097 - From the City of London to the City of Oxford on our Narrowboat

[@brendamartin7280]

George looks so happy ♡ ty for great entertainment

[@thewebtutorguy]

A great Vlog, loved the red arrows on the map. makes it easy to follow your progress. Cheers from Perth, West Australia

[@MinimalList]

Thanks! M

[@luanncrownover4]

Beautiful cruise! The homes, buildings, boating clubs and other architecture along the route were so interesting! All manner of watercraft kept my interest as well. The beautiful sailboats ahead of you at the beginning of the cruise were spectacular. I also loved the little paddle craft toward the end of the vlog as well...my first time seeing something like that in one of your vlogs. Welcome back George...you were missed!

[@MinimalList]

Definitely lots of different sights when on the Thames! It’s lovely for a change but looking forward to being back on the sleepy canals! Jo

[@karenlaw7685]

Wow! A whole canal in one video. Really liked it. Gave George some virtual pats, he's had a rough few days. (Ha, ha. He gave you guys a few rough days as well.🐾🐾)

[@MinimalList]

Pats deployed! M

[@janstickles3035]

The change in weather shows. You look much happier and alert. Yay to autumn.

[@MinimalList]

Autumn and spring make for much more comfortable cruising. I love seeing the change in seasons too! Jo

[@richardclark148]

I do like the little map with arrows which helps me place where you've travelled. And must be autumn back to jeans..very sensible

[@janstickles3035]

Not being from the UK, I like the map for reference as well. I enjoy time and space placement. Thanks.

[@grahamBearman1]

Me to!!!

[@MinimalList]

Really glad the maps help... Jo's been working hard at them! M

[@JONATHANGW]

Whilst you were roaring about the boring mooring in Goring outside it was pouring and soon il be snoring! (my bedtime viewing 😉) Great video once again, thanks guys. p.s. A few years back I kayaked the entire Thames with a friend and it was great to see some of the locks and familiar landmarks we passed.

[@MinimalList]

That must have been quite the kayak trip! Sounds like fun. M

[@sylviapage8572]

I really enjoyed that. It was different and great. Thanks.

[@MinimalList]

Good to hear! Thanks! M

[@michaelmacphail5567]

And yet again you rocked the editing and music... well done!

[@MinimalList]

She's gotten so good at it! Thanks! M

[@GenaF]

My music stopped at 6:22 until 7:26 🤷🏼‍♀️ silence again from 9:52-11:04, 13:56-15:18, 21:01-21:41,

[@leedavies3629]

Nice vlog theThames looks good to go on and George looks well cool well done

[@MinimalList]

He's a bit happier on the canals, but he's been a Good Dog. Except for that one swim. M

[@jillrogers965]

Great vlog really enjoyed your journey on the Thames, and especially the Tidal Thames ..glad George is back on board

[@MinimalList]

So are we! We missed him on the sloshy bit! M

[@StuartBtn]

I last moored at Pangbourne where you were 20 years ago on 17th June Father’s Day, where my late father and I took a stroll to the Swan 🦢 to reward ourselves as being great dads🙄, my second son was only 1 then, in 7 weeks he will join me and my daughter on the Stratford for our annual family cruise, bought many happy memories that. 👍

[@MinimalList]

Enjoy the family cruise! Glad we could bring back some memories! M

[@narrowboatmum165]

Great video. We loved the part of the Thames we did, it was so beautiful. We clearly went to the wrong cafe for hot chocolate in Goring and now Emma is really complaining after seeing Michael’s hot chocolate 😊😊😊

[@MinimalList]

Argh! Don't want anyone to miss it! It's the ideal drink! M

[@ASCIITerminal]

I enjoyed that! However, looking forward to you being back on the canals.

[@MinimalList]

You and me both! J

[@charleskitson4903]

Yay George. Can you say comedy of errors? M, I'd almost swear your beard is losing the slight grey and becoming more (as they say there) ginger. Jo your flower patch is beautiful. You must have a very green thumb. Yay grumpy lock keeper. Plaster, pasta... I'm with you M its close enough. One more time...Yay George. Thank You for the smiles.

