Merry Christmas (plus: pets on narrowboats!)

Merry Christmas to all my viewers; here's a quick message of thanks from me followed by a video compilation Q&A with narrowboaters (or ex-narrowboaters) who have pets.
Very sadly, Tofu the ferret died unexpectedly just a few weeks ago (many months after we filmed). RIP little one.
Steve & Andy (Bears Aboard)
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Amy & Wes (BoatTime)
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Tara & Ben (One for the road)
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Annamarie & Kath (Art by Annamarie)
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[@firefly24601]

Oh yay!! Happy to see Cath, Anna-Marie, Alice and Munchy again!!!

[@richardnewell7958]

I do miss the two girls and cats and their adventures.

[@IN_THIS_DAY_AND_AGE]

It was lovely to see Kath and Annamarie again. Merry Christmas, everyone.

[@tombowers3681]

I said the same thing, do miss their vlogs, they're such a lovely couple

[@marjoriejohnson6535]

@@tombowers3681 I think of the girls often and wonder how and what they are up to....pass along our hellos please. I hope everybody's new year is spectacular.

[@macbewmagoo8616]

I was so happy to see Kath and Anna Marie again. I go back and watch their videos over again every so often. I miss them. I understand that they made the decision that was best for them, but I still miss them.

[@BoatTime]

Thank you for including us all in this video ☺️ it was a pleasure filming with you 🐶🐰 Merry christmas from Amy, Wes, Rufus and Rupey 🎄🎅🏻

[@CruisingTheCut]

😀😀😀

[@GeistView]

Don't forget Bonney the rescue from The Rum Wench

[@Silkytoaster]

Funny you mentioned this - I just finished watching her latest video 😊

[@ElementofKindness]

As a former ferret owner, I was really impressed by the white ferret turning around to lower herself down off the sofa to the floor. Mine would always just take a leap of faith. 😂 Smart one, you have there! edit: and I just reached the end of the video. 😢 RIP Tofu

[@CruisingTheCut]

Yes I loved that too!

[@carycoombe3380]

It is good to see Kath and Annamarie with their fur babies.

[@umbertoyltp]

Nice too see some old narrowboat friends from Narrowboat Experience!

[@TheLemonhawk]

Thanks for including Annamarie and Kath, we all miss them!

[@tarahumphris9771]

Was so lovely to be apart of the video David! Merry Christmas and thank you for everyone’s kind messages about Tofu ❤️

[@CruisingTheCut]

Thanks for letting me film! And of course, so sad to hear about Tofu.

[@layalabi1667]

Thanks! That was lovely! Good to see Kath & Annamarie!! Merry Christmas to you all!!

[@James-In-Exile]

Merry Christmas everyone! RIP Tofu.

[@penelopecrichlow7238]

Merry Christmas to all and I’m so sorry to hear about tofu RIP tofu 😢❤

[@MrThorp1]

it was very kind and sweet of you to give that little memorium to Tofu. If you have pets, they become your kids with as much as that seems to annoy actual parents. My furry kids are my life, and I dont know what I'd so without them. I would love boatlife with a dog, the cats ) and ferrets) possibly getting off boat would worry the hell out of me.

[@dave64340]

Merry Christmas! Great to see Kath and Anna Marie again!!

[@drindajacobs5278]

Merry Christmas, Anna Marie and Kath. and the cats. It was nice to see you again. and a Happy Neŵ year.

[@kjellaronsson8031]

Really nice to see Anna-Marie and Cath again! Happy Christmas from a snowy Sweden!

[@ericfallis6619]

Very nice to see the two with the cats, I have missed them.

[@andrewdolinskiatcarpathian]

Such an interesting video. So nice to see Kath and Annamarie again. Thank you David for sharing. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you. 👍😀

[@greenspiritarts]

Happy Christmas David! How utterly wonderful to see Kath & Annamarie, Munchie & Alice again. I’ve missed seeing them but we also understand that life sometimes requires change….just sooooo nice to see the four of them again. ❤ All the pet owners offered great advice for boaters. Clever topic for your holiday special! So sorry to hear about Tofu… loss is hard, especially when they are so loved, as Tofu obviously was. May the NewYear bring blessings of Peace and Joy to all. ❤❤❤

[@BearsAboard]

So nice to hear from other pet owners who live aboard boats We loved seeing Anna-Marie and Cath again made us smile with joy. Great Christmas vlog. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a happy New year. 🎉 🧸🧸

[@CruisingTheCut]

😀😀😀😀😀

[@hughcarson6837]

Nice to see Kath and Annmarie. Merry Christmas

[@hamshackleton]

I don't know the other two couples, but it's nice to see Anne-Marie and Cath again. They've gone very quiet since they came off the water.

