The canal has FROZEN. Narrowboat life in SUB ZERO temperatures | this tiny life

[@thistinylife]

Thanks for watching our latest vlog 😃How pretty is the canal this time of year, is winter your favourite season or are you more of a summer lover?! If you've enjoyed this episode, we've got a playlist of all our build vlogs in order. You can watch them here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/oGK0e6J-r91okJo See you soon! Jack & Gabby x

[@usenye0dikut]

the canal is stunning! I, however, am not fond of winter. I was raised in a desert so I am not terribly fond freezing cold >.< but it is lovely :)

[@thistinylife]

@@usenye0dikut oh! I can understand why you're not a fan of the chill then! It does make everything look beautiful and the world becomes very still... It also very much makes you excited for spring and summer!

[@deirdrespelman8212]

I used to live in Milton Keynes. Living now back in the USA, Scranton, Pennsylvania. Great Vlog

[@mariaetheridge8343]

WOW!!! Will you get it back together again, Jack? Onto the next episode!!

[@antonjw]

looking forward to the grand piano episode 🤓💪🏼🎹🚑

[@anniemac3075]

You're half way there with Robin, get some dried mealworms from a bird food shop, put some in the palm of your hand & hold it flat where you put the food normally. Patience & being quiet & you'll get there, they learn fast. One of the squirrels in my garden takes walnut halves from my fingers.

[@thistinylife]

Amazing thank you - we've just been giving them crumbled fat balls so will have to give the flat hand and patience a go! Good squirrel taming, impressed 🐿️

[@sheilajoseph9953]

Wow I loved that spider crane, so compact when folded. Successful landing of stove. You now have a beast of an Aga. 😁 I'm so enjoying your build.

[@thistinylife]

Thanks for checking out our progress so far Sheila, means a lot! It's an impressive bit of kit isn't it! If only we could keep it for the rest of the build 😅

[@BarryFitzgeraldofficial]

Love it, you crazy people.

[@fredmahar5431]

Thank you for a wonderful video!!!......the canal does look beautiful in winter.....I admire what you're doing and am looking forward to the next episode!!!!...cheers!

[@thistinylife]

Thank you so much for watching! The canal does look lovely in the winter, doesn't it? Although we currently are experiencing a lot of rain which is making things very soggy! Prefer the cold over the wet!!

[@stephenpyner4156]

Even though it was so icy where you were or are still moored it looked so tranquilic and peaceful, lad you found someone who was able to find someone who had the right tool to help you get your cooker onto the boat with how heavy it was , good luck with getting your house/boat completed and hope you have enough of it done by the time your newest member of the family arrives

[@thistinylife]

Thanks Stephen.... glad you're enjoying our older eps too - this mammoth task feels quite a while ago now it's lovely to see where we've come from and to!

[@davidlaverty855]

Fantastic I'm going to do this before I die

[@thistinylife]

A boat or crane? 😅

[@antonjw]

you might do it whilst you die; two birds, one stone (or one massive great f*** off cooker, anyway!)

[@francescabarrett9920]

Amazing! Crane was a great idea! Really enjoyed this vid

[@thistinylife]

Thank you 🙏 it was very much needed!

[@JitsIntoTheSunset]

You guys!! This was so fun to watch! The canal really does look like magic in the Winter - wow!! And you did a great job with getting the stove in. Well done everyone... but in particular, Tilly, for looking so cute. Triggy can't wait to see her again tomorrow (watching her on the screen is not the same, he insists!) xx T

[@thistinylife]

The canal is pretty stunning in the ice ❄️ ah thanks ❤️ Tilly definitely didn't pull her weight with the lifting 💪 Too busy thinking about Trigs to be doing hard work!

[@NicksAllotmentDiary]

Wow. Congratulations on getting your stove into the boat. That crane was a great idea. Loving seeing the frosty scenes. Like the way you edited this video. Take care. Nick

[@thistinylife]

Thank you so much Nick ☺️ the canal looks beautiful in the frost doesn't it?!

[@brickleyyard4966]

Thay ues a larger version of that crane to maintain the locks of the canals its an amazing bit of kit

[@thistinylife]

Ah hadn't seen one on the towpath before - but seem so suited to the job!

