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In this narrowboat vlog, I explain why we have to keep going, we get a gift from Leicester Marina which keep us going all week; I discover some farm land where the farmer keeps the soil going and I spot birds that I have never seen before. Sit back, relax and enjoy! Take care
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[@lowellirish]

You are one incredible lady!😍

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

That is a very kind comment. Thank you so much😊 Take care🦋🌻

[@jeanmorris6601]

Stunning 💚🌱

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Thank you, Jean! Take care 🦋🌻

[@johnswindale9115]

Lovely, cant say more.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Thank you so much for your kindness, John.😊 Have a wonderful weekend, take care🌻🦋

[@arthurraymond6239]

Brilliant vlog ❤as per usual 👌🙂👍

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Thank you so much, Arthur😊 What a lovely comment!🤩 Have a wonderful weekend, take care🌻🦋

[@LJnBodhi]

I love that sometimes there's no music and you can just hear the water against the side of the boat.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

I will try and include this in more vlogs for you, JB. Thank you so much for watching. Take care🌻🦋

[@ctedman]

I heard plenty of music! Having said that, it’s not oppressive.

[@TheDaf95xf]

What beautiful videos you make 😊 Zephyr is soooooo cute 🥰 Love the drawing ✍️ and stories at the end 🤩😍 xx

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

I am so pleased that you are enjoying the videos and my Zephyr!Thank you for your lovely comment. Have a super week, take care🦋🌻

[@birteeliasen6423]

Love it very much

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Thank you so much!😊🤗 Take care🦋🌻

[@larrymarshall9454]

Love your inclusion of cooking into video of the countryside. You've got the best narrowboat kitchen ever. The bridges in this episode are amazing. The highlight of your videos, for me, are always your nature/sketching segments. Thanks for sharing.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

What a lovely comment, thank you so much, Larry!😊 I am so pleased that you enjoy the vlogs and the nature journaling at the end. Have a wonderful weekend, take care🌻🦋

[@ChrisGamble]

Beautiful journal

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Chris, thank you so much for your kind words. It is a special time of the week for me when I sit down and complete my journal. Have a super Friday and weekend ahead, take care🦋🌻

[@bobnmarewilcox4855]

You've done it again. Thank you. Another photography quote to go with your art and poetry. "Your most important gear is your eye, heart and soul." Marius Vieth

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Another amazing quote! I find them so inspirational- thank you so much for taking the time to send them to me. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻

[@31Alden]

This video has everything. Exquisite bridges, nature at its finest, sights, sounds, cooking, beautiful music and beautiful ZEPHER! Lovely in every way. Good morning from America!

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

I hope you had a wonderful day? Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care 🦋🌻

[@31Alden]

@@themindfulnarrowboat Thank you, Vanessa. A wonderful day, thank you. Sorry if this is TMI, but I am recovering from an Acute Ischemic Stroke I suffered on March 3. Which is one reason my brother recommended your Channel to me knowing my love of nature, beautiful music, animals, etc., he thought would aid in my recovery. I am doing exceedingly well. Your vlog is massively uplifting and takes my mind off the shock over having suffered a stroke. Each day you remind us of the beauty of life as long as one fine tunes one’s senses to everything around us, save the negative things impacting our world. THANK YOU sharing your life and journey with all of us. Sheer JOY!

[@sheilajoseph9953]

Great vlog, you have that wonderful way of capturing nature at its best.Beautiful scenery. At one stage the flock of linnets looked like tumbling autumn leaves, until they started landing on the telegraph line. And all those ducks sitting on rowing boats waiting for customers or their captain.😄💚

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Oohh, Sheila, I love the comparison to linnets and falling autumn leaves, you are so right😍 If I had noticed that, I would have put it in this week's poem! Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Take care🦋🌻

[@MarcelEling]

Beautiful

[@MarcelEling]

Speechless

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Thank you so much for your lovely comments. It makes me very happy to know that you have enjoyed the vlog. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🌻🦋

[@stevemendenhall6284]

Missed you last Friday. So I had go back in time and follow your adventures around Leicester I am getting close to the last pages of your Journal. Hope you had a good week and will be back this Friday Steve

