Vlogs
A collection of vlogs from the UK canal network. If you have a vlog that you would like to be included, please contact us and let us know!
Our Dream Narrowboat Winning FAVOURITE BOAT IN SHOW 2026
2 June 2026 - Narrowboat Life Unlocked
We have two days to get our new narrowboat down to the Crick Boat Show, it's a crazy but exciting time and our Narrowboat wins Favourite Boat in Show. Join...
#164 Yet Another Narrowboat Speedwatch - a Narrowboat Journey on the North Oxford Canal
2 June 2026 - Yet Another Canal Adventure
Yet Another Narrowboat Speedwatch - a Narrowboat Journey on the North Oxford Canal We're on our way back to our home mooring, after taking our narrowboat for blacking. We stopped...
Weekend Update on the Whitchurch Breach
31 May 2026 - Court Above The Cut
Join me at Whithcurch for the Latest on Whithcurch and a weekly update where we look to see what's happening on the devastating breach that has shut the Llangollen canal...
AT LAST! A 'Seemingly' Troublefree Narrowboat Cruise? Are Our Boating Troubles Over? Vlog No 267
31 May 2026 - Narrowboat Natterings
Troubleshooting recent issues on a beautiful day on the Staffs Worcester Canal. A rare cruise (these days!) where engine issues didn't dominate proceedings! Even had time to do some fishing,...
400. The longest ever journey in my tiny narrowboat! (Part 1)
30 May 2026 - CruisingTheCut
OK, I grant you it's only a three-day trip but it's still my longest duration aboard the boat! I'm taking narrowboat Gentian from Wigram's Turn marina down the South Oxford...
The Cotswold Canals Incredible Plan
30 May 2026 - Court Above The Cut
What's happening on the Cotswold Canal to get to the missing mile? How will they complete this amazing project and when! Join us as we go from Saul Junction The...
Could This Plastic Boat Change Inland Boating Forever? | Crick Boat Show 2026
30 May 2026 - Widebeam and Wellingtons
Could a boat made from plastic really be the future of inland boating? While visiting Crick Boat Show 2026, we took a closer look at Karenza, an innovative narrowboat built...
Mexi Guards the New Blacking! | Cruising to Middlewich
30 May 2026 - Never Two Late,Our Narrowboat Journey
This week on the canal, we leave our beautiful mooring and cruise towards Middlewich for a much-needed shopping trip aboard our narrowboat. Along the way, we spot goslings for the...
4 Days at the Ultimate Narrowboat Festival (Crick Boat Show 2026)
29 May 2026 - Boat Time
It's that time of year again! Time for all canal and narrowboat enthusiasts to come together for the annual Crick Boat Show, for boat tours, music and plenty of boat...
How We Survived a Heatwave in our Steel Narrowboat Home
29 May 2026 - The Mindful Narrowboat
With UK recording breaking heatwave temperatures and my daughter onboard our narrowboat home, it becomes essential to find a way to cool our steel shelter down. Do we manage it...
The Boat Tours CRICK BOAT SHOW 2026
29 May 2026 - One Day More Aboard
Join us for detailed onboard tours of the winning boats from the 2026 Crick Boat Show, the UK’s premier inland waterways event! In this video, we take you inside most...
The BIGGEST Narrowboat show in the UK | Crick Boat Show
28 May 2026 - The Narrowboat Pirate
🏴☠️ This week we head to Crick Boat Show… but as always, it turns out it’s about far more than just the boats 🤣 From dream narrowboats and clever boat...
Ep 150 The Longest Day Part 1
28 May 2026 - Lock on TOMMi
Join us on another brilliant narrowboat adventure aboard TOMMi as we leave the Ripon Canal and join the River Ure! In this episode we cruise from the end of the...
THE WINNING BOATS Crick Boat Show 2026
26 May 2026 - One Day More Aboard
Join us for detailed onboard tours of the winning boats from the 2026 Crick Boat Show, the UK’s premier inland waterways event! In this video, we take you inside the...
Whitchurch Breach, A New Angle
26 May 2026 - Court Above The Cut
Today we revisit the Whitchurch Breach on the Llangollen canal to see the progress, moving from Grindley Brook to the breach on a different route we see where Narrowboat Sefton...
Court Live at Llangollen!