[@pilpelet100]

That was amazing. I'm looking forward to seeing the stove in place and working.

[@thistinylife]

So are we haha! Thank you so much for watching 🙂

[@jonathanphillips3257]

You've chosen well as the ESSE Lionhart is a great stove. Still available new today and earlier variants should have a good supply of service parts and info available 😀

[@thistinylife]

Aren't they great! Jack had been looking on FB marketplace almost every day and struck lucky with this one! Wanted an ESSE for so long after being obsessed with River Cottage!

[@serenadm6619]

Well done :) can’t wait to see it all up and working :)

[@thistinylife]

Us too! It feels like a mountain but we're making progress little by little 😅

[@DeneHickey]

Have you got the engine in and the electric cables? Cause you could go 24v and not 12v. Lorries run around on 24v cars 12v. Lots of appliances now in the market at 24v. Performance is the key word. Cheaper and smaller cables.

[@thistinylife]

Hey Dene. So the motor will be 48v but the cabling running through the boat will be 12v and 240v. Most of our appliances are able to run off 12v which will also be kinda on the batteries

[@DeneHickey]

@@thistinylife could have gone 48v thru out? With a big winch at the front. Very marine.

[@anewbeginning9778]

I am really enjoying watching your progress. Thankyou for sharing.

[@thistinylife]

Thanks for watching! 😘

[@susankohl5475]

Job well done on the stove move.

[@thistinylife]

Thank you! At the end of the day we thought this option outweighs all the risks of broken backs and the stove ending up at the bottom of the canal! 😅

[@rotinkerbell]

Wonderful. I have a tiny Salamander mini range in my shepherds hut which turns the place into a Finnish Sauna, goodness knows how you will cope with the Esse stove and all those kw of heat. It all looks fabby.

[@thistinylife]

Oh we did have a look at those, they seem really good! Gabby is a heat lover so she won't complain if things get too hot haha we'll be the only boat with the windows open in December 😂

[@helenbarron47]

Wow. That one certainly had me holding my breath at the end. I had wondered, when I saw you getting it into the hire van, how on earth you were going to get it on the boat. Well done. Mini crane is definitely a handy piece of equipment. Take care & best wishes. Helen 😀 (& Barney 🐕‍🦺).

[@thistinylife]

Thank you so much for watching Helen and Barney! Honestly, we had no idea how we were going to move it otherwise 🏗️

[@beautifully_wonderfullymade]

I suffer the same thing when I am out walking in the cold. I layer up in thick socks and still my toes are frozen. I am told thermal neoprene toe warmers are good to wear. You wear them over your socks, between sock and shoe.

[@thistinylife]

Ah amazing, thanks Cheryl we'll check them out! Hoping we're nearly done with the cold weather....but the canal keeps freezing over at the moment ❄❄

[@beautifully_wonderfullymade]

I live in Sydney Australia now, in my opinion it doesn't get that cold where I live. I grew up down south in a colder part of Australia and experienced cold frosty mornings. I still travel further south and I am reminded of the cold that goes through to the bones and the painful 'frozen' toes, that no matter how thick my socks are I can't keep my toes warm. So I to will look out for them for this winter when I travel to the colder regions of Australia. The frozen canal water, n the frost or snow covered paths through my screen looks beautiful. Whats great about watching is, unlike you, I am not suffering from the cold. As you warm up, we start to cool down. Hope you have a lovely spring. Here where I live I look forward to the colours of Autumn.

[@potatocabbage1708]

I now want a spider crane. Happy new year and good luck with the rest of the fit! Looking forward too see what motor and batteries you use

[@thistinylife]

Happy new year! We also want a spider crane... No idea what we'd do with it but what a cool piece of kit! Motor will be a Lynch Swordfish, meant to be pretty good and easy to repair which was an important consideration. We're still deciding on batteries 🙂

[@potatocabbage1708]

@@thistinylife I’m not sure what I’d do with one either or where to store it either but I’m sure I’d have fun! Cool will have a Google, I saw an electric boat a few years ago and they just had a massive bank of AGM leisure batteries and I just wondered if there was a better way. Half wondered if it was possible to use one of those big ones you get for houses. Anyway, very interested to see what you come up with!