[@jaynecopland]

Awww..I’m sorry about Tofu. I’m a pet sitter. I’d totally pet sit on a boat! Well…except for the fact that I live in Colorado. Great to see Cath and Anna-Marie and kitties. Besides Cruising the Cut and Minimal List, they were my go-to Vlog.

[@alisonfrance4804]

Merry Christmas David, and all the best for 2024!! Thank you for all the wonderful, informative and entertaining videos. Loved the format of this video and seeing the various pets, especially Alice and Munchy again. Thanks! 😊🎄

[@minimoose1441]

The ferrets seem to enjoy the narrowboats, lots of small spaces to explore! I’m sure Tofu loved it and was well loved, RIP ❤

[@davidpearson243]

Merry Christmas David and thank you We bought a Narrowboat as a early retirement present after watching your videos last December We are totally hooked and are going to celebrate New Year at Auldlam as our boat is in Overwater 👍👍👍👍👍

[@johnnyroadcrew3841]

As your boat is in overwater, does this mean its sunk?

[@t1n4444]

​@@johnnyroadcrew3841 No, that would be underwater.

[@KarenG.-qs7wc]

What a great informative video, I love watching narrowboat pets, never seen anything exclusively about them. 🐈‍⬛🐕🐇🐰🐈🐶Thanks for this. Nice to see ex-boaters again 👍 Merry Christmas 🎄🎅🎁🎈🥳✝️🕊

[@juliaharris8751]

Merry Christmas, David! It was so nice to see Kath and Annamarie.

[@serenadm6619]

Ahh what a lovely video ❤what a lovely Christmas treat to see Kath & Anna-Marie, Alice and Munchie, made my Christmas :)

[@stuartrobertson7912]

Merry Christmas David 😢 Tofu RIP

[@annfernakerpan6654]

Thank you for this episode David and a very Merry Christmas to you and yours. Sorry to see Tofu has passed since filming.

[@colinhoughton9373]

Merry Christmas David. These interesting, thought-provoking and insightful video's of yours are worthy of a proper introductory course to boating for beginners, as well as established boaters because the topics are so varied and inclusive. Well done and thank you to those interviewed. Great to see Kath and Annamarie again with their puddytats. Have a healthy and fantastic 2024.

[@santos8578]

Merry Christmas David! I’m glad to see you back on the water, but most of all your renewed energy! 2024 with your new boat is going to be pretty cool. Best wishes always.

[@eleanorchapple8772]

I am glad to see Kath and Annamarie looking well. I loved their narrow boat vlogs and I wish them all the best at this season and in the new year

[@Monheganer]

Merry Christmas and thank you all for sharing your pets with us. RIP Tofu. ❤ I used to have 3 ferrets. They are great little buddies.

[@cbcdesign001]

Sad to read that Tofu had passed away. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year David.

[@mattevans-koch9353]

Thank you David for this perspective on pets and narrowboat cruising. Well done and well timed. Merry Christmas and happy New Year to you.

[@debbiea6782]

Merry Christmas David! Cute pet video. RIP Tofu. 😢

[@nesleinf]

Oh - Cath & Annamarie ❤❤ Tell them I miss them. If only they would start to make vlogs again 🙂 Very fine vlog - as always! Love from Denmark

[@t1n4444]

Hmm ... these days there seems to be rather too many narrowboater vlogs. Very, very few come anywhere near the hold standard set by David. Sometimes it seems as if the bloggers believe they should model themselves on TV soaps. David, in my not so humble opinion, managed to keep to the "canals" as the subject and not stray into "soapland".

[@shellabwright6153]

And Merry Christmas to you too,. Thank you for all the videos .Y ou do such a good job to make them most enjoyavle

[@flaagan]

Merry Christmas and thank you for continuing to share this amazing 'slice of life' with the world. I still remember visiting England as a little boy (several decades ago) and seeing a few narrow boats moored up near a pub my family stopped at for lunch. Never occurred to me back then that folks lived on them.

[@chrishewitt4220]

Merry Christmas David! Best wishes from Oz.

[@user-lq7ge4we5o]

What a lovely video. Made my evening seeing Kath and Anna Marie.