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Steve, I'm just uploading my vlog ready for Friday, so it should all resume again as usual hopefully. Thank you so much for your lovely comment and for reading my journal too. Have a super rest of the week, take care🦋🌻

[@georgeradcliffe7511]

Hi Vanessa, yet again, need to comment: your Vlogs make me hope that I will, one day, win the Lottery, and have a completely wheelchair friendly cruiser built for me... with a "Davit" to get me on and off. It would have to be based on the Northern Broads (The Southern Alternative are far too Industrialised for me). Obviously, canals are out of the question for me... Locks... errrr no.. Sorry... Rambling... I am old... Stay safe young one. xx

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

George, I have my fingers crossed for you winning that lottery🤞🤞🍀 You deserve to have that cruiser on the Northern Broads. Never give up hope. Thank you so much for watching. Take care🌻🦋

[@georgeradcliffe7511]

@@themindfulnarrowboat it's me that should thank you... Your Vlogs, poetry and artwork are truly delightful... STAY SAFE x

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Stay safe too🌻🦋

[@mamaandharry4573]

Interesting. Never before seen a jam function on a bread maker. Useful

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

It’s a great function to have! I just need to forage some more fruit. Thank you so much for watching. Have a wonderful weekend, take care🌻🦋

[@NorthernNarrowboaters]

Great video as always xx

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Thank you so much🤗 Northern Narrowboaters! Safe cruising, take care🌻🦋

[@christinewalker5874]

Lovely music to go with the beautiful video. You were lucky with the weather. Thank you for cheering us up on a wet and dismal day.superb.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Isn't the weather wild at the moment, Christine? I hope you are all wrapped up and safe inside. I am so glad that you enjoyed the vlog. Have a wonderful weekend, take care🦋🌻

[@julianchambers8372]

Hiya. I hope you have a easy winter cruising it's always nice and quiet, and be very beautiful. Just stay safe and warm. Also as you probably know don`t move your boat during icey conditions. Julian

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

What kind and caring words, Julian, thank you so much.😊 Have a fabulous Friday and weekend ahead, take care🦋🌻

[@julianchambers8372]

Good morning, I forgot to mention that you can buy some neat logs that will stay in over night. You may find these useful during the very cold periods. Let me know if you need the product information. Have a good day. Julian

[@jaynecopland]

You see. So in tune with nature. Always such a pleasure to watch your vlogs. My week can begin in peace❤

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Jayne, thank you so much for such lovely words and I hope you continue to have a wonderfully peaceful week, take care🦋🌻

[@mikehurley5052]

Relaxing as always, fresh air in amongst all the doom and gloom right now.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Mike, it is a bit doomy and gloomy at the moment, isn't it? Reading your comment, cheered me up, so thank you!😊 Have a wonderful weekend, take care🦋🌻

[@mikehurley5052]

@@themindfulnarrowboat Thanks, you too.

[@kellyheywood503]

I could listen to your vlogs all day in the background I watch many different ones but yours are different somehow and I wish you would do podcasts as well toy would be outstanding ❤😊 totally mean it .

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Aww, Kelly- thank you so much! I am so pleased that you enjoy the vlogs. Take care🌻🦋🤗

[@garrymartin6474]

A lovely relaxing film as always, I always mean to save them until supper time to help me unwind at the end of the week but I always end up watching them as soon as I see a new video has been uploaded !

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Well, I am delighted that you watch the vlog right away, thank you so much, Garry!😊 I hope you enjoy your supper- it's not marrow is it?🤭 Have a wonderful weekend, take care🌻🦋

[@paulmaryon9088]

Same here !