[@MinimalList]

Pretty sure the grey isn't going anywhere, and in fact I feel it's just a few years till I can finally make my break into professional Santa Claus-ing! M

[@moosabones]

Cow Lady here again. The red cattle lying down are Limousins 😊

[@MinimalList]

So many cattle, so little time! Thanks! M

[@NarrowboatFirefly]

We have just done the same trip, from Teddington to Oxford. We are now at Napton, and the boat goes back on its home mooring tomorrow and we go home for a while.

[@MinimalList]

It’s a shame our paths didn’t cross! Really love the south Oxford too. Enjoy the comforts of home. Jo

[@TheByard]

What a shame you did it so fast, I was hoping to see all the places I now miss. But thank you for what I did see. I kept Lazy Days a Dunkirk Little Ship on the Old Windsor Weir run at Wraysbury for two years. Once made the run from Limehouse to the mooring in one trip, back in the days when you have to wind the hydraulic rams by hand after lock keepers hours. Then there was The Classic Boat Rally at Henley again a one day passage, ready for work next morning. Now Mapledurham that's another story. Stayed in a luxury caravan in a field beside the church, as part of the location crew for the making of the film The Eagle Has Landed. A village was built beside the church and the Lord of the Manor would only allow filming of the outside. So an interior was built in the field for the fight scenes. We supplied all the WWII vehicles and did the stunt driving. All great fun and the weather was wonderful. I'm sorry you didn't enjoy the Thames trip so much this time, I think you like to explore new rivers and canals. I like to explore further afield from the waterways I've travelled. But each to their own. Hope you enjoy Lechlade and have a beer or three for me.

[@MinimalList]

We did the Thames in quite a number of videos last year, that and getting Jo back closer to real time is why we truncated this year's return up it. We like finding new places and seeing new things. The Eagle has Landed sounds like fun. M

[@llessibm]

Just returned from my day at Willow Wren with Chris who remembers you both well - must say that now having done it that I’m still in awe of your reversing skills but guess practice makes perfect

[@MinimalList]

Chris is great! "Give it some chuff!" And yeah, it takes time, though really I think a lot of it comes down to having a boat with good swim characteristics for it. Also having bowthrusters there when you need them doesn't hurt! M

[@llessibm]

Minimal List - was windy today and chuff was in abundance

[@MinimalList]

Good to hear! Yeah we got blown around a fair bit as well! M

[@rmk]

Mooring in Goring is no longer boring with the availability of hot chocolate!

[@MinimalList]

Exactly!

[@normanboyes4983]

Enjoyed that.👍

[@ticklishhoneybee]

I just recently went back and re-watched your early videos, so this was sort of like watching a summary of the last dozen or so videos I've watched; which is mildly amusing. Michael looked so very tired at Windsor, I think it was Windsor. The tidal Thames must've done Jo some good, if she's now almost swimming in the non-tidal portion.

[@MinimalList]

We didn’t expect to be covering the same ground so soon but enjoyed it non the less! I quite fancy watching those vlogs now too. Didn’t enjoy the almost swim but worth it to haul our naughty George out! Jo

[@ReagansDad66]

I’m an American that has spent the last two or three weeks watching your videos. Why? I don’t know. I can’t explain my fascination other than I’m jealous of you two. I’ve even signed up for Patreon so we could support you. Wish you had a bigger $$ option. We are booking our trip to rent a boat for two weeks next fall. Maybe by chance we are the same area and we can buy you dinner.

[@MinimalList]

Well thank you for watching, and for the support! Glad you like them! We've run into quite a few viewers, including some Americans, so you never know! Though we're a bit unsure where the heck we'll be on the system next year! But if you see us, catching up would be great! M

[@courierdog1941]

Crusing along on a mirror like water surface must be unreal. It looks so majestic BTW where is the music while in Time Lapse

[@MinimalList]

Ahh, some of the older videos used music that wasn’t properly licensed (well, it was, but the musician sold the work on and the new people didn’t honor the old license and google’s automated copyright system decided for them) and the only thing we could do was let google erase those sections of music, I’m afraid. M

[@320ifq]

Any trip along the Thames should include a pint at the flower pot just below Hambleden lock

[@MinimalList]

We'll have to try that when we make our third trip! M

[@bethevoice-gen1rev225]

Goodness me , I have a guilt trip after a mini snicker (marathon) .