[@villaridge]

Alan the cat with Ben and Emily. worth it as always tho, David and his absolutely amazing videos. wow

[@robinblackmoor8732]

I can state that the dogs are fine. Dogs are a pack animal. The only thing that matters to them is their pack. I never met a dog in all my 60 years on Earth that did not enjoy new things. The more new stuff the happier they are. As long as their pack is with them, dogs are always fine. I can't even count all the places that we took our Jack Russell terrier. She was always just fine as long as we were with her. Quite happy to be anywhere with us. She traveled, by car, boat and jet. i don't really know about the other animals, but mammals are very adaptable. Mammals literally live everywhere.

[@katherinekelly5380]

Happy Christmas David ❣️ I looking forward to 2024 - remember when the phrase ‘a dog’s life’ meant drudgery and toil? The pets are bringing a new meaning to that phrase! These are some very happy and well cared for animals, how many of us wouldn’t like to switch places with them (if we could assume animal form)? 👋 Another excellent video, thank you!

[@Kuharzyna]

what a lovely ferrets!

[@FrogmanAnime]

Rip tofu. Also saw that the rabbit has also passed just in the last week or so. They posted a video on their life. Rip little furry rabbit. Hope your Christmas was merry and memorable. Ben from Australia 🇦🇺

[@alisonsimpson616]

Hi David, merry Christmas to you to, having a dog on our Narrow boat Sarah Kay is brilliant. Thanks for the vlogs Alison and Mike and ella ❤❤❤

[@seanjamescameron]

Merry Christmas to you David. Thank you for all the wonderful energy and hard work you put into your videos, something for us to aim for on my own video. All the best for the coming year.

[@Eviscerator]

Merry Christmas David!

[@Deb_Downes]

Merry Xmas David 🧑‍🎄! What a treat the pet Q&A was, some familiar faces and unusual pets, thank you :)

[@xjAlbert]

Merry Christmas to David! A special delight to see Kath & Annemarie at 3:05 ʕ•́؈•̀ʔ

[@barbarataylor1535]

A good lesson on the different choices one makes to live on a narrowboat., thanx David.

[@eastcoast4233]

Merry Christmas David to you and yours. Thank you for the many great videos and this lovely furry Christmas one 😊 Wishing you and all your viewers a happy new year and happy, healthy 2024.

[@malibugrove]

Merry Christmas David. Love your new logo.

[@SanBrunoBeacon]

David, Merry Christmas from San Bruno, California🎅🏻🎄☃ I have been watching your videos for many years. You have done well transitioning from full time narrowboat living...

[@t1n4444]

There is a way of having a pet on the cheap. Recently I discovered the '"Adopt-a-mink" scheme. In short you simply encourage mink on board on a casual basis. The good thing is you can have a new one every time you stop. They mainly feed themselves and if they're ill they generally go off somewhere on their own but by that time you've moved on anyway (they know the rules) and you can just get a fresh one. The other easy to care for pet is a pike. They feed themselves but don't take kindly to being on a lead as they aren't very happy with having to swim backwards or chancing lock gates. Vet bills for pike don't come into it so well worth considering if you're a bit of a tight bastard, like me. Anyway David wishing you a Merry Christmas and hopefully a very Prosperous New Year! Very much looking forward to watching your work in 2024.

[@patriciaa3462]

We have three cats and they are all leash trained. One loves to go out exploring, one tolerates going out & loves to go home. The third is quite happy to never go out on her lead. All different characters. The cat we had 20 years ago loved to take his owners for walks while on the lead. He was the size of a small dog and would really pull hard on the lead if we slowed down. Merry Christmas to you and all your friends.

[@BrassLock]

We're about to commence training our kitten to go for walks on a lead, so good to know that a wide range of reactions are possible.

[@robsin2810]

David, thank you so much for continuing with the vlogs. You always bring happiness with them🙏🇦🇺👍

[@dwtalley]

In re cookery, that bread-baking video is one of my all-time favorites, believe it or not. Edit to add: I didn't realize how much I'd miss those lovely feline green eyes! Also, excellent knitwear that's featured. (My wife's habits being what they are, I tend to notice that sort of thing...)

[@davidpiper3652]

Very good. And Tilly on the end card. perfect. Happy Christmas.

[@sirfrydryk360]

Merry Christmas!

[@richardyon2245]

Answered my main concern about deciding on a continuous cruising lifestyle. 👍

[@lizhaydon2250]

Merry Christmas David. Thank you for the video. Great to see the ladies again. And of course all of the pets.

[@sealofapproval2016]

Hehehe that plus part is hilarious. Thanks for the laughs mate

[@PKWeaver74]

Yes! Love this idea of interviewing other boat owners even if they already have their own channel (or not). I'm all about living as a land lubber vicariously through others so this is top content for me! Encore!!