[@michaelpilling9659]

Hello Vanessa - greetings from Poland What a fantastic video. Brilliant camera work and commentary capturing the beautiful countryside, autumnal colours and natural history as we cruised in a hurry maybe, to beat the lock closurers. Your culinary skills are incredible. The crabapple jam and the never ending marrow meals, were wonderful. Yet again, your historical information proved a winner and I learnt all about Belgrave and the Wolsley Company. Back onto the canal system and a return to 4mph. Lovely Leicester Line.,Absolutely fabulous. Thank you so much for taking me along - I loved it. Stay safe please

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Michael and thank you for your super lovely comment! It is such a pleasure to read your thoughts about the vlog each week. I still have marrow left and to be honest once it's finished, I won't be eating this vegetable again for a while; it's delicious but I've overdone it!🤭 Have a wonderful weekend, take care🦋🌻

[@mattgoodchild8215]

Fantastic

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Thank you so much, Matt!😊 Take care🌻🦋

[@mattgoodchild8215]

Bless u it was a beautiful video the music playing with the linnets flying almost made me cry Like yourself I love nature so much and also like yourself I live amongst it also on my narrow boat altho in 1 spot on my moorings mostly because of work commitments Keep up the fantastic vids that you do I always watch them Thanks to you the mindful narrowboat x

[@Red-ns9ny]

P.S i love the cello along with the images it works perfectly.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

When I am looking for music to go with my nature pieces, I always start with searching through the cello music that I have. It doesn't always work out with this instrument, but I just love the sound of the cello! I am so pleased that you enjoyed the combination of music and images in this vlog. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, take care🌻🦋

[@Red-ns9ny]

@@themindfulnarrowboat ❤️😊

[@butchbinion1560]

Thanks, awesome. ✌🏻👊🏼

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

That is so kind of you! Thank you so much 😊 Take care🦋🌻

[@tpelle2]

Wonderful vlog! I'm getting hooked. Unfortunately, being in the U.S., we don't have any canals hardly at all - they've all been replaced with highways and railroads. However, I live quite near the Ohio River, just upstream of Cincinnati Ohio but on the Kentucky side, and it's always been my dream to cruise the river. Anyway, regarding that squash that you call a "Marrow". It looks like what we call a Zucchini. Just as you do, we fry it sometimes and find it really good if breaded and deep fried. But most often we make Zucchini bread. We had a pretty good yield in our garden this past summer and made enough Zucchini bread that we store what didn't get eaten right away in our freezer. Just this week we found what was probably the last loaf down in the depths of the freezer, and are whittling it down right now. It's especially good with cream cheese!

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hello Tom, thank you so much for your lovely comments and it is great to know that you are enjoying the vlogs. Your zucchini bread sounds absolutely delicious 😋 I have terrible trouble baking bread (as you’ll see from my other vlogs) because I have to use GF flour. I really hope your dream of cruising the river comes true.🍀 Have a super Sunday, take care🌻🦋

[@lisaforte1575]

Your zucchini currie looks a thousand times better than mine. I was also gifted some overgrown "marrow" as you call it! I added sweet bread to my list of things I made from it, froze the loaves, and then gave them away as the season ended. I live in Vermont, USA, where our fall colors are spectacular, but we do not have canals upon which to enjoy them as you do.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Aw, your bread sounds delicious, Lisa! 😋 Your autumn display must be amazing to walk among; it is such a beautiful time of the year isn't it? Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment. Have a wonderful weekend, take care🦋🌻

[@vanessascola8932]

Allotment people are so thoughtful. So complicated, all the things you have to take into consideration. Love the history as always. You look a bit cold in your rain coat. Stay warm. Had no idea about nettle seeds. Nice warming food. Very nice. So lovely as always. Thanks so much. Be well and safe.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Allotment people sound like boating people. I think being outdoors among nature makes happier humans. Thank you so much for watching, Vanessa, take care🌻🦋

[@lionelmarytravels6003]

Lovely journey again, Vanessa. Such beautiful bridges around Leicester. Very ornate. So many beautiful plants and flowers in that field sown with a cover crop and those linnets. I was just thinking... Birds like sitting in a line but what did they do before telephone or electricity lines were created?

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

That's an interesting question about the telephone and electricity lines! Perhaps there were more treetops to sit in before the wires came along? Thank you for your lovely comment. Take care 🦋🌻

[@martinhowe1422]

Absolutly Delightful - you fulfill my dreams with your vid. A sweet thank you.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Thank you so much, Martin for such s lovely comment. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🌻🦋

[@nancinowlen3043]

Second time enjoying this weeks vlog. Beautiful sky and cruise.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

That is so lovely to hear, Nanci! Thank you so much 🤗😊 Have a super Sunday and wonderful week, take care🌻🦋

[@stevewrissy9748]

Lovely vlog again, the music at the end of the video went beautifully with the bird footage, just been trying to find it on KZbin.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Steve, thank you so much for your lovely comment! I love that piece of music too; it's on a site called : Envato Elements and the music is called Emotional, Classical Violin and Harp by Orchestralis. I pay a monthly fee to use the music on the site as I like the variety that they have there. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🌻🦋

[@stevewrissy9748]

Thanks for that information.

