The great river Ouse to Ely by narrowboat. It gets chaotic...

[@NarrowboatWill]

www.buymeacoffee.com/Narrowboatwill Thankyou if you can

[@atoff]

You look very smart in the new gear Will, if you hear mutton dressed as lamb from the tillerman, just ignore him 👍👍

[@annjarvis9300]

Thank you will for the cathedral tour it was grand and what a bargain with top and jeans you will look super in them get another thick cardi next time winter is on the March tc👍😉👋Ann n David

[@NarrowboatWill]

Hello Ann and David. It's very wet and windy here and my fires on now so I'm nice and warm. Thankyou again for watching. Have a lovely weekend.

[@carbootsally]

another lovely area Will. i love charity shops. I always think of the poor person having to lay on their back on scaffolding to paint those lovely cellings. was lovely though xx

[@NarrowboatWill]

Can't beat a good charity shop. Getting expensive now though. Ha ha That Cathedral was amazing and that old graffiti wow. Thankyou Sally

[@carolinefiler5506]

Ely looks gorgeous your are visiting some great places. Have a great weekend

[@NarrowboatWill]

It's a beautiful area around here. Peace and quite or busy. It's got everything Caroline. Have a lovely weekend.

[@thomascoyne157]

Nice new clobber and a drink a bit of shopping , you’ll need to sell your old ones on your only fan club 😂😂😂 Nice volg 👍👍👍👍👍

[@NarrowboatWill]

That t shirts getting well used. I took the jeans back. To tight I couldn't lift my leg to get off the boat. Ha ha Tight cloths on boats is a no no.

[@iandavenport8423]

Thanks for the mention - I am actually back in Ely sheltering from the rain

[@NarrowboatWill]

Yes it's heavy winds and rain for me as well. Fire on chilling out. Cheers Ian.

[@sheilajoseph9953]

Spectacular cathedral. Those that built it put their heart and soul into it. What magnificent architecture, unlike today.

[@NarrowboatWill]

Exactly. Can you imagine the costs today. Thankyou for watching Sheila.

[@davidtildsley8409]

Will we love your channel. Its thanks to people like you that we are now lucky enough to have our own 60 footer. Your an inspiration and we just chuckle at you all the time!. Great sense of humour and amazing videos. Keep it up mate . Dave and Rach (Narrowboat Holly) xx

[@NarrowboatWill]

Thankyou so much for that lovely comment. Hopefully see you on the cut. Take care

[@RobertSmith-zv1xo]

Did a great job promoting Ely, haha. Loved the place with it's beautiful architecture. The cathedral was stunning and noticed you have got some nice stained glass doors in your boat.

[@NarrowboatWill]

I have a stain glass window in my bedroom but the door is just stick on I'm afraid but I like the affect. What a beautiful place Ely is.

[@TheNarrowboatPirate]

Love your new T shirt and jeans Will, yeah Superdry sizes are tiny as they a Japanese company 😄

[@NarrowboatWill]

Bloody hell I need an xxxl. How embarrassing Mrs. Ha ha

[@suzannehague5203]

I will you did well. I the charity shop and the cathedral looks intereststsing and a lovey place were you stop at all the best for now

[@NarrowboatWill]

It's a lovely little city. I'm glad you enjoyed it as well Suzanne. Have a bright and peaceful day.

[@brianpyle3839]

Great seeing the cathedral, 👍🏼 I’ve got a couple of those Superdry shirts, and large fits snug on me too! lol. They are thick fabric, hope they last a long time too. Cheers, Brian

[@NarrowboatWill]

What a stunning place. Apparently the superdry range is a size smaller. I need an xxxl to fit properly. Ha ha Cheers Brian

[@keithknightson4410]

Great vlog Will. When you switched the camera it made blink has if you poked me in the eye

[@NarrowboatWill]

Ha ha that's funny

[@hobbshire9373]

Enjoyed your vlog, thanks. Those SuperDry shirts state side run around fifty US bucks so you got a good deal. Good brand too. 😊

[@NarrowboatWill]

Yeah it's amazing quality abit tight but I'm sure it will stretch. I took the jeans back. To tight to jump off the boat. Ha ha

[@jacquelineryde7339]

Wow that is a busy place, we were hoping to moor up for a year at Ely when we get our boat next year but we can’t live aboard so will be going to Bedford instead but cruising down the river Ouse so such a helpful Vlog ❤

[@NarrowboatWill]

Bedford is stunning. The marinas look amazing that way. Good luck

[@tonycarter3756]

I thought Queen Adelaide would surprise you.l used to live near Ely so the Cathedral is quite familiar,we used to climb the tower for the views. Didn’t fancy a new frock then ?

[@NarrowboatWill]

Oh I didn't know you could climb the tower. I bet that was extra on top of the stain glass balcony. I bet it was lovely views far over the land. I don't fancy a new frock either. Ha ha

[@michaelb2388]

Was that a gas bottle I saw on your bow deck? Gas bottles should be stored in the gas locker and nowhere else on the boat. Even "empty" bottles may contain enough high pressure gas to cause a problem if it leaks and you can't guarantee that it will go overboard. It might enter your boat through low level door vents.

[@NarrowboatWill]

Oh my god that sounds like an emergency. What if I was getting a new one. Does that count? Ha ha

[@barrieking5939]

Hi Will, thanks for another great video. Did you find time to have a coffee in the cathedral café? Always made a beeline in there when on our way to Norwich. It all looks a beautiful stretch of river. Glad you're enjoying it. Take care mate. B.

