E36 Summer Daze Vlog of Life in a Nutshell narrowboat travels.
The base and sides were done and it was time to make a start on the frilly, fancy bits of Nutshell. A touch up on her bow and stern and then she was gently lowered back into the water where sh...
E35 Summer Daze Vlog of Life in a Nutshell narrowboat travels.
Nutshell got her bottom blacked and we started doing some of the fancy painting and touching up her special bits.
A breakdown of the costs of blacking Nutshell at the Debdale Wharf Marina.
I...
E34 Summer Daze Vlog of Life in a Nutshell narrowboat travels.
We spent the night around the corner from Debdale Wharf Marina. A quick trip around the corner and into the slipway.
Nutshell got a good clean and we blacked her sides and prepared her for he...
E33 Summer Daze Vlog of Life in a Nutshell narrowboat travels.
We spent the day at the famous Foxton Locks. A flight of 10 locks with two staircases each of 5 locks. The biggest staircase flight in the United Kingdom. We checked out the history of the fli...
This is our first Q&A session. If you want to know anything ask us. Not stuff like "What's the meaning of life".
This one will be a lot better than our first 'Live Stream' that didn't work at all.
Wendy's Art:
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Magnus' Adventu...
E32 Summer Daze Vlog of Life in a Nutshell narrowboat travels.
We left Crick and headed north on the Leicester Arm of the Grand Union Canal. A toss of the beer chip took us down the Welford Arm to the delightful little village of Welford. A quick stock up...
E31 Summer Daze Vlog of Life in a Nutshell narrowboat travels.
After a lovely weekend in London, we left the Welton Hythe Marina and turned left on to the Leicester Arm towards Crick. We bumped into a mystery boat tuber at the base of the Watford Staircas...
E30 Summer Daze Vlog of Life in a Nutshell narrowboat travels.
A trip from the marina down to the Big Smoke. We enjoyed a family gathering and popped into Tottencourt Road to pick up our new lens for the big camera. Plus a big surprise for Wendy...
See y...
E29 Summer Daze Vlog of Life in a Nutshell narrowboat travels.
After 17 locks up the Northampton Arm we headed off from Gayton Junction, a quick right turn onto the Grand Union Proper heading north and we were on new territory. A lovely gentle cruise mean...
E28 Summer Daze Vlog of Life in a Nutshell narrowboat travels.
We left the Northampton Marina after a lovely stay of three months and headed up the Northampton flight of 17 locks up to Gayton and a right turn on to the Grand Union heading north.
Dick met u...
E27 Weekly Vlog of Life in a Nutshell.
Wendy enjoys the Sausage and Cider Festival in Northampton with friends from Narrowboat Gideon. A lovely day. Magnus returns back to England with his case full of goodies.
Another wonderful week of travel and adventu...
E26 Weekly Vlog of Australian road trip and Marina life our Narrowboat.
This week Magnus continues his journey across the top of Australia from Western Australia to Airlie Beach. He drops in to various tourist spots along the way and shares a few yarns.
A...
E25 Weekly Vlog of Australian road trip and Northampton life
This week Magnus finished his Across Australia Tour with the Chinese and started the long trip back across Australia via the northern route. He gave Mavi a workout and captured the majestic scene...
E24 Weekly Vlog
A beery week. Wendy went to the Northampton Country Beer Festival and tasted a few ales and ciders. Some footage from Magnus' Tour across Australia and an Australian beer review. Plus a spot of practise painting roses.
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Ep 23 Weekly Vlog of Nutshell and Aussie life on tour.
This week Wendy went to The Crick Boat Show and checked out the boats and the boaty goodies. She met up with many of the boat tubers in the main tent and shared stories of life on the water. A few days...
Ep 22 Weekly Vlog of Nutshell and Aussie life.
This episode is all about the beer. Wendy visited the Northampton Food and Drink Festival with her new pals, Glen and Lisa from A Life Full of Meaning. She checked out the Artist Table, a rather interesting ca...
E21 Weekly Blog of our Narrowboat Travels
I met a few of the neighbours at Northampton Marina. One great guy helped me out by fixing my dodgy power lead so I could plug into the mains again. I was interviewed by the lovely Lisa from YouTube Channel 'A Lif...
E20 Weekly Vlog from Australia
Magnus headed back to Australia from little Nutshell in Northampton, to pick up the pieces left by Cyclone Debbie. After a month of chainsawing, cleaning, snake wrangling and sweeping mud and debris he gathered our motorbikes...
E19 Weekly Vlog of our Narrowboat Travels UK Edition. This week in the UK, Wendy shows you how she managed to paint an enormous artwork in the Nutshell. She put the Doddle parcel service to the test and explored the beautiful River Nene Walk along the cana...
BONUS UNSEEN FOOTAGE. Welcome to the second and final part of our two part mini series which reflects on our first 100 days aboard our narrowboat, Nutshell. We've had a ball traveling on the UK waterways and canals, finding out about the history and meetin...
EXTRA BONUS FOOTAGE Peering Back. 100 Days of Narrowboat Travels on the English Waterways.
It's hard to believe that it's been 100 days since we first stepped onboard Nutshell at Northwich Boatyard back in December 2016. It's been an incredible journey so ...
E18 Weekly Blog of our Narrowboat Travels. We traveled down the River Nene for a few days, heading towards Peterborough and then back again to Northampton.
We met up with the local hawk trainer who keeps the pests away from the lock. A couple of ale tast...
E17 Weekly Blog of our Narrowboat Travels. We traveled from Stoke Bruerne to the River Nene.
Another great week on the waterways of England.
We visited the 800 year old church at Stoke Bruerne. A night out with the locals for a league game of skittles at...
E16 Weekly Blog of our Narrowboat Travels.
This week we left Aylesbury and headed back up the Aylesbury Arm to the Grand Union. The narrowboat ahead of us was reversing all the way back up the canal! Left onto the Grand Union and towards Stoke Bruene. We ...
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