[@brewster3987]

I especially enjoyed the sequence starting at 11:30 - there were a number of screensaver-worthy shots in quick succession! Just beautiful... I also had to chuckle at 14:20 where Zephyr is clearly thinking "Will you please quit messing with that camera and come on our walk already!"

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Brewster, I hope that you have been ok in the hurricanes? I think the canals have so much charm that they offer a great capture with the camera. Thank you for such a lovely comment. Zephyr is regularly thinking 'enough with the camera' but she has developed more patience over the years and just rolls her doggy eyes at me! Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻

[@brewster3987]

@@themindfulnarrowboat Thank you for asking... in my part of SC it was just, in the words of Winnie-the-Pooh, "a very blustery day." Others in my state and in Florida were not so fortunate and need much prayer and assistance.😥

[@glyn3059]

Hi Vanessa,another great vlog. End of the week treat for me .thanks.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

It is lovely to know that you enjoyed it and that it is an end of the week treat for you. 😊Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🌻🦋

[@francesdavey1337]

So relaxing thank you it was beautiful x

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Thank you so much, Frances!😊 Have a wonderful weekend, take care🌻🦋

[@lizzieclayandfamily]

Beautiful as always, so lovely to learn facts about the area I have lived all my life!!! I'm the same with my kids, I just can't help myself but then we have years of it being our job to try to steer them in the right direction it's a hard habit to break! xxxx

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Lizzie, thank you so much for your lovely comment. It's definitely tricky when your kids grow up isn't it? Letting go is not easy. Have a wonderful weekend, take care🌻🦋

[@christineprice5463]

Lovely 😍 Thank you for sharing your wonderful experiences with me.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

You are very welcome, Christine😊 I am so pleased that you enjoyed the journey. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🌻🦋

[@christineprice5463]

@@themindfulnarrowboat thanks again

[@caziharrison]

Lovely inspirational vlog, thank you 😀

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

You are so welcome, Caz!🤗 Have a wonderful week, take care🦋🌻

[@NarrowboatWill]

That's a beautiful area. The nature reserve area is lovely. Great cycle routes. I thought you would've visited the castle. Well done India for not crashing. Hello Mindful family.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Will, the nature reserve is gorgeous isn't it? I need to go back and visit the castle, science museum and all of the other stuff that I've missed; there is so much to see and do on our travels isn't there? Hope you are well? Take care and safe cruising- weather's wild today!🦋🌻

[@NarrowboatWill]

@@themindfulnarrowboat Yeah perhaps to much to see and film sometimes and I hate missing a place. Over here is bloody gorgeous. Love it. Bedford and Cambridge. I might stay for the winter. Have a great weekend Mrs Mindful.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

I don’t blame you, Will! 🌻🦋👍

[@stevesrepairs5778]

Thanks for a beautiful autumn cruise with India proving to be an expert on the tiller and a nice touch is watching your cooking healthy food expertise. As always Vanessa your poetic and artful diary edition was lovely. Take care and all the best. Stevie

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

What a lovely comment, thank you so much, Stevie! 😊 It is great to know that you enjoyed the vlog this week. Have a super Saturday and Sunday. Take care🌻🦋

[@TheJessierb]

Beautiful music to accompany the Linnets. Loved the Goose Feet plants nourishing the soil and the nettle seeds too - must try that. The Duck cadets looked so cool.You are not a nightmare ! The boat is your home. It's ok to watch out for it :) thanks again Vanessa for a lovely end to the week. w 🥰 (three wild kittens turned up on our back deck asking for food....)