[@NarrowboatWill]

I didn't have a coffee. Is it through the gardens? Very beautiful place to have one. What a city. Cheers

[@barrieking5939]

No Will, the cafè is on the left hand side, when you walk in the entrance. Cheers...B.

[@NarrowboatWill]

@@barrieking5939 Oh right but there is a cafe through a gate in the grounds. It's just amazing. It really is.

[@colin125gwr]

NICE ONE

[@NarrowboatWill]

Cheers Colin

[@nickpolly1527]

Hi Will its nick.n polly from this episode when you get back brandon creek way drop us a line it would be a pleasure to treat you to fish and chips at the ship .

[@NarrowboatWill]

Hello Nick and Polly. If you see me give me a shout and I'll pull over. I'm not back over there yet but I will be.

[@jolewis-brown6608]

Glad that you enjoyed visiting my tiny home city. About 200m up from where you were moored is a plaque commemorating that during WW2 the University Boat Race was rowed on that stretch of the River Great Ouse.

[@NarrowboatWill]

Oh really. That's interesting. Thankyou for the info Jo.

[@jillosler9353]

Ely Cathedral, also known as The Ship of the Fens. Built long before the draining of the Fens when Ely was an island. Ely is a small City and always busy after the tranquility of the countryside - but you do have shops!

[@NarrowboatWill]

Beautiful place. Amazing how it was there before the fens.

[@jillosler9353]

@@NarrowboatWill The Fens were already there - they were just mainly under water!

[@NarrowboatWill]

@@jillosler9353 I thought the fens where created in the 1600s by the Dutch engineer in my other vlog.

[@stevengoddard9185]

Hi will keep the vlogs coming m8 is that nikwax u using after cleaning cratch cover just wondered take care 🙂

[@NarrowboatWill]

I don't know what it's called because the guy who made it gave me a bottle. The water just runs off.. Sorry Steven

[@MrOitoyboy]

Super dry sizing always comes up at least 1 size too small for me. Apparently it’s because the Japanese are smaller in general. And don’t we all love a good generalisation...😂

[@NarrowboatWill]

That t shirt was an XL as well. Great quality. I need an xxxl how embarrassing. Ha ha

[@derekhindle5219]

Crotch cover cratch cover you been watching too much Heidi the pirate. 👍😁

[@NarrowboatWill]

Ha ha ha you got it. Nice..

[@philodowd8080]

Sorry but that amount of people, nope I couldn't cope. Need my silence 😊 Beautiful buildings though

[@NarrowboatWill]

Yeah i prefer the silence Phil

[@harryrambler]

Where there's a Will there's a way! I get me coat!

[@NarrowboatWill]

Ha ha ha

[@anfieldroadlayoutintheloft5204]

good vid thanks lee

[@NarrowboatWill]

Thanks lee

[@Kat69nh]

Hi Will

[@NarrowboatWill]

Hello Kat. Good afternoon Kat.

[@susangoulding3159]

🤣🤣🤣cratch cover

[@NarrowboatWill]

You got it..Ha ha

[@julieblackstock8650]

Queens Swan marker says Bread is fine.. people stopped feeding them and they starved to death over winter. So People please ignore the stupid signs

[@NarrowboatWill]

So swans need bread to survive?

[@malcolmone1]

zip undone tut tut

[@NarrowboatWill]

Ha ha

[@neilbroome4941]

White bread is harmful to wild life but wholemeal is fine, I am always sad that people don't say this.

[@NarrowboatWill]

I don't think birds need feeding. They manage quite well. Better still get proper food for them but not grains.

[@peterchapman3740]

Sorry yes we can see you lol only jokeing Will

[@NarrowboatWill]

ha ha nice Peter

[@seanphillips9020]

You should've checked your flys before showing off those jeans at the end of this video .....or maybe you did and you are trying to attract a new type of subscriber

[@NarrowboatWill]

Ha ha very good Sean.

[@MartinJames389]

The building is around 1,000 years old, but the stained glass you show can't be that old. Stained glass was new 1,000 years ago, but the range of colours seen in that window could not be produced then. Yellows and oranges were not possible, and some reds were unstable. At the earliest, that window would be 14th century, maybe 15th. Most cathedrals have been worked on and added to more or less continuously for centuries, with both decorative additions, extensions and sometimes new towers and steeples. The additions and improvements were often paid for by extremely wealthy aristocratic gangsters. Having spent their lives in petty warfare and feuds, grievously exploited people and robbed them of the fruits of their their labour, visions of burning in hell sometimes occurred to them as life wore on. The answer was to stump up for a lady chapel, a new and more ornate Western entrance, or whatever. God would be chuffed with them, so BINGO, they'd get into heaven! The building of 1,000 years ago would have been simpler, and maybe smaller, than the one you see today (I don't know Ely's particular architectural history). The huge windows you see now may have been much smaller, and in some cases (though not at the Eastern end) maybe not there at all. The stonework and walls would, though, have been painted in the brightest available colours, some of it designed to pick out decorative features, while areas of the walls would have depicted bible scenes and "lives of the saints". The bare stonework seen today was a result of Reformation ideology. The "popery" was stripped and scrubbed away. In some places, statues were smashed and in others people took advantage of the general climate to demolish bits and cart the stone away to be used in other building projects.

[@NarrowboatWill]

Yes I was thinking glass would've been a rare item and hard to make but look at the skills these people had is incredible. Why build such massive windows if they didn't have glass? Possibly like you say a later addition. Our history is much more complex then we are led to believe Martin. Thankyou for the feedback and information. Have a good day.

[@peterchapman3740]

No no trains Will you would moan like hell next day them trains kept me up all night

[@NarrowboatWill]

I was right next to the tracks. ha ha