Water World Episode One. Building our Narrowboat.
Shaun and I look back at the television programme 'Water World' which we featured in back in 2004 when we were in the process of buying our first narrowboat. The programme follows the narrowboat The Great Escape's progress from being built in Poland, to taking delivery, and then sailing it from Hanbury to Wakefield.
Time For A Change... (Again!)
Episode one. It's been fourteen years since we moved off our last narrowboat, 'The Great Escape'. It's now May 2018, and we've decided as our 25th-anniversary approaches, that the time is right to move back aboard. We'll be the Foxes Afloat! Please like, comment and subscribe to see our future videos.
We've Been Here Before
We bought our first narrowboat fourteen years ago. ITV programme Water World followed our journey from deciding on a boat, watching it being built, moving aboard... then moving off! When Shaun and I decided to set up a YouTube channel and blog to document our adventure back on to the canal, we were instantly reminded of the first time we bought a narrowboat. It was 2004. Shaun had just lost his mum to Motor Neurone Disease, and we were both in a bad place. Work was stressful,
Welcome to Behind the Vlog!
Hi. I'm Colin, and I'll be taking you behind the vlog. It's a bit like when you watch a movie and then at the end of the DVD you see 'The making of'. Here's where you'll find all the gubbins behind the vlogs. Gubbins....? Hmmmm, miscellaneous things. Enjoy! So, we've decided to buy a narrowboat (again). It's the second time we've done this, and (hopefully) we've learned some valuable lessons from last time. Not that we did anything too badly wrong. No, it was a combination of