[@usenye0dikut]

Congratulations on getting the stove into the boat! I have worked operating heavy equipment before, and that spider crane looked like a lot of fun :D Love the content and I hope the three of you had an amazing holiday.

[@thistinylife]

Isn't it a really nifty bit of kit! We should have asked to have a go... Although we definitely wouldn't have been allowed haha! Thank you for watching 🙏

[@daveparry604]

Spent the big freeze in 2010/11 down that way - 7 weeks until Dusty the coalboat came through (and Dave Dare using one of his ex-hire boats) to break the ice.

[@gregfawcett5152]

Nice

[@hoefjeszo5174]

Really enjoying watching your adventure!! Also the way how you edit and the whole intro is very nice and pleasing. I live on a dutch barge since 3 years now and this feburari i can finally go out of the water for maintanance and repairing some leaks of rainwater after, you guys give me a lot of inspiration and curiage! (my english isnt quite as good since im dutch but i hope you understand haha)

[@thistinylife]

Thanks so much! That's about the same time as us onboard 🥰 good luck with the works out of the water - it's always a daunting moment to know what the steel is like underneath!

[@bethiakittify]

What an amazing crane! Well done for getting your stove into the cabin. I did wonder if it was possible...

[@thistinylife]

Isn't it! We couldn't believe how compact it was and how nifty it was at setting up!

[@richardbaker1103]

My dream was to always own a narrow boat, after I saw pirates of the Caribbean I thought I won't be able to get a black pearl so I will settle for a canal boat 😂

[@thistinylife]

Hahaha! I reckon if you squint hard enough she could look a little black pearly 😅 we just need a pet monkey!

[@richardbaker1103]

@@thistinylife rum makes me squint haha a few swigs and I'll see the pearl 😂 and yes not only a pet monkey but an immortal pirate monkey who turn into a skeleton in the moonlight... Hmm but to get one I'd need a Barbosa! 🤔

[@stevelimey]

Mealworms are the way to a robins heart.

[@thistinylife]

Oh really! I shall go on a hunt for some, I think our local garden centre has loose pickk mealworms... It's like a birdy pick and mix!

[@gregorybacher2883]

OMGosh that thing is enormous. It may blast y'all right on out of there. We use a dinky Timberline that I've had for 35 yrs. It heats 1200 sg. ft. just fine. (Vermont).

[@thistinylife]

Hahahaha I know I know! We will be the only boat with the doors wide open in January! Gabby and Tilly our dog are both heat lovers... I'll have the shorts on 😅

[@gregorybacher2883]

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[@davidsedlickas8222]

Standard poor shell build. Praise for your ideas on making it an eco boat though. Good luck.

[@krhodes2114]

Great vid how much is a sail away?

[@thistinylife]

It varies depending on size - at the moment I think they're anywhere from the upper end of 30k to 50ish - the cost of steel has gone up recently which is also a massive factor!

[@lb1839]

Great video!! Question, where did you find the sailaway, or did you have to get it built? I'm looking for a sailaway but really don't want to wait until autumn to start the build 😅

[@thistinylife]

Heya! So we commissioned a new build sailaway from Dave Clarke. We had heard good things about his hulls! There can be quite a long waitlist for shells to be built and everything ALWAYS gets delayed. We were meant to have this delivered in the summer however, delay after delay meant we didn't get her till October!

[@Glyn001]

👍👍👍

[@thistinylife]

🙏

[@pierrehodgins2938]

I love boats I want buy a norw boat thank you

[@thistinylife]

It's a lovely lifestyle which really suits us 🙂 thank you for watching!

[@thistinylife]

It's a lovely lifestyle which really suits us 🙂 thank you for watching!

[@52Mistakes]

Once you get that stove going, we will come a cook a VEGAN curry. Plus we’ll bring the cider.

[@thistinylife]

NO we will cook for YOU!! As long as you bring the cider 🤣

[@ersin0han570]

When will u make a baby

[@thistinylife]

Well that's a very personal question!

[@dba750]

Just found your channel and subscribed

[@thistinylife]

Awh thank you so much! Welcome aboard!