[@MinimalList]

I've learned not to feel guilt. It's lovely. M

[@rossrowntree5905]

Boat dog Best job ever

[@MinimalList]

We can’t disagree!

[@darrannewman7113]

Great revisit, especially with the maps. Bit more action with George doing a doda and you standing in it and spreading it along the boat, and then jumping overboard. still you have to laugh it off dont you Jo. and all the fuss about 140 bob.

[@MinimalList]

7 bloody pounds!! :-) M

[@grahamBearman1]

I did like that vlog, as a matter of fact I like them all, just that some really stand out....

[@MinimalList]

Aww, thanks! M

[@tiger175]

Are there no free public moorings in Henley (or other Thames towns)?

[@MinimalList]

I’m not sure anything is free in Henley. There are designated moorings along the Thames, and most (but not all) are free for the first night. Henley though seems to rather discourage the riffraff. M

[@_-000-_]

Do you have any plans to revisit the Basingstoke canal? I'd love to come and say hello.

[@MinimalList]

We'd both like to visit it again, especially to get past that landslip that stopped us part way... but it won't be for some time, next year it's all the North. M

[@endeavour2968]

Don’t know why, but the sound keeps on cutting out🤔, feel all this trip was missing was ice cream 🍦 but looking good as usual

[@MinimalList]

Yeah, we had to remove some of the music on this one. Sorry! ☹️

[@endeavour2968]

Minimal List no need to apologise, you do a great job with your vids, very informative,even watched your virus vlogs.

[@JISJ1964]

What has happened to lots of the cruising-music on this part, several parts are silent here?

[@ChrisJames1973]

Yep the mooring lady at Wallingford has got a bit of a reputation. I tend to get up about 8 and watch her banging on the side of my boat. Some just politely refuse to pay her!

[@MinimalList]

The banging was the part I didn't like. As well as the thickly laid passive aggressiveness. Don't mind paying the fee, but don't act like you feel bad for waking me up when you've just dented my hull!! M

[@ritaloy8338]

Where you snoring on the mooring in Going that boring morning?

[@MinimalList]

There was a bit of snoring in Goring that morning! M

[@ClownAroundFilm]

David Gilmour's floating studio Astoria @4 min 18 secs

[@MinimalList]

Its quite the boat!

[@peteon4wheels627]

What happens to Georg guys, I think I missed something, dam meds, can you do a blog where you put a camera on the front of the boat and just let it record until the battery runs out and then post it please, it would be great to see thanks guys.

[@jonathanribee8098]

Has some of the soundtrack on this vlog been deleted by the You Tube music police?

[@MinimalList]

It’s quite possible if there’s dropouts on the timelapse sections... we haven’t had too many such issues, but they have bitten some of the older videos. M

[@robwilkie1]

Noticed the same thing on this and some of the other vids. Still good to see the them.

[@MinimalList]

Yeah, sadly it’s an automatic thing that Google does, and even when we dispute the copyright claim successfully it doesn’t automatically get put back. Unfortunately Google doesn’t let us re-upload the video without treating it as a new video, which causes all sorts of problems with notifications. M

[@jonathanribee8098]

It would seem YT is a bit clunky - like the tech doesn't fully support the latest iteration of the business model. In some ways you'd expect that the new technologies wouldn't be having problems that are hard to fix (like Y2K legacy problems) yet - but in other ways I suppose the pace of change, new services, big data - unless you re-port to a new environment on a very regular basis is is going to get clunky.

[@MinimalList]

To be fair to YT it’s been a bit clunky all along... they can’t really spend all that much money making solutions to copyright issues any less clunky because the elected idiots of the world can’t seem to make up their mind on what should actually be copyrighted or not for more than a few milliseconds in a row! M

[@DASOSinAZ]

Watching all your vids from the beginning and enjoying immensely. The last few videos, however, have had strange audio drop-outs, and it seems to be just the musical interludes. Is it a licensing issue or something?

[@DASOSinAZ]

Whup! Never mind. Perhaps it's my method of watching - smart TVs can be dumb sometimes.

