Narrowboat Chaos: Stuck in Mud, Engine Stall & Crash on the Ashby Canal!

[@lynettecoates4272]

Thanks Phil for playing 2 of your own wonderful non lyrical tunes, just lovely!! Pure quality. What luck that the bushes and shrubs were on the corner and not just pure brick!! That would have knocked the cat biscuits over!!! Xx

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

Thank you.

[@deborahsharpe6371]

Just love this music. Relaxing and calming. Let’s have some more of this.

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

Glad you enjoy it. Thank you.

[@rikkiharcourt3868]

Nothing so soothing as quiet water and flowing music. Not that I do but I won’t need therapy after hearing and seeing this. Just lovely. Hit it just right.

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

Thank you.

[@Phillipbateman2285]

Another very pleasant cruise Phil. Was sort of on the edge of my seat anticipating the crash, but as it turned out it was a narrow scrape and we can cruise again. Everyone enjoys your music, I have for a few years now, and I don't mind if you use a little AI to keep costs down if you can. Thank you Phil, take care.

[@neildaly6787]

Thanks for another relaxing cruise...except for the bridge! That was a close call. Cheers

[@DavidJohnson-rj8zu]

Good job there was a fair amount of foliage to absorb the contact and soften the blow to the bow of the boat, quite an eventful day.😮

[@stephaniewilson3955]

I am glad that there was no serious damage.

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

Thanks. I was worried about my fish tanks spilling!

[@shirleylynch7529]

Great cruise as always. Loved the gentle music. So glad no damage done to your boat. Beautiful peaceful canal. Thank you Phil.

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

Thanks again!

[@ESMarker]

This is you playing☺️ I was a bit concerned about the title of your vlog? This is beautiful Phil. And Morpheus is a good follow up Thank you for the new tune ,nicely done. Im glad your ok and you are all unharmed 😊😻

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

It was me, thank you.

[@glyn829]

Very nice Phil 👍 well apart from the bridge escapade and boat coming the other way but we really enjoyed watching 👌 Glyn and Carol

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

Thanks 👍

[@davidsedlickas8222]

Greetings Phil hope you're good. According to the CRT the Ashby is fed water from the Coventry canal. Many vloggers not all generate their own music to accompany their vlogs. Like other commentators I like your original music rather than AI generated. I will say without doubt Phil your camera work is exceptional to capture the essence of the canals at water level. There are of course a free from copyright music list that UTube allow you to use and in particular a piece called Sleepy Jake which when played over water is brilliant. I heard from a CRT speaking administrator that the Ashby is on their dredging list. Of course its unlikely the whole length would be done ! ! On our cruises this summer a lack of dredging caused many many issues similar to the one you encountered at the bridge hole. Keep safe Phil and safe journey travels as best you can under challenging circumstances of the network.

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

Thank you. I think most vloggers just use the royalty free music.

[@mikehurley5052]

I was waiting for the crunch at the bridge.

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

So was I. I was relieved when it was a soft impact.

[@jennybailey6842]

Oh no Phil, that must have been scary for you! At least there was no damage and the enging restarted easily. And there was a boat waiting to come through the bridge. Ah well, also well that ends well!

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

I was surprised it didn't bash. Would have spilled the fish tanks a bit.

[@rogerr1296]

Hey Phil. Very enjoyable cruise, and music, even with the not-so-great weather. Like they say about other fun activities, a bad day boating is better than the best day working. 😉 Very fortunate that your mishap was just a glancing blow and not a head on crash. Oh, and I miss seeing the cats. I've shown them to my two felines (Gandalf the Gray and Hobbit) but, as you can imagine, they weren't very interested... 🧐. 😂 Thanks for another one. Take care.

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

Thank you.

[@tims7793]

Hi Phil. The first two songs are surely your own ones. I recognise the strings, voice-like and other sounds that you normally use. Personally, I feel music is going the same way as photography... it's too easy to create multiple renditions using AI without having built up some theoretical knowledge and muscle memory, but I understand what you're saying about the time it takes to make your own music. You do what works best for you. Your AI compositions have their own 'Phil' sound anyway :)

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

When musicians who do understand music use AI, the results will be mind blowing.

[@naughtysquirrellyndatee96]

That music is all you☺️ we can tell the difference.. nice calming journey (for us) thx💦💙😊

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

My pleasure 😊

[@petert.webster9164]

The music was absolutely fantastic. At 05:02 was that a real UFO or just a test to see if we were paying attention. Great video👍.

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

Thank you. Yes it was ;-)

[@sallymander7863]

Didn’t see the cats at the end, were they a bit shook up? ☹️. I like the instrumental music but also like to listen to the lyrics. All the best to you, Bushka and Midge. 🍀🍀😊👍🏻

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

The cats were fine. I was expecting an impact but we got away with it this time. I was more concerned about my fish tanks.

[@spumemonk11]

Much prefer your music Phil.

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

Thanks. Unfortunately it takes far too long to make.

[@lesleym6952]

Ooo glad no damage was done! That was a lucky escape. Do you think you will ever want a home morning Phil, or thought about what you will do if the boating life gets too hard? I’m just being nosey 😁🥰

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

Thanks. It's not even an option, I can barely afford food at the moment unfortunately.

[@human6.045]

The first tune was...Medievil-Music TRANCE EMPEROR vol.2, Emulator, Majed Salih, Baroque Electronic music composer & producer. 5:02 The flying saucer 👀😂 Great show as usual, and hey! a close miss on that bridge, indeed 👍 Oh' edit...I rather like your ai music, it's got to the stage it's as good or better than much of the popular nonsense that's (well almost) forced down our throats.

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

Oh no it wasn't. Never heard of him?

[@human6.045]

@@NarrowboatJourneys Oh No! I though I was being a smart arse by using my phone to try and detect what it was (Shazam, name that tune) but now that I went on youtube to listen, Shazam is way off, I got Bach No.4 Prelude and also The Homelands Celtic Visions after that...which are closer but still wrong. Anyway, I tried...at least I noticed the flying saucer and contributed to the omment section, I say with jovial sarcasm 🤣

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

All of my music is original, even the AI songs are my own lyrics.

[@human6.045]

@@NarrowboatJourneys Yes, I gathered that eventually, after reading some more comments...nice work!

[@gillywild]

That’s better. I have to say I greatly prefer your music to the AI Phil :) I have your Album but I wouldn’t buy the AI generated stuff. Please don’t hate me :)

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

Thank you. I'm afraid the AI music is here to stay as recording and composing, whilst enjoyable, is far too demanding of my time. It's simply not time/cost effective. I also greatly enjoy making the AI music. It's the music I would make conventionally if there were no limitations. I don't hate you. ;-)

[@Narrowboat.and.offgrid.living]

There wont be much canal left if crt dont start dredging

[@sianwarwick633]

Prefer your music 🎶. You didn't hit the fellow in his little motor boat, so props 👏 for careful steering. Crash looked manageable, but what would i know, i don't own a boat

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

Hitting the brickwork would have been quite a bang. The boat weighs about 10 tons so even traveling slowly there's a lot of mass to stop.

[@RichardHabgood]

Dry nice music , I would say that’s your composition not AI

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

Thank you. It was one of mine.

[@rayjaypaulsen]

Hello, believe the 1st music is yours and not Ai and I know the 2nd song is yours. 3rd song is AI,

[@NarrowboatJourneys]

Correct, but I did write the lyrics for the AI song.

[@rayjaypaulsen]

@@NarrowboatJourneys I know your music. What about the car almost hit you? Did you write that?