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Wendy, thank you so much for your lovely comment!😊 How exciting to have three wild kittens turning up for some food; it reminds me of the nursery rhyme "Three Little Kittens Lost Their Mittens" maybe they've come for some gloves! Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🌻🦋

[@paulmclaine6413]

I think the BBC should be putting you on the Goggle Box in your own River Narrow Boat Adventures. You are the Girl I missed out on.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Paul, thank you so much for your kindness.👍 Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🌻🦋

[@simon-nb-Betsyray]

What a delightful vlog full of beautiful scenery blue skies and educational, after 2days awful weather I'm missing the sun already 🤣 u are right what lovely bridges u came across especially the red one with gold crested things on it. The food u cooked on the stove looked gorgeous l must confess it did make me feel hungry 😄👌, do u find that the fire causes it to bubble madly and u have to keep stiring it as to prevent it sticking, if so l have found that putting the pot on2 a cast iron trivet on the stove helps. Thank u Vanessa and l hope u yaveva great week end🙂🍁🌼🍂🍃🍽

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Simon, thank you so much for your lovely comment and great tip about the stove. At the moment, my fire isn't hot enough for the sticking to happen, but now I will buy a cast iron trivet if that starts happen. Do you do a lot of cooking on your stove? I would like to do as much as possible now. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻

[@simon-nb-Betsyray]

@@themindfulnarrowboat during the colder months l cook regular on it ranging from a small roast dinner to curry and rice, and a little pot of water for my hot drinks l would be lost with out it as it helps keep energy costs down .

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

A roast dinner on the stove! Wow 🤩 What roast do you do?

[@simon-nb-Betsyray]

@@themindfulnarrowboat chops or small pork or beef joint usually on a cold day when fire is on all day to slow cook the meat 🥩 , stews are nice as well.

[@anthonybelcher7261]

Thank you for uploading such a totally superb vlog.I loved watching the entire brilliant video throughout.especially the flock of birds so gracefully silhouetted against the blue sky.also the fabulous idyllic countryside in all its amazing autumn beauty.with stunning foliage changing to a golden tinge.your apple jam making wheat well.the finished jam looked so yummy.have a wonderful weekend.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Anthony, I hope you are well and that you had a good week? Thank you so much for your lovely comment. The foliage is changing and how exciting it will be to watch the trees glow in their autumn gowns. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🌻🦋

[@billtuckwell1399]

Enjoy your videos. Did canal boating years ago from Market Harborough to Leicester. So I recognise a lot of you views. Love your lovely drawings, I was.Technical illustrator so can really appreciate your bird and animal drawings. Thanks for the blogs, they are great and appreciated.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Thank you so much, Bill for your lovely comment and kind words. It must have been very satisfying being a technical drawer and so good for you to be able to have a career which encourages you to focus on the details. I am glad that the vlog is reminding you of you own canal boating experience. Have a wonderful weekend, take care🌻🦋

[@paulmaryon9088]

Wow!! Marrow AND apple jam, two of my faves! this week I made blackberry and apple pie/crumble/ sludge in my little Somerset off grid cabin, delicious! Happy boating, and thanks for another wonderful video, have a great week ahead and take care

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Apple pie-crumble-sludge sounds absolutely wonderful, Paul! I hope the your cabin is safe and warm from this wild weather that's suddenly hit us today- it might not be in Somerset, but it's crazy here! Thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment. Take care🌻🦋

[@vanessascola8932]

So good to be here again. Zephyr looks so at home. Crabapple are the most delicious. We had them in our garden when we were kids.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

How lovely to have had crab apples growing in your garden as a child. Did you make crab apple jelly with them? Have a wonderful weekend. Thank you for your comment, take care🌻🦋

[@G0RXA]

Lovely video again Vanessa. A real voyage of discovery and a new pilot too 🎉

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Nigel, thank you so much! India is much better at driving the boat than when I first started. Have a wonderful week, take care🦋🌻

[@G0RXA]

@@themindfulnarrowboat No need for L plates then!! Have a fun week 👍

[@vanessadaniels400]

I have a huge marrow in the fridge and now have some fabulous ideas of what to make 😍 Thank you so much. I love your videos 🤩

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Vanessa, if you come up with anymore marrow recipes, please let me know as I still have half of it left!👍⭐️ I am so pleased to know that you love the videos; I really love making them. Thank you so much for your super comment. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻

