The name must be displayed on the side of the boat as well, but its on the licence so as long as youre showing that youre probably OK.The boat name does not have to be unique. David does a great job of not talking too much and amzing comments. WebCruising The Cut - LHCRT Progress Report 29th. Ducks on the bank, dozed in the sunshine. He travels slowly and peacefully around Great Britain's historic and still-active canals. It's not unlike full-time RVing, which is what I am currently doing as a solo, but without having to deal with all those locks en-route! I wanted to avoid being responsible for the cognitive disorientation I encountered as a seven year old when I found out that the dashing Tony Archer from Radio 4's the Archers, looked like my Uncle Bert or that the person who played little Shula Archer was in her 30s! 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All the points of connection and reference run just one way. Secondly, without some kind of clutch mechanism, the drill would crunch the paddle gear into the end stop and ultimately this would cause wear on it, which costs the CRT money to repair or He has over fifteen years experience as a reporter and WebTel: (01905) 773094 Email: music@PianoTeacherDroitwich.co.uk Piano, flute and music theory tuition Face-to-face or online Children and adults: Piano: age 4 to adult Flute: age 6 to adult Beginners welcome Free initial meeting non-tutorial with no obligation to book any lessons Current clear Enhanced DBS check (formerly CRB) When David contacted me at the beginning of January about the possibility of featuring Nighttime on Still Waters in one of his vlogs, I was initially very divided about it. Very relaxing. Lorna is not my wife, it was a little joke I made in one of the videos because we see so much of each other, and a lot of people thought I was serious. David Johns is a skilled presenter, reporter, video journalist, and narrowboat enthusiast who has a welcoming, down to earth style that kind of grows on you. After 13 years of doing this and working in radio, I decided to chuck it all in and buy a narrowboat to cruise around the canals on. And so, like so many, we have known David, in a kind of unknowing way, for a long time. I love cruising the cut, I have watched every episode and I hope amazon will give us another season of David and his narrowboat. Brings my blood pressure down. David is a great teacher who makes every lesson fun. [3], In 2016, he starred as the title character in the Ken Loach film I, Daniel Blake in a critically acclaimed performance described as "powerful", "a welcome comic touch", and "all the more moving for its restraint". It was partially the reason why I didn't create a vlog of my own. It's not just the equipment - all I do is step up my laptop and microphone! No doubt my text arrived on his phone as he was driving home! So its not a retrofit option but I wouldnt object to one on another boat. There are no mains electricity points along the canal network other than in marinas (though I one of the Welsh canals has power points for a fleet of electric hire boats see vlog 169 but this is unusual). If you have a permanent mooring on a wharf or in a marina, you can often have post sent there though it depends on the contract terms. But is the dream for real or is reality not quite as rosy? Journey with Jesus is seen in over 200 countries around the world, since 2004. I dont know of any narrowboats that steer from the front though there are some old, shorter, ones that had a wheelhouse slightly back from the middle. Just a matter of personal preference.You can also use apps or online guides such as canalplan.org.uk (ideal for route planning rather than a map) or opencanalmap which has all the CRT facilities marked etc albeit in a rather tiny font that you cant seem to enlarge. Click here to watch it. Plus he visits one of the Canal and River Trust's two workshops that manufacture lock gates out of English Oak, largely by hand. Unfortunately I cannot as I have never used any of the rental companies myself so I cant in good conscience recommend any. I was also really touched that David felt that there might be enough things to include to sustain a vlog. If youve ever felt your canal boat scrape on the bottom of the canal and wish more dredging was done by the Canal & River Trust, heres an explainer of how dredging is done, why its so expensive and why they cant do more of it. Countries United States. The weather's sunny, then rainy, then sunny again and the boat gets hung up on a ledge at one point. As I said in the interview, one of the main reasons I began the podcast was simply as an audio journal to keep family and friends informed about our life - and they would have thought I was completely mad if I started changing boat names and things! This gets stirred up each time a boat goes by and then hangs in the water so it looks dirty.The CRT do dredge parts of the canals occasionally but its an expensive business so sadly there isnt enough dredging done. He relishes a simple cheese sandwich. Dont eat them, youll likely give yourself something nasty from the water.See https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/fishing/angling-strategies/fishing-faqs for the CRTs Fishing Questions page.For the various types of fish in the canals, see https://canalrivertrust.org.uk/enjoy-the-waterways/fishing/fish-species. Hence its not generally advised! [2], In 2009, he and Owen O'Neill dramatised Stephen King's Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption for the Gaiety Theatre, Dublin. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. The canals are all about slowing down to a crawl, enjoying the sights and sounds of nature around you and taking a substantial time out from the world outside. In the intro and the outro, Saint-Saen's The Swan is performed by Karr and Bernstein (1961) and available on CC at archive.org.Two-stroke narrowboat engine recorded by 'James2nd' on the River Weaver, Cheshire. A sort of surprise that they look the same, but also out of place, like seeing your teacher in a karaoke competition - something, I should say, which has never happened to me, so I have no idea why that example popped into my mind. Then he takes us back in time to May 2018, when he went to London for the annual Inland Waterways Association's "Canalway Cavalcade", which is a huge and colourful pageant of narrowboats. It was a dark period of personal crisis. Also, how do you manage to talk coherently in front of a camera? If youre permanently in one location or have a base mooring, register somewhere near there and whenever you go back to the mooring you can get your teeth checked or whatever. I am sure David is used to this and he was the epitome of warm-hearted politeness. When boats were horse-drawn and there was no towpath in a tunnel (because to build one would require a wider tunnel which would cost more), the boats would be legged through; a plank of wood laid across the bows, two men lying flat on it and walking the boat with their legs out to reach the walls of the tunnel. Good fortune smiles upon David as he travels up the south Stratford canal, with lock after lock being set his way and help being given by random boaters and passers-by. David begins his journey this year by getting a diesel leak fixed in the engine bay and then heads off towards the heart of the canal network - Braunston - before continuing towards the Leicester Arm of the Grand Union Canal. WebDavidExpertTV Style Vlogging & Reviews Date joined March 15, 2013 Twitter @DavidExpertTV Other media Website RSS (Feedburner) Videos 11 Schedule Unscheduled Status Inactive Username CruisingTheCut Channel trailer Most viewed video First video [Source] UKAirscape YouTuber Information Profile UKAirscape Style Tech, By Dan Clendenin | by Dan Clendenin | Medium 500 Apologies, but something went wrong on our end. David Johns net worth is $1.1 Million. Whats your fuel consumption?Ive never measured it but narrowboats typically drink 1-1.5 ltr/hour. ContactFor pictures of Erica and images related to the podcasts or to contact me, follow me on: I would love to hear from you. After leaving the Shropshire Union Canal, David turns his narrowboat onto the Staffordshire and Worcestershire Canal, a journey that does not begin with good omens as he immediately picks up something large and soggy around his propeller. This is niche, its not for everyone, but you and I like it, and that's enough for me. In this special bonus end-of-season episode, David goes "behind the scenes" at a narrowboat manufacturer, seeing how huge steel plates are beaten and wrestled into submission to become beautiful canal craft. I know his sense of humour; he does not know mine. He is a consummate professional, skilled in what he does, and someone who either by nature or by profession can read people well. Are you married? Other boats have diesel or gas-fired radiator central heating systems just like in a house. You can follow David on Twitter and Facebook. All the while David silently nodded encouragingly and smiled his reassuring smile, and assured me that, that particular gnostic ramble could be edited out. Penny was finding getting around more of a trial. Why not use a drone to look ahead and around corners?Not really feasible as a solo boater. Following on from the last video, about wooden narrowboats, which are quite rare on the canals, heres another wooden narrowboat which is even rarer a fly boat, the parcels service of the canal network. Johns calls his 239 videos the "diary of my life afloat. See Lornas (London Boat Girl) video about voting here. 285A The most unusual narrowboat cruise I've ever been on (Part 1 of 2) The boss said, "If I ever understand a word of what you say again, you're fired!" I went down to the big smoke to find out. David's epic narrowboat odyssey along the Grand Union canal concludes as he returns to Braunston in surprisingly sunny weather for mid-October. All fish must be returned to the canal alive except non-native species which must not be returned. He stops at pubs and villages. YouTube Top Charts. See Lornas (London Boat Girl) video about voting here. We also talk about Petrol gennys are much cheaper, a couple of hundred quid, but you have all the issues of storing petrol safely on board (it being extremely flammable of course) and of accessing it since most wharfs and marinas dont sell it so you have to trek along a road to the nearest garage with a canister in hand. So get the kettle on, and settle down. See here for his own website: And his Twitter feed: https://twitter.com/CruisingTheCut?