25 May 2026 - Court Above The Cut
Live from the Llangollen canal just by the Wharf on this beautiful sunny evening Buy me a coffee! - https://ko-fi.com/courtabovethecut Patreon - patreon.com/CourtIndustrialHistory Court Exploring - https://www.youtube.com/@CourtExploring @CourtExploring Please Sponsor...
Back together on the boat |Fulltime Narrowboat life#boatlife #canal #narrowboat
24 May 2026 - Art in the corridor
Welcome back to Art in the Corridor (ep.111) *****All links and links to our SHOP can be found at the bottom of this description. Welcome back to Art in the...
Canal Boat Jobs, Shallow Moorings & Richard’s New Favourite Gadget 😂 212
23 May 2026 - Widebeam and Wellingtons
Today’s vlog is a real mix of Thames cruising, boat jobs and a bit of everyday life afloat 🚤💚 We cruise to Cookham and quickly discover our first mooring spot...
A Brand New Canal Emerges
23 May 2026 - Court Above The Cut
Join the video today to see the amazing progress being made on the newest stretch of the Wilts and Berks Canal at Wichelstowe in Swindon, Wiltshire. See the development continue...
Stress Free Dry Docking Aquaduct Marina Made It Easy!
23 May 2026 - Never Two Late,Our Narrowboat Journey
This week’s vlog is a big one as we take our narrowboat into dry dock at Aquaduct Marina for grit blasting and blacking! Handing over your home for such a...
We Need A Break From This... - 366
22 May 2026 - Boat Time
Narrowboat life can be exhausting. Especially with all of the expensive and time consuming maintenance. And we're currently on a big trip, along 127 miles and 74 locks to get...
Travels on the Oxfordshire Canal - Narrowboat Bertie Vol I 2026
22 May 2026 - Michael Walker
Oxfordshire Canal, Narrowboat Bertie, Beautiful Scenery, Shipton on Cherwell Train Crash, HS2...
CRICK BOAT SHOW 2026! A Look Behind The Scenes
21 May 2026 - One Day More Aboard
What does it take to put on Crick Boat Show, the UK’s largest inland waterways festival? Come and take a look behind the scenes and see how it all comes...
Cruising a NARROWBOAT in IRELAND | Too rough for a CANAL BOAT?
21 May 2026 - The Narrowboat Pirate
This week we cruise a Narrowboat on Ireland’s wild inland waterways… and quickly realise this is NOT your average Canal Boat cruise 😅🇮🇪 After leaving Galway and travelling through the...
Ep 149 I Make a Mistake, Weed hatch Woes
21 May 2026 - Lock on TOMMi
We set off from Ripon Basin and head to the very end of the Ripon Canal! 🚤 In this episode of Lock On Tommi we cruise the final 2.3 miles...
399. The new transom is finally installed on my project boat, Twiggy!
20 May 2026 - CruisingTheCut
For those who thought this day would never come, prepare to have your world shaken to the core - I have finally slapped resin all over the new wood core...
The Two Sides Of Boat Life On The River Thames Ep 176
18 May 2026 - One Day More Aboard
There is a striking contrast between the idyllic beauty of the River Thames and some of the harder realities of life on the waterways. Join us on board Narrowboat One...
Everything changed on a soggy narrowboat journey to London
17 May 2026 - Kris Atomic
After a chill few days in Denham, we're onto the final push towards London. Unfortunately the weather is not cooperating, but sometimes you simply have to boat in the rain....
Race against time for our new Narrowboat Build
17 May 2026 - Narrowboat Life Unlocked
With only a few days to go before the Crick Boat Show, it's all hands on deck to get our new narrowboat finished. New covers, sign writing, electrics, Water Freedom,...
BONUS FOOTAGE: Not a Vlog but real-time canal cruising from Napton bottom lock to Wigram's Turn
17 May 2026 - CruisingTheCut
With lovely stereo sound, plenty of birdsong, water slopping noises and the engine grumbling away, this is 50 minutes or so of realtime canal boating, uploaded as BONUS FOOTAGE. The...
Diesel Bug? Possibly! Cruising But Still Struggling! A Near Miss but Nice Day! Some TLC too! No 265
17 May 2026 - Narrowboat Natterings
Things still not fully resolved. Indeed it appears there is some serious contamination in the fuel tank! It's potentially diesel bug! A decent spell of weather though gives Lumpy the...