[@Senna-xi1gr]

Zephyr is lovely 🥰🐕

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

She says a woofy, “thank-you, Senna,”🐶🐾🐾 Have a super rest of the week, take care 🦋🌻

[@propulsar]

During the summer we had a very successful courgette season. Some inevitably grew very large and became marrows. We sliced them into rounds fried them on the plancha until they were soft and lightly caramalised then served them covered in pasta sauce (onions fried in olive with a bit of garlic and tomatoes from the same potagere). Very tasty.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

That sounds so delicious😋 I have heard that it has been a good year for courgettes. Thank you so much for watching and commenting, take care🦋🌻

[@edmundsmith151]

Beautifull vlog so easy going and informative easy to watch and listen to you and your art work is so well done. Looking forward to seeing you traveling along Ed 40 s of Vegas XX

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hello Ed from Vegas, it is lovely to know that you enjoyed the vlog and if you are new to the channel, welcome aboard! Have a wonderful weekend, take care🌻🦋

[@ruthpepperman9000]

That was a very interesting video. Have you tried stuffed marrow? Cut the marrow down the middle lengthwise and then into pieces about 4 to 5 inches long. After scooping out the middle (keep to use later), part boil the pieces. Made a stuffing mix using ground almonds or hazelnuts mixed with fried onion and garlic with herbs to taste, You could also make a mixture using rice or use up any stale bread you have - in fact the possibilities are endless! Chop the scooped-out middle of the marrow and mix it with the stuffing and pile everything into the marrow pieces and bake.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Ruth, these are delicious recipes and also I might try the stuffing one as an alternative to nut roast for Christmas dinner. Thank you so much for sending them. Have a wonderful week, take care🦋🌻

[@alunjones2550]

There's a saying in aviation "Any landing you can walk away from, is a good landing". Kind of similar to your definition for the locks.......😶

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Very wise saying! Thank you so much for watching, take care🌻🦋

[@pancrazioaquilina7029]

What an amazing video i could hug zephire all day my wife loves those weeping willows trees . Lovley bridges in leister canals. Wish they wouldn't paint graffiti on them allrounded video take care thanks

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Zephyr would adore being hugged all day; she absolutely loves attention and fuss. I am so glad that you enjoyed the vlog. Thank you so much for your lovely comment. Have a wonderful weekend, take care🌻🦋

[@Roy66Nott]

I thought you did this all by yourself, how many other people on your boat, your videos look great on the big screen.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Roy, I have a husband who doesn't want to be in the vlogs and two grown-up children that come and visit when they can, also family and friends come and pop in and stay too sometimes. I love a busy boat! Thank you for your lovely comment. It is great to know the vlogs look good on the big screen. Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🌻🦋

[@Margaret_J]

Beautiful colours, bridges, wildlife, trees...in fact beautiful vlog all round! Well done India with the lock ...oh and great food too 😊 Am off to make dinner now I got hungry watching this 😂🍛🍯 Thank you

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Margaret, thank you so much for your lovely comment😊 India, is so much better at driving than I was when I started. Have a lovely dinner; I have some left over marrow if you need any?🤭 Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻

[@Margaret_J]

@@themindfulnarrowboat Ha Ha maybe a good title for a recipe book "The Endless Marrow" 🤣🤣 complete with a zillion marrow recipes 🤣🤣

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

That sounds like a brilliant book title!👍🤩

[@PatHaskell]

I’m hoping you are going to publish a cookbook soon.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

If I manage to make a good gluten-free, vegan bread, then I will definitely let you all know how I’ve done it, sadly, I don’t think I ever will though! 🙈 Thank you so much for watching and commenting, take care🌻🦋

[@markwilliamson9140]

Just subscribed, I'm getting into peoples canal boat lifestyles n journeys. It's very exciting the life's that people lead. Love the video, plus I love your gorgeous dog. 👍

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Welcome aboard, Mark! Thank you so much for subscribing and joining the journey. I also watch a lot of narrowboat vlogs and actually, that's why I am now living on one. They inspired me to do the same. Zephyr, the Labrador is delighted to get a mention too! Have a wonderful week, take care🦋🌻