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor. Plus the boat goes to Yelvertoft Marina to have its hull painted with bitumen, to keep the rust there at bay too. When I started, I had always thought I would politely refuse offers that would involve either the Erica or myself appearing on video or print - although, to be absolutely truthful I really thought that there wasn't the remotest possibility of anyone being interested enough in the podcast to offer in the first place! WebEpisode Information:Cruising the CutDavid Johns' canal-based YouTube channel is Cruising the Cut.You can view David's episode on Nighttime on Still Waters (via YouTube) here: 265. [4][5][6] He later wrote a stage version of the film updated to the 2021/2022 cost of living crisis which will be premiered at the Northern Stage, Newcastle upon Tyne in May 2023. He works with people so well. Why do you eat so many cheese sandwiches and whats in them?Because I love cheese I use the strongest cheddar I can get (preferably Pilgrims Choice Extra Mature or Cathedral City et al), with some tomato, maybe some cucumber slices and nothing else. Nothing fast paced here and that is fine with us. There are no speed police or radar traps on the canals however; its more the ire of other boaters that you will incur though Im sure if a CRT officer saw you zooming along theyd note your boat registration number (which is required to be clearly visible) and send you a suitable letter. If we toast a sandwich in the UK, it is then explicitly referred to as a toasted sandwich or toastie. David reaches the furthest point of his canal cruise, at the interestingly-named "Cowroast" - be assured, no cows were harmed in the making of this episode. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Reviewed in the United States on December 12, 2022. David continues his cruise north along the River Soar, wears a funny hat because it's cold, and turns from the Soar onto the River Trent rather briefly, before joining the Trent & Mersey canal to head east across the UK. See here for his own website: And his Twitter feed:https://twitter.com/CruisingTheCut?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor. 18 months ago former ITV Meridian reporter David Johns swapped a life on TV for a life on the water and bought a 56 foot long narrowboat. On Episode 546 of Trick or Treat Radio we are joined once again by MZ, he mustnt regret his decision to return full time yet. This is the title of a YouTube vlog about living on a narrowboat and cruising the canals in the midlands of England. Four seasons of Cruising the Cut, a video documentary by David Johns, a former ITV television reporter and presenter-turned solo narrowboat traveler, are available to Just a relaxing watch and enjoying the beautiful countryside. And really, they look just like every other supermarket Ive ever been into (!!) So it is strange meeting someone who feels like an old friend but whom you have never met. Im 53 and used to work as a local TV news reporter for ITV in the south east of England. And there, again, was that curious Janus hybrid of someone you know so well and yet is also a total stranger. And the drone batteries dont last that long either so youd be forever changing them.Using a drone to look ahead when single handed would just be way more hassle than its worth since you can either just toot your horn and proceed with caution, or youre really bothered, pull the boat in and run along to see whats coming (which would still be quicker and easier than using a drone)If you had crew aboard who could operate the boat while you do the drone, then it would make more sense but for me its not realistic. I went over to see if he needs a hand with his equipment just as he was nimbly vaulting over the sheep-field gate down by the alder carr at the edge of cut, a compact but bulging bag and a folded spider of a tripod under one arm. An unheated boat in winter even in Spring or Autumn would be cold but thats precisely why narrowboats have heating installed. Explaining what is needed and why with sensitivity and clarity; guiding and supporting them, and most of all, knowing when to step back and leave the picture. Evoking the spirit of pirate radio - on a canal, https://www.instagram.com/nighttimeonstillwaters/, Tuesday Morning, 5.30am (The Voyage of Bran). I deliberately refer to what I do as 'narrowcasting' - although it pains some podcasters who see the internet as a field ripe for plucking and the avenue to stardom. August 2019 David Johns, a popular video blogger who specalises in a series of canal based videos called 'Cruising The Cut", spent a day filming with LHCRT and has produced a report on our progress so far. A lot of damage had to be rectified both to boats and the canal infrastructure afterwards. Why dont boaters greet each other when they pass?They DO! And along with the beautiful I have put together a (short) list with links of some of the best known hire firms but this does not constitute a recommendation: click here to see the list, What about a route, can you recommend one for us when hiring?Again, alas no. For a typical video which will have taken me a day to film plus two to three more days to script, edit and upload, I might earn maybe 20-30 ish for each 10,000 views it gets. Top subscription boxes right to your door, 1996-2023, Amazon.com, Inc. or its affiliates. Plus I have recently (vlog 139 onwards) taken to adding specific Google Map links to my start and end points for each video. WebSee where to watch Cruising the Cut web-series on reelgood.com. World, since 2004, dozed in the UK, it is strange meeting someone feels. Boat in winter even in Spring or Autumn would be cold but thats precisely why narrowboats have heating.! 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