[@kenspaceman3938]

❄️We wish you a very Merry Christmas from a snowy 🇫🇮 Finland ❤ Ken & Camilla

[@stanleyromanowski9816]

Great vlog! Nice to see the boaters and their pets, and to hear about jthe challenges of pets in boats. Miss Kath and Annemarie's boating vlogs! Best to all!

[@tonybirdwell2624]

Merry Christmas David to you and your family and all your friends. Have a wonderful day. Safe travels for everyone with good health for everyone near and far. Tony

[@22SOS22]

It’s so funny everyone is saying what I was thinking, Nice to see you Kath and Anna Marie! I’ll be back on the cut in September and October and I am bringing my dog this time, all the way from California. Thanks David, great video and Happy Holidays everyone !

[@phillipwlamb2938]

Happy Christmas, David, but we're so sorry to hear about Tofu. We live in a tiny trailer and haven't been able to figure out how we can get a cat. We appreciate the helpful thoughts of your guests today.

[@ynys_mon6928]

Thanks David. That was a most enjoyable video. It was especially lovely to see Kath and Annemarie again. I loved their channel. Good tip about the contraption to clean muddy paws. I might try to get a hold of one of them.

[@captainzeppos]

Merry merry merry Christmas and happy holidays to all.

[@Jonnymorocco95]

Merry Christmas David wishing you all the best

[@BCTGuitarPlayer]

Merry Christmas, Mr Dave! Another thousand thanks;)

[@Stevie-J]

Merry Christmas, Yule, solstice, whatever you've got going on 🌲🎁

[@natehill8069]

I spent a day back in '94 in the vicinity of Stoke Bruerne (sp?) chatting up narrowboaters and helping with lock gates and I noticed that _every single boat_ had a dog. I assumed it was a security requirement from the rental company and if you didnt bring your own you had to rent one of theirs with the boat. I specifically remember this one boat owned by a pensioner couple and they had an older Beagle that just industriously trotted along right behind his mum without a second thought (or possibly a first one - Beagle after all) when she walked across the lock gates to open the paddles. I was worried he might fall in (I think I even asked if he ever had, sadly dont remember the response) but he never put a paw wrong in my presence.

[@alc7926]

Merry Christmas to you. I look forward to seeing more of Twiggy next year. Totally agree with the on point message and similarly wish that everyone has somewhere to be, something to eat, a way to keep warm and dry and someone to confide in. All the best for 2024.

[@user-yw5go7kc8y]

God bless Tofu. Rip

[@JH-qv3xv]

Your Welcome and Thank You!

[@maryjnorwood3962]

Lovely video, David. Such a nice addition to Boxing Day. 🥰🥰🥰😎🎄

[@gilles111]

Merry Christmas to you too, David (and everybody else on this channel too)!

[@martykitson3442]

Merry Christmas everybody thanks for bringing us along for the year David

[@sheilajoseph9953]

Thankyou, that was an eye opener. 😊

[@kathym6603]

A wonderful Christmas morning video. Thank you for your creativity putting it together.

[@deltavee2]

Very enjoyable as always, David. Hope the Hols were good to you and yours. Really liked the new outro shot of the boat snugged up against the bank. Absolutely looks like it belongs there. Wishing you all the best for 2024. Cheers from Ottawa, ON

[@Feistywench59]

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas David. Looking forward to seeing you in 2024

[@ferretface]

Great to meet those ferrets!

[@tonycamplin8607]

And have a great one yourself, best wishes for 2024.

[@nathanisip]

Happy christmas David! Thanks for the holiday company.

[@devilschild]

Merry Christmas, David. Your tree looks beautiful.

[@altowatts1325]

Merry Christmas 🎄🎁🎅🏾 Captain David. It's good to see you back on the water. And that chocolate mousse episode of yours was unintentionally hilarious 😂👍🏾. Stay safe and enjoy your day.

[@trevorford8332]

Merry Christmas, David!! I wish I had a Christmas present for ya, like a shiny new narrow boat!! I guess you'll have to wait till I win the lottery. 😊 🎅🎄

[@petitebiogeek]

Yaaay pets! I would love to come to the midlands and be a narrowboat veterinarian!

[@rboston33]

And Merry Christmas to you. too

[@Unusual_Life]

Happy Christmas from a pet on a boat, Jäga ❤

[@stevekinney7423]

Merry Christmas, David. Thanks for all of your fascinating videos.

[@laurahenshaw3590]

Merry Christmas, David! I hope you have a wonderful holiday!