[@chrishobbs58]

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[@jackmullett9198]

Wow, you certainly know your fauna and flora! I’m impressed! I’m learning so much from these videos and if it’s not too cheeky, what did you do in a former life to pick up this information? 😎

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Jack, thank you so much for your lovely comment.😊 I am just learning as I go, teaching myself with ID charts, books and the internet. Before I was a teacher for twenty years and then a Head Teacher for 5 years and so this is all new to me and I love it! Have a super Sunday and week ahead, take care🌻🦋

[@jackmullett9198]

@@themindfulnarrowboat I had an idea it must be teaching. There are many in that profession in my family. Your videos portray clarity, knowledge and calmness. Lovely poetry to round it off. 😀

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Thank you so much 🤗😊 A family of teachers eh? Poor you! 🤣 We’re a bossy lot.🤭 Take care🦋🌻

[@peterfrend5360]

Hi Vanessa. Many thank's for your wonderful vlog. You get it perfect every time. Would you ever publish your journal? As well as the glimpses of content & beautiful illustrations, it looks absolutely amazing. All the very best regards. Take care.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Thank you so much for your kind words about the vlog and my nature journal. It really means a lot. This year, I am working on putting together a copy of the 2022 nature journal as other viewers have also asked about it too. I never intended to do this but it is so lovely to be this position. Have a wonderful weekend, take care🌻🦋

[@deetee-uk]

Love seeing what you do in your journal. What's the make?

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

It’s a Dingbats Journal. They are vegan and sustainable as well as being beautiful to write and draw in. I rate them highly. Thank you for watching and commenting 🦋🌻

[@roydredge1273]

as ever cool video i have been working my way through the playlists the great crested Grebs sequence was amazing and the seal episode was very good what speed do you cruise at your videos look faster than nost narrowboaters on you tube not a complaint just an observation ,your Journal is wonderfull keep up the content its so relaxing ,

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Roy, thank you so much for your lovely comment and for watching the playlists. I am glad that you are enjoying them. When we are on the river, we are moving between 4 and 6mph- if it is an empty stretch, but on the canals we move at a chug. When I drive, I rarely get out of tick over speed!🤣 I do speed the vlogs up a bit in places too. Have a wonderful week, take care🦋🌻

[@chrischristofis8501]

Hi i wanted to add to what i think has already been said, have you published a guide to canal boat travels, im sure a lot of newbies and many old hands would like to have a copy of a guide to the canals you travel, where to stop/shop/eat out etc and what facilities are available, you have been all over and have your journals to refer to, the vlogs are great but if im riding a boat i wanna quick reference guide 😊 and could you show how Zephyr gets on and off the boat, im wondering if my old boy can make it on and off without hassle

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Thank you so much for your lovely comment. I will show you how Zephyr gets on and off the boat by filming her doing it this week at some point. Sometimes, we have to moor and use a gangplank; she needed to be encouraged to use this and so I stood on the bank and held a treat out at the end of the gangplank. Being a Labrador, she was suddenly very motivated to move onto the land!😁 In terms of producing a guide book, this sounds like a wonderful idea, but I don't think I can do any better than the Pearson's and Collin's guides which are already out there and an excellent resource. Have a wonderful week, take care🦋🌻

[@Red-ns9ny]

You are so gifted . What camera do you use to film with for the nature? You are truly talented with your art work and poetry too which I love at the end. Thank you mindful lady . I love your videos.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Thank you so much for such a lovely comment.😊 I use a Panasonic Lumix 2000 for most of my nature shots. It is such a great, bridge camera for taking film, although I am still working out what all of the buttons do! Take care🦋🌻

[@Red-ns9ny]

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[@mellow2990]

Another beautiful trip. I watched this one two or three times. I have to say I never thought of you getting depressed by the news as well then I started thinking how you are so much closer to what is going on in Ukraine then I am. Also that this country has never had a bomb drop on our land during a war where as England has experience first hand. I hope and pray that never happens again. There was one seen on your video that took my breath away it was the one with the weeping willow was a ways in front of the boat it was so peaceful to look at. Thanks again and more happy voyages to you. O forgot to ask what were the birds you have never seen before? Was one the Sparrow Hawk? Steve

