own.

[@keithlewis9237]

@@welldeckdiaries5610 Thank you for your reply. Good health n happy days to you both.

[@malab9308]

do you know the name of the music playing around the 6 minute mark please . i cant keep still while its playing lol

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Hope this helps kzbin.info/www/bejne/o4WkYoV3jLBrp9U

[@malab9308]

thank you so much guys

[@phillipleroy1452]

I'm liking your music. Who is playing?

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

All the short bits are packaged my iMovie editing software the longer track is by Midnight North and is called "This is a Jazz Space" search for it on youtube, its a royalty free download👍

[@mikegriffin4657]

Another good video, weather excellent, we did this trip in '96, the canal looks less crowded now. Are you going Noth or South on the GU at the moment?.

[@welldeckdiaries5610]

Both, hanging around for Xmas

[@davidbutler4363]

😁👍👏👏👏

[@patriciacaracappa5229]

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[@welldeckdiaries5610]

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