I Woke Up to Minus Four Degrees! Surviving Freezing Temperatures on a Boat.

Frozen canal, silence, narrowboats and freezing temperatures. The canal froze for almost a week and we made it through! What it's like to survive off the grid when it's minus four degrees outside.
🎬 Episode 150
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[@bimbledwadle]

Have you tried one of those fire cages ? they sit inside your fire and keep the coal together, helps it to stay in longer

[@thoughtsonnarrowboatingwit3882]

Two things I love about… clear crisp nights and days in winter, when it’s blue and beautiful and the other, is being paid to be out in it… -4°c … an handful of heartbeats for a construction worker!

[@CruisingAlba]

Yay I wouldn't want to be outside all day in it 💜 xx

[@thoughtsonnarrowboatingwit3882]

@@CruisingAlba all day… try all night 😉

[@Spica1000]

God strewth! How on earth do you guys stand that! OK, I suppose you have some stunning vistas available to experience, but dear me! Well, all I can say is good luck to you all, and full respect! I couldn’t do it! and that’s no lie!

[@sheilajoseph9953]

Loved the visit to chedder gorge, I'd you get the chance visit the caves, i went many years ago.😊

[@cackleberrycottage2340]

I think Miles needs to start posting his recipes. His food looks soooo delicious. I wish my husband could make more than scrambled eggs.

[@CruisingAlba]

I'll let him know. Would. love to collaborate on a cook book one day 😊💜 xx

[@Viktorijasummer]

I been to Cheddar Gorge last year, but not so much on top, but in caves, it's definitely worth exploring, wooow dinner looks amazing ❤😂

[@sueroberts8834]

Miles looks to be a GREAT cook !

[@CruisingAlba]

He is indeed, the roast dinner is one of his specials 💜 xx

[@paulburgess324]

Good job guys x

[@shirleygreaves9650]

A lovely vlog, the canal looked really pretty with the frost. Your mums home made tea sounds amazing! Keep safe and warm both of you. xxxxx

[@jennyfulcher8035]

Brrr! 🥶Chatter, chatter! 💙❄⛄The heavy frost on the landscape and frozen canal are beautiful and enchanting. Fortunately Alba has a wood-burning stove so that you can be quite toasty. I loved your teapot that nests atop the teacup. 🫖🍵

[@SOUTHALLAlanTMobilityScooter]

Thanks!

[@CruisingAlba]

Thank you so much Alan!! Very kind of you. Big hugs 💜xx

[@barbaratoner1566]

Another lovely video and I love the way you always replant your Xmas 🎄 out in the wild again .

[@CruisingAlba]

Thank you very much Barbara 💜 xx

[@veronicaroach3667]

I hope this young lady knows how lucky she is to have a man who can cook great meals - wow - that dinner looks wonderful ! Thank you for your adventure story - very enjoyable !

[@lafarmhouse]

love from sheboygan, wisconsin❤

[@CruisingAlba]

Lots of love back at you 💜 xx

[@frankquevedo6001]

Wow that was a nice looking meal! I informed my lady ; york shire pud, two sides & LAMB!

[@markrant1460]

Guys DON'T even think about walking on the frozen canal. Your temperatures DON'T get cold enough to freeze the water thick enough. You need -20 to -30 for several days as we have in Canada. Mark Alberta, Canada

[@CruisingAlba]

Thanks Mark 💜 xx

[@simon-nb-Betsyray]

Thanks M&M for a excellent vlog and what a lovely place Cheddar Gorge looks, that is a place I've always wanted to visit. During the cold spell l was topping up the fire in the night has not to let it go out, so now l will be investing in a diesel heater too for next winter. Thanks again for a great vlog and Myles's cooking skills which makes me hungry 😂 .xx💜

[@CruisingAlba]

Yeah we considered a diesel heater a few years ago… would you swap it or install in addition to your wood burner? 💜xx

[@dirkjordy9point714]

There used to be a Mountain Bike race there back in the day called the Cheddar Challenge. Fortunately then, they hadn't quite mined all of the Cheese yet, so if(when) I crashed it was a relatively soft landing👍. True Story that! Well mostly😁.

[@CruisingAlba]

Ahahaha 💜xx

[@katienorthenmore1892]

is this the same place they do the cheese rolling ? down the hill.

[@dirkjordy9point714]

@@katienorthenmore1892 No that's Cooper's Hill, in Gloucestershire, an hour or twos drive directly North of Cheddar Gorge. They should do a mountain bike race, chasing the cheese. That would be carnage too!

[@jaymarlin3565]

We must meet your Mum..! And the tea: Tell absolutely no one about the ingredients. You must bring Mum onboard or we must travel with you, to meet Mum. You have no choice..!

[@CruisingAlba]

She made an appearance a few times on the channel 😊💜

[@dboots133]

WD40 sprayed onto your solar panels,will stop them from icing over, love your vlogs, thank you

[@sandylerski9352]

Another great adventure for you. You mentioned you come from Slovenia. When I had my training school down south I had students from Slovenia. They always brought me big jars of gorgeous honey.

[@edwardhoughton2565]

Xx

[@yeoldfart8762]

Woke this morning and there was your KZbin saying you woke to -4C while I woke up to -40C/F. I'm envious.

[@CruisingAlba]

Haha even colder your side! 💜 xx

[@petewood5097]

Please don’t throw your waste into the canal. This is not acceptable. Would you do this in your front garden? I’m surprised at you Marina for allowing this.

[@cryptodass7609]

Looks like it was a few peppers 🌶️ & onions. Last time I checked they’re biodegradable if the fish don’t have em first. You should try the French canals 😅 lots of brown fish there 😂

[@anniemac3075]

Something being biodegradable doesn't mean it's ok to chuck anything in a canal, it takes time to biodegrade & you'll just pollute the water meantime.

[@Viktorijasummer]

Animals eats food what people throw same as if you throw in garden and foxes and other animals would come to munch usually. Its just that water is frozen so fishes can munch on veg 😂

[@anniemac3075]

@@Viktorijasummer 😏

[@Viktorijasummer]

@@anniemac3075 its not plastic or rubish, biodegradable.. So no need silly faces, i feed ducs, and carps as i live myself on the boat.