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Steve, thank you so much for your lovely comment. The weeping willows are stunning as they hang over the canal and I find them beautiful to look at too. The birds that I hadn't seen before were the linnets and I completely forgot to say in the video,🙈, but I wrote it in my journal. What is special about that sighting is linnets are not often seen much anymore due to habitat loss, so I think the cover crops that the farmer was using are encouraging them to visit. Have a wonderful weekend, take care🌻🦋

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

...and week ahead!🌻🦋

[@heidicassell4443]

Do you publish your art and poetry? So enjoy your videos.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hello Heidi, thank you so much for watching and for your lovely comment. I haven't published anything yet, but I hope to publish my journal at the end of this year. Have a wonderful weekend, take care🦋🌻

[@lowellirish]

I'm sure you know this, but...better safe than sorry? ...Goosefoot (Quinoa) is, as you said...edible, seeds, leaves...but some species of the plant are toxic. I wasn't familiar with this plant, so I looked it up, and that's why I'm telling you. 🙂 Seems as though when used as cover crops, they should be ok though🤔

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

I didn't know about the toxic part of the plant so thank you for that information.👍 I am really cautious about eating foraged foods so I will be extra cautious around Goosefoot. Thank you for watching, take care🦋🌻

[@irenedavo3768]

My friends Narrowboat called Linnet

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

A wonderful boat name! Thank you for watching, take care🌻🦋

[@alistairkeen5575]

not picking holes but would comment your boat speed is a little fast. x

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Alistair, thank you for your comment. I do speed the video up a bit to complete the journey on the vlog. I think it might look faster on the video? I still appreciate your point though as it is a good thing to think about. Have a super rest of the week, take care🌻🦋

[@jennyc1846]

Lovely as always Vanessa beautiful Autumn colours along the river....sent you an email tonight...hope you and yours are well.xx cheers from the west🦘🦘🦘🦘

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Jenny, how lovely to hear from you! I will check my emails later. I hope you are all well? Thank you for watching and commenting, take care🌻🦋

[@johnd7904]

“Cooking is like painting or writing a song. Just as there are only so many notes or colors, there are only so many flavors-it’s how you combine them that sets you apart.” - Wolfgang Puck Vanessa, You are right brain dominant artist. That is who you are. Cooking requires a little more use of use of the boring left side of your brain. Don't fret so much about exactly following a recipe, just keep in mind that cooking is science based. There is nothing like experience. First times mostly leave room for improvement. That is why there are time tested recipes designed for right brain dominated people.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi John, what a super comment!🤩 Firstly, it is a relief to know that I have a brain at all, but to discover that it is working dominantly on the right side is wonderfully reassuring.🤣 Also, where can I get hold of these right-brain dominated recipes? Wait until you see next week's bread 🤭🙈 I haven't bought a dehydrator yet! Thank you so much for your advice and making me feel better about my kitchen nightmares (sshhh, don't tell Gordon Ramsey🤫) Have a wonderful weekend. Take care🦋🌻

[@MrDavidHowell]

Actually, Merdegrave translates in French to "bad sh!t". 😅

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

What a relief it was renamed Belgrave!🤣 Thank you for watching, take care🌻🦋

[@Dakotarain]

Whats wrong with your bow thrusters / Are you going to get them fixed.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Hi Francis, it's the charger on the bow thrusters which needs replacing, but actually, I like the boat without them, but then again, I avoid driving in the tight turns like marinas and leave that to Mr M as he is expert. This is when the bow thrusters are super handy. Have a wonderful weekend and thank you for watching, take care🌻🦋

[@MsVanorak]

is that a cuckoo at the end?

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

I'll have to go back and check as I can't remember this vlog very well-🤭 Thank you for watching and commenting, take care🦋🌻

[@notrut]

Music too loud ....

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Sorry if that ruined your watching experience. I normally only play the music at 30% volume but I’ll keep a closer eye on it next vlog. Thank you so much for your feedback. Have a super week, take care🌻🦋

[@sirjbond007]

Beautiful.

[@themindfulnarrowboat]

Thank you so much, Malcom😊 Have a wonderful weekend, take care🌻🦋