[@MinimalList]

They certainly can be! Enjoy the rest of them, hopefully without dropouts! M

[@malcolmelliott1876]

Should have added some Floyd at 4.18

[@6ddevil]

The Astoria house boat, birth place of many great Gilmour guitar solos, well spotted.

[@MinimalList]

Oh man, didn't even know about it! Just thought it was a really beautiful boat! M

[@malcolmelliott1876]

What!?!? The most famous houseboat in the UK... well for those over a certain age that is.

[@MinimalList]

I might have just squeaked in under that certain age. M

[@mjallenuk]

Wow ... you really flew through that lot! I wonder if it makes editing out M any easier or is there just more editing of M to do making the M processing hard work to progress through for the processor? What the hell did I just write? I'm not even medicated yet?!?

[@MinimalList]

I've no idea, but apparently I'm quite hard to leave on the cutting room floor. M

[@courtenaybarber2555]

Michael, are you a yank? Cheers, Courtenay, Falmouth, MA

[@MinimalList]

Technically no. He was born in Oklahoma!

[@motorcyclemitzi8022]

2 things... love the boat house with garage at 15:12 and what is the significance of "300211"

[@MinimalList]

Bit of a long story (I've got to do a tattoo video at some point, as it comes up relatively often), but it was my first "reset" date, aka Michael 2.0 ... in Arabic numbers are usually read left to right, words right to left... dates get a bit funny, depending on if they're hijira or Gregorian, and who is writing them. But read that one right to left, and you get the first of several do-over/level up dates in my life. M

[@Chuck59ish]

So when you guys are on rivers like the Thames, do the canal speed limits apply, or can you burn the carbon out of the engine?

[@suedolly7081]

Looks like you are moored exactly where we spent 2 nights in Oxford in June last year. Hired a boat at Aldermaston. Oxford was our northern most mooring. Time on the Thames was fun but much preferred the K&A. Quieter...lots of friendly boaters. A trip of a lifetime.😁

[@richardendersby7987]

On the non tidal part, the limit is 5mph, so a whole 1mph faster. But slowing down to tickover past moored boats isn't needed so much.

[@ChrisJames1973]

Spread limit is 8KMH although I’m not sure many stick to it!

[@Chuck59ish]

Since jo & Michael are getting passed by everything under the sun, I don't think they were doing the speed limit of 8 km/h.

[@MinimalList]

I'll be honest, without the flood tide pushing us, I'm not sure we could make it abobe 5mph relative to just about anything not moving the opposite direction. These things aren't race cars! M

[@paulmitchum8658]

4:18: David Gilmour's recording studio.

[@MinimalList]

Yep! Didn't know that at the time, but have learned now! M

[@rwbimbie5854]

Lock looked big enough could share it with an aircraft carrier

[@MinimalList]

Some of them are pretty huge army they! Jo

[@dennyclose6635]

lol poor George ....Have you guys counted all the balls you have lost?

[@MinimalList]

No, we lost count after the first hundred. M

[@mortglickman3217]

so... that's a hard pass on a blue water sailing vessel?

[@MinimalList]

For me, yes! Please don’t give Michael ideas! 😉 Jo

[@hugorune766]

Why does the audio keep dropping out on many of the time lapses? Why has no one else asked that question?

[@MinimalList]

There is no sound recorded on a time lapse clip.

[@hugorune766]

@@MinimalList I am aware of that.... and I am aware that you normally put sound over the time lapse, so I wondered why there where blanks in the sound

[@MinimalList]

Do you have a time code and I can check

[@howiespencer]

@@MinimalList Around 6:23 it stops for me.

[@hugorune766]

@@MinimalList 6:24 - 7:24 9:52 - 11:04 13:53 - 15:17 20:58 - 21:38 23:48 - 24:51 hope that helps

[@anitablades6033]

?? How much is a pound worth in U.S. money ??

[@MinimalList]

Depends on the day and what's going on in the markets. Right now about $1.25 USD. M

[@chazzyb8660]

Cliveden - no no no it's from Clifden, soft 'v'. It's on a cliff, not named for someone called Clive!

[@MinimalList]

Then why why why didn’t the spell it that way?

[@chazzyb8660]

@@MinimalList We don't want to make it easy for you!